chris wood @ tonic, NYC

chris wood @ tonic, NYC, originally uploaded by br00ke.

tent city @ moe.down

tent city @ moe.down, originally uploaded by br00ke.

i wouldn't mind being camping again this weekend . .

moe.down

moe.down, originally uploaded by br00ke.

got back from moe.down this past weekend in turin, ny . . . it was quite a weekend and definetly plan on returnnig next year!!

Jeff Wall: After Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue. 2001

After Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue. 2001, originally uploaded by br00ke.

'bama

'bama, originally uploaded by br00ke.

that's not some delinquent youth you faintly see in the background that is responsible for this tower of flames, that's my mama !!!

loretta lux

loretta lux, originally uploaded by br00ke.

creepy little focker eh ?

todd hido

todd hido, originally uploaded by br00ke.

smith & 9th

smith & 9th, originally uploaded by br00ke.

went to coney island today . . soaked up some sun, saw many a freak and now it's off to the city for dinner and drinks

my morning jacket . .

my morning jacket . ., originally uploaded by br00ke.

installation . . .

installation, originally uploaded by br00ke.

again, @ MOMA

@ the MOMA . . .

infinity, originally uploaded by br00ke.

went to the new MOMA yesterday finally ..

rebirth brass band, nyc

rebirth brass band, nyc, originally uploaded by br00ke.

the motivation & funding . . .

one can hardly appricate the efforts of getting home after a long & fun night quite like a brooklyn girl . . and what a great time i had tonight ... the short of it is i went to see rebrith brass brand w/ mitch and had a phenom. time and also there is much to be said for running into people you know at shows, like jesscia, running into people you know in a city this large is always welcomed . . so much fun & good music, so yeah... time to go home and i be damned to take the subway which could take and hour or more at this hour . .. i got twenty bucks and i'm gonna go far as i can . . . so i finally find a cab after running around in times square . . and there is no feeling like when it's 2:00am and watching the meter, how far will i get before my money runs out ? ? i watch the meter like it's my job ... and low and behold i'm less than a block from my place and it's like $16-something . .thank the lord!! i gladly shove my $20 in random bills at the driver and profusely thank him .. and much to my surprise he asks me if i'm alright and if i'm close enough after i've already gotten out of the car .. i say yes i'm fine . . and thank him so very much . . at this hour and w/ $20 . . i was very thankful to be home (and it taking about 15 minutes opposed to an hour) ... but man, what a great night

bedroom lamp . .

bedroom lamp . ., originally uploaded by br00ke.

many beers

many beers, originally uploaded by br00ke.

winchester model 21

winchester model 21, originally uploaded by br00ke.

we are shooting for a new client today, beretta . . i thought, 'guns . . how uninspiring', however . . my thoughts have proven to be haste as we are shooting one of hemingway's rifles . . . . and as far as guns go it is a rather impressive item to look at and it seems hemingway has become the topic of converstaion here today

of course we asked, is this THE gun ? ? no, it's not . . THE gun was a winchester model 21 (pictured above . . very similar to the one we have here), his favorite shotgun . . . i think it might be a little morbid to be ohhh'ing and ahhh'ing over a gun someone used to put an end to their life

earnest hemingway commited suicide on july 2, 1961

margarita season . .

margarita season . ., originally uploaded by br00ke.

margarita's are in season .. game on people ! !

so i come home from work, ready to celebrate as maren got a promotion at work - handle of jose and margarita mix in hand, break out the blender . . all is well until i sit down in the den ready to relax w/ my cold beverage on this über hot day

we have the windows open as normal as we don't have a/c and all i can hear is the hollar of the ummm 'houligans' outside . . "yo you fuckin' faggot, yo yo yo" and all kinds of loud slang and something a la 50¢ blasting from a car stereo, just another day in the neighborhood eh ? ? ?

when it's warm outside the 'kids' congregate pretty much outside our brownstone, i don't know why that is the spot of choice but it always has been . . and i say 'kids' loosely cuz they are probably ranging in age from 14 - 30 . . they annoy the shit out of me, even though they are kind'a nice (some of them) as i have to walk the 'gauntlet' they create when i come home from work . . but once i get home and sit down, i can hear them above everything else. . . above my stereo, above the tv . . . enough to drive a sane 26 year old out of her mind

now as some of you know my instant of yelling 'FUCKERS' out the window the other day . . that was a total moment of haste and the person i was yelling at was riding up and down and up down our street on a very loud motorized vehical, so . . the intended reciepient of my 'FUCKERS' didn't hear it, rather the rest of the 'hood did

so as i said, i'm beyond irratated this evening . . i get up to close the window and have the strongest urge to yell something very unlady-like out the window, but i stop myself . . ya see, i may very well be crazy, but you never know who may be crazier and come after your ass . . . something to always remember here in nyc, no matter how hard you wish to yell at the 'kids' outside or the person on the subway you would like nothing better than giving them a solid elbow in the sternum. . . for your own longevity, it's best to kill the urge

ok . . sounds relativly quiet (i can still hear them a bit but not to the extent of wanting to saunter outside with a 2x4) outside for now . . . time to return to the living room and carry on w/ maragrita madness

going places . .

on the move . ., originally uploaded by br00ke.

am i sharp enough to post pix to this thing, by gawd i think so !!