PIERRE LE HORS

Somewhere between searching for new house numbers and figuring out how to renew my passport, I stumbled upon the French born New York artist, Pierre Le Hors. More specifically, his book called Firework Studies.

Le Hors describes the photos:

"By constraining nearly all tonal values to stark blacks and pure whites, the trails, explosions and clouds of debris are reduced to a series of simple repeated formal elements: arched lines, spherical bursts, and randomly dispersed particles."

The book, a hand-sewn softcover in an edition of 500, was published last December by Hassla, a small New York City press specializing in artists' work.

ART

Come check out Samuel Stabler's (my husband!) recent work at the Keeley Gallery on Tuesday August 9th.

Should be fun!

KING & GROVE HOTELS

Trying to plan an end-of-summer weekend to Montauk. Wouldn't mind staying in either of the King & Grove Hotels.

The Surf Lodge

Ruschmeyer's

FOOD

Topping my food blog list right now:

Always with Butter

Sprouted Kitchen

Sweet Beet

(seriously interesting stuff)

PLACES IX

Obsessing over yet another thing Danish.

While I think the conversion of public spaces into private ones can go wrong pretty quickly, I think this young Danish couple did a beautiful job. Aside from the regular aesthetics that I am normally drawn to- white walls, painted wide planked floorboards, mismatched chairs, clean and modern with interesting vintage touches, cluttered picture walls- I like how they kept some of the original features of the train station that it used to be.

NOMA

One more reason why Copenhagen is on top of my list of places to go.

Noma.

NICE THINGS

WARBY PARKER

Warby Parker was started by 4 young guys as an alternative to the overpriced, boring eyewear selection that's out there today. The glasses speak for themselves, but to make the story even better, they work with the non-profit restoringvision.org to provide a pair of glasses for someone in need for every pair they sell.

Up until now, the glasses have only been available for purchase via internet, but come August we will be selling them at bird in Williamsburg! So come on by for a fitting! They're awesome (and only $95)!

TUNE IN

Saw him last night in Prospect Park as part of the 'Celebrate Brooklyn' summer concert series. He was great.

CHAIRS!

I love chairs.

Anybody that's been to our apartment knows this. Somehow I've managed to (cohesively?) incorporate about seven different styles of chairs into 700 square feet. I see it as a fairly easy way to indulge in high design without committing to a giant armoire or something like that.

Here are some of my favorites.

Most of them are still on my wishlist...

BALANCING BLOCKS

I bought the first set of Fort Standard's balancing blocks for my nephew's first birthday present. Less than a week later I had my own.

It's on display in a very prominent spot in the apartment and has become somewhat of a conversation piece. It's funny how competitive our household has gotten over who can build the tallest/prettiest/best (yep, best)structure.

Check out their website for other beautiful pieces. I'm coveting the "terra" at the moment...

THE LABEL

London-based label YMC (You Must Create) has become an absolute favorite. Their statement is perfect:

"YMC are not led or influenced by seasonal trends but try to provide the solution for intelligent clothing that is both wearable and distinctive. Collections gradually develop from season to season whilst a modernist approach ensures good ideas maintain longevity".