Monthly Archives: February 2009

Some Beautiful Books

Art books and traveling are probably my two biggest vices at this point. And so, it follows, that when traveling, I love to go to art bookstores (because carrying books home in your suitcase makes so much sense). But as many amazing stores I can think of in various cities (La Hune in Paris, 10 Corso Como in [...]

Jonas Reinhardt, White Hills, Soft Circle, ARP, Aa

I’m tempted to label this show ‘challenging,’ for a couple of reasons. Firstly there’s the purely logistical challenge of standing on cold concrete to take in full sets by five different bands. If you count set-up, performance, and take-down, each set averages out to roughly an hour in duration.

Peasant Belly Recipe

Photographer Adrian Gaut brought a loaf of homemade bread over to my place. Since then this recipe has been passed along to almost everyone I know.  In the spirit of both winter and the recession:

Domestic Bliss

Do people keep asking you if you’ve seen The Selby yet? Of course they do. Todd Selby’s online photo archive of environmental portraiture in the homes of intriguing gadabouts is pure eye candy. Many of the atmospheres — from New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, London, Paris, and Tulum (Mexico) — feature abundant collections and themes [...]