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Style Diary: Week 4

25 Jan

This week I’ve dubbed, the Week of Sloth. Except for Thursday and Saturday, I didn’t go anywhere further than walking distance.  Clothes took a bit of a back seat, I wore a robe from Monday night until Wednesday afternoon!  And I was too lazy to change my jeans over the weekend. I honestly don’t think it’s strange or gross, most people when they can (i think…) do the same thing, it’s just not documented, so it’ll be our little secret.  Funny, for Week #3 I was on vacation, yet i stayed active as if work was the priority, and now I’m back in NYC and I’ve taken a mind fart.  I’m not going to beat myself up about it, because starting February 1st, my life will be turned upside down again, juggling managing DJ Dummy, going to school full-time, and trying to get a couple projects off the ground.  So cheers to sloth!

I’m partly joking about the sloth thing, I was actually quite productive this week (i just barely left the house), but the goal was comfort with very little effort and thought.  My favorite outfit of the week was Friday, I think it’s comfortable, and perfectly displayed how I felt that day.  My favorite picture was Tuesday, I liked the shadows from the blinds and I think I might convert that robe into a dress or something…I’m feeling the fabric! Overall I’ll admit, the week was kind of bland…but i don’t think being stylish means pushing the envelope everyday.  Oh and to clarify, I only got dressed to workout on Monday…not covering your buttocks while wearing leggings is a no go under any other circumstance.

Enjoy the week, stay inspired!

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biting into the frozen orange…

20 Jan

I spent the first half of this month visiting my family in Florida.  I’m from a small place, that very few people have heard of, called Port Charlotte.  There’s very little to do, and even less when you live on the very edge of Charlotte County in the boonies and it’s 30 degrees.  My Florida visits usually have a 5 day maximum, but I was feeling homesick and decided to break my tradition and indulge in the love you get from your family when you see them once a year.

The 1st place I go if I land after 11am is Jalapeno’s is North Ft. Myers.  I LOVE their enchiladas, I have yet to find a place in NYC that have even comparable enchiladas. If you ever go to SW Florida, check them out.

The other thing i HAVE to get while I’m home are the Salmon Cookie Rolls at Asuka Japenese Steakhouse, they’re so good!!  I couldn’t even wait to take the picture, I had to have one. I haven’t found these in NYC either, but I know they must be there.  If anyone can steer me to that place, then I’m moving in.

These two things are always a must on my visits, then if I get a chance I get a chicken sandwich from Chick-Fil-A.  I haven’t had one of their sandwiches in a while, i did this time, and sadly it wasn’t as amazing as I remember.  The only place I didn’t get to go to was Sonic, I was kind of bummed about that.

Relaxing in the house, meant rummaging through our large pantry, and might I say my mom has stepped her game up.  I think I might have cleared out that whole thing.  Two things stuck out in my head that are going to be added to my NYC small cabinets. I like maltballs, but mint creme malt balls, are apparently the next level! They’re addicting!! Many people don’t like malt balls, and a lot don’t like mint, much less together, but ummm yea…these are good.


The other treat that took me by surprise, is Pepper and Onion Relish with creme cheese on crackers…that ‘ish is like crack! (I’m guessing) ….it’s so surprisingly tasty. It’s the right amount of tang, spice, and sweet blended together.  Both items are made but Harry and David, so if anyone wants to send me one of their famous gift baskets, you know what to put in it.

I didn’t get to do much picture-taking while I was home, but I did go out to our backyard and captured a few flicks that I liked.  Here are 2 (plus the one that started the blog), you can catch the rest on Tumblr.

style diary: week 3

18 Jan

I started week 3 in Florida and ended it back in good ‘ol NYC.  I’ll start by saying please forgive Sunday’s outfit, it was my 1st day back, and the weather was crap, so I only left the house to do laundry, and I’ll leave it at. (hahaha that kind of rhymed)  Anyway, I just had to put that disclaimer out there…i love that shirt, i think its hilarious, but wearing it out seems like I’m trying to advertise.

Although it wasn’t particularly hot in Florida, I decided to make use of the sunshine and hang out with my mom’s new cows.  I was happy with quite a number of the shots; you can’t go wrong with natural light.  My favorite image is Friday, it was a breezy afternoon, and I love how the scarf and dress swayed in the wind; my favorite outfit though is Tuesday.  Probably anytime I wear that dress it will win my outfit vote, it’s my go-to casual dress!  It was a great find from my good friends at Loveday 31, an awesome vintage shop in Astoria.  Monday almost won, because I think it’s the closest mesh of my style (although i don’t feel i have or should have to have a particular one), but as I said, I love that dress. What are some of your thoughts?

