tipsy pig

LA

DIY Wine Bar
Fraiche w/D + K
Kiefer Sutherland
W Westwood
Brunch at Toast
W Third Street
La Brea Tar Pits
LACMA
Pinkberry
Pool side drink
Providence
Actors/Waiters
Fred Segal
Urth Caffe
Santa Monica
Randy's Donuts

los angeles

bourbon and branch
cigar bar
four barrel coffee
dim sum / beignets
wine + the oscars at jack falstaff
rain, bed, movies
best american travel writing 2008

new york, new york

coffee bar
uva enoteca
rock n' rolla

Buckhunter at Bloodhound (SOMA)

SFMOMA

superbowl + potroast at laura's in north berkeley

de young museum
ocean beach
city lights bookstore
yuet lee
on the street: puddle jumpers

beach (mexico)

settling in

chinatown

4th Street

snapper

trying to replicate the amazing snapper we had in tokyo

along the embarcadero

the italians like my handwriting

-----Original Message-----
From: Neville Rowley [mailto:nev@xxxx.it]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 12:32 PM
To: Schorpp, Lesley
Subject: Morandi

Hi Lesley,
A question I'm asked from all parts: who the hell is handwriting the
invitation cards for the Morandi opening? Everyone is very impressed and
want to congratulate him/her!!
Neville

wine country

goodbye new york

I'm leaving New York today.

hell, yes!

korea town

quiet in the city

saturday

p.s.

i just got a new digital camera and will be posting new pics again very soon.
i promise.

i heart new york

i stole the above from a blog that shall remain nameless and was inspired to make a short list of my own favorite things about new york city - mainly, so that i won't forget once i move to san francisco.

cafe habana
public + the monday room
the market in nolita
little giant
the taschen store
A.P.C.
prune
cafe mogador
ICP
oren's vanilla hazelnut iced coffee
republic
black and white
pink pony
soup dumplings at shanghai cafe
MUJI store
UNIQLO
cafe gitane brie
mcnally bookstore
spice
black and white cookies
teany
lee's art shop
the crazy lights in times square
MoMA design store in soho
bus rides down fifth avenue
dean and deluca
the met
tribeca
new york city ballet
the venue formerly known as irving plaza
rigoletto's pizza
magnolia's banana pudding
columbus circle
the upper west side
the art supply store on bond street

holland: modern + old school

convertible view

switzerland is pretty

weekend in lexington, ma

five things: may (sorry, april)

it's friday and i have time time time on my hands, so here goes:

1. visitors: cousin (singapore) and alexis (south carolina)
2. moved out of my apartment and back onto my twin bed
3. disassembled furniture (had no idea i was capable of this)
4. discovered new spots bar Q, east side company, falai
5. stayed at a hotel in NYC (the royalton hotel, very google-worthy)

and ... went to the infamous HAMPTONS. still contemplating that one.

and ... 13 days left until zurich / rotterdam / amsterdam / nini birthday

new york style golf

nikki swinging at new jersey

flashback: puerto vallarta

from the ny post

May 6, 2008 --

If she wasn't lucky with her choice of outfit - eesh! - Anna Wintour had her stars lined up for the weather and the A-list talent who turned out for her Costume Institute Gala last night. Oh, and a little outfit called the Metropolitan Museum had some thing to do with it, too.

Each spring, the ultra- chic extravaganza at the Met, known as "Anna's party," mixes glamour with iron-fist rules as the Vogue editrix rains on the dreams of countless Hollywood and fashion-world elite with her ruthless micro-managing.
Wintour herself personally vets and approves the guest list - and that goes for the world's top designers, who must clear their celebrity escorts with her.

Guests have clearly observed the Wrath of Wintour. Bobbleheaded stylist-to-the-starlets Rachel Zoe's was very publicly dis-invited after making the mortal mistake of dissing Anna in print. "Anna is one of my heroes," Zoe had said, "but they say I'm more influential."

Zoe uttered that regrettable remark last October; Wintour patiently waited until last week to exact her revenge.

Arriving first on a perfect spring evening were George Clooney and Julia Roberts - they chaired the event, "Superheroes" - along with the night's honorary chairman, Giorgio Armani.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes made their entrance much later, joining Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, the Olsen twins, Tom Brady and Giselle Bundchen, and Victoria and David Beckham.

Guests certainly followed the party-planner-from-hell's directive that thou shalt dress like a superhero if thou wants to be in Vogue's party pages. (Staffers dressed in white or silver.)

Upping the intrigue: Armani, himself recently dissed Wintour - publicly and to her face! - when he told an international press corps they had different taste levels, and that he was ultimately "indifferent" to her.

