Sketches: Birds of a feather
HOWL and the Canteen
James Franco as Beat poet Allen Ginsberg
Canteen
Espresso after dinner in the Canteen
Saw HOWL tonight at the Lightbox.
Allen Ginsberg is inspiring and James Franco is a babe.
Lovely dinner afterwards at the Canteen downstairs which has quickly become one of my favourite places to eat in the city. It has a wonderful energy + great people watching opportunities - oh and the daily pasta was divine.
Highly recommended.
Very cozy dinner
Dinner at Alison Lawrence's house last night.
Balm for the soul.
ps. Alison just got awarded a big fat writer's grant. Very proud of her.
Favourite images from last couple weeks
The last couple weeks have been crazy with the move + working on several new projects = no time for proper blogging.
Herewith a collection of my fave images from the last little while.
My bedroom for now.
That jam cupboard is one of my favourite pieces of furniture.
Wonder how long that chandelier is gonna be on the floor. :-)
Sept 27
Janet and I enjoying a cowgirl bagel at one of my fave spots: The Rustic Cosmo cafe.
(Cow girl Bagel = bagel with egg, bacon, cheese tomato guacomole - yum!)
ps. Janet - hope you won't kill me for putting up this pic.
Chris behind the counter
Sept 29
Kim's shoes at the Drake cafe
October 1
Someone made me a nice omelette. :-)
October 8
Thanksgiving dinner with Shannon
(One of my favourite cooks - and friends!)
Shannon's stuffing = out of this world
October 10
Radiant Child at the Lightbox Fantastic
Love his work + Does anyone, and I mean anyone have more style than Jean Michel Basquiat?
Wonderful dinner
Starting another morning at the Drake
One of the servers shows me his fab tattoo which is a quote by Rimbaud which translates as " What soul is not without fault"
ps. I am starting every morning at the Drake because I have yet to find my Braun coffee grinder!! Oy vey.
Much to be done on the loft front.
Herewith a collection of my fave images from the last little while.
My bedroom for now.
That jam cupboard is one of my favourite pieces of furniture.
Wonder how long that chandelier is gonna be on the floor. :-)
Sept 27
Janet and I enjoying a cowgirl bagel at one of my fave spots: The Rustic Cosmo cafe.
(Cow girl Bagel = bagel with egg, bacon, cheese tomato guacomole - yum!)
ps. Janet - hope you won't kill me for putting up this pic.
Chris behind the counter
Sept 29
Kim's shoes at the Drake cafe
October 1
Someone made me a nice omelette. :-)
October 8
Thanksgiving dinner with Shannon
(One of my favourite cooks - and friends!)
Shannon's stuffing = out of this world
October 10
Radiant Child at the Lightbox Fantastic
Love his work + Does anyone, and I mean anyone have more style than Jean Michel Basquiat?
Wonderful dinner
Starting another morning at the Drake
One of the servers shows me his fab tattoo which is a quote by Rimbaud which translates as " What soul is not without fault"
ps. I am starting every morning at the Drake because I have yet to find my Braun coffee grinder!! Oy vey.
Much to be done on the loft front.
Wow. The Social Network.
Jesse Eisenberg as facebook founder Mark Zukerberg. Heartbreaking.
I went to see The Social Network last night and it did not disappoint.
Aaron Sorkin's script and Jesse Eisenberg's performance were both fantastic but what really stayed with me after I left the theatre was the dark score by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The music added an ominous unmistakable layer to the film.
The first track Hand Covers Bruise is particularly eerie. Trent Reznor explained that the anxious techno buzz was meant to represent a computer while the quiet piano over top of it represented the human element of the story.
Listen to it here. It's so great -- and so creepy!
The movie has an intense melancholy running through it and ends with what feels like darkness closing in on an isolated soul. Intense!
Go see it. (That means you Eric. ;-))
ps. David Denby's excellent review here.