Care for a Stubby?

Care for a Stubby?

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Posted on October 28th, 2011

Oliver Strand wrote that these bottles look as if they belong in a “cooler on the porch”.  I don’t disagree.  The dark amber glass, dotted with a layer of condensation, brings to mind an old fashioned root beer.  But instead of carbonation, these “stubbies” are filled with Stumptown’s cold brew coffee. Portland Stumptown cafes have [...]

Portraits with the 85mm

Portraits with the 85mm

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Posted on October 20th, 2011

I had to mail back (my) the 85mm lens yesterday.  In my mind, the weather was appropriately gloomy as I walked the block to the post office holding the box.  I felt very comfortable using this lens in the short time I had it.  I wouldn’t say it ‘fit like a glove’ (mostly because it’s [...]

Renting, Wishing Otherwise

Renting, Wishing Otherwise

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Posted on October 18th, 2011

I rented the Nikon 85mm 1.4 G for five days and have had an enormous amount of fun photographing with this incredible lens.  I seamlessly adapted to my new life where I actually owned the lens, but a reminder email from the rental site quickly snapped me out of fantasy land. In the four days I’ve [...]

Decades in the Making

Decades in the Making

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Posted on October 13th, 2011

The last my parents visited Central Park, they were younger than I am now!  (My dad was 18!)  Last Friday, we subwayed in to 59th Street for a cupcake at Magnolia Bakery and followed our sugar high with a lovely walk through Central Park. Last Friday’s weather was perfect.  Everything feels better and more positive [...]

Market Snapshots:   Union Square Greenmarket

Market Snapshots: Union Square Greenmarket

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Posted on October 7th, 2011

Where: Union Square Greenmarket When: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 I only had time to take a few pictures before I quickly ran out of hands as I checked off items from my shopping list! Still, it’s clearly Fall at the Greenmarket. Pumpkins, gourds, mums, root vegetables. New York has finally received some quintessentially perfect Fall [...]

Time to Wander

Time to Wander

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Posted on October 5th, 2011

After last summer’s frantic visit to Storm King, we promised ourselves that we’d return with more than one hour allocated to visiting the 500 acre property. Our goal this year was to leave the city by 10:30 and eat a picnic lunch on one of the shaded lawns.  We didn’t end up leaving Brooklyn until [...]

Two Years Ago, Today

Two Years Ago, Today

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Posted on October 3rd, 2011

…Justin and I were married on a warm Fall day. Yesterday, we celebrated our second anniversary with a trip to Storm King.  We enjoyed crisp weather, the earliest hint of Fall foliage, and bike riding around the 500 acre property.  I’m eager to start editing the pictures, but in the meantime, click through for several [...]

Bridge over the Canal

Bridge over the Canal

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Posted on September 29th, 2011

I frequently walk between Brooklyn’s Park Slope and Carroll Gardens neighborhoods, either via Union Street or Carroll Street.  Parts of each walk have their charm, especially when I enter the outskirts of tree-lined Carroll Gardens. However, between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens lies the Gowanus Canal, also known as an EPA Superfund site.  When it [...]

Copenhagen Vignettes

Copenhagen Vignettes

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Posted on September 19th, 2011

Justin started a travel journal during our Spring trip to Portland. Each night or morning, he’d write a quick update of what we had done, seen, eaten, and drank. After any trip, I always think I’ll remember more of the details than I really do. Instead I’m left with visceral memories and vignettes, the details [...]

The Louisiana Art Museum

The Louisiana Art Museum

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Posted on September 16th, 2011

In most Copenhagen guidebooks, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art is placed in the list of ‘top 10 musts’, along with a haphazard collections of other ‘must’ items that includes smorrebrød (open-faced sandwiches), Fredericksborg Slot, the National Gallery, the main harbor of Nyhavn, Tivoli, and Danish design. A seemingly strange grouping, but in Lonely Planet’s [...]