TINY PLANE

I took this photo from the front step of my apartment in Harlem. I'm assuming this flight originated from LGA, which is only a few miles east. I used my Canon 60D and my NEW 70-300mm EF Ultrasonic lens using the Image Stabilizer.

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: MKG's 10th Birthday Party

MKG (thisismkg.com) celebrates ten years of unprecedented success, and unforgettable memories with a carnival/carnaval themed 'birthday' party-- complete with fairground games, and a parade of conga drums with Brazilian dancers.

 

MORNING MOMENT OF ZEN

Photos from Thanksgiving in New Haven, CT. 

GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS

I had the pleasure of catching up with the lovely ladies of MKG -- the MKGirls if you will.

Here's a quick preview of some party pics... many more to come!

Ari Moore,  Maiah Johnson, Kelly Eng, and Cathy Levett.

CLICK BELOW FOR A FEW MORE SHOTS :)

OPENING 007: the Skyfall Opening Sequence

Dissecting the intricately beautiful opening sequence of SKYFALL, the latest blockbuster in the James Bond legacy, is a heady task. First hurdle is the length. Director Sam Mendes dedicated over 3 minutes and 55 seconds of his film to the sequence, and designer Daniel Kleinman clearly had no trouble filling every frame with richly layered compositions hinting toward the movies key themes and elements.

I love the gorgeous segue from the Prologue into the Opening Sequence! As Bond (Daniel Craig) crashes below the water's surface, we shift from the reality of the main story into his psyche. Our hero plummets into his dark, watery grave as finely manicured, female fingers grip his collar pulling him deeper into his own demise.

Click here for more still-frames and the link to watch the FULL video:

Shutter Bug

This really hits the nail on the head.



Thanks gothamist!

ABQ COLLAGE

Albuquerque Panorama

TOTALLY TORONTO!

October 11, 2012 - The south-facing few from the Town Inn Suites, Toronto, Canada.

KOOZA CIRQUE DU SOLEIL

 

Outside the tents before the big show!

Kennedy Center

Seeing the 100th Performance of the La Cage tour at the famed Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C.

OWS Marches Through the Streets of Soho

The scene right now as hundreds (thousands?) of protesters march up Broadway at the corner of Houston.

Where are they heading?

What will happen next?

 If they occupy the MTA and I don't get home on the subway, I'mona be pissed.

Ring the Alarm

My New Tattoo

I went to Rivington Tattoo yesterday-- the new home of my tattoo guy, Sweety.

The new shop is really beautiful. Simple, clean... dark wood floors and an amazing/ornante tin tile ceiling that is gorgeous to look at when you're getting needles full of ink drilled into your arm.

 

Here's what we started out with... the bare area between my wrist 

and the bottom of the clover.

And the other side.

Sweety traced the bow and Mickey Mouse on carbon-transfer.... but then free-handed the rest first starting in lime green Sharpie marker.

 

The workstation is kept very clean-- no spills. 

 

After the rough outline was done, he went back with a fine tip red Sharpie, and finally a blue ballpoint gel pen.

 

Once he was finished sketching, I checked it out in the mirror and we quickly got started. We all know I don't have the beefiest frame, or a strong stomach so it's no surprise that I get a little woozy when I subject myself to this whole tattoo thing... but Sweety is always totally cool about it and after about five minutes I totally thought I was gonna barf. 

Actually ran to the bathroom cause I-thought-I-was-gonna-puke-barf. But I didn't. I calmly went back to my chair, and he brought be a damp paper towel for my forehead and let me recline in the chair. 

When the bear of a receptionist found out that I'd almost fainted he was really amazing and rushed to the bodega to grab me a candy bar. I felt like Shleby-- a reference I wasn't sure they'd get, so I didn't verbalize it.

Here's what's left of the candy bar.

And here's the final product, obviously still very raw and swollen-- but I'll totally share updated photos once she's healed.

Someone's Got a Secret

I've received 2 notes in 2 days from a "Secret Admirer"

[Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

PICTURE PERFECT

The first official shot from my fancy new iphone camera. I'm gonna love this thing. 

 

The view of Soho from the Broadway windows of www.thisismkg.com

FIRE ESCAPE // NYC SUBWAY STAIRS

My Run In with Occupy Wall Street

Saturday September 24 - New York City

 

My boyfriend and I had just had our hair cut in Astor Square, and after he headed back uptown to rehearsal I went south into SoHo for some light shopping. The sidewalks were crowded with the typical herds of tourists, but because I had no where else I needed to be I casually, patiently strolled among them.

The gentle din of urban life, the hum of food trucks, the bad euro dj music emerging from the nearest mega-chain retailer were all interrupted by the sudden roar of a large, angry crowd. My pedestrian haze was quickly jolted back real life as I turned to see what I would later come to know as the Occupy Wall Street group.

They were aggressively protesting in the middle of the street fighting against traffic up Broadway. There seemed to little-to-no police presence in what seemed to be a spontaneous, unorganized riot-in-the-making... save for a few sweaty looking cops tailing the group at a safe distance.

That being said, a few hours later as I was crossing University at 12th street just south of Union Square, less than a block away from my boss's loft, and literally in the epicenter of a collision between the #OccupyWallSt kids (who were now running full bore) and a much larger contingent of NYPD that had planted themselves in a barricade mid intersection.

Seconds after I cleared the cross walk, the two groups met. Elbows hooked into heads, necks were clothesline-clipped by extended forearms, bodies mounded on the black pavement in piles of wrestling.

I had honestly never seen anything like it. The small group of spectators that had joined me on the street corner watched in silent shock for a moment before quickly continuing west, away from the brawl.

I ran into a couple of hipster girls from the New School who looked totally clueless. Without stopping, I said "you'd better just turn around and go the other way."


Read the rest of the story here at NYDAILY

TWO THINGS

 

The building across the street from MKG at Broadway and Houston, Soho - New York City.

Danger sign on the sidewalk below.

VACATION: SOUTH BEACH