Canon AE-1 Program

My next creative project: learning how to use my father's 30 year old Canon AE-1 Program.

Most Exterent

Amazing!

Pictures courtesy of mostexterent

J. Crew on Madison Ave.

Here is a good reason to take another trip to NYC: J. Crew's newly opened Madison Ave. Men's shop.

Seize Sur Vingt

James Jurney of Seize Sur Vingt talks color. Courtesy of Dwell.com

Radiant Child

My lady friend and I went to see the movie, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art this week and it was fantastic.

Having the title sequence of the film set to 'Salt Peanuts', by Dizzy Gillespie, is appropriate on many levels. Bebop broke new ground in Jazz music, moving beyond the popular songs of the 20s and 30s into something more intellectually and musically challenging. The creators of this music where men of supreme talent (Dizzy, Bird, Monk, Powell...etc), but some could not overcome their self-destructive behaviour. I can't help but think that the director of this film, Tamara Davis, had this in mind when she choose the music for the film.

Look out for GQ's Glenn O'Brien (a.k.a. The Style Guy), who features prominently throughout the film.

Bow Tied and Starry Eyed

What I'm looking at when I don't have time to blog myself: Bow Tied and Starry Eyed. A good place to see what other men's style blogs are up to and some good short editorial content as well.

NYC Restaurant Week 2010

My lady friend and I were in New York City during Restaurant Week, and we took advantage of the $25 prix fixe lunch menu at two Manhattan restaurants which we regularly could not afford: Shang, Brasserie 8 1/2. We also made our way to Benchmark in Brooklyn's Park Slope district for an amazing diner. These are definitely three restaurants that you should try the next time you are in NYC, if you wallet can handle it, of course.

Shang

Brasserie 8 1/2

Benchmark

Is Italy Too Italian

The financial struggle of an Italian artisan: Is Italy Too Italian, by David Segal. Courtesy of the New York Times.