you can't eat bread!?

11.19.81 (+ 10 months)

not too much has changed in 28 years ;)

Looking at my Housing Works Gin Mingle invitation for tonight’s event, I just put two-and-two together and realized that my boss is the brother of Philip Gourevitch, editor of the Paris Review, and one of the hosts for the event!!

Upon my realization, I ran into his office and said “your brother is Philip Gourevitch!?” Marc looked at me like I was slightly crazy to be excited that he was related to the “world’s leading writer on Rwanda” and calmly said “yes.”

What an inspiring family.

Blakroc (Black Keys feat. Pharoahe Monch & RZA), “Dollaz & Sense,” from Blakroc

so..maybe i got my hands on the Blakroc album that comes out 11/26..and maybe it’s blowing my mind.

Emerging from my L-tryptophan induced haze, days after I am finally posting pictures of Nora & Mayur’s delicious Thanksgiving Potluck. Though this has already been tumbled a few times I wanted to post these and thank them for an utterly lovely evening filled with food, friends, and laughter.

Full photo set here.

J. Tillman, “Vessels,” from Vacilando Territory Blues

11.16.09 @ the Bell House

For an early birthday present bq (told ya my friends were awesome!), took me to see J. Tillman, of Fleet Foxes, at the Bell House. The entire set from start to finish was beautiful; one minute soft and ethereal then raucous and heart-pounding. Vessels is one of the softer songs that I iPhone-videoed.

go, see him now.

Observed New York Moment:

First, the painter drags this onto the L train and ties the painting to the pole. Then another guy walks up and tells the painter he likes his work, and that he is also an artist, a sculptor in fact.

He then pulls out his iPhone to show him a picture of the 4 foot tall styrofoam snail he’d carved earlier that week.

Never a dull moment.

funemployed:

a quick set of business cards i whipped up for laura, who makes delicious treats that are still super tasty despite their lack of gluten (promise! i’m not just saying that because she’s my friend). you can sample her wares today at the WORD bookstore in greenpoint. if you miss it (sorry for the late post!) you can also often find her at the greenpoint food market.

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i have the most supportive and talented friends who have made my forays into gluten-free baking all the more possible.

thank you steph.

Gratuitous Cry for Local Business Support!

I will be baking gluten-free bread* along with other Greenpoint Food Market vendors for grilled cheese sandwiches at Storytime & Snacks at the Word bookstore in Greenpoint this Sunday November 15th at 2pm!

The whole family and book lovers young and old are invited to join us for a reading of THE DUCHESS OF WHIMSY with Brooklyn author/illustrator duo of Randall and Peter de Sève. The story revolves around a wild duchess and an Earl with a crush who is dutifully ignored til a chef is ill and they engage in a tumultuous adventure with food, especially grilled cheese! (via Greenpoint Food Market)

Word is located at 126 Franklin Street @ Milton Street.  Word is featured in this week’s first annual NYC Independent Bookstore Week

Other vendors include: Sweetie Pies Brooklyn, Pampered Cow, and Brooklyn Standard (they’re graciously donating milk from Hudson Valley Fresh)

Come support your local independent bookstore, food vendors, and farms!

*for you crazy people that are afraid of gluten-free food, there will be plenty of gluten-full bread there as well!

headunderwater:

Lissie - Wedding Bells (Hank Williams cover)

Maybe it’s due to the fact I’m a sucker for reverb, but I’m pretty sure it’s the combination of Lissie’s beautiful voice and the reverb is the reason I’m so in love with this song. I’m going to be a tad disappointed if this song doesn’t make it to the Copy Cats tumblr because this is so lovely. This awesome, awesome cover of Hank Williams comes off a newly released 5-song EP called Why You Runnin’, which can pick up the MP3 album over at Amazon for just under $4, I did last night and I highly recommend you do too. Oh and if you have a chance check out her Daytrotter session.

beautiful…f.y.i. this EP was produced by Band of Horses bassist Bill Reynolds.

tuneage:

Feist - “I Feel It All (Britt from Spoon Remix)”

Leslie Feist writes songs that lend themselves to remixing. So much so that there is an entire album of Feist remixes titled Open Season. One remix that does not appear on that album is the one the Britt Daniels of Spoon did of the Feist song “I Feel it All”.

The wonderful thing about this remix is that nothing is added to the song. If anything Daniels breaks the song down into its simplest form and gives us only what we need. He has taken out the signature guitar part that carries us through the original. Also gone are most of the background vocals and harmonies but you’ll barely notice because you’ll be too focused on the bad ass bass and drums.

For more Britt Daniels fun be sure to check out his version of Interpol’s “Slow Hands”.

Fantastic remix.  So excited to see Spoon in April at Radio City, with opening band Midlake, who my uber talented friend Jesse Chandler just so happens to now play for.