26
Jan 12

Night, Dear

sometimes, i’m out…

Los Angeles, 2006


19
Jan 12

Night, Dear

sometimes, i’m out…

Los Angeles, 2012

 


12
Jan 12

Night, Dear

sometimes, i go out…

Koreatown, Los Angeles 2012


05
Jan 12

Night, Dear

sometimes, i’m out …

Downtown Los Angeles, 2006


03
Jan 12

Night, Dear

sometimes, i’m out…

Downtown,  Los Angeles  2006


31
Dec 11

On(Obsessive)Repeat | Play It Again, 2011

i like the music…

To be honest, I don’t really remember what new albums I listened to before June.  That’s when my world seemed to start spinning out of control and I felt comforted by the Bon Iver record, seen by the Shabazz Palaces record and made to move by the TVOTR.

Since then, I’ve made a point to pay attention to what I put on repeat, obsessively.  Anyone who’s ever shared an office or workspace with me knows the over and over is nothing new.  This year, though, I felt like I made a better connection to the visceral reaction.  I appreciated and understood the physical and emotional without overly intellectualizing it.  I learned to cherish and revel in it, actually.  I’m not on a release schedule or synced up to a critics poll. I’m connecting to a piece of art or I’m not or I know that it’s a later situation.

These are albums I played like crazy cause they touched me deep, made me cup my headphones tightly against my ears, fed a want and need for a lyric and a beat.  They made and make me happy.  I think the coolest way for me to say goodbye and thank you to 2011 is to plug in the headphones and press play.

n♥

Van Hunt – What Were You Hoping For?
St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
Bon Iver – Bon Iver
TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light
Shabazz Palaces – Black Up

Van Hunt

St. Vincent

Bon Iver

TV On The Radio

Shabazz Palaces


31
Dec 11

Home From The Market | Hollywood 18Dec11

just a few things that made it home from the market…

Fennel | Cabbage | Tomatoes | Onions | Kale | Red Leaf Lettuce | Valencia Oranges | Arkansas Black Apples

Oops… Guess I forgot about that last trip to the Hollywood Farmers Market.  You can see images from all of the 2011 HFTM posts here.  Happy New Year!

n♥


31
Dec 11

Home From The Market | Hollywood 30Oct11

just a few things that made it home from the market…

Arkansas Black Apples | Tomatoes | Onions | Kale | Fennel | Yu Choy | Red Potatoes

A lost post that was supposed to go up in November.  Oh, well.

n♥


30
Dec 11

Home From The Market | A Year On My Table…

just a few things that made it home from the market in 2011…

 

n♥


29
Dec 11

Home From The Market | Hollywood 4Dec11

just a few things that made it home from the market…

Cabbage | Kabocha | Mint | Thyme | Ginger | Onions | Tomatoes | Fennel | Kale | Yu Choy | Apples |

It was the middle of the week and I was listening to an old episode of KCRW’s “Good Food” with Evan Kleiman on my trusty mobile phone.  Each ep starts with what’s new and in-season at the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market.  I usually get through the “Market Report” with a *shrug* at the ready, but rarely fired.  You’d think I could always “get it up” for a little ‘what’s hot at the market’ talk, but, yeah, no.  Something different happened this time, though.  I was transfixed by the coolest of winter squashes, Kabocha.  A couple of chefs described delectable warm, sweet wintery flavors and shared recipes; a bartender’s experiments in squash mixology had my brain scanning the aisles of TJ’s for the requisite spirits.  It all piqued my curiosity something awful.  I think I rewound or came back to that portion of the podcast at least 8 times, just to hear all that squashtalk.  It was so Harvest Festival-Day of Thanks.

As the weekend slowly approached, I kept checking to see how soon I could get my hands on some kabocha.  Sunday, seemed to stay away on purpose.  The morning finally came when I could wander the two blocks from Sunset to Hollywood; going from stall to stall looking for my obsession.  I found them.  One, a deep shade of sunset and the other, an ode to the perfect mottled forest.  They were beautiful.

They still are, actually.  They’re in the platter on the shelf.  I haven’t decided what to do.  Sounds familiar, huh?  I should to listen to that Good Food, again.  Don’t cha think?

n♥

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