Boston

Boston is lovely! We took a Bolt Bus from midtown 34th St. and got there in about 4 hours. Stayed for a few days and saw a bunch of historical sites, including the Bunker Hill monument, various old parts of Cambridge, downtown Boston, the Harvard campus, the State House, little Italy, Chinatown etc. We took a boat ride along the river and enjoyed the scenery. Definitely going back some day...

Coney and Brighton with the 'rents

And here we are again in Coney Island, this time with the parents in my full on carnivalesque leopard print getup. We hung out and took loads of photos on the boardwalk and made a stop over in Brighton Beach for some stuffed cabbage and piroshki action at M&I foods. Pictured at the bottom, my folks getting a slice of something really rich and sweet (after we had stuffed ourselves silly with delicious Russian food).

Hamptons

Wow, it's been a while... say 3 months, no? Well, I suppose it's time to put a few pics up on the old blog. With that said, here are just a few snaps from our trip to the Hamptons... more to come ; )

Evening jazz number in the park, Prospect Heights

Brighton Beach + Coney Island. Stay classy.

Random photos from May, June... Brooklyn, Park Deli Skate Jam, subway off Broadway-Layfayette, bikes, vans, Camille, etc. etc.!



P.S.

Last celeb sightings: Jason Schwartzman in front of Other Music the other night (Bill Callahan in-store) and Tori Spelling at Top Shop! Random eh?

April showers, May flowers

Good morning NYC! Wow, this is probably the first time in a while that I've rose before 8am on a Saturday. Must be all the light pouring into my bedroom. Need to get a curtain for this 7 ft window. Anyway, it's been a while since I've posted so thought I'd kick off the month of a May with a few updates.

Recent music highlights (an homage to NW)!

4/24 - Saw Jeremy Jay (K Records) play for the first time at Brooklyn's Union Hall over on 5th. The show was pretty good and he played all the songs off the new album, including an older "hit" Air Walker. In my opinion, JJ is more style over substance, but there's definitely something there that keeps me listening. Oh and did I mention, UH has indoor Bachi Ball next to the bar? Def going back for that...

4/25 - The Moondoggies (Hardly Art / Sub Pop) played the following Saturday at Crash Mansion, which is some newish swanky place off Bowery in Lower Manhattan. It was their first show in NYC, (but my 2nd time seeing them) and they were totally righteous. I think the singer is only 22 or something but I swear he sounds like he's been doing this stuff for like 30 years. Very impressed, even at 1 in the morn (it's hard to impress me at that hour these days... usually I'm in bed before 12).

hmm... other stuff... was going to see Chairlift play in Williamsburg on Thursday night but Brendan came down with the Swine flu. Well, not really but he was pretty tired and not feelin it. Will have to check 'em another time.

And now, for some recent pics... went down to Florida to see the parental units a few weeks ago and kicked it on New Smyrna beach. Love that beach. Some really cute photos of my nephew, Prospect Park, and 1 dorky photo of me in front of Church's chicken (my fried-chx spot in Sanford)

I'll post more soon, enjoy the weekend!

--L