ode to carrots

i have been consuming carrots like they are going out style. BUT, they aren’t, nor will they ever. because they are healthy, tasty and CHEAP! cook some carrots, people. buy the funky ones with dirt...

CHRIS WARE

a walk with a friend landed the two of us in a fairly new bookstore in the neighborhood, i’ve been wanting to check it out for a while. the storefront used to be our regular video store, so when...

Get over it

Derrick Rose is a professional. He plays basketball for a living, in the NBA. At 24 years old, he’s already been an MVP, doing so in the 2010-2011 season. He’s reached the playoffs every year he’s...

FULL MOON, LUNAR ECLIPSE.

is anyone else in touch with the eclipse that is going on right now? with the entering of scorpio, we need to let go of anything that we are holding onto, that we can not control. shake it off....

APRIL READ. (AND, BOOK GIVEAWAY!!)

1. Graham, Lauren. Someday, Someday, Maybe. 2013 – reading the back of this book pulled me in immediately. first of all, it takes place in 1995! I LOVE ALL THINGS 90s! secondly, the main character...

THE DAY,

when we can do laundry in our own home, i’ll carefully hang them on the line, right out the back door. you’d be lighting candles and incense all day, we’d barely leave prepping, baking, cooking,...

THE DAY,

when we can do laundry in our own home, i’ll carefully hang them on the line, right out the back door. you’d be lighting candles and incense all day, we’d barely leave prepping, baking, cooking,...

CHILDREN OF THE DIGITAL AGE

we take copious amounts of selfies when bored and alone. or at least i know i do. and a lot of my girlfriends. i like the scrolling effect when edited together, it’s almost like a photobooth. i...

Honey & Cream Iced Coffee

this weekend officially marked the beginning of iced coffee season here in new york. it’s a gradual progression, when people change to the summer drinks… but aaah it feels so good. being a barista...

INSTA

because i’m a slave to it - joe, kevin, upcoming projects, drying, pip & me on the loop, unintentional beet love, cooking my andy warhol limited editions, a poem my mom left me, heather & clara,...

DR. FRANK-N-FURTER, PENNYWISE, HEATH LEDGER, TOM WAITS.

I stared at my parents VHS copy of The Rocky Horror Picture show for YEARS before I watched it. It sat in our family collection, but my parents said “You aren’t allowed to watch this.” I guess I...

KALE & RIBEYE

i think its fair to say that KALE has been on a lot of people’s minds lately. we know it’s good for us, we know its sort of weird; lookwise and taste, it’s pretty cheap, and it’s the word that’s on...

Steph Curry is a basketball machine.

“I don’t know who second place is for the best shooter in the world,” Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. “But he certainly has first place tied up.” Mark Jackson may be a positive coach who believes...

KEEP AN EYE ON IT

we’ve been a little far away from the internet lately. i still have my eye on this blog, and i hope you keep your eye on it too. i have really really big news to share! i’m also sick of looking at...

Bulls come to Brooklyn to beat on some hipster doofuses

Tonight, the Chicago Bulls are in town to play the Brooklyn Nets. I wasn’t able to get tickets, so unfortunately Ashley and I won’t be attending like we have in the past, but we’ll definitely be...

EASTER IN BK

earlier today i published an entry about my easter in 2012. so now to easter 2013, which we spent in new york. after having gone home for nearly every holiday since moving up here, we knew it was...

NANA’S.

these pictures were taken a year ago. on what it will go down in the history of my life as my last full weekend spent at my nana’s house. i’ve kept these pictures so close to my heart because i was...

Dressed. To Impress?

While others are mostly concerned and intrigued with Kevin Ware’s devastating injury from Sunday night, I chose to get into something a little more enjoyable. I came across Grantland’s Wesley...

I JUST DON’T THINK I’LL EVER GET OVER YOU

i made this video with pictures taken during a self portrait project. it’s similar to

Bulls show toughness

I only want to focus on the fact that the Chicago Bulls beat the Miami Heat last night 101-97, and not the stuff that others would rather discuss today. This leaves Chicago in 5th place in the...

Jumpin on the wagon

I usually don’t pay much attention to college basketball (unless a former coach happens to make the Tournament). But, what Florida Gulf Coast University has done cannot be left unnoticed. The...

we are waiting very patiently to be chillin’ on our deck. stink and i.

SPRING BREAKERS –

i received the news dec 9, 2012 that selena gomez was starring in harmony korine’s newest film, i was pleasantly surprised. i like selena enough – i’ve grown to like her more since writing that. i...

Matt Brady Dukes It Out

These pictures were taken on February 24, 2007, after the last game of the regular season from my junior year. We had just beaten Sienna College, our rival and toughest competitor in the league at...

they stink!

Beer, wine, and cheese. Three very common and popular items that no one really needs, but yet we do. And in our times of need, we go and seek where to find these necessities. Dealing with the...

LENTIL SOUP

if you don’t make this at least once in your life, you fail! it’s so easy, so cheap, so GOOD FOR YOU! and one of those soups that works year round. this recipe has been taught to me by my nana,...

PUT IT ON THE RITZ!

i spent this past valentines day by myself, in the ritz carlton, in jamaica. that sentence just felt so damn good to write. joe was filming paula’s fourteenth season in savannah. after a few travel...

She’ll always be Ruth

Recently, Ashley and I finished watching the complete series of Six Feet Under (Ashley had watched it when it first aired but hadn’t seen it since). I’m very glad she wanted to rewatch; I loved it...

COME AND KNOCK ON OUR DOOR,

IS COKE A JOKE?

must watch vid ^^ SO, ponderment – how often do you drink soda? is it a # you are okay with? one of my favorite tastes and traditions, is cracking open a can of coke. even better? treating myself...