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Architectural Shots

Boqueria Market

Previous BLOG top

The previous blog top came from a photo I took of Rio de Janeiro from the boat that I was on. We sailed through the harbor in the very early morning (6am) which gave us a view of the entire city. The view was spectacular as the city is one of the most amazing in the world, but seeing the city change as it does from the boat was also a must.

The 411 Magazine

The 411 Magazine.

DJ JOE GAUTHREAUX KNOWS HOW to keep those asses shaking on the dance floor.

The 30-year-old New Orleans native has been spinning for 10 years. He's kept his technique unique by effortlessly mixing up tribal, funk, trance, house and the latest pop remixes.

The New York resident has played at popular events like Black & Blue in Montreal, Cherry in D.C. and Toronto Gay Pride. He released a CD compilation in 2002 with Centaur Records called Party Groove: Blue Ball. The talented gay DJ also works as a reporter for Billboard Magazine.

Gauthreaux, who resides in NYC, will get the boys all hot and sweaty on Oct. 6, when he comes to Score in Miami Beach.

They used my photo of Joe on the cover of the mag.   It is the first time one of my photo's of him that I took has gotten on anything more than websites.  I am kinda psyched about it.   The photo is great and makes Joe look great, no?

Soho Photos

The graffiti shots.

Brian and I in the East Village.

Myself in Soho

I kinda like that I am blurred in this photo.

Photo Shoot of Joe

Saturday I went out to take a photoshoot for my friend Joe Gauthreaux, a New York DJ who is incredibly awesomely talented and a great friend.  It was a great sunny and hot Saturday to stroll around town reenacting The Comeback and taking some shots.  2 gigs of photo's later and here are some of my best shots of him.  Next time though we bring a mule to carry the equipment and changes of clothes because "I just can't do it."

Bronx Zoo photos

New York City : Tuesday

These photos were taken today, by me, on a walk around the LESide and the East Village.  I was in need of photo's to work into my next painting which is going to be done and be inspired by Manhattan.

some photo's

If Manhattan were a Boy, I would be Dating Him.

I am nearing my first month of being in Manhattan.  And I love it though I miss my best friends.  It is the one thing I actually miss constantly.  But I dunno, maybe that is a good thing?!  My biggest complaint about living in NYC which seems ridiculous but is very true is that there is a very real constant need/desire to be doing something all the time.  Unless you are sleeping and most people do little of that it seems.  I continue to be amazed at how many people have the most random job schedules possible.    Like any real megatropolis, the city is absolutely 24hours, so you feel the constant need to be doing something at all times.  You can sit in front of your television in Iowa, you don't sit in front of your television in NYC.   67,000 people live in one square mile (whatever that means exactly).  12 million people visit from the month of June to September.  Thoughts of the Pet Shop Boys song New York Boy come into my mind though when you go out to a bar though.  Boys in bars will absolutely talk to you (mostly) but you get the sense from them, yourself, and everyone else (which you will notice) that the possibility of the next boy could be across the room and your future life could be with him, so your constantly aware of the room.  Letting your visuals down would be an absolute mistake.  haha, My apartment is nearly finished though I recently went to Ikea again and I am about to install some large mirror sculpture on the wall (photos soon).  My parents are about to visit soon followed by Labor Day weekend where two of my friends are about to join in the fun of ahh, Alegria.

On Wednesday this week I headed back to Boston to hang a new art show in a very cool space called M2L.  M2L is a high end contemporary furniture store that recently opened and is about to have a big bash sometime this fall.  They needed art and I got a call, yay.  The included pics show the space with my art.  I am psyched for it since I think the artwork and the space work incredibly well and the owners are pumped for my art so fingers crossed!  But being back in Boston showed me how much I loved my time there and how much I learned while there.  However, Boston now seems quiet (the streets, the lack of people, the lack of noise, the lack of overabundance), slightly provincial, and like my childhood.  Pretty weird but it was sorta very nice to come back.  Though, I am incredibly excited to be heading back to Manhattan mainly because I miss my apartment (my home), and the newness of everything.

Various things became evident during my trip to Boston.  I am lonely, as I said and nearly addicted to online social websites.  By that I mean Manhunt, Myspace, and Dlist.  In that order.  It truly sucks because it is all an incredible waste of time and puts you in touch with some real serious losers, lol.  As I write this (on the gentrified bus back to Manhattan) I am making a promise to ween off of
them and go out and do things alone, like museums, bars, clubs, and whatever else.  With NYMagazine providing a map of where nearly
every celeb lives in Manhattan, I could be spending endless hours tracking down Sarah Jessica Parker but NYorkers are not into paying attention to celebs supposedly.  It seems to be the only way to make "friends that I actually want around"  lol, or "good people" as one could call them. Like Donna below :)