tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863176786688816306.post8765636484471919882..comments2023-07-28T06:47:24.914-07:00Comments on Art Rat : Hello/GoodbyeCharlotte Hildebrandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13310644342254839103noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863176786688816306.post-68394934800521448362010-11-09T14:42:54.980-08:002010-11-09T14:42:54.980-08:00I wonder if it's still there? Nah, probably no...I wonder if it's still there? Nah, probably not, now it's the fancy stuff like Evolution. Taxidermy is just weird, but a lot of people (including a LOT of Maya's friends) are into it. Go figure.Charlotte Hildebrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13310644342254839103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863176786688816306.post-24800584844557289282010-11-09T07:35:11.744-08:002010-11-09T07:35:11.744-08:00Yes, I like browsing the dead at Evolution. I pref...Yes, I like browsing the dead at Evolution. I prefer skeletons and random bones (not raccoon penis bones, despite the charming display) to taxidermy. Many years ago, when I lived in the 27th Street loft and that area was still almost completely industrial, we discovered a taxidermy shop on a sidestreet in the lower 30s. Not a tourist shop, this was a shop for the trade with thousands of glass eyeballs in varying sizes and colors, and other essential accoutrements. As well as animals, large & small.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863176786688816306.post-4418082856277758122010-11-09T03:16:06.389-08:002010-11-09T03:16:06.389-08:00Thank you Linda! So interesting about the placing ...Thank you Linda! So interesting about the placing cups, the bhankiss, never knew that! and never knew about GP introducing cupping to the world...<br /><br />Yes it is wonderful here but freezing as of yesterday. Don't be too jealous, just come back in spring, the other most wonderful time of year. xCCharlotte Hildebrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13310644342254839103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-863176786688816306.post-20329131537406156382010-11-08T22:36:27.169-08:002010-11-08T22:36:27.169-08:00"those acupuncture suction cups" are ref..."those acupuncture suction cups" are referred to in Yiddish as bhankiss, to put it phonetically. Shteln bankes is "placing cups." I first saw them in one of the apartments in the Tenement Museum on Orchard Street. I think my mother most have told me of their use when I was a child, because it didn't alarm me when Gwyneth Paltrow was spotted with round circles on her back at a red carpet event and the world was shocked to learn of cupping.<br />I'm so jealous you're in New York, especially downtown, at this most wonderful time of the year.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309240970376767286noreply@blogger.com