alberrgue juvenil is the name of the hostel we’re staying at. apparently there’s also a nursery school.
i took this pic during lunch / siesta time from a window in the hallway.
awwwwwww!
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where’s chris? [albergue juvenil, madrid]
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
where’s chris? [bruised* in madrid]
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
*yes the above nasty images are a result of me being drunk on champagne and falling into a pebble wall in lyon, but i want to say that this was no fault of my own. french people, particularly artistic ones, seem to like to celebrate as much as possible when appropriate, and if it wasn’t for their generous hospitality, i would not have downed glass after glass of champagne and dance like i’ve never danced before.
like my friend cécile (who lives in paris) said : “of course they had free champagne. we make it here.”
viva la france!
miraculously i still haven’t had a cigarette for over a month - despite being inebriated to the point of face-planting it into an inanimate wall and being surrounding by nicotine fiends.
i heart you lungs.
liver? maybe next time.
[p.s. the above photos were taken by my friend jess in the bathroom of our super cool hostel room in madrid]
*yes the above nasty images are a result of me being drunk on champagne and falling into a pebble wall in lyon, but i want to say that this was no fault of my own. french people, particularly artistic ones, seem to like to celebrate as much as possible when appropriate, and if it wasn’t for their generous hospitality, i would not have downed glass after glass of champagne and dance like i’ve never danced before.
like my friend cécile (who lives in paris) said : “of course they had free champagne. we make it here.”
viva la france!
miraculously i still haven’t had a cigarette for over a month - despite being inebriated to the point of face-planting it into an inanimate wall and being surrounding by nicotine fiends.
i heart you lungs.
liver? maybe next time.
[p.s. the above photos were taken by my friend jess in the bathroom of our super cool hostel room in madrid]
where’s chris? [ça tchatche #2 closing party, lyon]
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
so right now i’m sitting in a bunk bed in a hostel in madrid, catching up on various internet correspondences and design work, and i figured i’d let you all in on the kind of cri-zazy party we had the other night at the closing of les subsistances’ ça tchatche #2 festival.
for more ridiculous pics like the above of the fabulous miss heather christian, checkout the galleries i just uploaded on facebook :
Ça Tchatche #2 PARTY - 1 of 3!
Ça Tchatche #2 PARTY - 2 of 3!
Ça Tchatche #2 PARTY - 3 of 3!
some other updates :
big dance theater got a smashing review in Le Monde, which is the biggest newspaper in france. it basically said that we were the cream of the crop so to speak at last week’s festival in Lyon. we also got the above huge color photo in the printed version of the story - apparently a huge deal for theater/dance in france!
read the full article (in french).
and here we have it. two days later. you should see the other guy.
this black eye is the result of me drinking a shit load of free champagne and then face-planting it into a really old french pebble wall. awesome.
it doesn’t hurt as much as it looks and in a few days it’ll just be super sexy.
last night, jess and i saw david byrne play in madrid and hung out afterwards. everyone said my eye made me look sexy. DB says hi, by the way.
soon i will finally leave the mod confines of my hostel and explore esta ciudad.
more to come, folks.
xoc
so right now i’m sitting in a bunk bed in a hostel in madrid, catching up on various internet correspondences and design work, and i figured i’d let you all in on the kind of cri-zazy party we had the other night at the closing of les subsistances’ ça tchatche #2 festival.
for more ridiculous pics like the above of the fabulous miss heather christian, checkout the galleries i just uploaded on facebook :
Ça Tchatche #2 PARTY - 1 of 3!
Ça Tchatche #2 PARTY - 2 of 3!
Ça Tchatche #2 PARTY - 3 of 3!
some other updates :
big dance theater got a smashing review in Le Monde, which is the biggest newspaper in france. it basically said that we were the cream of the crop so to speak at last week’s festival in Lyon. we also got the above huge color photo in the printed version of the story - apparently a huge deal for theater/dance in france!
read the full article (in french).
and here we have it. two days later. you should see the other guy.
this black eye is the result of me drinking a shit load of free champagne and then face-planting it into a really old french pebble wall. awesome.
it doesn’t hurt as much as it looks and in a few days it’ll just be super sexy.
last night, jess and i saw david byrne play in madrid and hung out afterwards. everyone said my eye made me look sexy. DB says hi, by the way.
soon i will finally leave the mod confines of my hostel and explore esta ciudad.
more to come, folks.
xoc
where’s chris? [laverie, lyon]
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
i did my laundry at a laverie (laundromat) today and this is what the dryer was called. for real.
i did my laundry at a laverie (laundromat) today and this is what the dryer was called. for real.
where’s chris? [les halles de lyon]
Monday, April 20th, 2009
two days ago kourtney and i went to les halled de lyon. this is a super fancy indoor market that katie went to last year when we were here and bought some delicious cheese on a stick. the market is in the part dieu district of lyon (see this) and to get there we took metro D then B. above, i am pictured sampling a foie gras tarte with glazed apples on top.
voila :
it was purchased for three euros at this humble foie gras vendor :
foie gras is grossly overfed goose liver. but it looks pretty here :
two days ago kourtney and i went to les halled de lyon. this is a super fancy indoor market that katie went to last year when we were here and bought some delicious cheese on a stick. the market is in the part dieu district of lyon (see this) and to get there we took metro D then B. above, i am pictured sampling a foie gras tarte with glazed apples on top.
