Neil Young - Heart of Gold
This weekend I found myself repeatedly impressed by simple pleasures and left with a constant craving. It began on the bus ride from Southhampton to the North Fork of Long Island. Unfamiliar with the area, I was distracted by the corn fields, lush vineyards and quaint local farm stands. I couldn’t pull my gaze away that is until the beer drinking and BBQ eating began.
The North Fork Craft Beer, BBQ & Wine festival at Martha Clara Vineyards is where this light-weight quickly transformed into the happy drunk photographer. I roamed around tasting many ambers and dark creamy beers I often pass up at the bar for lighter IPAs. I socialized with strangers, explored the grounds, and played like one of the guys. It was an incredible weekend in many more ways than one.
The full photo set on Flickr is here.
William Faulkner, 1943.
From LIFE’s Famous Literary Drunks & Addicts
(via peterwknox, librarysciences)
Today is dedicated to tasting as many beers as I can. I hope I can last till 6.
Side note: North Fork is beautiful. I could give up the city for this.
The hot, hot, heat is bringing out the crazies. I’ve always felt pretty safe in New York, but today I was caught in a pretty violent moment. I was headed to the park with a friend, and just as I was about to turn the corner I heard a scream and then all of a sudden a guy violently waving a knife rushed right by me. He was in a heated confrontation with some other guy, which thankfully did not last long. Everyone on the corner, including myself, just kinda stood still and watched it all go down. Whoa.
My friend Max made light of the situation by leaving me this note on my work desk. The heart is a nice touch.
Brooklyn’s DJ Punches entertained the pool party crowd before Cut Copy hit the stage this weekend. This song I never heard before, but now kind of love, erupted a fantastic dance party. I documented, but truthfully, I really wanted to join em’.
August 10, 2010
GPOYW - Lauren inspires again. I loved yesterday’s photo of her jumping on the hotel bed that I thought I’d try to show my appreciation in my “photo a day” project. I wanted to look like I was levitating, but achieving it was much more difficult than I realized. After what seemed like a million takes, a sore back, and quite possibly a broken bed, I finally got my shot.
My friends are taking their Labor Day plans into their own hands with this awesome post to Craigslist. As their friend, I will happily verify the facts (as if this post doesn’t loudly speak for itself). They both are pretty twenty-somethings who are very, very funny. Yes, embarrassment in their presence is likely, but really it’s all in good fun. I can’t wait to see what responses they get. I also hope they don’t actually get on a boat with anyone!
