thou shalt not fear
the darkness

or the momentary
journey downhill

andrew wyeth
1912-2009

and i've always like these prints


ps: I wish the
gangs in my hood had
better choreography,
fewer machetes

gneborg

life & shelter







another example
of glowing wood

liberty prints

via here

cacharel 09





...and a more
abstract take on
the liberty print

shirts too

love at first sight

the vintage
kitchen set and
butcher block from
my go-to prop company


just imagine
if you placed these
pieces in an all white
kitchen...the wood
would glow like
honey

i can manage
no more than 6 pieces
of technical instructions.

anything above 6 is
beyond reason.

olympus pen
1962 model


if only life came
with such simple
instructions

a half-frame
story from florida


lawrence of arabia
above, proposed marriage
to the surfer girl below,
and she said "yes"



and he was happy.
and I was happy.


and so were my parents


THE END.


(ps: the girl is my sister)

I listened to this, this AM
and it made me think of
my favorite word...



flâneur
from the french
verb flâner "to stroll"

"the person who walks the city
in order to experience it"
-charles baudelaire





the dinning room takes to the streets

so manhattan has gotten
real fussy in the past few years.
"forces of glitz" and property values
have pushed all the cool people
off the island. doncha think?

So it's great to see
that the few surviving bohos
in downtown manhattan are
still holding fort and continuing
to add a little community
to the public sphere.

***

1. Suzanne Seggerman
holds dinner parties
on her bond st.
corner

2. Reno, a comedian,
has turned her Tribeca
loading dock into a
front porch

3. "Being a flâneur, Mr. Tsao said,
“is all about taking in the world
we’ve been given; we want to
embrace it and engage with it.”
ps: Calvin Tsao throws a party
on the Brooklyn Bridge


(photo credit: Christopher Smith)

saul steinberg


guess what!
got a free tix to
the daily show
tonight.



i need some
comic relief

in life...and in design.

take your tea towels

and make a curtain

julius bissier

and

oh what colors
she pairs!

i'm sending you
postcards from a place
where i am not.



we're not tourists, we're travelers

a tourist is someone who
thinks about going home the
moment they arrive

whereas a traveler
might not come
back at all.

from the sheltering sky
by paul bowles


ph: wendy bevan
model: julia dunstall
carnet de voyage
marie claire italy
01/ 09


via here

harry callahan

snow
tomorrow




lake michigan, 1950


and he captured
those really dark 3pm urban
afternoon shadows. you know
the ones I'm talking about?

convex / concave


karin bjorquist

the simple pleasures of a button down

loosely rolled up tucked in...let out

thomsen paris

i hope you can find it.
I live in the blue house, on the corner.

mvrdv

hey blue, here is a song for you.