Monday, January 7, 2013
Winter In NY
Thursday, January 3, 2013
FIND A SPARK
Since November I have been real busy trying to put things together, Jess and I are working on a new alphabet book about food allergies, it will come out in MARCH! Also I have been trying to focus with what my friend Naomi R. has dubbed my "monthly mantras":
September: HAVE FUN EVERY DAY
October: SAY YES TO EVERYTHING
November: MAKE IT HAPPEN
December: CHANGE IT UP
January: FIND A SPARK
I have been in LA for a week and a half and tomorrow I fly to SF for 2 and a half dream days, then back to NYC on Sunday night. Today Bonnie took us to NEW BOHEMIA SIGNS: EAST ON SUNSET which was great and now I will try to make all the illustrations for out book even brighter!
More blogging 2-0-1-3 I think.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Occupy Sandy
I worked for three days last weekend on hurricane relief, on Friday in Red Hook, Brooklyn serving food, on Saturday in Far Rockaway unloading trucks that were arriving with supplies and helping sort them, and on Saturday in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn first canvasing the neighborhood for extra hurricane supplies people no longer needed, then sorting supplies that were coming in and putting together "blackout kits" with flashlights, batteries, candles and matches.
I am going to try to go back today to 520 Clinton Ave where I was working on Sunday. There is a distribution hub there for supplies going out to all affected areas. There is another storm coming in today which is scary for the many areas of the city that still do not have power!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Halloween Sandy
I am here! Brooklyn seems relatively unaffected by the hurricane so far! I spent the last two days in Clinton Hill weathering out the storm. We went for a walk around 8PM last night and it wasn't too crazy out, though in other parts of the city it seems like it was. This morning we walked over to DUMBO and saw few downed trees and about 5 foot high flood waters on the buildings at the waterfront.
The subways, however, seem to be a completely different story! Nobody will ever go back to work I think. I would be surprised to see even limited subway service resume before next Monday but it could be longer. They started running buses today and full service is supposed to resume tomorrow. Both the bookstore and the MOUSE office still have no power, not sure when anything will happen in Lower Manhattan again.
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Monday, October 29, 2012
SANDY!!
Friday, October 26, 2012
October Trips
The last three weekends I have been able to leave the city which is something that almost never happens so I was very excited about it! The first weekend I went up to my friend Anna's Family's house on Grindstone Island, one of the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River. There is no bridge to the island and no roads on the island so the only way to get around is by boat! On Sunday we took a boat ride in a crazy old wooden power boat and we scooted around some of the Canadian islands, going into Canada for an hour or so.
Here is the crazy house we stayed in, it had at least 5 bedrooms and a giant room upstairs with 8 beds in it!
Here we are on the Sunday boat ride and then the view of one of the side houses down the island:
The following weekend I went up to Rhode Island with my friends Eric, Anastasia and Rachel to Eric's uncle's house to do a big apple cider pressing. We went up a day early to explore Rhode Island a little and to explore some thrift stores:
Then last weekend I drove up to my friend Naomi's grandma's house near Ellenville, NY for her birthday. We spent a long time walking around in the woods looking for a swimming spot but never found it! I forgot to take any pictures except for this one of her in the house on the phone:
Thursday, September 27, 2012
September Jam
There is tons of summer fruit in the store so I have been spending a lot of time making jam, hopefully I can make enough to last all year! So far I have made two kinds of plum jam (pluot and golden plum), nectarine jam and most recently tomato-pineapple jam! After work in Queens on Saturday I'm gonna ride by all the fruit stands I used to go to in Rego Park to see if I can pick up some cheap berries or peaches!
On the left, pluot jam being made, on the right nectarine, golden plum and plut jam:
Saturday, September 22, 2012
West Coast Pictures
Finally got my pictures from WA/CA last week but I haven't had time to put them up yet. Feels weird that some of these were less than a month ago because it seems like I've already been in New York for months.
Near Seattle at the top of Rattlesnake ledge with Erik, Rosie, Zelda, Sam, Rebecca and Random Guy and on the boat with Zelda, Lyra and Orion:
In Petaluma on the farm with Becca, Darcy and Alex:
More pictures on Flickr.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Back In New York
I'm back in New York for the school year, haven't posted in a while because I'd been waitin to develop my pictures from Seattle. I finally dropped those off today so I'll put em up as soon as I scan them.
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