2008

Jul

“we’re undergoing a sea change. I think that...”
— Michael Pollan, in an...

It’s official. I signed my life away this afternoon, and now we are proud owners of a very...

photograph by Wolfgang Tillmans

Ryan McGinley is the hottest young photographer at the moment. He is the youngest to have a solo...

“The US, and especially New York, is a sort of a bazaar of...”
— Václav Havel, in an interview...

Vilhelm Hammershøi: The Poetry of Silence I’ve been...

A few years ago, I asked my father to write down as much as he could remember of his life. He had...

That man is gorgeous.

The Verve made a triumphant return to Glastonbury. I’m...

Lily on her first day of school, 2005. One of my favorite...

Jeff Buckley singing Lilac Wine, one of the songs featured in Ne Le Dis à Personne. I’ve been...

I saw this movie last night. It’s Guillaume...

The 2,000 Watt Society

A project by scientists associated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology to create a...

See more photos of Peter Greenaway’s projection on...

“If Leonardo was alive now he wouldn’t just be...”
— Peter Greenaway, on his...

Anna Wolf is a photographer who makes wonderful little...

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008 Flowers for you! As a reminder of the joys of summer, I just had to share this...

Brighton (where Lily and Julian are headed tomorrow),...

Jun

Sim Cass, the most handsome baker in New York City....

Here’s Françoise Hardy singing “Suzanne.”

The High Priest of Minimalism

Art historian Simon Schama writing about the lyrics of Leonard Cohen, part of the Guardian’s...

Sing-along with Vanessa and Yaz in the park last night. We...

Design for Gansevoort Woodland, overlooking Washington...

Drawing of the structure of the High Line, designed by Field...

Photo by Vincent Laforet. The waterfalls are on today, the...

doodle by Andre Jordan. It’s how I feel today.

Photograph by Maurice Toet of Les Granges, a farmhouse in...

Underground America

Dave Eggers’ latest book in the oral history series Voice of Witness. I am a huge fan of Dave...

This is one of my favorite movie scenes ever, the dance sequence in Jean-Luc Godard’s Bande à...

In this week’s New York magazine, Sam Anderson has written a brilliant piece on Obama’s...

one step closer to Brooklyn

We’ve finally been approved by the coop of the building. I must say that getting approved by...

Beck singing in French, with Jane Birkin, covering Serge Gainsbourg. He messed up the lyrics at the...

the end of the summer equinox.

I’ve been reading Roger Deakin’s book, Wildwood:...

Lily had a piano recital last night. She made a valiant effort since she’s only been playing...

5:45 this morning, the start of the longest day of the year....

This is a collection of short stories by first-time author...

P. Diddy concert, Miami 2006

Klaxons concert, London 2007

Merle Haggard concert, Hunstville, USA 2006

50 Cent concert, London 2007

Marilyn Manson concert, Italy 2006

Rod Stewart concert, London, 2005 Photographer James...

“While You Were Sleeping” installation by Su...

“…we as a society should be more mindful of what passes for sensation. For it is...

Jonny Greenwood and Thom Yorke playing my favorite Portishead song, The Rip. As someone commented,...

I want to play the guitar like Keren Ann! Another one for the department of Wishful Thinking.

“But now, my life revolves around my two little girls. And what I think about is what kind of...

“Loss is the test of love.”
— Scott Crider, my...

“My heart goes all the way to your heart,” Lily, in a letter she wrote to me while I was...

Espessiac was formerly a monastery, ideally situated on a hill overlooking the rolling countryside....

Chimamanda Ngozi Achidie's reflection on...

Nigerian author of Half of a Yellow Sun (2007 Orang Prize winner) touchingly reflects on her father....

On Friday we went to the town of Lectoure, which sits high on a hill with a spectacular view of the...

Father’s Day without my Dad.

This is where I am. Last night after dinner, we stood...

I got up at 6:30 this morning and found the entire landscape shrouded in fog. All the farm fields...

This week I am in one of the most beautiful little spots in the world, tucked away among farm fields...

This morning Lily told me she wishes that we lived in...

The giant LED sign at the gas station on Houston and Lafayette said the temperature was 101º today....

“Every moment wasted looking back keeps us from looking...”
— Hillary Clinton, today in her...

Old roses from the Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn...

Photo by the incomparable Paolo Roversi. I’m going to...

Ann, the food stylist, had some really lovely vegetables and...

