Takashi Murakami Exhibit at the Gagosian

After our Vietnamese sandwiches at Nicky’s, Chris and I headed to the Takashi Murakami exhibit at the Gagosian on the Upper East Side.

Takashi Murakami is probably best known for his smiley flowers, like these:

He also worked with Louis Vuitton (do you remember those white bags with all those smiley flowers?!):

For this exhibit, he did [...]

Nicky’s Vietnamese Sandwiches

On Saturday, Chris and I headed to Nicky’s Vietnamese Sandwiches on the LES for some Vietnamese sandwiches. I didn’t even know there were Vietnamese sandwiches…I’m from Champaign…so, be happy that I’ve had pho before. Nicky’s is special because it’s this small place on 2nd Street (I’m not familiar with the LES [...]