HAVING A COKE WITH YOU

is even more fun than going to San Sebastian, Irún, Hendaye, Biarritz, Bayonne or
being sick to my stomach on the Travesera de Gracia in Barcelona
partly because in your orange shirt you look like a better happier St. Sebastian
partly because of my love for you, partly because of your love for yoghurt
partly because of the fluorescent orange tulips around the birches
partly because of the secrecy our smiles take on before people and statuary
it is hard to believe when I'm with you that there can be anything as still
as solemn as unpleasantly definitive as statuary when right in front of it
in the warm New York 4 o'clock light we are drifting back and forth
between each other like a tree breathing through its spectacles

and the portrait show seems to have no faces in it at all, just paint
you suddenly wonder why in the world anyone ever did them

I look at you and I would rather look at you than all the portraits in the world
except possibly for the Polish Rider occasionally and anyway it's in the Frick
which thank heavens you haven't gone to yet so we can go together the first time and the fact that you move so beautifully more or less takes care of Futurism just as at home I never think of the Nude Descending a Staircase or at a rehearsal a single drawing of Leonardo or Michelangelo that used to wow me and what good does all the research of the Impressionists do them when they never got the right person to stand near the tree when the sun sank
or for that matter Marino Marini when he didn't pick the rider as carefully
as the horse

it seems they were all cheated of some marvelous experience
which is not going to go wasted on me which is why I am telling you about it

—Frank O'Hara

The Sartorialist does it again.

I've followed the Sartorialist for awhile now and never ceases to amaze me how great of an eye he has. He found this young woman and snapped a picture of her. She seems like someone with a great story. Who wouldn't want to know her?

Mom & Dad visit NYC

She wanted to ride the saddle...

So she did, and I documented it. J & I went an undefeated 1-0 in beer pong and had mediocre showings in flip cup. It was a fun night that of course had us ending it at a club called Solas.

Bastille (Bassteel) Day 2010

Jordyn & I attended the 60th street Bastille Day Fair. It was like any fair only with more crepes. We ended up having to amuse ourselves with delicious food & silly banter.

4th of July 2010

D n B

One of my best friends is living in Brazil and is putting together some great video documentaries during her stay. Check them out.


Hexa Brasil - Episode 4.