Topsham, Maine
November 2014
Brooming /
Visiting the greenhouses with brooms, Maine
November 2014
It snowed so much that we made trips down to the greenhouses armed with brooms to knock the snow off their canopies.
Canteen, Baltimore /
Canteen, Baltimore
December 2014
My good friend was chef here for the past year or so. Sadly they closed their doors only a month or so after I took this photo.
Nick gathering firewood /
Nick, Maine
November 2014
This is Nick, my friend Dan's dad. He knows how to build houses and design wood-fire ovens and when I stayed at his house in Maine we painted watercolors together.
From the car, Maine /
From the car, Maine
November 2014
Taken out the car window from the back seat on our way to the store to buy snacks.
Baltimore /
Baltimore, Maryland
January 2015
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Roadside Maine /
Roadside Maine
November 2014
Walking at sunset along a highway in Maine.
Home cooking /
Friends making breakfast, Maine
November 2014
It's a very good idea to make friends with people who can cook.
Nicolas in Chipmunk Hollow /
Nicolas, Chipmunk Hollow, NY
December 2014
Nicolas and I went on a photo walk around the house we were staying for the office christmas party. He took my portrait with his twin lens reflex and I worried I was going to waste his expensive film. I accidentally took the top portrait of Nicolas as a double exposure; magic.
Farm, Maine /
Farm, Maine
November 2014
Topsham, Maine /
Topsham, Maine
November 2014
The thanksgiving holidays were spent in a beautiful family home on a farm in southern Maine. We drove overnight to get there from Baltimore/New York, and arrived around 6am. The snow started to fall late morning, and by the end of the first day the snow was up to our shins. It then continued to snow on and off for days. One day we went for a walk just before sunset to look at the freezing river. We heard gun shots in the distance because this is hunting country.
Bushwick /
Bushwick, NY
November 2014
I found some photos that I never scanned whilst cleaning up today. These are from a walk around Bushwick in late fall last year.
View from bed /
The view from bed, and a view of the bed, Bearsville NY
November 2014
The biggest bed I have slept in lately.
Yard scenes /
Bearsville, NY
November 2014
Some views of the yard and house where I stayed with some friends in November on the weekend before Thanksgiving. The pastoral life is for me.
Woodstock /
Flea market and mural, Woodstock NY
November 2014
Nothing like bears, crystals and rainbows to get my attention. Sadly the store being advertised in this mural was closed when we walked by. I did get a beautiful Woolrich fair isle sweater from the flea market though!
Bomb shelter /
Bomb shelter, Bearsville NY
November 2014
A ruined bomb shelter with trompe l'oeil windows in a private field in Bearsville.
Hudson Opera House /
Hudson Opera House, NY
November 2014
The Hudson Opera House is New York state's oldest surviving theatre. Built in 1855, and currently in a pretty tired (but beautiful) state of decline, funds are being raised for its restoration.
Hudson Store Fronts /
Store fronts, Hudson NY
November 2014
On a weekend away recently, I visited Hudson with some girlfriends. It's my dream town by the looks of things, with so many plants in the windows.
More tacos, this time in Bushwick /
Bushwick NY
October 2014
Our second Taquistadores taco tour took us across to Bushwick. Since it's my old neighborhood I mapped our journey based on a mixture of old haunts, recommendations and positive Yelp reviews. We tried tacos at five different spots:
Tortilleria Mexicana Los Hermanos
Taqueria Sofia
Taqueria El Paisa (both locations)
Taquerias Izucar Inc
The El Paisa on Myrtle Ave was hands down the best, with their amazing condiments and little extras like fried onions (see the top photo in this post).
Playing pool in a dive bar in Sunset park /
Sunset Park, NY
September 2014
After eating five tacos at five different taco spots on a very sunny day in late summer, we needed a beer. We stopped at this old Irish bar where we were encouraged to take over the back room, presumably because our youth was killing the old man vibe out front. We proceeded to play some of the worst quality pool of our lives as we crashed off our taco high and felt the heat stroke start to kick in.