So, Monday night I had an unfortunate accident with a large, heavy piece of exercise equipment which fell on my big toe. Tuesday they had to remove the nail and do surgery on the nail bed, and the toe is also broken. I’ve been working from home, hence no Lipstick building drawings. Today I just had to do a drawing though, so I used what canvas I have at hand… my TOE! (special thanks to Tioma for the great concept!)
We found bugs all week, and they ran out of our application and onto the Lipstick Building! Eek!
It’s my dad’s 85th birthday today. Happy birthday dad! Here’s his website if you want to read about him. He’s awesome! www.williamconradgibbons.com
Window drawing today is for my friends Patricio Aguirre McDermott and Mathieu de Genot on the occasion of their wedding celebrations today…image taken from their wedding invite which I love because it’s a good pun “he’s a good catch” hee hee! Original image by Alexander Calder.
Look out! The giant pink octopus has taken over the Lipstick Building!
The Lipstick Building is remembering her old friends with a tear…
The Lipstick Building impersonator is still here! Who is that be-hatted building? Is “be-hatted” a word?
Another building is impersonating the Lipstick Building! What to do, what to do?!
Today the Lipstick Building was shaken, not stirred! (brilliant idea from Venkatraman Kirthivasan)
ICELink QA Rioja today, featuring the ICELink QA testers Steven Boritz, Venkatraman Kirthivasan and Gayle Gibbons Madeira! QA means quality assurance. We are software testers, hence the comment on the label about no bugs 
The long and winding road….that leads to your door (ode to the Beatles!)
The evil, evil medialuna is in Manhattan! AAAA! They’ve followed me here! Everyone must help me eliminate them by eating them as fast as possible!
WARNING: Do not approach without baring your teeth and getting ready to bite down!!
This isn’t technically a window drawing. I had to capture the little sucker under a glass bowl or it would bite my fingers, couldn’t hold it up behind a window. These are dangerous beasts, eat as many as possible to rid the earth of them!!
Tango is so popular in Buenos Aires that they even tango on the clouds!
The Lipstick Building is going on vacation! …flying off with me to Buenos Aires for 2 weeks! See you when we get back…
This is for my young friend Luke who loves tugboats! The S.S. Luke is working hard today, pulling the Lipstick Building along…
The Lipstick Building is taking a nap on a huge, fluffy pillow! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
This was at the Black and White Ball in New York City on July 23rd, 2011. The winners of the competition perform in the ball with the teachers and performers.
Celebrating winning the U.S. Tango Championship, and giving the winning proceeds to Ballroom Basix, the company that Sid created for teaching ballroom & latin to inner city schoolkids! May we continue to use the title for good things all year long
Sid Grant and I just won the U.S. Tango Championship in the salon category! We will be performing as champions tomorrow night (actually tonight, at the time of posting this!) Saturday, July 23 at midnight, at Stepping Out Studios, 37 West 26th Street 9th floor if you want to come watch. We’ll be posting videos on Youtube soon as well. We donated our winnings of $1,200 to the dance company that Sid created which teaches dance to inner city schoolkids. I’ve pasted their mission statement below and here is their website if you want to donate too! www.ballroombasix.com It’s a GREAT company and very worthy cause and we’re very happy to support getting kids to dance!
BALLROOM BASIX™ is a not–for-profit, noncompetitive, arts–in–education initiative committed to the enhancement of students’ educational, social and fitness skills through the fun-filled Ballroom and Latin dance experience.
By consistently reinforcing the etiquette and respect inherent in partner dancing, our program instills self–worth, physical well–being and cooperation among the children it serves, while simultaneously instructing them in the diverse origins of the dances they learn: historically, geographically and multi–culturally.
For all my mountaineering and rock climbing friends, and a special welcome back to Annsophie who just returned from Tibet!
It’s so hot that clocks are melting! My little homage to Salvador Dali…
For my bike riding friends, and a special shout out to L.R. who has recently taken up mountain biking in Colorado!
This one is for Tioma, wishing him well on his trip to Russia today!
Vodka Artem, imported from Moscow…
Harold and his Purple Crayon! One of my favorite children’s books and the inspiration for the Lipstick building drawings…the idea that we can draw our own reality has always been very appealing. In case you don’t know “Harold and the Purple Crayon” you can read about it here: “Harold and the Purple Crayon”
(ps. I know the lines look blue instead of purple. My cameras wouldn’t recognize it as purple so you have to use your imagination!)
In honor of gay marriage being passed in the great state of New York!
For those of you who don’t know, this is a reference to the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima during World War II. You can read about that historic event here: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
Another rainy day, another umbrella, this time a little more colorful!
Tribute to my friend Rosa Collantes who died two days prior. She was a wonderful tango dancer, teacher, friend. We’ll miss her very much.
My brother Steve, who is a surfer, requested this one. I went to visit him on the weekend so decided it was a good time to do it for him.
For Memorial Day on Monday, in honor of all the troops still living or who have passed, may you all have a safe journey home.
