the wall street journal is here to brighten your day with two really uplifting articles. one is about how the american dream as we know it is dead....and the other is about how america's ten fastest dying cities (sorry, ohio) are getting together to talk about saving themselves.
the nypost reports that tyra banks herself made a little stop into brooklyn heights store, peas n' pickles for some unusual fare...
don't even start with me on this one, carly. i couldn't just sit around waiting for a perfect "4sie" occasion that might never come, ok?
the red hook waterfront is full of converted warehouses from brooklyn's industrial past. at the end of van brunt street (across from the fairway) is the beard street warehouse. it was a really cool collection of artists' studios and living spaces.
the remnants of an old-timey cable-car system run throughout these warehouses. there are even some old left over cars behind the fairway.
brix + trax.
this guy was really awesome. some artists were just hanging out in there...working and welding and shit. it looked like an ok life.
on my way home, i stopped in and had lunch at baked on van brunt st. it was really cool inside, lots of orange, and delicious to boot!
AP, PARIS - Parisians and tourists, relax. That goofy looking tricycle equipped with loads of high-tech equipment roaming the streets is NOT some mad scientist's invention on the rampage.The three-wheeler is a sight with its long pole holding nine cameras, a GPS, a computer and a generator. But the contraption tooling around the French capital needs all that gear to do its job — adding three-dimensional images to Google's Street View Maps.
The U.S. company has hired two young cyclists to ride through gardens, historical sites and other pedestrian-only areas on the device to take thousands of digital photos.
check out the hot new diller scofidio + renfro slated for rio de janeiro! they recently won a competition for the museum of sound and image at copacabana beach. (via)
