obviously I’ve been doing something other than updating this site…

1. www.lettersofnote.com

This is my #1 new favorite blog. Make me sad that written correspondence is dead.I especially like today’s post. A letter from Harvey Weinstein to Errol Morris.

2. xtrapulp - slurp
We’ve set up an illustration challenge website for our illustrationy friends. Each week there is a challenge.

3. Grain Edit
A constant source of illustration and design inspirtaion. Image below from a post about Esther Aarts’ work.

esther aarts

4. Awkward family portraits

I had been posting a bunch of found images on my personal blog but decided to make my life easier by starting a tumblr site. If anyone is interested you can see some of the nifty photos (and whatnot) that I come across on the web.

We have two new characters in residence at the OYG studio:

the first is a true street find. Veronica and Deanna found this solid wood statue walking around the neighborhood. We are hoping he isn’t a bad luck omen as they found him on friday the 13th. We’ll see if there is some sort of brady bunch scenario that develops.  Veronica is affectionately referring to him as OYGbaby.

The second is a mouse. A real mouse. A rather ballsy mouse too. He’s been running around all morning and likely will get big and fat and be impossible to get rid of by humane measures. We’re thinking we might just get a habitrail for him and make it official.

photo of his likeness below.

Veronica found this little visitor in our doorway. Kind of cute don’t you think?

I just took a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood and got hit on by 5 guys. I think someone must have crop dusted the area with pheromones. Unfortunately none of the men were a young Cary Grant.

Staying in town for the holiday weekend and look’n for something to do. Check out this end of the season event at Gowanu Yard - The Gowanus Hootenany - It’s free and we like that.

:: Built By MeanRed, TheMusicSlut, L Magazine, & FreeNYC

This must smell great.

Our downstairs neighbor’s cat HOMER (sweet old cat) is missing. If you have seen him please get in touch with Maria (numbers below).

So, my apologies as this post most likely falls under the “too little too late” category.

As the photo below shows they are doing some work on the west side of smith between Luquer and 3rd St. On either Sunday or monday they posted signs and I guess started ticketing and towing cars.

What about the poor folks who parked their car LAST Thursday and upon their return THIS Thursday will find either a ticket or that their car was towed? It just dawned on me this morning that Thursday Parkers might have no idea that this was happening. Anyay, they’ve manage to clear the entire side of the street so if you were parked there you might want to check on your car.

Someone was kind enough to leave some free items out on their stoop. 3 sticks of (used?) deodorant. Any takers?

A new joint opened up in our neck of the woods - Olga’s On Smith. Finally a place to get a coffee right on our block! Olga’s serves up healthy, kosher, and delicious fare, in a really nice and elegantly simple little storefront just up the street. (401 smith). There are a number of vegan, dairy free and/or gluten-free items.

I’ve been hitting them up for breakfast and lunch lately and I have a few favorites from their menu. Namely the Israeli couscous salad with mint (pictured below), the vegetarian lasagna and my favorite of favorites the pan fried eggplant in a pita with vegan dill sauce (also shown below). Unfortunately I’ve also become helplessly addicted to their Hungarian raspberry shortbread. Why shortbread? why did you have to come into my life?

eggplant sandwich. Going to get one today. YUM!

iwood

the iwood - they think it is going to teach iphone users a lesson, but we love our phones so much, we’ll embrace this “knock-off” too.

Love this film I found on Boing Boing:

Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

I’m a fan of these Magnetic Fields as well: