Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:48:24 -0400
From: "Hobey Ford" <hobeyone-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Mathieu in New-York?


I will be in NYC 23-25th . Mathieu, Do you know the folks at the Puppet
Kitchen.  They are doing some excellent building.

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Mary Horsley <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>wrote:

> Yeah, Mathieu, and when you go next summer, let us all know...........would
> love to meet you.
>
> Mary H.
>
>
> On 10/18/08 12:48 AM, "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote:
>
> >>> Other than that, keep in touch,  I am a willing tour guide and have no
> >> friends here yet (except my workmates), and would love to share New
> >> York with someone. I have a big comfortable couch, and you can trust
> >> me. :)  All I ask for in return is puppetbuilding advice and
> >> camaraderie in puppetry.
> >>
> >> Laura
> >
> >
> > Hi Laura.
> > Wow!
> > Thrilling life you're leading!
> > Congratulations on this life changing position!
> >
> > I'd love to take you up on the offer to visit in a few weeks, but I know
> how
> > it usually goes. If I wait longer than a week to do this, it will
> probably
> > not happen for a long time. I'm fresh enough in my enthusiasm to remain
> > unreasonnable just enough to make it happen within the week. I'd also
> prefer
> > to visit New York in milder climate (less luggage, no bulky winter
> clothes),
> > and those days are almost gone, until next spring! Otherwise, I'd be
> > escaping the Montreal cold only to be greeted by the New York equivalent!
> >
> > I'll see how my visit this week goes (see, i,m alm ost convinced to go),
> > I'll probably want to come back for more in the summer. First real
> vacations
> > ever for me might be next summer!
> > Maybe we can meet-up then. I sure am always willing to meet colleagues
> and
> > other artists, and share puppetbuilding info/techniques.
> >
> > Gotta go plan the plans...
> > To make things happen!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mary Horsley" <mphorsley-AT-earthlink.net>
> > To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org>
> > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Mathieu in New-York?
> >
> >
> > Wow, Laura......the dream of a lifetime! Congrats on your new job and
> apt.
> >
> > Mary H.
> >
> >
> > On 10/17/08 9:49 PM, "Laura Harper" <harper.laura1-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Mathieu
> >>
> >> I am currently living in Connecticut and commuting into New York for
> >> work every day. But will be moving to New York in two weeks.  I will
> >> be packing my stuff up the weekend you are visiting, so I won't be
> >> able to host you or show you around THIS time, but please come back
> >> soon and  I will definitely do so!
> >>
> >> I just moved out here a month ago from L.A. to get my state residency
> >> in Connecticut so that I could attend the masters program in Puppetry
> >> at University of Connecticut. I got accepted to the program in January
> >> of this year, and have been working all year on getting here to start
> >> it. Well, something awfully lucky happened, I arrived here on this
> >> coast, and interviewed at Henson the next day...and got a job there!
> >> Hired at Henson.  Unbelievable.
> >>
> >> Well, that made the whole masters in puppetry thing seem sort of
> >> pointless, so I am moving to Brooklyn in two weeks (I have already
> >> found the apartment).  I'm so sorry it won't be ready for a visitor!
> >>
> >> Maybe if you consider putting off your trip for a few weeks it would
> >> be more fun.  At Henson we are currently working on making a stage
> >> play of Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas, and it will start running
> >> the first week of December through the first week of January. I would
> >> love to have someone to go see it with me.
> >>
> >> I am also considering going to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade,
> >> which I have never seen in person. I would also like company to attend
> >> that!
> >>
> >> If you come to NY on Halloween, there is a huge annual event that
> >> happens in Greenwich Village, the Halloween Parade.  I have never been
> >> to it, but I hear it is the event of the year, and have been hearing
> >> about it for 20 years. Unfortunately I can't go because I will be
> >> working, and then moving the next day.
> >>
> >> If you should decide that you are coming down to NY next weekend, I
> >> will ask the folks at Henson if there are any puppet happenings that
> >> weekend. They would be sure to know.
> >>
> >> Other than that, keep in touch,  I am a willing tour guide and have no
> >> friends here yet (except my workmates), and would love to share New
> >> York with someone. I have a big comfortable couch, and you can trust
> >> me. :)  All I ask for in return is puppetbuilding advice and
> >> camaraderie in puppetry.
> >>
> >> Laura
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10/17/08, Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> wrote:
> >>> Hi all.
> >>>
> >>>  For my upcoming birthday, I'm seriously considering going to New York
> >>> City
> >>>  next week-end (24th to 26th or just two days), and I'm wondering:
> >>>
> >>>  - who (Puptcritters, colleagues in puppetmaking and maskmaking) I
> >>>  could/should/must meet,
> >>>  - things to do/see (shows, museums, puppet store, artist studio,
> >>> bookstore,
> >>>  indoor Garden, magical doorways to another world),
> >>>  -A good early Halloween party to go to (a guy can dream, right?),
> >>>  - possibilities of being hosted for free/cheap/labor/trade for two
> >>> nights?
> >>>  How about a pro puppet or a mask (in my inventory or a near-future
> >>> order) in
> >>>  exchange for two nights maybe?  I'd get my own food, and can bring a
> >>>  sleeping bag if needed.
> >>>
> >>>  -The one thing I know I want to see for sure is Central Park, but what
> >>>  specifically should I see in it?.
> >>>
> >>>  Any pointers would be much appreciated.
> >>>  Let's meet, all ye New-York Puptcritter citizens or travelers!
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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