7.14.2009

Adventures in Jam Making




Guava is my favorite fruit after mangos. I have fond memories of eating guava paste, cheese, and cracker sandwiches after school as a kid and I am not even going to get into my love for guava pastries – that is another post entirely. One of my co-workers, a fellow guava enthusiast, was recently talking about all the guava trees at his farm back in Santo Domingo, and well, I was drooling on myself just thinking about the possibilities. Recently he came across them here in the city and thought of me. This is how I came to work to find 3 ripe guavas sitting on my desk. I can't tell you how happy this made me. I did a quick Google search and found this recipe which was perfect since it was the exact amount of fruit I had. I resolved to go home and try my hand at making some jam. I didn’t modify the recipe too much aside from not adding any vinegar and it was fantastic!













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7.13.2009

Weekend Highlights

After having endured a long cold winter, a rainy June was not my idea of a good time. Thankfully, July has brought the blue skies and warm summer days I was longing for. Saturday I made the trek up to Beacon, NY, for the Salon-We-Are-Familia show. It is one of the best openings I’ve been to in a long while. Marc’s JROTC pictures looked really great. We’ve been looking at these for a while now, but to see them beautifully framed and hanging was really special… I fell in love with this dresser by Nightwood Another one of my favorites was the Keepsake Box No. 5 of 25, entitled “Video Box” (designed by Fabian Bedolla and Jennifer Garcia). Check out WE-ARE-FAMILIA's site for more information about this project.

This was my first time in Beacon and it was such a cute little town and super easy to get to on the Metro north. My friend and I had a good ole time stuffing ourselves with wild blackberries and raspberries we picked off the bushes on our walk to the gallery. I don't recommend eating unripe raspberries -- holy sour.


Wild Raspberry in Beacon


JROTC at Open Space Beacon




I did some biking in the city on Sunday and finally checked out what the deal was with the alleged new and improved traffic-free Times Square. I have to say, it was still a crowded mess. It might be better to bike through on weekday. I did like the lounge chairs strewn about...

People Lounging in Times Square

I leave you with a little urban ingenuity...
Trying to install that a/c to beat the summer heat and don't have any wood lying around to support it in your window? How's about using sneakers as a quick fix.

7.10.2009

Marjorie and Jayson get Married






Scenes from a Sunday afternoon wedding at the Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA.

7.09.2009

Salon We-Are-Familia


The opening reception for Salon We-Are-Familia, curated by the lovely Jennifer, is kicking off this coming Sat. at Beacon, NY. The show will feature a collective of 50 artists exploring the concept of family through different mediums. Also featured will be the amazing "Keepsake Box No. 5," which are uniquely made keepsake boxes made from recycled furniture pieces and found material. It's gonna be a great show. Check it out!




Deets
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Addressing the spatial tropes of domesticity and familial dynamics, WE-ARE-FAMILIA will transform Open Space into a “living room” of seamlessly integrated furniture, art and design including new works by Holly Stevenson, Yoh Nagao, Peter Kienzle for Superette, Jesse Brown, Marc McAndrews, Hisham Bharoocha, Amy Rupple, Chris Yormick, Nightwood and SEEE. WE-ARE-FAMILIA will also debut its Keepsake Box No. 5 of 25, entitled “Video Box” (designed by Fabian Bedolla and Jennifer Garcia), an elegant assembly of found objects and discarded furniture fragments retrofitted with a video touch screen to showcase films by Parisian director Olivier Babinet and Brooklyn, New York’s video artist Rashaad Newsome.


ALL-INCLUSIVE DAY PASS NYC – BEACON:
$45 ALL-INCLUSIVE DAY PASS As a courtesy to visitors from New York City, we are offering a $45 all-inclusive day pass for discounted 2-way transportation via SCHOOL BUS, a DIA BEACON TOUR, FRONT YARD BBQ DINNER @ OPEN SPACE GALLERY by the chefs of GROTTO and refreshments by Beacon’s local micro-brewery, KEEGAN ALES. Street projections after dark.


FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO RESERVE A PASS
rsvp@we-are-familia.com

Salon WE-ARE-FAMILIA
Opening July 11, 6PM to 9PM - September 6
Open Space Gallery
510 Main Street
Beacon, New York 12508

7.08.2009

Summer Lovin

Miami Beach

It's Official
Biking Central Park
View of Manhattan from Governor's Island

Prosciutto, Gruyere, Pesto Sandwich, and Summer Salad

5.06.2009

Dinner Tonight: Pita Bread Pizza



4.27.2009

Finally


Temperatures hit 92 in NYC yesterday and spring has officially sprung. I went for a walk today and this is what the city looks like. It almost makes the long awful winter worth it.