awesome retro deer!

holidays!!

After a long weekend spent 90% in pants with elastic, its time for some holiday art! one of my favorite subjects!

found: type inspiration

nice stuff, lady

Mr. Fox, you are indeed fantastic!

Just a few thoughts on this newly release movie:

I adored this book as a kid . My paperback copy of it was read almost to pieces. So I was really excited when I heard they were making a movie out of it. However, a few poorly executed previews turned me off and I was worried this might be another "Horton hears a who," which I thought, though aesthetically stunning, failed the book and muddied the message with "adult" jokes and cheesy musical numbers. But...

I was thrilled to find my childhood favorite brought to a new level last night in the movie theatre. The attention to detail in this movie is amazing, everything from an acorn lantern to a book on a shelf has been considered.

The original illustrations by Quentin Blake were so full of character and humor. The character design in the movie were outstanding, certainly rivaling Blake's work.

Wes Anderson lends his usual features and if you liked "The Royal Tenenbaums" this will be another favorite. The writing also respected the original story. One of the farmers raises peaches and although they never explicitly mention it, he is eating a peach in a scene. In short, fabulous stop motion, a visual smorgasbord and an all around awesome movie that I plan on seeing again!

Here are some fun links:

-Concept Art

-Wes Anderson interview

-Story boarder interview

-Bergdorf Goodman windows

buns!!!!

These pumpkin cinnamon buns with dried cranberries and candied ginger were awesome!! The original recipe is here along with some very helpful baker suggestions and questions. I'd suggest reducing the ginger by as much as half as the flavor is pretty intense against the subtlety of the pumpkin. Also, I made two smaller logs to make smaller buns, and even those were large! These are a great alternative for people who cant eat nuts. The ginger is crunchy and although pecans would be nice, I didnt miss them as I usually do in non-nutted pumpkin items. These went like freakin hotcakes at the office, even with those people who usually wave away baked goods (ha, gotcha!) I'll definitely make these again.

Some mysterious person at my work is awesome

A little hard to see next to that weird film projector recorder thingie

birthday cards for two of my favorite people!!!

new paints!

Catching up from a late summer/fall of slacking

Cool records in the east village

Moo!

Park Slope

Marathon!!