kennedy & julian, pigeon & mabel: last night in nyc.
kennedy and julian have been such great friends to me (and continue to be!) – but from a bit of a distance. a couple of weeks ago, they picked up their pups and their eames chairs and set south to DC. dyshaun and i interrupted their packing to celebrate with champagne and skinny girl margaritas on their well-missed terrace. love and miss you both already. xx
saturday morning, antiques show on the pier.
this past saturday, i woke up early to meet kennedy and her mom for antiques hunting. while this was kennedy’s proclaimed “mecca”, i was surprised at how many pieces i had to say no to. in an effort to not purchase anything, i took photographs instead. below is a sampling of just a few of the incredible design pieces we came across.
pets visit in nyc.
when the three of us get together, the stress melts away and we’re left to incessant conversations about jewelry, products, jobs and catching up on our lives in general. i wish i took more pictures of the weekend but here’s a handful of special moments… the first (obviously) involving cupcakes.
Busy Week Ahead: Must-See Design Events in NYC
Some great design events in NYC this week! I’ll be checking out the event above (see AIGA for details) as well as seeing Milton Glaser speak at this month’s Creative Mornings seminar. Can’t wait!
Any other must-see speakers or events that anyone knows about?
New York Artist: Lori Nix
I love these dioramas by artist Lori Nix. Her mini 3D designs take anywhere from two to fifteen months to complete and are only around 20 x 24 x 72 inches. This series, titled The City, was just on view at Clamp Art gallery in Manhattan and features Nix’s idea of deterioration and nature taking over after destruction.
Check out some of her other work at http://www.lorinix.net/.
New York Windows: Bergdorf Goodman
Every winter, I eagerly await the unveiling of the holiday windows. But not just any windows, it’s the display at Bergdorf Goodman that gets me every time. The designers have such a great eye and their work is flawless. I love going to take pictures there late at night because the lighting is always perfect. Here are just a few that I took this year, but will post more soon.
Tudor City, A Mini Photo Essay
When coming up with ideas for a photo essay booklet last semester, I wanted to document something that was very familiar to me. The neighborhood that I live in, Tudor City, has a distinct feel to it and is unlike any other neighborhood in Manhattan. I chose to take photographs at sunrise, which created the orange glow on all of the pictures. The booklet was hand-crafted and bound using yellow twine and was printed on rice paper to have slightly see-through overlays on each page. All photographs were taken with a Canon AE-1.
Leica Gallery, Greenwich Village
Today I discovered a gallery I’ve never been to in the West Village – the Leica Gallery. Open Tuesday – Saturday from 12-6 pm, the 5th floor space features a variety of exhibits, the current one being of photography featured in LIFE magazine. Upcoming exhibitions include glimpses into New York nightlife in the 1980s (March 4 – April 16, 2011) and a look behind the scenes of the Obama Presidency (June 10 – August 6, 2011).
Check out their website at http://en.leica-camera.com/culture/galleries/gallery_new_york/.
golden lights at the standard hotel
took a tour of the standard hotel a couple weeks ago during open house new york weekend. LOVE these light fixtures.
artistic evolution: meatpacking district
the meatpacking district is constantly evolving and changing and the street art is reflective of that personality. this is something awesome i found last weekend.
emerald green typewriter
how awesome is this typewriter? from its circular keys with great letterforms (check out the Q and G) to it’s rich green hue, i fell in love. found it at a market a couple weekends ago and wish i had taken it home with me.
found type in the village, nyc
found this awesome lettering down in Greenwich Village. i love the grittiness of the type, paired with the both deep and fading colors in the wood.
tudor city, a photo essay
this picture is part of a photo essay i’ve been working on for class depicting the area i live in, tudor city. the pictures all portray a part of new york that seems it could be found in europe (i think my teacher thought tuscany?). i scanned this print and made minimal corrections on photoshop to make it look older and more of a raw image.
my first knish – yonah schimmel
After I wandered up and down the cramped and over-crowded streets of Chinatown this morning, I followed Bowery up to Houston and immediately felt enamored with New York. It’s the first sunny weekend, and it seems as if every New Yorker felt Spring tapping on their window to come out and play. Feeling hungry and craving brunch (it was Sunday, after all), I changed my mind as soon as I saw them. The doughy, yet crispy mounds of potato just winking at me from the window. It was Yonah Schimmel Knishery, a place I had longed to try, being a fan of Jewish delicatessens (Katz’s, 2nd Avenue Deli) and, well, potatoes in general. I decided today was the day. I stepped inside and immediately felt transformed in time. Small, dark and incredibly unpretentious, this deli has been a NY staple since it opened in 1910. And you can tell not much has changed. Before the shop officially opened, Yonah, an immigrant rabbi, sold the popular snacks in a pushcart on the Lower East Side. The place is still run within the family and the knishes are still cooked in the same brick oven. A crowd of regulars packs in the front ordering area to stock up for the week. One woman explained to other first-timers that she likes to freeze them. The menu, pieced together with plastic white lettering against a black board, ranges from savory to sweet – offering traditional flavors (potato, onion, kasha) to blueberry or apple and cheese. Being my first step into the world of the knish, I was initially surprised at how dense it was. The baseball-sized mound of potato and spices, wrapped and baked in thin dough was definitely heavy, and I could barely eat half. While it was tasty, I realized I’m much less of a knish-lover than I thought I would be. But the experience of the Knishery was definitely worth exploring.
Yonah Schimmel Knishery – 137 Houston Street (btw 1st/2nd) – 212.477.2858 – www.knishery.com
