New blog post (about a months’-old experience): Rockaway Records
little veggie, Big Apple
Wasn't ever in Kansas, but I'm certainly not there anymore.
The President’s Tailor | Mr Porter
An interview with Brooklyn’s Martin Greenfield. Planning on getting something from him one of these days… Good enough for Brooks Brothers, Band of Outsiders, Michael Jackson, Paul Newman, as well as three presidents? Good enough for me!
The name sounded familiar, so I looked up his location. His shop and factory are on the block neighboring my old school. Passed this place at least twice a day. Somehow, I must have missed the Presidents’ visits :)
Mamoun’s Falafel, NYC
Short and sweet: as much fun as a vegetarian can have for less than $5.
Quick. Produce a pocket full of goodness. Cover it in mouth-melting hot sauce. Sell it for $3.00. Too much for you to handle? That’s okay, Mamoun’skind of already has that market…
Note to self: go digital.
(Source: jmdesignlovelife)
the City lurches to life
As the sun contemplates rising,
Emitting skirmisher rays.
Morning greys give way to blues,
Or else stormy middays.
A million eggs on a million rolls—digested.
Papers recount yesterday;
Collective sigh, inhaling the Present.
Deliveries loaded, circulated: clogging the arteries.
Throbbing, the engines beat on.
Nervous turn signals: impatient drivers’ only outlet.
A lively railcar, home to sleepy passengers.
The city lurches to life.
b______ houses
a 16th floor apartment, iron-barred windows;
“keep out”: unnecessary.
Keeping in, moreso.
what if someone figures out this project is going nowhere?
jumpers are bad for business,
and metal’s a dime-a-dozen.
Margins: met with help from the marginalized.
Coffins, high-rised—
stretching, distancing from an unfriendly terra firma.
adrift, at work
Inefficient brush w i t n grimy stoop
h e s
Each stroke unique;
the e f c uniform.
f e t
C e ns s air of NOISE.
l a e
Cloaked in a snuggling chill,
a City lay hide & seek.
p s
Mr. Chitwood never gave up on me. I was an asshole to him, and he still kept helping me.
-student
Can’t imagine a better note for a Friday to end on. Bring on next week.
Vintage WWII Military Sunglasses
My friend Luke showed me these awesome sunglasses at brunch yesterday. These are his grandfather’s sunglasses from the days when he was a B-24 navigator during World War II. I’ll often post about military-inspired gear on this blog, but this pair of sunglasses is the real deal and still going strong some 60+ years later.
(Source: markdchou)
A documentary short on Central Watch in Grand Central Terminal, a watch repair / vintage watch store that has passed through 3 generations of the same family.
I’d heard about these guys quite a bit on watch forums, and finally dropped by earlier this week to see if I could get a couple of new springbars for my Seiko diver. They’re super nice, knowledgeable, and didn’t even charge me for the springbars. I’ll be back again!
The closing shot of this short (9:31 - 9:57) is beautiful, and so appropriate for the subject. Take a few minutes to watch!
(via markdchou)
