1. Cotton Candy Machine (St. Marks). 2. Kenka (St. Marks) 3. Watermelon Soju (K-Town) 4. Takahachi (East Village)

1. Sea (Williamsburg, BK) 2. Gold 3. Vol de Nuit (West Village) 4. Benny’s Burritos (East Village)

Couple of photos from my rooftop bbq shindig that we had over the weekend.  Hopefully we can squeeze one more of these in before the short summer ends.

Strange Cargo
Contraband is an interesting collection of photos taken by Taryn Simon who spent a couple days at JFK Airport photographing various items that were detained from customers.  Some of the items include a dead hawk, deer penis, and cow manure.

Google Cheat Sheet
If anyone is ever overwhelmed with Google’s search engine go check out Google Cheat Sheet for some tips.

1. Canal Street Station. 2. Vintage Chair 3. East Village 4. Japan (Epcot)

The other day I walked across the Williamsburg Bridge for the first time and to my surprise, it definitely had a ton of characteristics about it. From the tacky graffiti everywhere to the unkempt appearance, there was something to keep you on the lookout the whole time.  The above photos were just taken quickly with my iPhone but I’m sure I’ll go back very soon with the good ol’ 5D Mark II to snap some better pictures. 

1. Sumo Wrestler (K-Town). 2. Sake Wall (K-Town) 3. Governor’s Island Ferry 4. Battery Park

Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull
Awesome time lapse video of the volcanos in Iceland shot on a Canon 5D Mark II by Sean Stiegemeir.

Strawser & Smith
Stawser & Smith is a furniture store in Williamsburg, BK that specializes in re-purposed industrial past furniture.  They have a nice collection of pieces primarily from the Mid West.
via Cool Hunting

This Saturday, May 15th live on Youtube, The National will be performing songs from their latest album High Violet.  The live show will be directed by the legendary DA Pennebaker and all proceeds will go towards benefiting the Red Hot Organization. 

The National- Terrible Love

The National - Afraid Of Everyone

The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio

Band Of Horses - Infinite Arms

Band Of Horses - Factory

As summer peaks around the corner, two great bands recently released their new albums just in time for the season.  The National’s latest album, High Violet seems to continue exactly from where they left off.  Unlike some bands who try to experiment with a new sound but more than often fail, the National continued down the road with the success after Alligator with their catchy and mellow but riveting sounds. 

Seattle based band, Band Of Horses also released their 3rd album titled Infinite Arms. This album is a great pick up for Summer with their easy listening and laid back sounds. I highly recommended both of these albums.

Late last year when I was in Shanghai I saw some construction going on for the 2010 Shanghai Wold Expo.  The architecture for each country was unfinished but still looked pretty amazing. Now that they are all near completion I think this expo is going to be something really incredible this time around.
Photos via Dezeen, check them out for a lot more images.

Keyonary is a cool site developed by Aaron McGuire. This site allows you to search for shortcut keys and displays the results below. This is definitely a useful site that should be bookmarked.

Just saw this today and I know everyone is pretty skeptical but this could be the next version of Apples iphone.  Check out this link for more photos,videos and specs about this new iphone that was found at a bar in Redwood City. I’m interested to see what peoples thoughts are about this.
via Gizmodo

Update: Turns out this is actually a real leaked iphone.  Read the letter from Apple here.

Google Earth will soon be released in 3D and from the looks of the sample video, this will be quite amazing.  Everything is now really detailed and reminds me of Grand Theft Auto but for Google. 

I know things have been really quite around here lately and I apologize. I’ve been really busy and therefore the blog has been taking a backseat.  I have some work in the pipelines that I am hoping to share soon. Some new identity work, a completely new project for MTV, couple Amex projects and I’m hoping one of the pitches I did earlier in the year gets developed as well.  So, stay tuned…