Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Bill Cunningham is nuts

Road Trip Round Up

Let's begin with Miami


1. Miami was a strange strange place. South Beach was that odd place where vacationers met locals in the most dilapidated environment...which begs the question...how can any place, next to the ocean and especially a conglomerate such as Miami be in such a broken down condition? Has the economy hit Miami that much? 

Greg had only been to Miami once when he was a teenager. On his first visit, he remembered leggy models one after the other and hordes of Aston Martins and Lamborghinis competing for their attention. Such is no more. The Delano, easily the most famous hotel on South Beach only had one Lamborghini on display. Coveted on the front lawn, it was more of a symbol for past glories rather than an abundance of wealth. For a place with so much money passing through, the hotels looked cheap and broken. The Ritz Carleton was no ritz and while the Delano had that cool art deco thing going, the people inside looked tired and worn out. However, that didn't keep the ladies from showing up. In one tight dress after another, they sauntered by wearing last years D&G looking for a sugar daddy. In a fitting display of capitalism, a long table of men slouched on their high chairs facing the entrance of the hotel. It was like a table of pageant judges waiting to choose you from a line up. 

The girls in Miami were beautiful. They wore long dresses and short mini skirts. 

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Rewind


On our last night in New York City, we found out that Washington Square Park had finally reopened after an entire year of renovations. So we took out our cameras and said goodbye in what we thought to be the most befitting tribute to our favorite city; we took its photograph.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Racism in Washington DC

For the visually inclined, watch this slideshow on NY Mag: http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/07/obama_racism.html

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Express to Chungking

I need to remind myself that I really want to see this movie: Chunking Express

Hello Connecticut!

Greg and I have now moved to Manchester, Connecticut. We lived in West Hartford and East Hartford last summer (2008) in a woman's house and now we have our own room in a real apartment. By we, I mean Greg. 

I like the Goodwill stores here...more expensive than Texas, but less expensive than New York. I bought some beautiful short boots and finally, after an entire year of searching, a pair of harem/jodhpur pants for $5. To anyone with a grandmother out there, if they still have their large hipped, high wasted, tight ankled pants- please let me know and I will work my way through McDonalds to buy them from you or if you are nice, you can send them to me for free (I will pay shipping of course). 

The people in Connecticut are also very nice. They say "excuse-me" at the grocery store.