I was totally “that person” last night at Bink’s Midtown taking pictures of the amazing food. Foie gras beignets, duck, beets, mussels, san dabs (and more!)…it was an excellent way to celebrate the end of @andrewknoc’s 2nd semester of grad school. #proudofhim #greatnightdatenight (at Bink’s)
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes at McDowell Mountain Music Festival. #mmmf #mmmf2013 (at Mcdowell Mountain Music Festival)
Before and after @thegraffitirun with @tsmithgo. #graffitirun #colorful #goodtimes (at Peoria Sports Complex)
The way we ended #beersbeforemayans last night: The @stonebrewingco, @mauibrewingco & Ken Schmidt Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter aged in bourbon barrels, then cellared by me for a year. Only 552 bottles existed and I had to win a charity raffle (17,000 entries) in order to win the right to buy it, then drive to San Diego to pick it up in person. It was worth every ounce of effort. Well done guys!
It takes the most modest of amendments to make places for people!
Turn Scaffolding Into a Cozy Seating Area
While skyscrapers and condos may hog the design spotlight in New York City, an awesome project called Softwalks is turning a design eye towards another common city sight, scaffolding. Softwalks has created a DIY kit that allows people to activate pesky sidewalk scaffolding into mini seating and meeting areas. The kit includes a chair, a counter, a trellis, and even hanging flower baskets that connect to existing poles.The modular pieces latch on with ease and quickly turn an unsightly metal-beam fence into a pop-up public square.