voila :
it was purchased for three euros at this humble foie gras vendor :
foie gras is grossly overfed goose liver. but it looks pretty here :
where’s chris? [part dieu]
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
two days ago i jogged in the morning and yesterday, to make up for it, kourtney and i went to les halles de lyon in the morning for some super fancy food-watching/eating. we had to take the metro there, and exited right underneath the big crayon that dominates lyon - the renaissance hotel (pictured above) - into a mall (pictured below).
two days ago i jogged in the morning and yesterday, to make up for it, kourtney and i went to les halles de lyon in the morning for some super fancy food-watching/eating. we had to take the metro there, and exited right underneath the big crayon that dominates lyon - the renaissance hotel (pictured above) - into a mall (pictured below).
where’s chris? [la saône]
Saturday, April 18th, 2009
les subsistances at night.
i pulled out my laptop on the walk home and snapped this photo with “photo booth” because i was sans camera - but just couldn’t miss it.
les subsistances at night.
i pulled out my laptop on the walk home and snapped this photo with “photo booth” because i was sans camera - but just couldn’t miss it.
where’s chris? [not in new york]
Friday, April 17th, 2009
i’m not in new york right now - and won’t be until june - but if i was, i would be attending the SVA MFA Designer as Author Thesis Forum on April 22nd.
i didn’t apply to SVA for grad-school this fall because i thought their graphic design program seemed a little too “crunchy,” but this show looks awesome. and i think it’s free.
Steven Heller of PRINT magazine says :
The School of Visual Arts (SVA) MFA Designer as Author program is holding its first annual Thesis Forum at the new SVA Visual Arts Theater next Wednesday, April 22. During this daylong, marathon event (9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.), MFAD thesis students will present their entrepreneurial products on the big stage. The public is welcome for all (or some) of the day’s presentations.
Moderated by guest host/faculty members Milton Glaser (keynote) Scott Stowell, and Lita Talarico, with a special end note by Allan Chochinov, the day is divided into three sessions that will showcase the unique products, objects, and campaigns created for the contemporary marketplace. A catalog, entrepreneurial gifts, and delicious finger food will be available.
The SVA Theater is located at 333 West 23rd St. And if you cannot make the Thesis Forum, please attend the opening of “Potential Energy: 19 Designers Set Their Ideas in Motion,” the MFAD thesis exhibition, Tuesday, May 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th Floor. (The exhibition is up until May 16). Come view the work and then give us your comments.
sounds fun!
also : check out this super shoddy website that was published before all the kinks were worked out for Sprint / Palm’s new awesome phone - the Palm Pre. i’m not an iPhone user and i’m not gonna be. when this baby comes out i’m ditching Verizon and going with Jamie Lee’s favorite company.
i’m not in new york right now - and won’t be until june - but if i was, i would be attending the SVA MFA Designer as Author Thesis Forum on April 22nd.
i didn’t apply to SVA for grad-school this fall because i thought their graphic design program seemed a little too “crunchy,” but this show looks awesome. and i think it’s free.
Steven Heller of PRINT magazine says :
The School of Visual Arts (SVA) MFA Designer as Author program is holding its first annual Thesis Forum at the new SVA Visual Arts Theater next Wednesday, April 22. During this daylong, marathon event (9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.), MFAD thesis students will present their entrepreneurial products on the big stage. The public is welcome for all (or some) of the day’s presentations.
Moderated by guest host/faculty members Milton Glaser (keynote) Scott Stowell, and Lita Talarico, with a special end note by Allan Chochinov, the day is divided into three sessions that will showcase the unique products, objects, and campaigns created for the contemporary marketplace. A catalog, entrepreneurial gifts, and delicious finger food will be available.
The SVA Theater is located at 333 West 23rd St. And if you cannot make the Thesis Forum, please attend the opening of “Potential Energy: 19 Designers Set Their Ideas in Motion,” the MFAD thesis exhibition, Tuesday, May 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th Floor. (The exhibition is up until May 16). Come view the work and then give us your comments.
sounds fun!
also : check out this super shoddy website that was published before all the kinks were worked out for Sprint / Palm’s new awesome phone - the Palm Pre. i’m not an iPhone user and i’m not gonna be. when this baby comes out i’m ditching Verizon and going with Jamie Lee’s favorite company.
where’s chris? [9e arr. a Perrache]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
this morning i decided to take a trek out into the city center of lyon to get some information about the velo bicycles that you can rent from stations around the city, and to explore a little bit. it rained this morning and the light was superb so i brought my camera.
i took the D metro from Valmy in the 9e arrondissement to Bellecour, a big red dirt square. in the above picture, you can see Fourvière in the background (the church on the hill).
the square is home to a tourism office where i asked for a map and a gay guide, and found out that there was no way to rent the velo bikes without a european credit card.
this morning i decided to take a trek out into the city center of lyon to get some information about the velo bicycles that you can rent from stations around the city, and to explore a little bit. it rained this morning and the light was superb so i brought my camera.
i took the D metro from Valmy in the 9e arrondissement to Bellecour, a big red dirt square. in the above picture, you can see Fourvière in the background (the church on the hill).
the square is home to a tourism office where i asked for a map and a gay guide, and found out that there was no way to rent the velo bikes without a european credit card.
where’s chris? [les subsistances, lyon]
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
i made it.
smooth flights.
no jetlag.
it’s good to be back, folks.
i made it.
smooth flights.
no jetlag.
it’s good to be back, folks.