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april 2, 2011
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Showing posts with label brooklyn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brooklyn. Show all posts
BROOKLYN
by way of fifth ave, near 25th street, nyc
(click the image, to really see her hat)
march 19, 2011
© anita aguilar
bridge work, brooklyn
window on water street
brooklyn bridge, from inside the tobacco warehouse.
water street construction. tobacco warehouse/bk bridge...
the long view. washington street, brooklyn.
b is for brrrrrooklyn, boardwalk; c is for coney, clouds.
so it turns out 50 degrees isn't denim jacket weather, especially when there's cloud cover and wind blustering off the water. thanks to my shivers, 90 percent of the photos i took today are blurred. the highlight of the morning was when a red-faced, well-rounded, crazy-looking lady approached me, unzipping and holding open her knee-length coat. she shouted past its fur-lined hood and through the wind at me in russian, i think. she was offering to keep me warm in her coat? i nodded a decline and thanked her anyway. and then she told me (this time in english) my jacket was "stupid." i had to agree.
but i learned a valuable lesson: keep gloves, a hat, and a pashmina in the photo bag.
mike, casey, and rebekkah shooting "handsome town"
but i learned a valuable lesson: keep gloves, a hat, and a pashmina in the photo bag.
mike, casey, and rebekkah shooting "handsome town"brothers redhead, in greenpoint?
at the risk of being accused of hipster/rock band profiling...i think these are the pace brothers, from blonde redhead? they could just be any old i-talian brothers, but i took their photo just in case. so cute, the moto guzzi.
all photos © anita aguilar
weekend watch: bored to death
programming note for this weekend: bored to death premieres on sunday, september 20, at 9:30 pm. the series stars jason schwartzman, zach galifianakis, and ted danson...but look forward to appearances by parker posey (love her, party girl), heather burns (am i allowed to still love her from you've got mail?), kristen wiig, oliver platt (am i still allowed to love him from the west wing?), and olivia thirlby.
friend, film snob, and commissioner of the only fantasy league i belong to (premier league football...do they kick you out for being so consistently in last place?)--richard short--is guest- starring in the first episode as "vincent."
if you are like me and are HBO-free, you can download the episode (gratis!) on itunes.
enjoy!
pretty city: bookish in brooklyn
july 2, 2009. "varsity letters," reading series. at jla studios, brooklyn.
eric.
liz!was back at jla in brooklyn on thursday to attend this month's "varsity letters" event. sports journalism heavy-hitters, selena roberts, scott price, and three from the the ny daily news investigative team (michael o'keefe, teri thompson and nathaniel vinton) read from their recently published works that dive deep into some of the biggest stories of recent times (a-rod, clemens, and the tragic death of minor league coach, mike coolbaugh). it made for shocking, sobering, and sometimes somber listening, but it was certainly also a fun evening...
next event in the series is august 6...hope to see you there...
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for gelf magazine's interviews with the authors:
selena roberts, author of a-rod: the many lives of alex rodriguez.
scott price, author of heart of the game: life, death, and mercy in minor league america.
and a few more photos from the reading...
bringin' da noise: canon g10
cash bar
cap'n cool
color strand
face to face
pieces of worki recently purchased a canon g10 to serve as my every day, on-the-go camera. i've used it on three separate occasions so far, and i'm not loving the results. granted, i've been maxing out the zoom, and trying whenever possible not to use a flash. but there is a disappointing amount of noise and i don't know what to do...
i took the photos above at a book event at the fantastic jan larsen art studios in dumbo (hosted by gelf magazine). see what i mean? the only shot that isn't affected is one of the quilt...
sometimes i like grainy-ness in photos, but i don't want to see it in every shot.
i'm thinking about returning it. but what should i replace it with? a friend was happy with the results from the panasonic g1 he tested (while snowboarding, no less). but it looks from this review like that will present a similar problem? i should ask to see those photos.
i'm usually good about researching equipment before pulling the trigger (i loved the results from my canon A95, great saturated color, beautiful quality with a surprisingly robust zoom--and i bought it for around $250), but i was in a bit if a hurry this time as i needed a good back-up camera...thank goodness i didn't need to rely on this for my friend's wedding photos--there's no comparing the quality of the images between this and the xsi.
i'm going to take it for another run this weekend up in beacon, and then at home. maybe i just need to do a bit more fiddling around. fingers crossed.
but i remain open for suggestions...
more shots from the fun and fascinating gelf magazine series: "geeking out," here .
hello, radiohead...hello, sir
i think i like radiohead.
it's sort of weird and embarrassing to admit that after all this time, yes?
a former boyfriend of mine used to play pablo honey all the time.
i loved "stop whispering." it stood out to me as having a little more guts and wanting than the other tracks?
but that--really anything resembling that plaintive sound of theirs (how else do you describe it?)--came to remind me of a rather cruel summer that he and i endured...
but that was a long time ago.
radiohead--with the usc marching band--gave my favorite performance of this year's grammy awards, and it got me thinking i'd been missing out? and then, i came into possession of a "best of radiohead" cd. i'm embarrassed to say exactly how this happened (hint: bmg).
i'm pleasantly surprised to find i can enjoy it, but also "ignore" it just enough to remain productive. that's a rare thing for me.
