banksy hits up a chelsea gallery

Banksy had a month-long exhibit last month at the Vanina Holasek Gallery, which I was very fortunate enough to have gotten the chance to see.





I wasn't sure at first how I felt about Banksy, a once-unknown "street artist" from a sleepy cow-town in England, displaying framed, matted recreations of his graffiti and selling them for $40k a pop. He did provide a B.O.G.O.F.F super-deal though, which was really funny to me:







And finally, my favorite picture from the Banksy exhibit. I was trying to take a picture of his framed counterfeit Priness Di moolah, when I noticed the reflection of the American flag in the frame, as well as in other reflections all around... Weird.



It's cool how Banksy has been able to turn something he loves doing into something that also helps him pay the bills and fund his next "big thing." Banksy in a gallery? All the more power to him.

changes in 2008

Happy New Year, friends! I'm such a delinquent on this blog, and lots of you have been calling that to my attention... Well, sorry for the radio silence! I have been thinking a lot about what I want this blog to be about (some of you told me I think TOO MUCH about it...), and I KNOW I have a tendency to overthink things sometimes... but I want this blog to be about the cool things I see and the cool things that inspire me, not just a blog about myself. Not that there's anything wrong with personal blogs about people's lives! Actually, I love reading all of yours - I guess I just don't like writing them about myself. I feel so...exposed. So my blog is changing a bit - for the better. And I'll definitely try and post more frequently. And please keep on reading.

merry christmas, everyone

Wishing everyone love, happiness and peace this Christmas.

can you read this?

So my friend Shelley, a very established and veteran blogger, brought it to our attention that there is actually a "Blog Readability Test" that determines the level of education required to understand the contents of a blog. I guess mine is at College (Post-Grad) level. Weird. I love that the badge above that defines my blog as "College" level is visually represented with a test tube, some kind of generic rocketship, and an atom of some kind. Because that is EXACTLY how I remember my college years.

As I commented to Shelley, I would have thought mine would be at "Pre-Kindergarten" or "Remedial" since I haven't blogged in weeks.

a tearful evening

Tonight I made dinner for a friend, and I have never shed as many tears as I did tonight while preparing it. I didn't even think of this before, but now that I've had eye surgery and have been contact lens free - my eyes are a lot more sensitive to onions than they have ever been before. When I used to wear contacts, I used to be able to chop onion upon onion without ever shedding a tear. Not anymore. By the time I got halfway through the onion, the tears were pouring out of my eyes, my nose was running, my mascara had streaked all over my face - and I could barely see the onion on the cutting board. I have never been like that before. I guess that's ONE drawback to no longer wearing contacts!

christmas in new york, part II

I've been a little delinquent with my blog these past few weeks - for a whole host of reasons, which maybe I will elaborate upon later. For now, here are some of the favorite sights I have seen lately that make it feel so Christmas-y.

Brooklyn Baking Day


The Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday Light Show


Rockefeller Christmas Tree






The past few weeks have been a blur of activity, holiday festivities, friends visiting from out of town, work-related social events. Sometimes it's hard to keep up. Hopefully we can all find some time to just relax and find peace amidst the hustle and bustle.

black friday ridiculousness

Okay, so technically it's Black Friday, and I've been trying to purchase something online at Circuit City and then do an in-store pick-up tomorrow morning, and everything on the internet is absolutely jammed. I can't even complete my online order because the website can't check inventory at the stores online to guarantee my online purchase, and then the server stops responding. There must be a lot of over-stuffed, post-Thanksgiving armchair shoppers out there. First there's physical traffic to deal with - cars, lines, people. Now it's virtual traffic. Stop it, people. Let me get my stuff first.

happy thanksgiving, friends