The Grrl Is Back (as if she ever left)

Memo to all you trusting CultureGrrl readers who took me at my word when I vowed to slack off for a month to perfect my tennis game:
What were you thinking? (Or, more appropriately: What was I thinking???)
Those of you who wisely DID take off the month of August now have 45 posts to catch up on. I’ll make it easier for you by giving you (in chronological order) my Top 10 Highlights:
CultureGrrl’s Q & A with Getty Museum Director Michael Brand
You Can Hear Me Now: Sculpture Gardens on WNYC
More Scenes from the Sculpture Gardens
Guggenheim Names Its Finance Chief as Interim Director
The Christie’s-Sotheby’s Horse Race: Almost a Dead Heat in Total Sales
Sotheby’s Half-Year Financial Report: Higher Guarantees, Antitrust Coupon Redemption
Credibility Gap: Dubious Approval Process for the Gap Founder’s Contemporary Museum
Sotheby’s High-Flying Market Wager: $475 Million in Possible Guarantees to Consigors
Alice Walton’s Bleeding Heart: A Paean to “Donor’s Intent”
Philippe’s Last Waltz (with Tears)
And once you’ve finished those, get ready for my Op-Ed piece coming in tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) LA Times.
It grew out of my Aug. 14 post, Art-Market Fever: The Marginalization of Museums, which in turn grew out of my thoughts on the art market on Aug. 14 for WNYC, New York Public Radio.
Maybe I should take off September?