A Blogger Grows in Brooklyn

World's Biggest Kaleidoscope

2010-08-03T21:06:00.000-07:00

...Is right outside of Woodstock, New York. (Of course.) We might should not have gone out of our way for this, but we did :). My fancy-shmancy Roadside America iphone app indicated that this was the closest, most interesting thing to see on our trip home from Troy, NY (though I was torn between this and Queen Victoria's Friction Tube (wtf) which is also an exit away from I-88. It's a little

Staten Island Boat Graveyard

2010-08-03T20:01:00.000-07:00

A location scout for a film a friend of mine shot at the Staten Island Boat Graveyard:

Mini Cooper Commercial

2010-06-16T11:23:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time, in September 2008, I was in a Mini Cooper commerical that I don't think anyone ever saw: Short Version: Long Version:

Circus Class!

2010-02-23T01:28:00.001-08:00

I took an intro to aerial dance class this weekend! Here are some beautiful photos of my friend Mona and our instructor, Seanna, and some not so great photos of me. :) This is easier than it looks! This is a donation-based class taught by Seanna Sharpe in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. www.SeannaSharpe.com. Share|

Wall Street Pillow Fight '09

2010-02-22T23:34:00.001-08:00

It was a day of joy and revelry: The most notable part of the day was an arrest of a young lady who was alleged to have hit a police officer with a pillow. I had heard an entirely different story, that she was having a seizure and was lying on the ground while the police were trying to get everyone out of the street, and they mistook her not moving for a protest. So we don't really know

Roosevelt Island Smallpox Hospital

2010-02-15T19:16:00.000-08:00

Roosevelt island is right off of Manhattan, in the middle of the East River. Once upon a time, it was used to quarantine sick patients and criminals. Now, like most things in New York, it is high-end real estate. But the smallpox hospital of yore still sits at the tip of the island, lit up at night so you can see it in all it's creepy glory from Manhattan. Here are some photos: Not

Sexism at the New York Times

2009-09-22T08:04:00.000-07:00

On Sept. 6, the New York Times published an article on the front page of the a section about Diane Sawyer's recent promotion to solo anchor on the ABC evening news. The first three sentences of this article are: "ONE female network TV anchor is a breakthrough. Two become a catfight. That equation is almost inevitable no matter who the women are who make it to the top of television news." Really

Interactive Art at the Park Ave. Armory

2009-06-17T22:51:00.000-07:00

This post was accidentally deleted :( Will be re-posted shortly.

Bushwick Open Arts Fest

2009-06-17T22:40:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer - I didn't actually take any of these pictures. (Photos courtesy of Chelsea Scott and Will Lopez.) I chose this weekend to have surgery, like an idiot. Little did I know that this awesome arts festival would be going on in my neighborhood!!! I've spent four years living in New York's East Village, and I spent that whole time wondering what happened to all the art!? Everyone just

NYU Graduation '09! (I did it!!!)

2009-06-17T22:00:00.000-07:00

After months of uncertainty, failed papers and delay, I actually graduated!!!And HILARY CLINTON spoke at MY graduation!!! I'm like a huge Hilary fan so I was just so astounded that she was speaking to an audience of which I was a member, the fact that I actually graduated hit me like an aftershock.And we graduated in freaking Yankee Stadium (the new one, not the historic one unfortunately.)Some

self portrait

2009-05-01T11:38:00.000-07:00

My final for my sophomore level production class. As per class requirements, this was shot on 16mm black and white reversal film, edited on a Steinbeck (an old editing table where you cut the physical film with razor blades.) "Self Portrait" won Best Film in the Sight and Sound division of the Fusion Film Festival in 2008. Thanks for watching!

stay in school, damnit

2009-04-28T06:14:00.000-07:00

Dear little sister: Many thanks to all the wonderful people who helped me make this, including Ben Horowitz, Ben Perry, Brendan Bellomo, Chelsea Scott, Jeremy Green and his band Seafoam, Mona Asinovski, Christine Marquet, Maik Reichart, Will Lopez, Chris Tucci, David Graver, Kate Goldwater, Diederik Comte, Alisa Nadolishny and her mother Kate, Lauren Chu, Dan Siegel, and everyone else that I

Surfing in Guiones, Costa Rica!

2009-04-17T18:10:00.001-07:00

After strongly considering the pros and cons of such a trip:My friends and I decided to head to Costa Rica for a spring break surfing trip! 12 beautiful days in Costa Rica with this bunch:Lauren, my ever-fabulous roomate and best buddy, led the way:We flew into the capital, San Jose.We didn't exactly fit in:We all piled in our rental SUV:And headed five hours west over unpaved roads:to Playa

testing

2007-12-30T13:00:00.000-08:00

Our Last Days in Florence!

2007-11-09T19:41:00.000-08:00

In my final week of my semester abroad, I had to visit every land mark in Florence that I had yet to see, with some final exams here and there. And maybe a few hours of studying. I admit that I was terribly remiss - having spent every weekend traveling to other places, I had missed a large part of seeing Florence. I hear this is a common lament of students who study abroad. But luckily, I did

Athens, Litochoro, and Mount Olympus!

2007-11-08T20:09:00.000-08:00

That's right, we climbed Mount Olympus. This was, by far, the best trip I have been on.This was the last trip we took before leaving Florence at the end of the semester. I've definitely seen my share European churches and museums, so we wanted to do something off the beaten path. The coolest thing we could afford was climbing Mount Olympus. So we scheduled a trip to Athens. Mount Olympus is

Madrid and Barcelona!

