Goldfrapp

Last night Brandon and I went to see Goldfrapp at the Beacon.

We started by having a bite at Nick's and then we had to stop at Grom to share a little of the best gelato in town, then headed on over to the Beacon. It was our first time at that venue and it was fantastic. We had isle seats about 5 rows back on the Loge, and they were perfect.

The show was pretty amazing. It was a tad short (just over an hour), but they all had colds, so I think they probably did the best they could, considering. She sounded great, and they played some great songs.

Here's one of her videos...i love this video...

Paul Simon

So my friend Jill stopped by my desk today and told me something I was ashamed to not already know. Paul Simon is playing at BAM throughout April, performing different albums. I told her that I would pay good (lots of) money to see him do Graceland. And so she called and we got tickets to the African Skies performance for next weekend! I can't even believe it! And they weren't nearly as expensive as I originally had thought they would be.

Then, I turned around and told Giselle about this, and she said Kay and she have tickets to the same show!

Sooo excited. No words for it. David Byrne will be with him, along with the African singers who were on the Graceland album ...

Can it get any better?

Saturday Night

For those of you free on Saturday night, feel free to join us at our favorite pub in Brooklyn Heights for a little birthday celebration. We'll be have a few jolly drinks and some may be playing a bit of bocce. For those of you that don't know proper form and attire, see the image below.

Email me for deets, if you're planning on coming.

I Heart Birthdays + Dodgeball

I love birthdays. And I have to say, though I've only been in New York for less than two years, I feel like I have the greatest set of friends. Today at work, everyone was so amazing. I got gifts (including a gift card to my favorite art supply from Blyth and the greatest book on Typography from some young guys that I worked with on a side project of theirs), flowers, cookies, cupcakes, and a terrific lunch with a bunch of girls that I just adore. New York is really beginning to feel like home.

Once they've launched this side project, I'll post it here so you can all admire my mad graphical skeeeeeeeeellllls.



Also...My friend Bill and I share a birthday and we both happen to be the captains of the two dodgeball teams here at WGEN (with some outside friends, as well). So tonight is our first dodgeball game of the spring season, and hopfully we go out there and kick everyone's butts. Go Brooklyn Dodgers!

Catching Some Zzzzzzzs

ReBar in DUMBO. Free WiFi, coffee shop, and later in the day, a nice little bar. Great place to work , read, write, create, and ... get those much needed Z's. Nothing like a little public nap. They've been asleep and slumped over since I got here about an hour ago...weary travelers, I suspect ... I just noticed that they have matching sneaks! :)

Waking from the Dead

I realize that I have been off of this blog for a while. So while in a design meeting today, Blyth spoke about a design blog, so I told them that i used to have a blog for a while. Well, now I feel obligated and inspired to add a little tidbit to the blog so that they aren't sufficiently bored once they arrive.

So I mentioned design:related today in the meeting, so you can all find out about that at http://www.designrelated.com. My favorite sections are portfolios (and now I'll have incentive to update mine) and inspirations. I was a featured designer on here ages ago, actually, my first week at Wireless Generation.