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Mon, Nov. 16th, 2009 09:52 pm
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I don't know where to start except to say that the ceiling really has fallen. When I saw my tiny, tiny studio I was taken by the strange details in the bathroom, especially cabinets built into the walls---now one of those cabinets frames a waterfall every time my upstairs neighbor showers and, everyday, more of the ceiling falls. ( Read more... )  
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Wed, Oct. 21st, 2009 04:18 pm
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 The night before the wedding, there was a lot of karoake in a hotel room, a lot of Scotch in a mug with ice and, out of nowhere, a plea to help photograph. Of course, I committed on the spot, thinking this wasn't nearly the strangest thing I'd agreed to a two am in a hotel. The piece was outside the city, an hour by El, and opera, a beautifully bare bones staging that involved beautiful women writhing on the floor, powdered wigs and masked musicians. Things could have turned out so much worse.
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Wed, Oct. 21st, 2009 03:54 pm
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 (I'm going through countless photographs from the reception but the couple were shuttled there by a well-timed pedicab.) Back from a whirlwind trip to Chicago that was quite what it should be, I suppose, beautiful and crazy, more than a little awkward and filled with love and music. The ceremony was in a chapel that maps alternately told us did not exist and was somewhere else entirely and the only thing that got our little motley group there was hearing the brides laughter as the formal portraits were being taken outside. Inside, the ceremony was disrupted by a marching band (later found out to be a marching band cum circus whose schtick is to disrupt events; a guest capable of giving to the most stern talking-to went outside and shhh'd them but someone later wondered if they did the same thing at funerals and how truly sad that "performance art" would be). Given the choices of ignoring the marching band, fuming or anything else, the bride, again, laughed. After the vows, the officiant told the couple and guests that he wouldn't be invoking the state to change them from two to one but asking us, those that hold a place in their hearts to join them together. The power we were asked to use was channeled through Stephin Merritt's lyrics as we turned over the program and sang The Magnetic Fields song "The Book of Love" to the couple and each other. I don't remember ever being prompted to sing like that or sounding quite as much part of something.
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Fri, Jun. 26th, 2009 03:05 pm
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 The lovely and amazing ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) amadea, yesterday, in Soho. (One more shot in the comments.)
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Thu, Apr. 23rd, 2009 06:45 pm
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And what all is around me when I house-sit;  Antique reflections of today's Soho  and ambient light, amongst the remains of other days,  perhaps other red-lit days.
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Mon, Apr. 20th, 2009 05:44 pm
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That is the tagline for The Awl, the new site from Choire Sicha and Alex Balk. It is like Gawker if Gawker stopped with the Page Six/reality televison coverage. And was more pleasing to read.
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Sat, Apr. 18th, 2009 01:54 am
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Whoever is behind What C. Wore, well, I am a fan of yours. R & S, among others, must click ASAP.
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Tue, Apr. 7th, 2009 12:18 pm
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Via Manhattan Users Guide aka MUG:
Here's a deal for you. Get a friend to sign up for MUG. When you do, both you and your pal's email address get entered into a random drawing; if you're the winning duo, you each get a check for $250. Simple as that. MUG gets the chance to grow a bit, you get some cash to support the IRS, take your significant other out for a nice dinner, or stuff under your mattress (the money, not your significant other). Details:
1) Get a friend to sign up for MUG here. (Signing up people isn't cool; they need to do it themselves. But you can have more than one friend sign up).
2) Have your friend send an email to us at office@manhattanusersguide.com. In the email, they should include their name, your name, the email address where you subscribe to MUG, and the words Spring Contest in the subject line.
3) Fine print: both of you must have valid email addresses and be subscribed to MUG at the time of the drawing. You must be 18 or over to participate. As always, none of your information gets shared with anyone, ever.
4) That's it. The contest will run through Sunday, April 12th, we'll announce the winner on Monday, April 13th.
Please do it! The email is helpful and fun---I subscribe using the email address alice dot ayers at gmail dot com
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Mon, Apr. 6th, 2009 11:53 am
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1. I am moving to a teeny tiny place all my own in Brooklyn Heights May 1st. It is a small, walk-up studio a single block from the subway on Montague, filled with northern exposure and a claw-footed tub. The move is making money very tight* but once that is out of the way, I can actually afford this (Maid's) Room Of One's Own. Also, I have a design plan. 1a. Please save the date May 14, I will be having a sort of unorthodox open house. 2. I have a piece in an anthology called Lost & Found: Stories From New York, edited by Thomas Beller coming out in May as well. (The Amazon page for it is here: http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Found-Stories-New-York/dp/0393331911/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1234040999&sr=8-1) *To help with this transition I have things (DVDs, books) for sale on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/storefront/index.html?ie=UTF8&marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&sellerID=A3HWVQ2FOCXLR4 I'm also selling a six foot stainless steel garment rack, some toy/film cameras, etc., please inquire.
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