Hopefully will have some celeb spottings for you later!
-- Post From My iPhone
Monday, February 22, 2010
Oooh!
They're shooting 30 Rock outside my apt today.
Hopefully will have some celeb spottings for you later!
-- Post From My iPhone
Hopefully will have some celeb spottings for you later!
-- Post From My iPhone
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Happy Belated Birthday Mark!
We celebrated Mark's birthday a few days ago at Cowgirl in the West Village.
JoeScat was in town for the occasion.
Margaritas and Tequilas were everywhere.
Birthday boy got drunked and disrobed = yay.
JoeScat was in town for the occasion.
Margaritas and Tequilas were everywhere.
Birthday boy got drunked and disrobed = yay.
Stumbled on some chinktown mayhem...
Bumped into Gen's parents.
Ate some tasty hand-pulled noodles.
It was a good day.
-- Post From My iPhone
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Happy Belated Chinese New Year!
For the New Year I went out to Congee Village with a dozen of my new Asian friends.
We ate SO MUCH. And it cost $15.
I love chinkfood.
We ate SO MUCH. And it cost $15.
I love chinkfood.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
WEDDINGS!
Special thanks go to cousin Jon and soon-to-be-cousin Jen who wanted a presentation before they booked me as a photographer and thus got me to throw together my wedding portfolio slideshow.
Press the little icon next to "vimeo" to watch it full-screen. It's better.
Yes, I used the same song that I used in my Superbowl slideshow. Sue me. I love it.
Here's where the fun part comes in.
I'm nothing without my friends and family and clients and supporters.
So I need your help.
Send me a client this year and I'll give you a REFERRAL FEE!
I charge $2800 for a wedding, $1800 for the wedding of a friend or family member.
If you send me a full-paying client, I'll give you $500.
There is no catch.
I make money, you make money.
(Refer someone who is already a friend or acquaintance of mine and I'll give you a $100 referral fee.)
I'm available for travel throughout the world.
And if I'm your friend and you're getting married, maybe you should book me lest I get booked on another job and am unable to attend your wedding because I'm working! (Farshid)
(Smershy and Goony you're safe.)
Thank you to everyone who has been so supportive over the past few years.
You all are the reason I'm able to do what I love for a living.
Press the little icon next to "vimeo" to watch it full-screen. It's better.
Yes, I used the same song that I used in my Superbowl slideshow. Sue me. I love it.
Here's where the fun part comes in.
I'm nothing without my friends and family and clients and supporters.
So I need your help.
Send me a client this year and I'll give you a REFERRAL FEE!
I charge $2800 for a wedding, $1800 for the wedding of a friend or family member.
If you send me a full-paying client, I'll give you $500.
There is no catch.
I make money, you make money.
(Refer someone who is already a friend or acquaintance of mine and I'll give you a $100 referral fee.)
I'm available for travel throughout the world.
And if I'm your friend and you're getting married, maybe you should book me lest I get booked on another job and am unable to attend your wedding because I'm working! (Farshid)
(Smershy and Goony you're safe.)
Thank you to everyone who has been so supportive over the past few years.
You all are the reason I'm able to do what I love for a living.
Monday, February 15, 2010
The Meatball Factory
If you've ever visited EggFurious, you know that I have a little thing for meatballs.
Tuesday night I got off my plane from New Orleans and went straight home to drop off my bags and then straight down the street to the Grand Opening of THE MEATBALL SHOP!!!!
I had been looking forward to this day for weeks now.
The menu is awesome and reminds me of Counter Burger in Santa Monica. You pick the type of ball you want - beef, spicy pork, chicken, salmon, or veggie.
Then you chose to have it on top of pasta, rice, mashed potatoes, veggies, plain, or on a sandwich or as little $3 sliders.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
Connie ordered kale.
I actually went back the following night.
If anyone ever wants to go, gimme ring, I'm less than a block away!
YESSSSSSSSSS
Tuesday night I got off my plane from New Orleans and went straight home to drop off my bags and then straight down the street to the Grand Opening of THE MEATBALL SHOP!!!!
I had been looking forward to this day for weeks now.
The menu is awesome and reminds me of Counter Burger in Santa Monica. You pick the type of ball you want - beef, spicy pork, chicken, salmon, or veggie.
Then you chose to have it on top of pasta, rice, mashed potatoes, veggies, plain, or on a sandwich or as little $3 sliders.
IT IS INCREDIBLE.
Connie ordered kale.
I actually went back the following night.
If anyone ever wants to go, gimme ring, I'm less than a block away!
YESSSSSSSSSS
Friday, February 12, 2010
After the Superbowl / Drew Breezy's house
We woke up Monday morning still in disbelief.
Little Adam, like most New Orleanians and Louisianans, had waited his entire life for this moment.
He cried and cried, unable to grasp that it had really happened.
But cruising by Drew Brees's house was proof of the magic that had taken place.
It was like the Princess Diana memorial. But in a good way.