Shockingly, they settled their differences; Armani is a favorite of both Clooney and Roberts. (Clooney hosted the after-party at Bungalow 8.)

Anna is tough - by the looks of her dress, ram tough.

During her 13-year-tenure as the evening's co-chair, she has elevated the annual Costume Institute Gala to Manhattan's premier social event.

It is the closest to a public barometer of subtly shifting power rankings and social status; there is as much attention paid to who attends as who doesn't, and the seating charts are subject to breakdowns.

New York Ranger and new Vogue intern Sean Avery, whose lacerated spleen caused him to miss the Broadway Blues' doomed playoff finale Saturday, was well enough to attend last night's gala.

Once more democratic and relatively egalitarian - anyone who could afford a ticket could go, and there was a $200-per-head after-party for fashion students and fans - the gala now bills itself as beyond exclusive.

This year's cost: $6,500 per seat.

[Emilie says, actually it was a minimum of $7,500 per seat]

gossip girl at the met

tights are not pants

read more at www.tightsarenotpants.com

i'm busy doing this

i stole this from the beholder (link is on the left)

vhs or beta at highline ballroom 4/8/08

freshman fifteen

From the New York Times:

Bowdoin College, with 1,800 students and a postcard-perfect northern New England campus, projects a rather sedate image. But in Thorne hall on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday at midnight, hundreds of students socialize and eat in an airy, open space with music thumping.

This is Super Snack, a selection of fresh fruit and vegetables, grilled cheese sandwiches, and other simple foods, one innovation the college has made in response to student input.

“They love food,” said Mary Lou Kennedy, Bowdoin’s dining director. “They love the community of food. They were Slow Food 10 years before it became a movement. At dinner, they come and stay for an hour and a half.”

(did not take this picture but did stay in a room like this on friday)

five things x 2 (march 2008)

1. saw two bands, ra ra riot and frightened rabbit
2. the roasting plant (NY) and blue bottle coffee (SF)
3. saw lots of color at MoMA and at Paul Smith
4. lobster at Ed's Lobster Bar and shrimp at Good World
5. went to dinner at Home restaurant and went home for Easter Sunday

weekday wedding envelope addressing

With Mars revving your career and a full moon upping the financial
ante, there are no more excuses for floundering at work.
-- Libra Horoscope for April

congratulations, nikki! on a "new" start at the "new" job.

ten things (february 2008)

1. february is my least favorite month of the year
2. gave in to valentine's day commercialism
3. lunched with a curator
4. tried new restaurants: haru, the smith, mint, cafe asean
5. ran through the airports in mexico city + detroit; cried at LAX
6. watched my brother do my taxes for me
7. organized a luncheon at work for 38 people for the very first time
8. pushed 90 year-olds in their wheelchairs
9. met my friend's future long-term boyfriend (?)
10. feel like it's time to move

mardi gras

bangkok in new york

winter

destination: beach in mexico

went to a wedding in mexico over president's day weekend.
nothing but sun, noise, sand, beer, and smiling faces. too
bad i somehow got a weird spot on the left of my camera lens.

ten things (january 2008)

1. had my first IV in the ER
2. saw jellyfish at the monterrey bay aquarium
3. savored the brie at cafe gitane and soup dumplings at shanghai cafe
4. discovered vampire weekend and hot chip
5. tried to quit coffee, unsuccessfully
6. went to a funeral
7. saw the biggest rainbow in my life while driving through the silicon valley
8. returned to the former luke and leroy which is now le royale bar
9. bought highly coveted converse all stars
10. saw almost all three godfather movies

happy holidays

christmas eve with the clintons

follow me

prarthna birthday

actual time prarthna showed up at hacienda for her own birthday: 10:40 pm

happy sixtieth, mom

my mom threw herself a joint 60th birthday party last weekend.
here, she explains the speedo (the swim trunk) comic strip that
has been stuck to my parents' fridge for years.

aesthetics

ceiling

i love hanging lightbulbs.

arn in africa (jumping picture)

congratulations on successfully completing the climb, arn!

maine wedding (sept 2007)

northeast harbor, maine (site of julie and brian's wedding)


andrew and allison

san diego (august 2007)

old photos

courtesy of anna

dawson/williams wedding

(My First) Met Opening: Abstract Expressionism

Last night, the first exhibition opening reception that I really played a role in organizing took place. I was worried we were going to run out of food and drink, but we didn't. Everyone appeared to enjoy themselves. More images from the exhibition are here.

john williams

last night, arn and i saw john williams conduct the pieces he's become famous for at avery fisher hall. who knew john williams wrote the opening theme for NBC Nightly News (which i am a big fan of).

julie's bachelorette weekend

leah, me, anne, di, julie (the bride-to-be), alison

exotic dance class

change!

an updated look just for you.

giant strawberries

from the market at the ferry building in san francisco

happy memorial day weekend

(photo talents courtesy of nn)

weekend

(NOTE: how strange + convenient that the internet is able to provide the digital pictures i didn't take myself this weekend)


(courtesy of the Gagosian Gallery)

jrs wants to buy this murakami painting that we nicknamed "the soccerball," but neither of us can fathom how much it possibly costs. we went to see it at the gagosian on madison avenue.


