Saturn Return

today/ yesterday/ may 19th

morning chiropractor appointment
trains congested and running late
going to work
surprise treats from cupcake cafe
meeting
assisting an event
time square grab and go
walking to murray hill with correy
dinner at chat nawab with adriana and noah from berkley
brazenhead books
poetry night
running into angelo, marilla's intern
acoustic sing-alongs
aeroplane over the sea
anyone who knows what love is (will understand)
reading poems
miguel hernandez
time to call it a night.

home now.
happy birthday to me.

Carrie & Lowell

It's like discovering Sufjan for the first time again. Nostalgic, delicate, perfect.

Sighful Days

This illustration describes current mood pretty accurately.

Favorites of 2014

Three great albums: Beck's Morning Phase, The War on Drugs' Lost in the Dream, and Master Remix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell (tribute album).

1. The War on Drugs - Red Eyes
2. Beck - Turn Away
3. Mimicking Birds - Bloodlines
4. Strand of Oaks - Goshen '97
5. TV on the Radio - Quartz
6. Wye Oak - Logic of Color
7. Jesse Winchester - All That We Have is Now
8. Rodrigo Amarante - Irene
9. St. Vincent - Birth in Reverse
10. Hamilton Leithauser - 5am

Rest in peace, Jesse Winchester.

Shout out: Sufjan Stevens-  A Little Lost (Arthur Russell cover)

Previous faves: 2013 / 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008

Off the Grid

I feel a great lightness of being. It's fun wandering off without the nuisance of social media and tagged photos involuntarily documenting after you. Reverting to pre-internet outings makes me feel inexistent, without shadows nor footsteps. Sometimes I feel like a breeze in the wind and all of the sudden life is easy again. I need to remind myself this.

2014 had its beautiful moments. Too many to count.

Gregory Alan Isakov

Current mood:

Summer Travels

Summer officially ended. Some photo highlights from my travels.

Visiting Rachel and Matthew's farm in Newberg, Oregon.

Farm marketing with Guillaume in Ballard, Washington

Lateral menu in Madrid, Spain

Row boating on the Grand Canal in Versailles, France

Commuting with Ted all over Amsterdam, Netherlands

Picnic atop Mount Rigi in Lucerne, Switzerland

Seattle Sunset

With wonderful company at Discovery Park

Summer Sweetness

Marilla treated me out to see This American Life: One Night Only at BAM.
Rachael treated me out to see Cabaret on Broadway (Alan Cumming, swoon).
Yacki treated me out to see Neutral Milk Hotel play at Prospect Park.

Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks

I love acoustic sing-alongs, especially if it's with The National  and 5,000 other people on a summer night.