2011 Fashion

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snow day: before it turned to rain, and then...THUNDERSNOW

(i'm staying inside for the thundersnow.)

from my "beat": park ave and union square

oh look. we're plowing everything now, even the plazas on park ave.

(though these john deere's were probably privately hired...)

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market seen: m quan

michele quan was one of my favorite models.

michele quan, 1987 © Deborah Feingold/Corbis

and then she pursued a career as a jewelry maker (i may always wish i'd invested in a particular 18k gold ring with a cascade of yellow sapphires that she, as part of me and ro, made.)

now independent of that collaboration, she is an artist (in a broader sense). her work has a spirit that i like very much. not sure there's much more to explain, except that it gives me a lift.

so you can imagine how excited i was to see her at the union square market on my way to work.

she still has the coolest hair....

photos of michele quan at union square @ anita aguilar

i like'em husky...

how beautiful, the delicate husks and the colors...

green and purple "revolutionary" tomatillos.

more "revolutionaries": ground husk cherry tomatoes.

oak grove plantation/ the blew family, pittstown, nj.

union square, nyc october 6, 2010.

market fresh: do you see what i see?

a man, grimacing?

ziggy?

mr. tomato head, courtesy of oak grove plantation, and the blew family, pittstown, nj.

union square, nyc october 6, 2010.

yesterday at work, in the midst of the afternoon lull, i started giggling. i couldn't help it.

my co-workers didn't say anything (this time).

i sort of wish they had because i would have explained that my maximum favorite writer (and i'd probably have to also explain the "maximum" bit) just wrote this really funny story about a squirrel. and i would have let them read it over my shoulder, or i'd have sent it to them.

it's actually not a squirrel "story," it's a lead-in to something about robby ginepri. but i love that he shared the news this way.

and then i thought of all the squirrels that have besieged, annoyed and impressed my friends, like "the scraper" at 147 bleecker. and the squirrel that frequents teresa's neighbor's roof (she flings slices of toast at him. he's clearly never going to leave).

by coincidence, today, at the union square market, the samascott orchards folks were all in a dither about some crazy squirrel that kept stealing their $7/pound italian-american chestnuts.

and then he popped up!

and he zipped and hopped boldly around, probably for the rest of the afternoon. sort of crazy and cute. but not sure how i feel about that garlic after his city squirrel nose and paws got all into it...