wow. sorry for the extreme slackage; a lot has been going on in the past... month i guess[it's been a while!].
there has been some major major weekend traveling - lars and i have been tearing up the east coast! well, sort of. last weekend we were in dc for an architecture reunion/dorkout fest. enough said there. we also went to new york city one weekend for a birthday party, hung out with some cool peeps and walked around. a LOT. some cool things noted: doughnut plant and the tim burton and bauhaus[of course] exhibits at the MoMA.
first things first, doughnut plant. ahhh. tucked away in the more abandoned parts of the lower east side[or was it just really early?] is this teeny tiny exquisite gem of a bakery. with all natural ingredients, simple yet unique flavors like peanut butter and jelly[SO good], and delicious hot beverages including their homemade chai, it was just the best experience i have had involving doughnuts. and i always have a jolly good time with doughnuts. the square shaped coconut creme filled doughnut lars and i shared was perfection. our dear friend matthew got the peanut butter and raspberry jelly filled doughnut, as i mentioned above, was delightful. the three of us sat in the small sitting area they have in the store window with our teas and watched the sea of customers roll in and roll out, buying their boxes full of vanilla bean, creme brulee and tres leches doughnuts, wishing we had more money and hadn't just eaten a breakfast bagel. i now wish i had taken some pictures. thank god for google images!
lil guy in the upper right corner = pure bliss.
we sat right where those ladies are sitting. good choice ladies!
and as always MoMA and their fabulous store did not fail to impress, but i was blown away by the two mentioned exhibits. the tim burton sketches were incredible and instantly took me back to the cartoon-doodling middle schooler i was. also amusing were his poems. i wish i had written one down but i was too busy being claustrophobic with the huge crowd that comes along with target free-fridays. and the full size replica of edward scissor hands... droool. the exhibit goes on till april 26, so if you are a fan and in nyc, be sure to check it out. [side note: i am so excited to alice in wonderland. march!]
our feet were killing us, since we had been walking for about 10 hours at this point, and we took a lot of sitting breaks. in an attempt to take a picture of the pretty pretty wood grains of the MoMA floor, i discovered that my camera does something oh so funny:
it is a miniature replica of the 1954 leica m3 by minox. i got it for christmas from my favorite boy and it is so darn cute. at first i was just thinking it was a pretty little necklace that takes mediocre pictures[if you can't tell from the first picture it says 5.0 mega pixels] but it has been making me giggle with its silly antics, aka stretching things that are moving. this is what trees look like from a moving car:
IT'S A TORNADO!
also, it comes with a million languages[i accidentally changed mine to turkish while admiring this option] but no flash. nope, like the old fashioned model it was based off of, you have to purchase the clip-on flash that costs about as much as the camera. hey oh. but it does look super adorable...
hahaha. well, so far i have been enjoying the romantic, moody, er, mysterious pictures it has been producing in dim lit situations such as the byrd theatre in richmond and lars at new years.
bam.
and bam. isn't she fab?
okay, enough rambling for now.
toodles,
ronald.
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