Bed-Stuy

Just a few really bad and random snapshots of our area of Brooklyn; Bed-Stuy


In front of our apartment ;D


i don't know his name, but he's there everyday and he always says hello ;)


Officer at the Adult Learning Center on Nostrand Ave.




He's my favorite! We always stop and chat with him everyday when we walk by. I've been trying to bargain with him for a pair of shoes he has that I want... no such luck. Yet :D


Surfacing from the A Train on Nostrand Ave; to the intersection of Nostrand & Fulton

Avalon in NYC!

a few years ago when I was getting ready to move to Philly (& no, it never happened), I finally got to meet one of my favorite penpals ever; Avalon. This girl is beautiful, inside & out. Her art is amazing; visit her site and support her at www.avalonclare.com. Anyway, she came to Brooklyn today and I was lucky enough to spend a few hours with her...


wall art i found while walking to meet them, in hipster capitol of the world; williamsburg, brooklyn


"so what should we do...?"


we went into buy drinks but spent half the time looking at the cat




we stopped inside brooklyn industries


and then took off to the park


getting comfy


avalon & ashleigh


i love her tattoos and her shoes. this girls got serious style.




gorgeous, or absolutely gorgeous. take yr pick.






so we left the park and went to ashleigh's house. avalon had to get directions back to chinatown to catch the chinatown bus to philly, so i went with her on my way home.




broken hearts and beautiful girls


avalon & i took a smoke break for getting on the train, and i took the time to photograph her, of course!




blowing kisses vs exhaling a cigarette


leading the way to the subway




there's a reason she takes hearts & names




moment of recollection




love.her.






right before she got on the bus

Wednesday 14 March 2008

Wednesday morning we got up and left to go explore some more. When you step outside of the loft I am staying at and look left, you get to see this:


(Sarah's photo, it's amazing! The Brooklyn Bridge [told you we were right on the water] and The Empire State right through the bridge)




If you turn left a little more and look behind you, you'll see 42 Main Street, the building I am staying at. It's right above and to the right of the Starbucks on the 3rd floor




Sarah took these of me. I used to boycott Starbucks like all the cool kids, but man... I just gave in about two months ago. And I'll be damned if I didn't admit that Venti Caramel Frappuccino's are the way to my heart...


On the way to the F Train we passed a pug... the cutest one ever... well next to my pug, Tally, who I miss so much!




I was itching to go to KidRobot, so Sarah and I went to Prince Street. This is Sarah on the A, and me in the reflection



Afterwards we walked through Little Italy


(sarah's photo)

We stopped for lunch and saw Mary-Kate Olsen walk by these very same windows minutes after we sat down and were eating our pizza:


(sarah's photo)


My favorite part was stopping in every single gallery we passed. Some of those included:


Pop! One of my favorite galleries in New York. The first time I went was in 1999.








(all images of galleries are sarah's)

We of course took plenty of time to go shopping. Diesel, French Connection (Of course I got a "I'd fcuk me" shirt,) Paul Frank Store, Ed Hardy, H&M, etc... My favorites were:


I mean, duh. You best believe I found that shit quick ;D

& Evolution: (I just came from working at the Chief Medical Examiner's in NC -- I was in Heaven with a two story store full of all things dead, artsy & related)















(all photos my images)


(Jack Skellington & I outside of Evolution - sarah's photo)






We walked by a market and found a cute hat lady... cute enough to persuade us to buy hats, hah


Hat lady also turned out to be quite a photographer: Sarah & I:





So last Friday, I went to see Kanye (& Rihanna, N.E.R.D., & Lupe Fiaso) and became a pretty big fan. I made Sarah take pictures of the glasses so I could send them to my sister, along with a pair cause I'm a good sister like that





These are just some random shots of graffiti I took somewhere along the way that day..


On our way home stepping off the F train at our stop, York & Jay





We got home late, and I totally forgot it was the opening of the DUMBO Photo Exhibit, from the 14-18th. These aren't good shots, I was handholding a 72-800 f/2.8 on a d200 of our balcony railing at 1/30th of a second... what do you expect? (Excuses excuses). They're just the hundreds of people waiting outside to get a glance... & The intersection where I live