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my big halloween hair

pak — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 03:32:04 +0000

Faris… or is it?, originally uploaded by tokyohanna.

scary halloween pumpkins

pak — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:46:13 +0000

lucy in her “princess shirt dress”

pak — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:55:48 +0000

lucy in her “princess shirt dress”, originally uploaded by same_same.

a collection of keys

pak — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:45:38 +0000

Philippe, my father-in-law collects keys. He can’t tell you why exactly he started, but just that he was drawn to them. He moved to New York City in 1946, and has been collecting them ever since.

The collection takes up an entire wall in the apartment — he now has more than 400 of them. Some are 5000 years old, others look like something I have in my pocket right now. Some were deliberately collected, but just as many were gifts or were found. Some are very very expensive, others very very cheap. One is from the ruins of Pompeii, one opens a Samsonite suitcase. One is from a medieval monastery, one is for a sardine tin.

I interviewed Philippe this afternoon on video, and I’m working on putting the whole collection online with some of his commentary for everyone to see. It really is amazing.

Here’s a little sneak peak:

back porch bubbles

pak — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:06:04 +0000

prefab = fab

pak — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:03:36 +0000

We needed to get out of the office and get some inspiration — there is only so much inspiration to be found in an email or a PowerPoint presentation, especially on a sunny summer Friday. So we took a little trip to the MoMA to see Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.

(A sort-of corollary: Have a look through an article called “The Eureka Hunt” in the 7/28/08 issue of The New Yorker that talks about the areas of your brain that are responsible for those moments of genuine insight — so-called “eureka” moments — and the conditions, especially relaxation and not focusing, that are necessary to achieve one.)

Here are some pictures, taken by Joe and me:

[syndicated from House of Naked]

lucy’s 2nd birthday

pak — Wed, 28 May 2008 02:01:36 +0000

narcissism is a beautiful thing

pak — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:42:25 +0000

A video from Naked’s most recent photo shoot. Oh, and Agency Spy thinks we’re hot.

Photoshoot
by heronpreston

the great easter egg hunt

pak — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:33:16 +0000

lucy looking for easter eggs in grandma and grandpa’s back yard

yelle!

pak — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:28:05 +0000

I’m still in a little bit of euphoria about the show I saw last night — Yelle at the Knitting Factory. She does this kind of electronic pop, but I gotta say she totally rocked. She had so much energy on stage. I have more to say about it, but here’s a picture for the time being: