August 5, 2021
Despite creating a ton of new tops and shooting them on a slew of wonderful mermaid models, I have decided not to vend at MerMagi Con this year after all. I won’t bore you with the details, but the ease of my rolling over my reservation to next year helped Read more…
August 3, 2021
Last time I was on Chelsea’s Pier 54, it was to see Guided By Voices‘ “last” show in 2004. Now the pier is Little Island, an innovative public space that was all the rage when it opened this Spring. With several attempts to check it out thwarted by various reasons, Read more…
August 2, 2021
And just like that… August. Traveling since the end of school, it has been nice returning to my bed. Yes, I took a picture of my reunion with my bed after roughing it so much on the road. Other home goals was finally getting my craft desk built and my Read more…
Peach & Pine Cafe is some of the best vegan food in the NYC area… but they’re on Long Island, throwing down impressive pop-ups in Suffolk county with their new food truck. On a day with a packed Long Island itinerary, getting to their BBQ pop-up at North Fork Brewery Read more…
I always wanted to go to a Monster Truck show. I never analyzed the desire, I just always have! Much like I like to try lots of different things, in general. So now that my gal lives near the Riverhead Raceway, it was time to don the trucker hat and Read more…
On the way back to Brooklyn, a sweet bite from Copiague Bakery in Copiague. Last time I visited I was impressed by the selection of vegan goods. They tapped into a nostalgia that isn’t activated easily. This time was no different with a selection of bakery cookies–the kind not easily Read more…
Born and raised on Long Island, I know bagels. And I know how hard it is to find really good ones. There are so many variables to consider and it’s rare that a bagel place gets them all right. And to add more variables, my favorite variety–The Everything–has its own Read more…
August 1, 2021
Though a bright sliver of an orange hazy moon illuminated Long Island’s North Fork so brightly, the Milky Way waved hello faintly. And though I am attempting this shoot again next week, with the arrival of the New Moon, the subtle Milky Way is still so dreamy. ❤️ 🌻 🌌 Read more…
Just a few pictures of a great vegan breakfast if you’re out on the Island. The coconut mango French toast (with the side of homefries and an oat milk latte) from Toast Coffeehouse is everything you would require in the morning. Remember to request real maple syrup from your server. Read more…
July 29, 2021
Back over the bridge for some more vegan eats! Firstly, breakfast at Northside Coffee in West Brighton. I’ve reported on this space before, but when it was Fab Cup. (You may remember my complaining about their Golden Milk latte and their lack of good vegan options here.) Now, renovated and with Read more…
July 28, 2021
It isn’t until you experience the death of someone close to you that you decide what you believe–what makes sense to your heart, what makes sense to your hurt. Because what is and the life of your emotions don’t intersect sometimes. Resourceful buggers, some emotions can sustain themselves in a Read more…
July 27, 2021
During the Gilded Age, extravagantly lavish mansions were built by big money families on Long Island’s North Shore. Their opulence dubbed the area The Gold Coast. Within that latter history the Knollwood Estate was purchased by the exiled ruler of Albania in 1951, King Zog. But King Zog, who had Read more…
July 25, 2021
On birthday cake duty, it was an orange bundt cake. Admittedly, I wasn’t on my a-game, but still the cake was well-received. It had great flavor as I used fresh squeezed orange juice from a local juice spot as well as a bunch of orange zest. Glaze wasn’t thick enough Read more…
July 24, 2021
Jumping into Coney Island after many days of being away, my love for Brooklyn surged. There is nothing like this place. Nowhere. So while waiting to get into the Brooklyn Cyclones game, I had to capture all I could as it hummed and buzzed and knocked into me and didn’t Read more…
I was home for a minute when I received a message about the night’s Brooklyn Cyclones game… a limited edition bobblehead my Mom would flip for was being offered and it was… Vegan Night. So, I decided to jump right back into New York City, right into the concentrated dose Read more…
July 22, 2021
Even more into the green now, I’d spend my third night without running water in the gorgeous Spruce Knob Lake within the Monongahela National Forest, driving up to the highest elevation of the state. With starry eyes, I thought I’d see the stars best here–but weather was uncooperative once again Read more…
July 21, 2021
Did you know there is a National Radio Quiet Zone? The National Radio Quiet Zone restricts Earthly radio transmissions to maximize radio data from outer space. This means NPR wasn’t coming in too clear on my drive to Green Bank Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. Similar to the field Read more…
New River Gorge National Park is the newest National Park. One of its scenic draws is the gorge’s bridge, the longest steel arch bridge in the world at the time of its construction. Now this gorgeous feat of engineering is the longest steel arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere. Many Read more…
July 20, 2021
After staying two nights in a hotel, I had a massive neck ache from terrible pillows. But waking up each morning in my tent, I felt euphoric. Perhaps it was how isolated my campground was, The Brooklyn Campground (teehee) near the Cunard River Access area of New River Gorge National Read more…
July 19, 2021
The West Virginia State Penitentiary operated for more than 100 years (1876 to 1995), holding a peak of 2,000 inmates. The cells, which I roamed in and out of freely taking the Photography Tour, were mostly 5 by 7 feet. Shockingly during overcrowded periods of operation, those small cells held Read more…
Finally having electricity and running water at my will, here is a photo dump of some vegan eats from my days in West Virginia. Some sweet treats from the all-vegan Venerable Bean Bakery in Morgantown, part of the Mountain People’s Food Co-op. Selection was pretty low since it was later Read more…
July 18, 2021
To follow are some shots from the main Kirkbride building of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. A bit cleaned up and subject to large groups coming through for tours, many of the spaces were staged with artifacts and informational displays. A lot of ghost hunters have left toys for the spirit of Read more…
My favorite shots of the day at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum were in this batch of photos–from the Greenhouse and the Medical Center. It’s of course color, light and texture that play so well in these structures. The effect of this combination is far more impressive than my next batch from Read more…
Opened in 1864, Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum was designed under the Kirkbride Plan, aligned with the namesake’s views on best care practices: giving patients access to air circulation and natural light. Those long hallways that illuminate decay so powerfully are all his fault. As was the case with many large self-sustaining Read more…
July 17, 2021
Blazing a quick trail to West Virginia, I knew I would be picking up some seitan wings from Mountaineer Tap House to help settle me into my hotel. I was pleased to learn that they had just created a vegan ranch to accompany the seitan wigs and I’d be one Read more…
And while we’re hitting the best vegan in the area, it was breakfast at Clinton Hill’s Guevara’s. A space as gorgeous and vibrant as their food, this is a Brooklyn gem. A rainbow concha was a must-have… This is their B.E.C. … made of King trumpet mushroom bacon, Mung bean ‘frittata’, Read more…