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i spent most of yesterday afternoon in williamsburg. i took my friend lexi to a perfume store/gallery that i love so that she could write about it for a website she freelances for.
afterwards, we walked around in the sunshine, peeked into a few stores.
i'm not a terrific shopper, but i can get my groove on in the right company. for the most part, i enjoy looking at store windows, the interior lighting, and the decor. the hipster vibe is pretty consistent in all the stores so i wouldn't say one blows my mind, but typically, amidst all the over-priced luxuries, there are knick-knacks that are either lovely or amusing.
and i really like postcards and business cards. i shouldn't collect them all, but i do.
my favorite store that we visited yesterday is called sir, a small, but judiciously stocked boutique. each garment is delicate, beautifully cut and sewn, as if they were made by hand, and utterly feminine. i think the store carries mostly sir designer joanna baum's line exclusively.
i would love them with my new haircut...
pretty things like these:
photos by sophie corra, via sirbrooklyn.com but i actually think the name of the store is genius!
every time you answer the phone, you get to say "hello, sir..."
perfect, no?
sir...129 bedford avenue, bk, ny 11211 718.384.0700 & 360 atlantic ave, bk, ny 11217 718.643.6877
looking forward...and back, a bit...
so so cute!
Originally uploaded by ata08
i've never been keen on learning to knit, but seeing pip-squeak chapeau etc.'s exquisite and adorable collection at the brooklyn designs show a couple of months ago got me thinking it might be the perfect winter 2008 activity...
but it will be a long, long...long time before i can create hats and shawls and scarves of a quality to match theirs, so i might have to invest in a few items.
i heard there's a sale on some of their spring items, through august 10. i might wait til the fall, but swoon away at the full collection here, or at a store near you...
be warned: it may lead to winter longings...
the news about the sale had me remembering the fun day i had with teresa, zovig, and a "man called mate." reminisce a bit with me here.
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links to favorites from the show:
the corian and walnut table by françois chambard, of UM.
i also fell a little bit in love with the gentleman/designer, colgate, also of UM. i'm guessing he designed these colgate chairs. i could have chatted with him all day...
the osomoto gateway table …beautiful wood top.
the constellation dining table by palo samko . walnut slabs, with watch gears that make up the “constellation.” stunning.
and
lola’s lounge chair from laidman fabrication.
saturday: "milk", grits and a fried egg
sunshiney saturday spent in the slope.
my lovely friend zovig and i decided to check out the takashi murakami exhibit at the brooklyn museum. it was "cuteness!" for sure. i'm not at all a fan of the louis vuitton collaboration, but those "superflat eye love" designs were quite appealing on a larger scale...i especially loved the color combinations in the "eye love" and jellyfish eyes series, on silk...it's all so much more striking on that fabric...i also liked milk, 727-727 (i actually loved all the paintings that were "sanded" ), cosmos (1998), and this daruma (i open wide my eyes but see no scenery. i fix my gaze upon my heart, 2007). the exhibition is bright and cheery and ominous and overwhelming...odd and funny and interactive...it is, to a degree, kid-friendly, if you're prepared to deal with questions about anatomical correctness/distortions. we had a little "overheard in ny" moment while standing in front of inochi (boy--maybe 7 years old: "mommy, his penis is on his stomach!" mommy: "why yes, it is..."). ha.
walking into the "vuitton exhibit/store" and taking the kooky wallpapered staircase to the floor below, which is a funhouse all its own--toys and t-shirts and other collectibles, all impeccably sorted and contained-- it struck me what a kick this show must have been to put together--and how sad it would be to have to watch all come down (show ends on july 13, btw)...
if you're as interested in behind the scenes stuff as i am, check out the terrific flickr slideshow that the museum has posted on its site...
and if you'd like a peek into the kaikai kiki studio sanctum, check out this ny sun article and its accompanying slideshow...
after the museum, zovig and i moseyed over to fifth ave...and stopped for brunch at stone park cafe. it took me about 3 seconds to decide that i wanted the hangtown fry: eggs, oysters, bacon and vermont cheddar cheese...how good does that sound?! but then...i took a longer look at the menu... i saw that they had grits, with shrimp and a fried egg. i remembered being deeply envious of the shrimp with grits at bar americain, which my sister ordered the last time we brunched together...so i changed my mind and went for the "anson mills white grits, with shrimp and fried egg."
the fact that the grits' brand name was proclaimed on the menu--as if i should recognize it--aroused my curiosity, so when i got home i did a little research. there's quite an interesting story to tell! turns out that the anson mills white grits come to us thanks to one man, glenn roberts, who was so deeply interested in the history of the south, especially its culinary history (cheers!) that he set out to revive--by organically growing, harvesting, and milling--varieties of corn, rice and wheat that were nearly extinct. he was able to find and harvest a "famous" carolina gourdseed white corn (that was "revered for its high mineral and floral characteristics, and its creamy mouthfeel"), which dated all the way back to the 1600s. this is the white corn that was milled into the grits that became my brunch!
and they really were creamy...i've only had grits a couple of time in my life (LOVE the cheddar grits at freemans...ooohhh. those are very different...toothsome...GRITTY) but this dish was nearly like a pudding. thick and rich and creamy, completely indulgent. i will admit, a little smoky, salty bacon would have livened it up. but it was very, very good.
anson mills white grits...
Originally uploaded by ata08
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