making the most of my surroundingsTumblr (3.0; @mynysummer)http://mynysummer.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kppgygoZfa1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>second time’s a charm - heckler, mo, and i <a href="http://mynysummer.com/post/130888412/june25">tried</a> to hike <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakneck_Ridge">breakneck ridge</a> at the beginning of summer. after taking the wrong route at least twice, time got away from us, the weather turned on us, and we had to retreat to the city. to end the summer properly, i returned. awesome day.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/183651871http://mynysummer.com/post/183651871Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_09_07September<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kppesqxQnt1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>after a long run and a quick visit from shrek, i ventured up to 252nd street (!) to <a href="http://www.wavehill.org/home/">wave hill</a> public garden and cultural center. the plan was to check out the <a href="http://www.treemuseum.org/">tree museum</a>, which apparently did not require a 250 street trek to view, as the project is dispersed throughout manhattan. but the garden was beautiful, and i definitely felt removed from new york city. which is necessary every once in a while.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/183629123http://mynysummer.com/post/183629123Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:31:00 -04002009_09_06September<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpj4nqSxOa1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>mitch came over to make nectarine raspberry ice cream. success!</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/180843542http://mynysummer.com/post/180843542Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:07:00 -0400September2009_09_05<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpj3zm9PYq1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>worked at the long beach farmers market all day</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/180834510http://mynysummer.com/post/180834510Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_09_02September<p>tonight i learned about the history of ice cream and also got tips from a van leeuwen brother at the astor center’s <a href="http://www.slowfoodnyc.org/events/slow-u-ice-cream-from-sugar-and-snow">slow u: ice cream, from sugar and snow</a>. mitch came over and we went to town on our little business. more on that soon.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/178844282http://mynysummer.com/post/178844282Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_09_01September<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpeiq9QXOY1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.urbandaddy.com/nyc/6431/Endless-Summer">saturdays</a> finally opened and i, appropriately, had a meeting there tonight for my surf documentary project. i officially declare it my new favorite coffee spot - where sex wax and coffee beans mingle in the air and new york city surfers lounge in the amazing back porch. it could not be any further from my typical surf coffee shop, however. it was a little to sleek, a little too clean, and perhaps too hip for its own good. though the hanging wetsuits on the back porch confirmed its authenticity.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/178840925http://mynysummer.com/post/178840925Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_08_31August<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpa1pzgDoq1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>i could not have asked for a better sunday. i went to the <a href="http://www.socratessculpturepark.org/exhibitions/float07.php">float exhibition</a> at the socrates sculpture garden. the whole thing was rather perplexing, but a nice outing nonetheless.</p> <p>then joe and tara invited me on their boat for an evening tour of manhattan. we circumnavigated the island and even went for a dip. i was exultant.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/176883982http://mynysummer.com/post/176883982Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_08_30August<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp61smmcRg1qzduv0o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>newest and best flavor to date - 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(my whiteboard <i>and</i> whiteboard wallpaper finally came)</p> <p>i recently became a member of the the moma and i am quite pleased with its benefits. free admission to the museum and to ps1 (including the warm-up dance parties), members only previews, and members only “last chance[s]” to view exhibitions. tonight i did the last, and caught <a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/972">cezanne to picasso: paintings from the david and peggy rockefeller collection</a>, the special exhibit i had missed on saturday. while there were only nine paintings not already in the permanent collection, it was great. i especially enjoyed andre derain’s <a href="http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A1500&page_number=3&template_id=1&sort_order=1">charing cross bridge</a>, an example of fauvism in which “colors became charges of dynamite.”</p> <p><img src="http://media2.moma.org/collection_images/resized/749/w500h420/CRI_80749.jpg" width="500" height="402"/></p>http://mynysummer.com/post/171033805http://mynysummer.com/post/171033805Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_08_24August<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kousk3ysLn1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>sunday bbq at josh and deys’ new pad in lefferts garden. we grilled pizzas and drank dark & stormy’s with home made ginger beer. my contribution to the effort was a peach and mango salsa and my master dough rolling technique.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/169995467http://mynysummer.com/post/169995467Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:43:15 -04002009_08_23August<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kou70vTiw51qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>big day in new york with the fri. started with bagels and lox from <a href="http://www.russanddaughters.com/">russ & daughters</a>, a trip to take a photo at the seinfeld restaurant, and a visit to the moma. at the moma we viewed song dong’s <a href="http://www.russanddaughters.com/">projects 90</a>, an exhibition of the complete contents of the artist’s mother’s home, amassed over fifty years and inspired by the chiense concept <i>wu jin qi yong</i>, or “waste not.” a rather humbling exhibit.</p> <p>then bri crossed off his #9 thing to do before he dies: watch the yankees lose in a new york bar. we spent the remainder of the night eating and doing crossword puzzles - is there a better way to spend a saturday night in new york city? i think not.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/169727397http://mynysummer.com/post/169727397Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:58:00 -04002009_08_22August<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kou58fWCWn1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>day activity was visiting this solar shed that we’re going to use as a display at various events throughout long island.</p> <p>night activity was hanging with bri, actively listening to music, meeting the crew at the library and then cakeshop, and taking personality tests.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/169706732http://mynysummer.com/post/169706732Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_08_21August<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_korby7yomK1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>the fri is in town. we’re having a family reunion.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/168625224http://mynysummer.com/post/168625224Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_08_20August<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kor5oyJB0h1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>orange you glad it’s sherbet? orange zest, orange juice, lemon juice, vanilla, and milk. tastes like an orange julius!</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/168537597http://mynysummer.com/post/168537597Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_08_18August<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6137382&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6137382&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6137382&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>footage from duke riley’s “<a href="http://mynysummer.com/post/162612427/aug13">those about to die salute you</a>”</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/164865110http://mynysummer.com/post/164865110Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:14:24 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kor5k6zNeG1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a nice day of leisure and lillet with the ladies. then went to see ji’s band, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/gokatgomusic">¡go kat go!</a> at cakeshop.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/168535868http://mynysummer.com/post/168535868Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_08_16August<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kohfl7N6Pg1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>what a lucky day. spent the afternoon leisuring with whitney - brunching, parking, and marveling over the beauty of the day. then lucked out on a <a href="http://herculesandloveaffair.com/microsite/microsite/">hercules & love affair</a> show in williamsburg.</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/164288648http://mynysummer.com/post/164288648Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_08_15August<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kohdnmHi8r1qzduv0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>killed two birds with one stone tonight. attended the “<a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/15-about-us/2850-it-came-from-bk">it came from brooklyn</a>” concert series at the guggenheim, where i was not only able to see <a href="http://www.marcata.net/walkmen/">the walkmen</a>, high places, and the brooklyn steppers marching band, but i finally got to view the frank lloyd wright exhibit, “<a href="http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/on-view-now/frank-lloyd-wright">from within outward</a>.”</p>http://mynysummer.com/post/164268011http://mynysummer.com/post/164268011Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -04002009_08_14August