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I bought a chess box for my nicer chess pieces. Amboyna burl was recommended to me as the material, I was not familiar with it but as it turns out it's very beautiful. It's a rare wood from South East Asia that is very dense and durable, and has vibrant red-to-brown colors.

Turns out I am such a dummy that I mounted the abstract art wrong! I am in touch with the artist, who is from Bologna in Italy, and she helped get it setup right! New pictures included:

Two pieces on the wall:

1) A vintage glicée map of Long Island - this is much better than what we had before which was the north shore and not as relevant to where we are. This covers the whole island in high resolution, and is mounted on a brushed gold frame which better matches the design language established in the room

2) An abstract work by a young Italian artist called Habitat 7.0 which features an abstract deconstructed habit. I wanted something geography adjacent but not another map, and I wanted muted colors or no colors so it would not compete with the focus of the room which is the TV and fireplace. I think this works well.

Kind of surprising, Yahoo was down for several minutes! I took a screen shot as prove:



Here is an article on it

Sofia had a concert organized by the Hampton Music Educators Association this past weekend. Took place in Riverhead High School. We attended, and went to dinner to La Volpe, the Italian restaurant after the concert. Was nice family time.