eyez

there is a really great movie my photographer friend Rene Micheli lent me called Eyes of Laura Mars.  i defs recomend it!  its a slasher movie with Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones (young Tommy Lee Jones oooh yes) that is about a fashion photographer who starts to see murders as they are happening thru the eyes of the killer.  the costumes are amazing, and it is also pretty cool to see manhattan in 1978.  so different than what it is like now!  soho?  try don't go, ho.  haha

photos are from the internetz

anyway, adam and i were talking after i watched it, (he was very proud of me for watching a scary movie) and i was telling him about the young Tommy Lee Jones.  this is the path of that conversation:
Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee
Tommy Lee Gifford

and then adam made these (cause he's amazing)

xoxoxocm

doors

you know what they say, "doors are the entrance into a building."  poignant words my friend.

architectural compositions

these are a few shots i have taken recently of architecture being abstracted and simplified to create motion through line. yep.

An Afternoon in Richmond

 

 

 

 

We went to Richmond for an afternoon, the area is very posh and fun for site seeing.  They have a very beautiful park in the centre, where they keep 2 different types of deer as well as many other types of wild life that you can walk right up to.  its a wonderful little escape in the centre of a bussling town.   At certain times of the year the hunters come in and cull the deer, durring that time the butchers in the area are chock full of fresh venison. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.  After the park, we headed to the river to see a boat race and grab a cleansing pint of ale, twas a fun day to be sure!

Portraits

This set of reflective portrait photos i took while i was in London over the summer. i am slow, so that's why it has taken this long for me to put them up. i seriously am going to do better, i swear. not that anyone reads this anyway - if you're reading this - I LOVE YOU!!!!!

cmorr

early birthday

Since Adam's sister is coming at the end of the month and will be here for his birthday, I wanted to do something this past weekend for the two of us. I planned a whole day out, starting with a walk through the west village. Saturday was an absolutely stunning day, and we wandered the streets hand in hand. Now, Adam knew that the day was for him, but I wouldn't let on to anything that I had planned. After a few hours in the sun I brought him to the restaurant that I had decided on: A Salt and Battery (http://www.asaltandbattery.com/) It's a tiny little fish n' chips place - with, I have to say, some of the best I've ever eaten! The batter was light and crispy and the cod perfectly flaky. They have HP Sauce on request and their home made tarter sauce is unbelievable! After lunch we wandered some more, acting coy I brought him down to the river walk on the Hudson River. After a while there, we wandered into Chelsea Piers and started wandering around, Adam guessing this or that (and NOT getting it!) until I brought him to a kiosk where we picked up our tickets for a 2 hour cruise on the schooner Imagine. I found the tickets online through www.goldstarevents.com which is free to sign up to and you get huge discounts on all sorts of things. Imagine is an 80 foot schooner and it seats about 48 people; it also has complimentary beer and soda! The sail was absolutely beautiful, we sailed down to Eilis Island- other sailboats, jet skis and ferries floating past. The view was impeccable and the people sitting around us were just lovely. Afterwards we wandered some more in Greenwich Village, and decided to grab a martini or two al fresco. I have to say, we had better ones earlier in the week at Il Bastardo (http://www.ilbastardonyc.com/media/ilbastardo.html) but nothing could dampen our day! We split an appetiser of veal tongue that was served broiled with creme fresh and watercress, and melted in our mouths. For desert we split a delicious raspberry tart with homemade vanilla ice cream. As the night grew late, we made our way back home, a perfect day if I do say so myself.

coney island we will miss you

just in case you haven't heard, Coney Island will be closing at the end of this season to be turned into a "Vegas style theme park." It is unfortunate that not everyone can appreciate the charm of a rickety old amusement park. If you get a chance, go check it out before it's gone...