marcel the shell with shoes on

"One time I looked at a diamond and it gave me a sunburn"

This is too silly not to share. You must watch it twice. Hope you get as many ridiculous giggles out of this as I did.

twilight at the chelsea

just when i thought i couldn't love him any more....

Are you kidding me? I am already on the waiting list. A children's book written by one of my favs - love this.

P.S.- How cute is Bo on the cover?

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/obama-writes-childrens-book/?ref=books

the exploding girl

The Exploding Girl is lovely and languorous as its sentiment is very true and quite tender. Zoe Kazan's character study of Ivy is rather profound as her emotions aren't expressed through words but rather silences. The overall effect of this film is quite powerful as we all know what it feels like to have someone be so close and yet so far. I am a fan.

goodbye summer

Photo courtesy of http://pointandvu.blogspot.com/

disco swimming

Tis moonlight, summer moonlight

Tis moonlight, summer moonlight,

All soft and still and fair;

The solemn hour of midnight

Breathes sweet thoughts everywhere,

But most where trees are sending

Their breezy boughs on high,

Or stooping low are lending

A shelter from the sky.

And there in those wild bowers

A lovely form is laid;

Green grass and dew-steeped flowers

Wave gently round her head.

-Emily Bronte

photos by Daeja Fallas (http://www.daejafallas.com/project/shimmer/2/)

the wrong night with the right people

(shout-out to sister ashley for the photo)

summer of the sun

One of the best shows I have seen in a long time- Gaga meets Cirque du Soleil while on hallucinogens and dancing like there is no tomorrow. A week later and I am still stoked on this show. Let's go again next year

Empire of the Sun. NYC Terminal 5

word.

"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything."

-Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

wunderkind

Are you familiar? If not; you should be. Go see this and fall in love with Basquiat and his work all over again. Brilliant.

above canal. below houston.

a season for strawberries

"The more genuine part of my life is unrecognizable, extremely intimate and impossible to define."

-Clarice Lispector, The Hour of the Star

If you haven't already had the pleasure-you must read this haunting narrative. Perhaps the greatest female Latin American prose writer of our time; Clarice Lispector pens her final masterpiece with imagination and compassion. A tale of love, identity, and sorrow; The Hour of the Star is a work of fiction that is made for this day, this season, this lifetime.

let's do this on friday

food for thought

The New Yorker's Macy Halford elaborates on the importance of reading and literature during our youth. As an aspiring children's book author I take this very much to heart and am now certain of two things: (1) I owe my parents much praise and recognition (2) if I have a daughter she will not be reading anything by Stephanie Meyer

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/07/children-who-dont-read-grow-up-bad.html

from korea with love

These photos make me smile and were taken by one of my oldest and dearest friends now teaching in Seoul.

(Thank you Miss Jenny for always being there even when we are 7000 miles apart.)

saturday at the seashore

to be an artist is to see what others cannot....thanks patti

"Where does it all lead? What will become of us? These were our young questions, and young answers were revealed.

It leads to each other. We become ourselves"

Patti Smith, Just Kids

kathrynmarybonanno

Pardon me as I indulge myself with words, photos, literature, music, and my beloved city

This is what I like. If you don't; then that's cool too