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FRIEND OF THE WEEK: PATRICK RZEPSKI TAKES SAM TO LUNCH



Patrick, Mom's cousin (what's that make him vis a vis Sam? too complicated for me to figure out), took Sam to the Whitney to see Jay DeFeo's fairly spectacular painting, The Rose, "a massive painting of radiant impasto, built up layer after layer until it measured eleven by eight feet and weighed a full ton". No photo can do it justice, but imagine oil paint a foot thick, slowly sliding down the front of the canvas like a glacier.... It made Sam hungry. Patrick decided it was time to feed the boy:

First, Sam had to get the measure of the man.

Patrick was accepted. Up we go.

However, Patrick is horrified to think that Sam intended to eat without his shoes on.

"OK, already. I've got the bib on, give me some food.

That's it? This gooey stick of who knows what???

Actually, I confess that Patrick found a good bit more, and Sam was very content afterwards, happy and ready to see more pictures

First, for dessert:

a ride

on a Keith Haring rocking horse.

You won't find THAT at Toys R' Us!