Happy 4th July everyone! May your day be filled with BBQs, fireworks, and good times with friends and family!
Posts filed under pop culture
much ado about nothing_in the park
This year's Shakespeare in the Park started off great with a performance of Much Ado About Nothing. Really funny and well cast. It's the last week so go see it if you have a chance. Free tickets if you wait in line at Central Park. Watch the sunrise warm up and city and have a relaxing picnic day at the park while you wait in line with friends. It's worth it. Or enter the virtual lottery online if waiting isn't your thing.
Can't wait for the 2nd play of the summer, King Lear, starring John Lithgow. Starting soon!
(images by: Vivien Chin)
the wrong house_alfred hitchcock
bates house & motel from "Psycho"
brenner house from "The Birds"
newton house from "Shadow of a Doubt"
Architecture of a cinema great Alfred Hitchcock. "The Wrong House--The Architecture of Alfred Hitchcock" by Steven Jobs has piqued my curiosity.
'The drawings are “reconstructions of spaces that never existed,” Jacobs says, and as such, they don’t always make sense architecturally.'
(images and quote via arch daily & design boom)
codex seraphinianus
Magical drawings by Luigi Serafini. World of fantasy and the bizarre with an alphabet unique to itself. Avocado trees with flying clouds & rainbow wings. Dreamy. I can't wait to get a copy of my own.
crossing the finish line at cigar mile
View from the finish line at my first horse race in attendance. Cigar Mile today at Aquaduct race track.
(image by: vivien chin)
today's desk view: oscar mayer weinermobile
Pop culture icon driving by the office today.
(images by: vivien chin)
remember
Tribute lighting to recall what was.
WTC.
(image by: vivien chin)
medea
A stunning Maria Callas by Pier Paolo Pasolini
the 4th, peaches, elvis
Nothing says Happy 4th July like Elvis and some peach cake!
Thanks Laura for the cake and Raylene the decorating team!
happy 4th!
(image by: vivien chin)
minions
break your routine
I'm pro-argyle in fashion and in life. Let's not live in a white sock world.
(image by: Mikey Burton)
then she fell
Down the rabbit hole...through the looking glass...and dive into the crazy world of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. An old hospital in Brooklyn serves as the backdrop for this immersive theater piece. It's topsy turvy, intense. Intimate. Unique. Full of Surprises. Libations and treats to eat are mixed into the performances to supplement the "EAT ME" "DRINK ME" aspect of the story. Experience the crazy tea party of the Mad Hatter, see Lewis Carroll's mysteriously intimate relationship with Alice, Converse with the White Queen and White Rabbit. Paint the roses red! Any more and I'll just ruin the surprise. 15 people per performance in the "audience" walking around. A very different dynamic and scale if you've been to the other big immersive piece here in NYC, "Sleep No More" (also a good one if you haven't been). Must check it out if you have a chance. Currently playing through September 29. Website here.
(images via internet sources)
dazzle ships
Camouflage tactic utilized in WWI not necessarily to conceal, but to confuse. Distorting the outline of a ship which would confuse the enemy--making it difficult to estimate its size, speed and type upon approach.
I would love to design the patterns on one of these! Just learned about them today. My dress pattern sparked the conversation and now has me itching to learn more about them. What a great name too!
(images via internet)
movie color analyzed
Color analysis of various movie screen shots.
(above) Shot from Stanley Kubrick's, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
(below) Shot from Stanley Kubrick's, Eye's Wide Shut.
Really interesting way to view and think about movies. To see more go to the tumblr blog, Movies In Color.
sweet mondrian
Desserts based on classic art.
room 237 or 217 or 237
My head is now full of conspiracy theories found in Stanley Kubrick's movie, The Shining. Room 237 is the documentary that explores the movie and all it's hidden meanings, themes, and subliminal messages. Indian genocide, the Holocaust, faking the Moon Landing.......Creepy! See it while it's still playing at the IFC.
(image via internet)
feline poetry
Eloquent words within I'm sure. The amusing find as i left the paper store today.
(image by: vivien chin)
blanton's army @ baby grand!
Line up your riders & horses!
(image by: vivien chin)
dragons + snakes on a bus
Dragon loads on to a bus...followed by snake...then the lions. Where does everyone else sit? Always something interesting to see on public transportation. Happy Year of the Snake!
(images by: vivien chin)