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Tom and Gabrielle are getting married! Gonna be some sick nuptials.

Movin' n Shakin'

So I have to find a new place to live, but I still want to live in the shire, so shout if you know of any free green doors in Williamsburg or Greenpoint. xx

Walden

I took some pictures this week of my friend Jamie Gray's new place Walden at 502 Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It is a great place, with a fantastic wine selection, and I'm not the only one who thinks so. Go check it out asap. Call me first, I'll meet you there. Actually, I might be there already.

4x8 for Resource Magazine

Yesterday Resource Magazine sent me over to photograph Joe & John of The 4x8 Workshop for a profile in the magazine. 4x8 build sets for the fashion industry and the like, including the Anna Sui show I was at the previous night. Small world!

Foxy

I took some photos the other day for this great new little salon here in Williamsburg, called Foxy. Check it out.

Make Music NY 6/21/10

Daddy Long LegsLondon Souls

Bizi Gara with Dave Cieri, Monday 9pm at the Rose...free!

This one should be great friends, come on down to the Rose in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and see Bizi Gara with Dave Cieri. I'll be there!

Bizi Gara "HORSEBAT" album release party tomorrow night at Cameo!

Please come tomorrow night, March 19, 2010 at Cameo Gallery at 93 North 6th Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to celebrate the release of Bizi Gara's new album, HORSEBAT!!! They go on about 11pm but there is great music before also, and The Lovin Cup Cafe up front of Cameo has delicious sliders, mmmmmm. The album is available on iTunes. p.s. I took the album cover picture, in Dunkerque, France.

Bizi Gara at Cameo Gallery, Sunday 2/28, 8pm

Sunday night early snow jam with Bizi Gara! come hang at Cameo on North 6th street...I'll be there. It is a full moon that night!

Congratulations Anna!

A few weeks ago now my dear friend Anna McCraney won The Fashion Show on Bravo! I have been away in CT with limited internet so my oceans of tons of warm wishes and congratulations for her are belated, but it's pretty dang amazing. 56% of America voted for her to win the jackpot prize money, with which she will now proceed to conquer the fashion industry. Go Anna! This picture is from a slightly smaller show of hers in 2005, at Galapagos (RIP).

Sublet for August, maybe beyond...

Hi. I live in a great duplex apartment in tropical Williamsburg, Brooklyn and am planning to be away for much of the summer and possibly beyond. If you are looking for a place in NYC from the end of July - September, send me a note and maybe we can work something out. I have things here like, a dishwasher, washer/dryer, full bed, balcony, central A/C, novels, plants, etc.

Thank you to everyone who came out this weekend!

Thanks to all who helped us celebrate the inaugural Wayfare Projects show featuring new paintings by Baptiste Ibar. The opening on Friday was so much fun. I hope everyone was as excited as I was about the work and the space. I hope to do many more pop-up type gallery shows in the future, as well as a more permanent situation one day.

Many thanks to Mike Allen at aptsandlofts.com and Shari Shabab of Galerie Shabab.

Wayfare Projects presents: new work by Baptiste Ibar, June 12, 6-9pm

Wayfare Projects
presents

"Transient Memory Intervals"
new work by Baptiste Ibar

opening reception
June 12, 2009
6-9pm

June 12-14, 2009
291 Whythe Avenue at South 1st
Brooklyn, NY 11211

special thanks to Mike Allen at aptsandlofts.com

Friday night jams! Come see Rita and Bizi!

Need a place to live in Williamsburg?

my friend Lolly has a sweet 2 bedroom, plus you get to live around the corner from me!

check out her listing on craigslist...

Bizi Gara tonight and Sunday night!

Bizi Gara tonight at the Rose on Grand Street at 9pm (free!), and Sunday night at the Lovin'Cup Cafe (Cameo) as well.

Come see live music! this Sunday in WIlliamsburg.

Five Leaves in Greenpoint

It's been a while since I said anything about food, but the burger tonight at Five Leaves, right at the top of McCarren Park made me very happy. This place has several things going for it, namely the huge buzz created by their now deceased financial partner named Heath Ledger and the lovely interior, designed by the same chaps in charge of Moto, another of my favorite spots. Luckily the food is also delicious, especially the burger. I judge a restaurant on three very simple catagories (maybe too simple, but I'm no food critic): service, hamburgers, and bathroom. If you have a fantastic restaurant with a disgusting unusable bathroom, chances are they won't be around forever. There are exceptions yes, but it makes a difference in the overall impression that a customer comes away with. The bathroom at Five Leaves has this crazy metal door that used to be on a ship. Very cool. It strikes me that this depression era decor is really becoming a major trend. Ironic! The lighting and old mirrors work. It's a nice place to sit and enjoy a nice long dinner with good friends. Besides the wonderful grass-fed burger, we had prawns with lemon and pistou. I can't remember the name of the wine, but it was good and $7 a glass, which is totally reasonable.

That being said, the most important thing is service, because I can make a pretty amazing meal if I don't say so myself, so when you go out you want to have a nice time and have your meal be brought to you with no attitude and in a timely fashion. The waitress tonight was the only dull spot on an otherwise spotless evening. But Jeni overheard her say she only worked Sunday nights, so that's an easy fix, just avoid Five Leaves on Sunday and you won't get a little speech about how they don't give bread and butter before it was begrudgingly served. I hate to cut someone down this way, seriously, but she hated us from the moment we walked in and we still left her a good tip. I have worked in tons of restaurants/coffee shops, etc and I always thought the fun part was getting to talk to people all night long. She seemed pissed to be working in a restaurant. I dunno.