this article from the NY TIMES gives us a sign of hope that our polaroid cameras could be back in use very soon! woohoo. check out the “the impossible project”

i need to start utilizing www.matthewcrane.com more. i have been extremely lazy about posting while friends jake and josh have encouraged me through their consistent updating. it has become a new years resolution of sorts, its only a couple days late.

today i was driving home from work and was enjoying NPR, and i heard an interesting story about a man in Paris. every sunday, he opens up his home for dinner to anyone. you have to RSVP and there is limited seating, but anyone can asked to be invited. i thought this concept was great. i have talked to my sister jen before about this sort of thing, and if we ever opened a restaurant we would have a family style dinner once a week. i am stoked to visit Paris again and RSVP for his dinner party.

here is the full story from NPR….

Every week for the past 30 years, I’ve hosted a Sunday dinner in my home in Paris. People, including total strangers, call or e-mail to book a spot. I hold the salon in my atelier, which used to be a sculpture studio. The first 50 or 60 people who call may come, and twice that many when the weather is nice and we can overflow into the garden.

Every Sunday a different friend prepares a feast. Last week it was a philosophy student from Lisbon, and next week a dear friend from London will cook.

People from all corners of the world come to break bread together, to meet, to talk, connect and often become friends. All ages, nationalities, races, professions gather here, and since there is no organized seating, the opportunity for mingling couldn’t be better. I love the randomness.

I believe in introducing people to people.

I have a good memory, so each week I make a point to remember everyone’s name on the guest list and where they’re from and what they do, so I can introduce them to each other, effortlessly. If I had my way, I would introduce everyone in the whole world to each other.

People are most important in my life. Many travelers go to see things like the Tower of London, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower and so on. I travel to see friends, even — or especially — those I’ve never met.

In the late ’80s, I edited a series of guidebooks to nine Eastern European countries and Russia. There were no sights to see, no shops or museum to visit; instead, each book contained about 1,000 short biographies of people who would be willing to welcome travelers in their cities. Hundreds of friendships evolved from these encounters, including marriages and babies.

This same can be said for my Sunday salon. At a recent dinner, a 6-year-old girl from Bosnia spent the entire evening glued to an 8-year-old boy from Estonia. Their parents were surprised, and pleased, by this immediate friendship.

There is always a collection of people from all over the globe. Most of them speak English, at least as a second language. Recently a dinner featured a typical mix: a Dutch political cartoonist, a beautiful painter from Norway, a truck driver from Arizona, a bookseller from Atlanta, a newspaper editor from Sydney, students from all over, and traveling retirees.

I have long believed that it is unnecessary to understand others, individuals or nationalities; one must, at the very least, simply tolerate others. Tolerance can lead to respect and, finally, to love. No one can ever really understand anyone else, but you can love them or at least accept them.

Like Tom Paine, I am a world citizen. All human history is mine. My roots cover the earth.

I believe we should know each other. After all, our lives are all connected.

OK, now come and dine.

Independently produced for All Things Considered by Jay Allison and Dan Gediman, with John Gregory and Viki Merrick.

this coming thursday, i am going to see jaime lidell in LA at the el rey theatre with daniel collins and company. jaime lidell is an amazing one man show that layers tracks, beats, percussion, and singing. he is full of soul and funk and a great show. check him out here: www.jamielidell.com/

i recently scored an internship at a showroom in downtown LA. they rep some very legit and amazingly designed brands. today, i want to feature LOVA. it is a label coming out of LA started by three guys who have amazing style and taste in designing. i am looking forward to some samples “falling on my lap,” i hear it is a perk of the job. it is going to be an adventure seeing this brand grow and blow up.

NY TIMES write up: LOVA BOYS


review from NOTCOT

shades of greige
thank you steady boutique

thank you sartorialist
burberry prorsum
thank you style.com

went to washington for a long week with my brother kevin. got to visit the grandparents and other family. adventures included:
bowling, wine tasting, food adventures, movie-vantage point (HORRIBLE), mellow book reading (’service included’ by phoebe damrosch and ‘how to be good’ by nick hornby)days by the fire, night out with the cousins at KINGS in ballard, and concluded with a trip to BLACKBIRD clothing store.

cousins


KINGS HARDWARE—bar in ballard in seattle, wa:


BLACKBIRD—awesome clothing store in ballard in seattle, wa:

i am going to write a review on www.YELP.com on the above bar and store if interested.

1. amazing new forum created by timmy join and get connect and share. it gonna get HUGE. www.solidwham.com

2. shannon turned 22:


3. erik brandt visited:


4. goals——new job and move out. dont know where. dont know how. lord help me.