(courtesy of the tasting room website)

saturday: jrs and i went to the tasting room in nolita and sat at the second table from the left (the row against the wall) in this picture. the couple sitting next to us bickered, sent their food back, and complained that the cuisine was "too american." they also argued with the waiter about whiskey. we, on the other hand, wiped our plates clean.


(courtesy of Joe's Shanghai)

finally! the famous soup dumplings you get at this busy restaurant in china town. like all things that taste good, nn says the secret is in the fat.



(courtesy of the TASCHEN website)

nn, jrs, and i hit the TASCHEN flagship store on greene street on sunday. it's german. they have great art books.

OTHER SPOTS his this weekend: guggenheim + the met; ted baker; balthazar bakery; maison du chocolat ...

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it happened last week:

bedbugs - i got a notice from my building management company around midnight that read something like, "... found minor outbreak in an apartment near yours ... please pack up everything you own in a plastic bag by tomorrow morning ..." - it was traumatic and gross and everyone at work thought i had cooties. good news is i now own a vacuum cleaner.

minnesota - i took northwest airlines to minneapolis. my first ever visit to minnesota. jamie is there for work. the visit included the mall of america, bars with rooftops, long cab rides, quiet (as in, no sounds or noises), nice old people, the walker art center, a reunion with quinn from college, half an irish car bomb that made me ill (thanks, quinn), an unsuccessful hunt for indian food, warmer weather than new york (!).

endless winter

cooper-hewitt design museum

skiing in california

one of the most amazing things about (northern) california is that you can experience winter and spring/summer in the same day:

AM: get up early, ski/snowboard while getting decent face-tan (or burn, if you're not careful), and hang out on slopes that are completely covered in snow and remind you of christmas time

PM: once exhausted/winded and legs can't move anymore, get back in car and drive 3 hours/sit in traffic with the rest of the bay area in the early afternoon, to arrive in the city, where the thermometer reads 70 degrees

fake orchid

last night nikki and i went to a kitsch thai place on east 9th street - the fake orchid. we sat at an old school desk which we kept hitting our knees on; it wobbled. it was great. there were indeed fake orchids, porcelain bunnies, post cards and drawings posted at random on the walls, and dim pink lighting. the curry was excellent and the wontons had actual crab in them.

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my sincerest apologies for being missing from the blogspot for so long.

there has been some kind of severe slump in my workload, so i'm back - though i'm not sure for how long ...

end of december 2006

my good friend julie announces her engagement (!) to her man. i hyperventilate into the phone while walking home on columbus avenue and say all the wrong things, like "did you say yes?!" instead of just giving her the conventional and much much safer "congratulations." i go engagement congratulations card shopping (i am all over this occasion), which is so much harder than one thinks; so many of them are focused on THE RING and THE DRESS. apparently, wedding planning is not in my future.

january 2007

new year's eve: had too much to drink the eve before new year's eve and had WORST hang over ever (ever!) all of the the next day. like could not eat worst hangover ever, and i can generally always eat. not even coffee, it was bad. we had plans, though, so - i pull myself together. meet jamie's friends for dinner at CRU (a wine restaurant - not ideal for my hangover), followed by new year's eve at PRAVDA on Lafayette (see previous post).

my cousins from australia visit for a week: we see "the drowsy chaperone" musical and introduce my mother to Junior's; dine with my dad in midtown; crash my cousin's friend's apartment that is nicer and bigger than my own (and he's a student at NYU with no job) etc.

1/12-1/15: trip to san francisco; jamie and i build an IKEA shelf/wardrobe thing and it takes us 3 hours. AND we have an extra peg leftover, which is never a good thing. the reward is Italian food. mmm.

MOMOFUKU SSAM bar with andrew - finally, after two attempts to go to this restaurant. the chef is there that night, after a write-up in New York Magazine. i'm star-struck and totally in love with the pork burrito and mochi ball plate for dessert. amazing. i heart NY moment.

1/24: my dad's birthday. he asks me why i'm calling; my mom completely forgets about it until i mention it. i guess that's what happens when you stop counting the years.