I left Drew the pretty gold football necklace I had caught in one of the parades.
So, this will probably be my last post about the Superbowl.
I'm sure a lot of non-football fans have been thinking, "um...it was just a football game..." and I have to admit I probably would too if I had not come down here and fallen in love with this city over the past year and a half.
Now though, having adopted the Gulf Coast as my third coast, I realize how important and transformative this victory was.
When you think about the relationship between the Saints and the Gulf Coast and the city of New Orleans, it's more than just a football game and more than just a football team. All the hopes and dreams and struggles of the community were reflected in this game.
Hurricane Katrina came and went, and I'm sure it's been out of the minds of most Americans for several years now. But New Orleans has continued to struggle over the past four years. Katrina was, after all, one of the worst natural disasters in American history, destroying 70,000 homes and displacing many more.
But since 2005, the Saints have been the rallying force behind the entire region. And the impact they have had on the spirit of the people in this area cannot be measured.
I've never seen a city with such immense spirit or pride. This city and team embrace one another in a way that is unique in all the world. Sure, other cities have pride in their teams, but in those cities there are probably plenty of people who are pretty apathetic. Here in New Orleans, every single person is a rabid Saints fan. There are no passive viewers. Which is probably why 40,000 people showed up just to welcome the Saints home when they landed at around noon on Monday.
And while most professional athletes discuss themselves and their gifts at post-game press conferences, the Saints invariably talk about their city and what its recovery has meant to them and to the nation.
Even on Oprah today, Drew said, "I feel like the energy of the country was with us. Regardless of whether or not you were Saints fan before [the Superbowl], I think everyone was able to relate to everything our city has been through over the last four years and what our team means to the city and what a win would do for them and I am so glad we were able to give them that championship because they deserved it."
New Orleans is city. But it's also a community. And while there are many celebrities who live here, in town they're just really well-known residents and are generally left alone. Which is why Brad and Angie live right in the French Quarter, and why it's not that weird that a superhero like Drew Brees lives in a relatively normal house just down the street from Semmes and Smershy.
And then a little further down St. Charles Avenue is the new Real World House!
.............................................
So following the insanity of last night, we really needed to feast on some super fatty food.
Solution: CHINA DOLL!
OMG there was so much food and it was so YUMMMY.
And we got an interesting array of fortunes.
Congratulations, People of New Orleans!
See you again soon!
Little Adam, like most New Orleanians and Louisianans, had waited his entire life for this moment.
He cried and cried, unable to grasp that it had really happened.
But cruising by Drew Brees's house was proof of the magic that had taken place.
It was like the Princess Diana memorial. But in a good way.
I left Drew the pretty gold football necklace I had caught in one of the parades.
So, this will probably be my last post about the Superbowl.
I'm sure a lot of non-football fans have been thinking, "um...it was just a football game..." and I have to admit I probably would too if I had not come down here and fallen in love with this city over the past year and a half.
Now though, having adopted the Gulf Coast as my third coast, I realize how important and transformative this victory was.
When you think about the relationship between the Saints and the Gulf Coast and the city of New Orleans, it's more than just a football game and more than just a football team. All the hopes and dreams and struggles of the community were reflected in this game.
Hurricane Katrina came and went, and I'm sure it's been out of the minds of most Americans for several years now. But New Orleans has continued to struggle over the past four years. Katrina was, after all, one of the worst natural disasters in American history, destroying 70,000 homes and displacing many more.
But since 2005, the Saints have been the rallying force behind the entire region. And the impact they have had on the spirit of the people in this area cannot be measured.
I've never seen a city with such immense spirit or pride. This city and team embrace one another in a way that is unique in all the world. Sure, other cities have pride in their teams, but in those cities there are probably plenty of people who are pretty apathetic. Here in New Orleans, every single person is a rabid Saints fan. There are no passive viewers. Which is probably why 40,000 people showed up just to welcome the Saints home when they landed at around noon on Monday.
And while most professional athletes discuss themselves and their gifts at post-game press conferences, the Saints invariably talk about their city and what its recovery has meant to them and to the nation.
Even on Oprah today, Drew said, "I feel like the energy of the country was with us. Regardless of whether or not you were Saints fan before [the Superbowl], I think everyone was able to relate to everything our city has been through over the last four years and what our team means to the city and what a win would do for them and I am so glad we were able to give them that championship because they deserved it."
New Orleans is city. But it's also a community. And while there are many celebrities who live here, in town they're just really well-known residents and are generally left alone. Which is why Brad and Angie live right in the French Quarter, and why it's not that weird that a superhero like Drew Brees lives in a relatively normal house just down the street from Semmes and Smershy.
And then a little further down St. Charles Avenue is the new Real World House!
.............................................
So following the insanity of last night, we really needed to feast on some super fatty food.
Solution: CHINA DOLL!
OMG there was so much food and it was so YUMMMY.
And we got an interesting array of fortunes.
Congratulations, People of New Orleans!
See you again soon!
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