Audion and Clark Warner

I went to go see Audion (AKA Matthew Dear) and Clark Warner at Le Poisson Rouge and it was an awesome live show with some great visual effects, leading to some fun photos. I l0ve when you can get special effects without the aid of Photoshop. The creativity is when you're actually shooting, which happens to be very difficult when you're dancing your ass off!

This is Clark Warner




It was super dark at the venue, but I got up close and personal with Audion (Matthew Dear)

Central Park around sunset

The park always has new things for me to discover, even though I've been there a million times. This was no exception, this was my thanksgiving.

Amsterdam Day 2

The next day, the search was on for Michael Fontaboa, who was backpacking through Europe and happened to be in Amsterdam at the same time as us. The only means of communication we had was the Internet and we would have to be on at the same time. After numerous attempts, we finally linked up and a made up song to the theme of "Where in the world is Carmen Santiago", replacing the name Carmen with Michael. It made for a nice jingle as we ran across Amsterdam on the hunt for a coffeeshop for which he didn't even give us the right name for. Hee hee, we found him anyway.





The rest of the day was filled with fun activities such as a canal tour, visit to the famous I am Amsterdam sign and hanging out by the VanGogh Museum. It was a nice treat to start the trip out with some familiarity from home, hanging out with Mike was good times. Amsterdam was calm, beautiful, and full of bikes.





There are houseboats all along the canals, offering little to no privacy, but good eye candy for us peeping toms.





















In the evening, we met up with some of Mike's new friends and headed to the red light district to see the legal prostitution in action. Most of the people were just sightseeing and gawking, but some were actually peering in, opening the door and disappearing behind the curtain, only to reappear fixing their fly, wallets empty. What is completely against the law in the United States is legal in Amsterdam, just like a regular job, taxed and all. If they had a Dirty Jobs Amsterdam, that would take the cake. Photos were prohibited, and i obeyed this one.





The doors with the red lights above it are women showcasing themselves.

Amsterdam Day 1 Photos

After looking through the 715 photos I took in the 2 days in Amsterdam, I was left with a tight edit for facebook/flickr and now for the blog I have narrowed it down even further. Technological things and items have not been working well for me lately. I have been rendered slightly useless and I have to use is this shitty computer that takes forever to do anything. Quality, not Quantity my friends is what's important here. I'm just going to try to highlight the trip with the photos and from what I can remember, since my journal was one of the items stolen. Nothing fancy here folks, for the exception of my rants.

We left for New York in the evening and saw the sun setting on that one day. When the plane was landing in Amsterdam, we saw the sun rising for a new day, all in one rotation, but it was the same day for us. It really makes you very aware of how everything is moving all at once. The earth was rotating and we were chasing the sun.



Since it was an overnight flight, we arrive to a minimally busting Amsterdam (Monday's are not that busy) without any sleep. Luckily our hotel, Hotel Kap let us keep our baggage there until we were able to check in, and hooked us up with some much needed coffee which was very helpful. There was no time to waste, so we set off to explore the beautiful city of Amsterdam.









The hotel was awesome...and had a great little balcony area looking out onto a quiet street. Bathroom and shower included!!!





The famous floating flower market:


In the evening, it began to rain, but it was still perfect for exploring the city, my particular favorite. My super duper rain jacket kept me dry and it wasn't too cool out, so I was happy and comfortable. The rain didn't seem to keep anyone else indoors...













Even across the Atlantic Ocean, in Europe, construction is still HUGE, maybe even bigger. There are cranes everywhere making a significantly bold statement in the skyline. Everything is constantly being rebuilt and fixed. It did look amazing at night...from a safe distance of course.