if you are in colorado tomorrow nite be sure to check out the show at composition in belmar. from 5pm - 9pm thurs. july 17th you can view the inaugural exhibit featuring work from 40 artists and designers including swigg! www.shopcomposition.com for more details or to see who is involved visit ‘art shows’ at left.
more...
so this is my cousin nicole who is a traveling occupational therapist. she just moved to nyc for a gig up in white plains (yeah we get to hang out all summer!) and the company she works for usually hooks her up with large and swanky apartments. but this time the upper east side digs were a bit on the dingy and boring side. so this past weekend i took my fabric scraps and headed up to see what we could do to liven up the place.
more...
sadly the polar bear was added to the list of threatened species under the endangered species act on wednesday. the bears are losing their habitat in the arctic circle due to climate change. currently the estimated polar bear population is around 20,000, but by the year 2050 that number could be 1/3 of what it is today as the temperature rises and sea ice disappears. see the whole story on pbs.org…
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan-june08/pbear_5-14.html
more...
tonite 7-10pm… www.seeyouattheriviera.com
Justin Fines, Dan Funderburgh, and Kevin Devine.
Riviera Gallery
Williamsburg Brooklyn
May 8 - May 31, 2008
waiting for the water taxi in alexandria, va… purple bird at the hirshhorn museum in dc…
baby harper lee… mr. rogers neighborhood…
john n’ felicia’s georgia porch: poppy… poppy’s demeanor… coffee time…
more...
gosh… sometimes it’s just all or nothing around here - 2 months with no posts and now i feel i’ve got loads to share. so if you’re looking for the most amazing baguette in the city you have to go to almondine bakery in dumbo (brooklyn) at 85 water st. to be exact - it’s across the street from jacques torres’ chocolate and apparently he is a partner with fellow pastry chef herve poussot. it is an authentic french bakery with lovely tarts and things but their bread is really what makes it worth the trip. these baguettes are seasoned perfectly with a solid crunch on the exterior and soft lovely flesh on the interior… i could eat a whole loaf by myself with just unsalted butter and sea salt. um yum.
more...
so my boyfriend lee is no stranger to making home-made jerky. yes he marinates his own meat, jerkifies it in a slow, low-heat 50’s style enamel gas stove and gives it to our friends. he is the jerky dealer of our neighborhood. recently, for a dessert party at our friend patrick and rebecca’s house, he turned things up a notch with a candied molasses outer shell dipped in pepitos (pumpkin seeds). if there is a blue ribbon for jerky making out there, he will win it.
more...
so yes it’s true… in honor of my 35th birthday everything in the swigg shop is 35% off thru march 31st. including critters, snoozers, squares, packs, sacks and fungis — it’s spring cleaning time and we’re making room for new ideas and new things to blossom… so enjoy the sale, cuz i’m only turning 35 once! www.thisisswigg.com/shop
more...
well it’s been about 1 month since my parent’s dog molly passed away. she was 8 1/2 yrs. old but still very energetic and full of life which is why it was totally unexpected. we learned later that it was a heart defect which caused the sudden onset of rapid breathing on saturday afternoon which lead to her passing that sunday morning. i took some pictures of molly over the holidays while we were outside on the ice-crusted snow looking for the reflection of mars in the moon.
molly was a great dog who was always beaming with rays of energy and…
more...
the first LEED residences in brooklyn are having an open house this weekend. (LEED certification provides independent, third-party verification that a building project is environmentally responsible, profitable and a healthy place to live and work - www.usgbc.org). on feb. 23 + 24 (this sat/sun) from 11am to 6pm and also on march 1 + 2 (sat/sun) from 11am to 6pm the building will be open for inspection (!) there will be all sorts of interesting things happening on both weekends (2pm) like an organic cooking demo and how to repurpose wine bottles. what is unique about this building is that one of the condos will be occupied by CPR - the center for performance research - an organization started by the two dance companies chez bushwick (from my neighborhood) and thin man dance. this partnership is meant to “improve the life of the performing arts community in bklyn” as the current real-estate boom threatens to wipe it out. it seems that greenbelt seeks to define sustainability not just within the terms of architecture, interior and product design but also within the terms of maintaining the artistic community that made it cool to live in williamsburg to begin with. bravo greenbelt… more info at www.greenbeltbrooklyn.com. also green drinks happening tonite at the greenbelt 361 manhattan ave. brooklyn… 7-9pm.
more... |
||
