A Council for the Arts at MIT sponsored event in Williamsburg, to celebrate the closing night of the very racy Powder Her Face opera directed by MIT's very own Jay Scheib. You might say that's what you get for being CAMIT's vice-chair, but frankly, it was a great excuse to revisit this part of NYC that has been going through a tremendous metamorphous this last decade.
The Wythe Hotel is a gem, with cleverly appointed rooms that cross cozy iconographic French with contemporary industrial. The staff is amazing, the restaurant a gem and it's wonderfully situated between ferry and subway stops, just a few blocks from the main drag. This is not the Williamsburg of kielbasa and perogies, although they are still to be found. This is a place bursting with creative energy from wall murals and artists spaces to warehouses being converted into maker-labs.
It was a terrific 3-day visit. Being snowed in for a couple of days really wouldn't have been so bad. Instead a quick trip to Boston for meetings, visit with Cal and a grateful hop back to Useppa, Florida.
