on such a winter's day

it's all about Gravy in Boerum Hill

And their super-hero sized brownie sundae:

finally! jews and orphans' christmas pics

but first, a bit of Bidet:


Miss Crafty's tree:


Animals in Harmony:


fun w/xmas crackers:



and Mo, the Christmas Ninja!

pop the cork, make a chair, win cash money!

cool beans!

New Year's Resolution: Remember How Much They Retouch

A Swedish ad agency has launched a campain called Girl Power. Check out their informative, interactive demo of the retouchers' bag of tricks.

pre pre xmas w/hearthrob

Paul *hearts in eyes* gave me this sweet camera:


With which we took the following photos:





Including this one of Paul modeling the cool new bag I gave him:

must have for 2006

Infatuation...

with Dan McCarthy's work

iPod... it Grooves For All

Hey check out my fun piece in the Sun today. Own horn. Tooting.

scenes from a transit strike

I would like the following 3 t-shirts:
1) I survived 9/11/2001 and the Anthrax scare
2) I survived the Blackout 2004
3) I survived the Transit Strike 2005

the C files: Boo & Zuzu 1997

a tree dangles in brooklyn

Finding ourselves without tree stand, Paul got to work with some heavy duty fishing line.

christmas blitz!

Leigh gets down to the knitty gritty:


Shanken rents out Blue Smoke for the annual shindig:


I ate about 3lbs of brisket and almost as much of these mini pecan pies:


Haiyen's crazy:

puttin' on the ritz

Paul and I, full and happy from a magnificent dinner at SW Steak at the capable hands of Chef Eric Klein. I was given the task of choosing the wine, which turned out to be the only gambling I did in Vegas. I broke even if not better.

Dim Sum Made Easy

or How to Photograph an Entire Cookbook in 2 hours.

Chapter 1: Wynn Executive Chef Grant MacPherson

This weekend's trip to Vegas was brought to you by the unearthly ability of Chef MacPherson to prep and plate 32 different dim sum dishes for the book Dim Sum Made Easy.

My head is still spinning. Though it may not have stopped since I learned that this 1 sq mile of resort employs about 9,000 people.

OR maybe it was the $85 box of souvenir Ferrari #2 pencils at the dealership. 40 pencils. Regular pencils.

shoot to kill

thru the looking glass...