*** oh and actually click on the pictures or links, I find that the colors are a bit more accurate and less compressed than what’s embedded in the blog.

Until next week…

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style diary: week 2

11 Jan

In week two of my Style Diary I had to challenge myself to not go against my initial idea, which I always have a habit of doing. Most times I usually should follow my gut, and there are other times, like I think now, that I should have listened to the other voice in my head.

I had this idea of playing with seated positions for this week.  I wanted to change up the scenery, but I quickly learned that I prefer consistency in my backgrounds, it looks cleaner, and from a photographic standpoint, by the end of the week handling the lighting becomes really easy because you become familiar with the setting.  Regardless, I’m suppose to document what I’m wearing, and not how or where I took the picture.

This week I went back home to my small hometown in Florida to visit my family. There is not too much to do when I’m home, and even less when its 30 degrees in the Sunshine state (it was too cold to leave the house Saturday & Sunday).  When I’m home it’s a great time to relax with family & friends, listen to the singing of cicadas, eat good food, and not fuss about clothing.

I have another week here, and I’m pretty sure by the end of it I’ll be screaming for the streets of NYC. But for now I’m just going to chill, it makes no sense to get all decked out to walk up and down the mall or Wal-Mart.

This week, it was a toss-up between Monday and Friday, but my favorite outfit was Friday. The colors made me feel happy and vibrant, plus it was a great day of seeing old friends…just one of those days when you feel great about yourself. Hope you have one of those days; enjoy the week!


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i gotta 35mm in ya face…

25 Dec

Last month you may remember that i had a post about a project that I was working on tentatively called In My Bed. I never decided on a title, so In My Bed will suffice.  The project, which was for my 35mm film class (yes people still use film), documented real moments that occur in the private sanctuary we call the bed.

Minus a few tweeks and parts where I went against my gut, I’m happy overall with the results, especially since I was all over the place on how I wanted to document it.  I ended up looking at each person as a character and the bed was their environment, and from there some how capture a dialogue within that moment that could be considered ‘documentary-style.’

The series included 15 images; here are 5 of my favorites.  The image that started this post didn’t make it, but I’m still pleased with it.

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twitter seems to have converted even the snobbish of sort…

7 Dec

Do you TwitPic? On occasion I do, when necessary…like last week when a grown ass man was wearing pink, rhinestone encrusted Hello Kitty slippers on the train, i HAD to share…as i digress.

Apparently Twitter’s alternate picture upload site, TwitPic has tickled the fancy of the fashion industry.  This month’s issue of Italian Vogue is dedicated to Twitter.  Along with a great publicist, Italian Vogue always seems to stay relevant, remember all the stir around the
All Black Issue this past summer?  Anyway, the cover of the new issue is a collage of model twitpics and inside is a spread, under direction of Steven Meisel, of models such as Christy Turlington, Natalia Vodianova, and Gisele Bundchen twitpic-ing themselves.

I’m not usually a big fan of the whole twitter thing becoming mainstream; yet there is something engaging about the concept.  I also like the sort of grainy, lo-res, unprofessional appeal of the pictures; a nice change of pace, of the over glossed magazine pictures that we normally see.  Kudos to Italian Vogue.

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in my bed…

21 Nov

ok, so Monday was supposed to be the blog start date, i’ve been pretty bad about updating posts, seeing that this is only number 2.  As i figure out balance, this thing will get into full swing.  There’s a couple of things in the next few days that I want to share, and after that i will (positive language lol) keep it coming.

I’m working on a project that looks at people’s relationships with their beds.  The bed is this intimate, private place where we sleep and have sex, but most of us do much more there.  In this place where we end and start our day and most don’t see, we rest, think, play, cry, read, hide, recuperate…you get the idea.

In my search for inspiration and clarity on how i want to shoot the project, I came across this image.  The picture is called Leprosy, from Jan Sochor.  It’s quite a simple picture, but evokes a lot of emotion, pain, and mystery.  Is that man in agony or is he dead?  The image made me stop, it captivated me…so much so, that i doing my photography presentation on it for History of Photography.  There’s something about documentary photography/photojournalism that doesn’t compare to anything else.  Reality is so much more interesting than perfection.

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