Clothes Hanger Lamp
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Designed by Hector Serrano and sold at Droog on 76 Green Street, Manhattan, NY.
I was told the story behind this lamp by Keith Anderson at Droog. Design company Droog was invited to revamp and spice up this little run down hotel in Italy on a small budget. For example, creative design team at Droog had turned the stair case into a hallway Gym by just adding a sign of numbers of calories you can burn by walking up the stairs. And there are many more others to it and this Clothes hanger Lamp was one of them to be added to each guest room.
The Hanger is made out of transparent Acrylic with a wire and light socket. The light bulb is not included so you can add one more personal touch to it as well as your favorite shirt to put over. Or maybe a Dress?
“Create peronal lamp with your shirt”. Clothes hanger Lamp at http://www.droog.com
A New Film Festival, Brooklyn Style
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BAMcinemaFEST!
The one big film party starting from the June 17 through the July 2 opens with the New York premiere of Don’t Let Me Drawn and the Opening Night Party with music, dancing and drinks.
Please check out the link www.bam.org/ for all the details because you don’t want to miss this!!
To Highlight a few things,
*29 Short films including animation, narrative, documentary and experimental work.
*18 New Independent films
*On 27th, All-night movie marathon. Yes all night until 5:30 am!
*Outdoor Screenings at Parking Lot Diagonal near BAM and at the Fort Greene Park
*And 3epkano performs with Metropolis and more.
Frozen Sake?
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Harajuku and Shibuya are maybe the 2 most famous areas in Tokyo but I just discovered and fell in love with tranquility and maturity of Ebisu in Tokyo. I met up with Natalia and her Japan office friend, Michelle and her local friends for a drink and dinner for the night. Michelle led us over to a smooth hilly side of Ebisu and it somehow looks bit residential rather than full on neon lighted . You can almost hear foot steps of our group and it feels refreshing.
We walk into this small bar on the corner of the block. There is more the bar itself than standing room around. We order some sake ( why not we are in Japan!) and the good looking bartender brings out bunch of little panda bears.
“Pandas” from Fukuoka. Tokyo May 2009
The bartender says they are from Fukuoka. He gives little tap to the bear and you see the transparent sake turns milky. I think couple taps shock the sake and bring out the texture of the ice. Now you pop off the top and take a sip right out of it. It’s frozen but smooth. Just like frozen margarita. And it’s delicious! We may try to freeze some sake this summer?
Sake – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.tokyoessentials.com/ebisu.html
Insadong, Seoul, Korea
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Kyung-in Gallery and Tea House in Insadong, May 2009.
Maybe Insadong is one of my favorite area in Seoul even though I do not know so well every parts of Seoul. Seoul is just a very big city as 233.7 sq mi which is just about 10 of Manhattan Island (22.96 sq mi) put together which also means Seoul’s size is just about the same as Tokyo’s.
Insadong’s where traditional art, artists and writers still exist and adorned and where you can taste that quiet bohemian feeling of little alleys and bodegas in style. In a nostalgic way of style.
Laura sitting low in Kyung-in Tea house.
You will see small street vendors selling old school sugary snacks and deep fried sweet cakes. There are galleries, paper and brush shops, traditional tea houses, cafes and restaurants and somehow it didn’t loose that real old charm hits under your skin and that mystic feeling comes through to your bones. The best thing about Insadong is coexisting the past and present in real way rather than a showcase for the tourists.
Insadong still lives the nostalgic life and you just have to love it!
Typical Korean table. Little Banchans, Main meat or fish, Rice and Guk (soup).
This book was given to me by my boss and a friend, Iheoma, with a note inside the cover. ” Jaehee, to scratch the itch.” How perfect timing! Right after another trip to Tulum and another confession about feeling for the place.
The book celebrates the spirit, vision and courage of Gypsetters. The people who have gypsy like free spirit and jet setter like mobility. I may not be financially lucky as many gypsetters in this book, but I dig and relate to their heart, soul and courage to experiment their life in a different way. I feel rush of blood into my head when I dream about what I can do or what we can do as family to have a bit richer and more creative life.
There are some fancy photos in this book but it’s more about the chapters of real people in this book give me butterflies in my stomach. Hemingway, Damien Hirst, Sean Gullette and many others and their eccentric friends and partners to do it together. Everything just remind me of Emiliano and Gael. The ones I love. Ones I share everything with.
Nicolas Malleville in this book, a model who’s based in a small sleepy town, Valladolid, by the way we have visited the town twice and its only about a hour drive from Tulum, Mexico, is the actual one who opened the B&B called Coqui Coqui on the beach front of Tulum and he also has a cafe’ and a perfumery in Valladolid and he lives in a two-room apartment above his perfumery with his girlfriend. We may even have passed by the place when we were in Valladolid. Again, it’s his vision to turn a rough into a diamond and it’s his courage to put his vision into an action and the most of all, it’s his spirit, the core of everything to initiate truly inspires us.
GYPSET STYLE by Julia Chaplin
