A Day In The Life

Monday, February 18, 2008

Cory Pavitt Shoot

(Sunday, Dec 9 2007)

Came home just in time to do a test shoot with photographer Cory Pavitt

Much love and thanks to the following:
Chris at Toni & Guy for hair and make-up.
Tara at Covet and Jan at Triple 5 Soul for hooking me up with clothes.

Chi-town

(Friday, Dec 7th 2007)
One last work trip before I can break out of the city and relax with the family for the holidays. I catch a flight to the windy city ....

view from my suite at the Hard Rock (gotta love the corp. dime)

Our client Amstel Light has sponsored the last 3 First Friday events at the Museum of Contemporary Art. I oversee setting up the Amstel Lounge area and staff and then free to explore the art, complimentary bites and put my drink tickets to use ;-)

Some pics I was able to sneak of the art work. The staff is crazy strict at this musuem and eyes are always on you.

I took a stroll in Millenium Park before heading back to my hotel. The view from my room had me intrigued ...

Cloud Gate

Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives.

Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high. Cloud Gate sits upon the At&T Plaza, which was made possible by a gift from AT&T.

This outdoor venue (Jay Pritzker) looked pretty sweet. As I approached it a couple approached me and asked me to take a picture of them. Apparently the guy had just proposed to his girl and she was definitely sprung.

The Ice Skating Rink with a view of the city behind it

the crown fountain

Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and inspired by the people of Chicago, The Crown Fountain is a major addition to the city's world-renowned public art collection.

The fountain consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool. The towers project video images from a broad social spectrum of Chicago citizens, a reference to the traditional use of gargoyles in fountains, where faces of mythological beings were sculpted with open mouths to allow water, a symbol of life, to flow out. Plensa adapted this practice by having faces of Chicago citizens projected on LED screens and having water flow through a water outlet in the screen to give the illusion of water spouting from their mouths. The collection of faces, Plensa's tribute to Chicagoans, was taken from a cross-section of 1,000 residents.

I had to jump a plane early the next morning so I headed back to my hotel for dinner and called it a night.

The New Museum Opening and a Sunday night in the city

(Dec. 1st - 07)
The New Museum (designed by the Tokyo partners Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, who are jointly known as Sanaa) finally opens on the Bowery at Prince Street on the Lower East Side.

As always cameras aren't allowed in the space but I was able to capture a few shots of the artwork.

a shot of the screening room downstairs

The elevator illuminates green. Here's a crazy shot of syama ...

Read reviews here and here

The top floor which also serves as an event space was sponsored by target. Free candy could be scooped up and enjoyed by all. My personal fav was the cherry shaped gummy's ;-)

Here's Min and Shetal enjoying their candy too.

the streets of nyc can leave you feeln' like this at times.

Stopped in to catch our fav aussie finishing up some ink on her back in the LES. Def feelin' the tat.

Broke out and ventured to midtown to my friend Eileen's baking party. Some time back I had forwarded her an email for vendors for the Bust Magazine Crafticular Fair. It inspired her to finally put together a company for her baking goods with a partner, and in a matter of a few short months everything came together. Funny how you can effect people's lives without ever realizing it.

Friends came and sipped vino and helped to prepare the baked goods for the crafticular.

Eileen in baking action ...

The cookies were bangin' and I couldnt get enough. Pick your's up via the website Sweet & Savory Buds

It was the holidays and for some reason I can never get into the spirit in NYC. Decided I needed a lil something to give me some holiday cheer so we hit Bryant Park.

Bryant Park Holiday Tree

"The Pond"

It began to rain and was getting late so I called it a night.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

J.A.M. Awards - A Tribute to Jam Master Jay

Nov. 29th

I recieved an invite from my friend Martin at Adidas for an event he was putting together. VIP all access so of course I couldnt say no.

J.A.M. Awards - A Tribute to Jam Master Jay

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the history of the awards ...
The J.A.M. Awards are unique, as they are the first awards in the hip-hop community to recognize social responsibility. The awards will honor the late Jam Master Jay's life and legacy and his efforts to promote social Justice, Arts, and Music ("J.A.M.") in his local community and around the world. The event, hosted by Jay's wife Terri Corley-Mizell and DMC. Every year an honoree from the world of hip hop will be selected from the fields of social Justice, one from the Arts and one from Music. They will be selected based on their record of helping others.

If you'd like to donate ..
Please send all donations to:
Jam Master Jay Foundation for Music
P.O. Box 613
Prince Street Station
New York City, N.Y. 10012

Flash back to Run DMC

Performances by:
Snoop Dogg, DMC, Raekwon, Marley Marl, Mobb Deep, Everlast Feat. DJ Muggs, De La Soul, Q-Tip, Papoose, Dead Prez, Kid Capri, DJ Kay Slay, Mista Sinista and more to be announced. All proceeds from this event will go to benefit The Jam Master Jay Foundation For Music.

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