1/25: zeke's birthday. he's still in China.

66 (restaurant) - dinner with Nikki. i've wanted to go here ever since i saw a profile on it on some public access food show ("Reservations Required" - that may be the title of the show). it's down in Tribeca. had their prix fixe - the food was good, the decor even better. down to the silverware. very sleek. aquarium (fish!). nikki gives the bathroom a thumbs down - oh well, it can't be perfect.

february 2007

2/1: nikki's birthday. theme is college night. she finishes an entire fishbowl (on her own, nearly) and it all comes back up a few minutes later. one of her co-workers splatters BBQ sauce all over another co-worker. messy.

TABLA - jamie comes for the weekend, and we go to TABLA (our second upscale Indian experience after TAMARIND). we eat a lot. that's all i really remember - and jamie really enjoying the wine, but that happens a lot.

2/9-2/11: trip to san francisco - ski plans fall through because, ironically, there is too much snow for a re-beginner like me. also, celebrity golf tournament plans fall through because jamie's friend doesn't make the cut. so, what do we do? spend money on clothes and cake and blowfish sushi to die for.

FACTORY GIRL - nikki and i see what we both know will be a horrible movie. the next day, nikki sends me an email affirming just how bad it was. there is our official review.

VALENTINE's DAY - annual v-day dinner with nikki. funny how, eventhough we used to do this when we were both single, the tradition continues eventhough i'm now in a relationship. (although i have told everyone i know and given jamie enough grief about this, i can't resist sharing just one last time that he didn't call me on valentine's day. or the day after. in fact, i didn't hear from him until he was on his way to the airport to come to new york. he was preoccupied with paintballing and toasting fellow co-workers at a retreat in napa; i suppose i will accept that excuse and move on with my life)

dinner with julia at a cute italian spot in the east village - she also recently got engaged - congratulations to her and ralph! she is going to have a great wedding, all DIY. the way people in their twenties should do it, i think.

sushi with gloria at sushi a go-go, which is around the corner from my apartment, but this was my first time eating there. gloria is fabulous. she works in the design department at the NYBG, which is how i got to know her. we worked on invitations together - she designed them and i proofed them. fond memories.

DENTIST - i have a cavity. a small one, but still. at 26!

CAFE HABANA - dinner with jamie and nikki. it is crazy crowded, but really good. i recommend the cuban sandwich. mmm.

THEORY - nikki got a new job (yay!) and is leaving her present employer, Theory, the clothing line. jamie is most affected by this change, since his entire wardrobe consists of pants and shirts from Theory. we went to the store one last time to milk her discount for all it's worth.

EMMA is in new york for a brief visit in lieu of the Tacita Dean (the artist she works for in Berlin, also featured in this month's Vogue) Opening at the Guggenheim museum. we have lunch at the Met and go to a gallery opening at the Marian Goodman Gallery, where she used to be an intern. it is nice to see emma again, as always.

nikki and i hit the SCOPENew York contemporary art fair. if only we had expendible $ income to buy art to hang on our walls. we also develop this brief obsession with owning rainboots (just in time for a slushy winter storm that arrives overnight), and satisfy our other obsession - with british movies - by going to see "starter for 10."

THE HILLS - i'm 20% ashamed to admit this, but the first season is out on DVD and has spent some quality time in my DVD player. will somebody please help HEIDI? stuffing envelopes is the only way into the events industry. i should know, i've stuffed, stamped, sealed, and addressed hundreds of them in the last 3 years.

happy new year!

at pravda


in the arms of a very loving man


champagne!


no more zima for jamie

the lighthouse - a participant in the philadelphia marathon


eye of the tiger


the famous rocky steps


the (isn't it small?) liberty bell

the girl can sure eat

philadelphia

decorative busstop


namie noticed how weird it is that all philadelphia homes have staircases next to windows


this was part of a house; i like the bubble glass


off south street

Dumbo Arts Festival (Brooklyn) - More

nikki shadow


a view of the manhattan skyline

Dumbo Arts Festival (Brooklyn) - Art

burnt toast


holes in wall


bulbs

Dumbo Arts Festival (Brooklyn)

zeke's homecoming

pong

mike and jamie vs. nikki and me at mo's caribbean on a wednesday night. who does this kind of thing in the middle of the work week?

The Met

Left my first job (after 2 1/2 years) at The New York Botanical Garden and started working at The Metropolitan Museum of Art after Labor Day Weekend. The museum logo is called the "Leonardo M" - named after you know who.

a toast

andrew and me at leah's wedding (thanks, clara)

berlin

at the biergarten

berlin

at the hamburger bahnhof museum

berlin

on top of the reichstag