2007-11-03T12:07:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone, I never did get the photos from my last two trips up on this blog, so here is a quick blog about our trip to Madrid and Barcelona!We got to Madrid on a Rainy Spring day, and since we didn't want to trek the whole city in the rain, we took a Big Red Bus tour. I guess that's a little touristy, but we only had one day there and wanted to see as much as possible. The tour is caled the

Madrid and Barcelona

2007-11-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

Corfu, Greece!

2007-04-20T05:58:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone!Studying abroad is an extremely wonderful experience, but one of the things I've noticed is that I feel almost obligated to go do everything cultural and educational across Europe. I mean, we can drink and be merry at home, but you can only see THIS famous work of art or THAT particular big church while you are in Europe. So there's a lot of pressure to "make the most of it," which

Mount Vesuvius and the ancient ruins of Pompeii

2007-04-12T08:40:00.000-07:00

I would like to preface this post with the incredibly happy fact that I found hamburger fixin's in Italy:WIth real Heinz 57! Eating that burger is that happiest I have been in a really, really long time. I also managed to actually go INSIDE the collosseum this time I was in Rome, so here you go:And here is the line you wait in to see it:Unless you are smart enough to know that you can also go

Scotland! (In a very small town near Edinburgh)

2007-04-03T22:51:00.000-07:00

The third leg of Spring Break was our extremely relaxing trip to Scotland.My roomate's wonderful friend, Lexi, lives in Scotland and gave us a place to stay for the weekend. I'm afraid I was very, very lazy this weekend, guys. That whirlwind trip to Paris left me exhuasted. We didn't do anything touristy at all in Scotland. However, Lexi and her family did take us to the horse races, which

Paris!!

2007-04-03T07:20:00.000-07:00

I finally got to Paris! For my 19th birthday, my grandmother planned a week long trip to Paris for us to spend together. But, I lost my passport the day I was supposed to meet her at the airport, causing considerable anguish for both her and myself. I've spent the last year kicking myself every time I was reminded of Paris or passports. However, I, and my passport, have finally been to Paris!

Rome

2007-03-22T11:20:00.000-07:00

Hey again! After my two week reprieve I am now blogging like crazy to bring you all the pictures from my spring break adventures. Now, spring break is probably a bigger deal than Christmas, birthdays, or any other holiday combined for college students. It's kind of like Mecca. Only we all scatter to different places. Now, spring break vacation abroad is an even bigger deal - becuase we're

Weekend in Milan

2007-03-20T12:27:00.000-07:00

Buona Sera, All! Pardon my two week intermission - midterms week was jam packed with studying and Spring break was filled with travel. But I still haven't gotten to writing about my wonderful trip to Milan two weeks ago! Milan is in the northern part of Italy and is famous for being one of the fashion capitals of the world. It has the second largest population in Italy (Rome being largest),

Trip to San Gimignano & Wine tasting in Chianti!

2007-02-24T15:17:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone! Whew! This has been a blog-intensive week for me. If you'll notice, our layout has changed dramatically! I'm pretty ridicuously proud of myself right now. That took a long time. Many thanks to my buddies Parker Bowab, Emily Przylucki, and Perry Kroll or their help with the html code. (If you'd like to see Perry's design genius first hand, hit up www.perrykroll.com.) There

Page Under Construction!

2007-02-22T14:39:00.000-08:00

Hey All! It looks like my blog has gotten pretty popular! People I don't know are visiting! This is very exciting. My blog felt the need to "spruce up" for all the company. However, it's taking it's sweet time, so for the weekend this page might look a little off.Also - I am now looking for creative names :) A friend of mine spent a semester in Prague and started up a photo blog, which

The Leaning Tower of Pisa!!

2007-02-18T07:48:00.000-08:00

I went to the leaning tower of Pisa yesterday!! Pisa itself is a very small town, with the old city walls still standing. The only thing to see there, actually, is the tower and the basilica next door - which is gorgeous. The leaning tower is actually the bell tower for this Cathedral. So first we wound our way through the curvy little streets of Pisa:And on the way, for no explainable reason

Carnivale in Viareggio

2007-02-17T15:24:00.000-08:00

Hey all! Last weekend, we went to a small beach town in northern Italy for the Carnivale kick-off.We got to see the floats before the parade:It was similar to Mardi Gras but also very different: for one, they don't throw beads (or anything) off the floats here. They also did not block off the streets, so people were just walking in between the floats or dancing along with them. The floats

Venice!!

2007-02-15T13:38:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone!! Last weekend my suitemates and I headed up to Venice for Carnivale! That is their pre-Lent celebration, similar to Mardi Gras. We got up way to early on Friday to catch what looked like the Hogwarts Express:Lauren tried to play the Harry Potter theme song through her iPod headphones but it wasn't the same.So, we resolved to listen individually to the theme song while watching

Touristing in Florence - Boboli Gardens

2007-02-05T21:29:00.000-08:00

Hey all! Well, I've moved my blog to a site that is easier for me to use and for others to view. If you're new here, you might want to catch up with the old posts - they are listed on the rights side of the screen under "archives."This week was our first actual week of classes. Miss Whitney had her first photography assignment and we all got to model for her! She had us each pose with our one

Day Trip to Siena

2007-02-04T19:46:00.001-08:00

Buona sera, all! Today we took a class day-trip to Siena, Italy! The following is a little history lesson on Siena, which I personally thought was really interesting but some people *cough* Reid *cough* found my paragraph boring :( so you can skip it if you like.Siena is a prominent city in the south of Tuscany, which is the region of Italy that I am in. According to legend, the original

The First Post

2007-02-04T19:44:00.000-08:00

Share|Saturday, January 27, 2007Buongiorno, all! Because facebook is awful, and because my e-mail will not allow me to send photos over two megabytes, I bring you this fantastic photojournal of my time in Florence, Italy! I am now at my two week mark in Italy and have just finished (or rather, bumbled through) my first week of classes. Here