Obama, nomination in tascaHillary, ticket o rottura La Repubblica

Obama ha vinto Ma Hillary non annuncia la resa Corriere della Sera

La révolution Obama Libération’s heaadline

Obama wins historic race The Guardian’s headline

Vainqueur, Barack Obama devra réunifier les démocrates Le Monde’s headline

OBAMA CLINCHES NOMINATION Marks End of Epic Battle With Clinton New York Times headline. Yes! Good...

It’s 10PM and the Guardian declared Obama a winner, while the New York Times is slightly more...

Photograph by Tim Hetherington. Read his moving analysis of...

Clinton fights on as race closes

Will she or won’t she? There were rumors this morning that Hillary would concede today, but...

TOAST summer catalogue. This reminds of Bellport Beach and...

Thomas Heatherwick’s extraordinary moving bridge in London. Paul Goldberger wrote an...

Lily in Battery Park this afternoon. We’re going to...

Rose “Cardinal Richelieu” at the New York...

It feels like summer today. The sun was already high in the...

May

The subject of the cover story of this week’s Le Monde magazine is the singer Christophe, who...

here’s the acoustic version. ah to be able to sing like that and to look like that too…

Just the song for a cloudy saturday morning. Berry, who sounds a bit like Françoise Hardy and Keren...

I am too tired to go to sleep, and I am dreaming of these...

“2,000 images are added every minute to …flicker.com”
— Jackie Wullschlager, in...

(Photograph by Phil Mansfield) Morgan Puett’s kitchen...

Cambridge final year exam includes a comparison between Amy Winehouse’s lyrics: “Love is...

I’m looking forward to this: Artist Olafur...

Photo of Mars from NASA’s Phoenix mission. Seeing this...

“I’m trying to do something that makes you feel like...”
— Dutch über-designer Marcel...

Sometimes an old song sounds much better than one remembers it from before. This is the case for me...

Hay festival photographed by Martin Godwin.

Jacob Weisberg left for last night to attend the Hay Festival, the literary festival sponsored by...

Julian, Lily and I went on a Brooklyn adventure this evening. We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge,...

Confirmation email and e-ticket here attachedBooking reference : 65986 Your booking has been...

I’m disappointed to have missed the fireworks last...

Fireworks for the celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge’s...

The Yard on the Gowanus Canal, blocks away from our new home...

It’s a cloudy and colorless morning. I woke up with a...

This is the final project for my Landscape Graphics class,...

supernice: I’m headed out to a birdwatching field trip to Prospect Park. I get to ride one of those...

Florent, in the meatpacking district, is closing after 23...

Julian and I watched The Lives of Others last night. It’s the best movie I had seen in a very...

"Orphan Works" Bill is being voted in...

This is a law that requires everyone register their works commercially (videos, drawings, photos,...

I had a solitary stroll early this morning at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden under the soft rain. I...

Harry & Isabelle McNally photographed by Daniel Jackson...

Today my banker gently told me that I wouldn’t be able to retire on my retirement fund. This...

Discovered these Japanese magnolias (Oyama Magnolia) today....

There are 45000 bluebells here. I always think of spring in...

Wisteria and turtles in the Japanese Garden at the BBG. It...

Caught the last of the tree peonies blooms at the Brooklyn...

I got an A in my History and Theory of Landscape Design class! Yippee! I can’t believe I am a...

“…nothing is making people realise the reality of...”
— Phil Woolas, UK environment...

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
— Michael Pollan’s mantra...

Yesterday it rained all afternoon so we couldn’t get...

Brooklyn poster by Ork Posters

Bobby Kennedy’s Funeral Train. Unbearably poignant. Dad and I once had a long chat about RFK...

Pink Bible from Smythson. I am in Southampton shooting for...

Daniel sent me this video. Romy Schneider singing La Chanson d’Hélène. Very sad song....

“It’s important — even kind of exhilarating...”
— Barbara Ehrenreich, speaking...

Broken Flowers Danish artist Peter Callesen does amazing...

“We’re not here to dilute the world,”
— English painter Frank...

George and I went to see the Elizabeth Peyton show at Gavin...

The fashion designer Romeo Gigli said that in an ideal world, his second most important possession...

US pop art giant dies aged 82

Robert Rauschenberg died today. To quote Robert Hughes, Rauschenberg was a “protean genius who...

My friend Chantal from Bordeaux sent me a picture of a...

“Music is not sound. Music is using sound to organize...”
— Polish pianist Krystian...

Julian bought a big bunch of lilacs at the Farmers Market over the weekend, and they have been...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

My mom circa 1968

I was in LA for three days and the sun came out at...