September 2010
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“Midnight Hour,” Talib Kweli + Hi-Tek + Estelle
Great sampling.
We Are The Digital Kids: Ten Things I Have... →
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Ten Things I Have Learned Part of AIGA Talk in London November 22, 2001
This is all so good!
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From last night
“They say a good speech should be like a miniskirt: short enough to keep things interesting, but long enough to cover the essentials.”
LTHForum.com • View topic - Home Made Violet Hour →
I recently started reading LTH Forum. I feel like it’s the ultimate insane Chicago guilty pleasure, and I enjoy checking in. I am so late to this, but this thread from 2008 is amazing! Toby (from VH) dishes out the recipes to a ton of his cocktails (including two of my favourites, the Juliet & Romeo and the Southside). I know everyone is a little over the Violet Hour, but how wonderful...
California Gurls
Jaime and I have decided to go to L.A. and Palm Springs this winter.
This means I shall visit my ultimate dream hotel trifecta: the Ace, the Viceroy, and the Parker.
Hipster dance parties, Wearstler, and cowboy estates.
Needless to say, I’m excited.
And in L.A. We shall do….something. I know absolutely nothing (and I mean nothing) about L.A.
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Best compliment ever?
At today’s event, a guest, an architect from Pittsburgh, came up to me and said he had to tell me that I seemed like I was really shooting so artistically, working within the flow of the day and anticipating the moments. He said he so rarely sees others so in touch with artistry so he felt compelled to tell me. This is something I always strive for and really, honestly try to do in my work...
On being Midwestern
“I’m from the Midwest. We’re taught it’s impolite to talk about yourself.” - Don Draper, S4, E1, Mad Men
I recently went out for a night of madcap adventures (Big Star, Bar Deville, Juicy) with a friend of mine, who originally hails from Texas, that I hadn’t seen in a while. Unfortunately, I learned that, like apparently 80% of the friends I make in Chicago,...