Maryam Nassir Zadeh

Just might be the best store ever. *

It is truly unique what Maryam Nassir Zadeh and her fiancé, Uday Kak have done with this space.

The objects and clothing are displayed like the works of art they are, yet none of it feels stuffy or pretentious. The atmosphere is welcoming, and it is obvious that Maryam and Uday take pride in and enjoy what they do.

This is the store I ended up taking Judi to (see yesterday's post) and she thoroughly enjoyed it...which made me very happy. It was the one store that I really wanted to see in NYC.

Out of everything in the whole store I ended up purchasing a necklace by Los Angeles based artist and jeweler Lauren Manoogian, as well as a vintage patchwork jacket from the wardrobe department of Universal Studios! (photos to follow soon)

Just goes to show you can take the girl out of L.A. ...

Maryam Nassir Zadeh

123 Norfolk St.

New York, New York 10002

* My current favorite in NYC, at least!

Judi Roaman-The Accessorator (& John Derian)

The Accessorator at work.

Above and below: at John Derain

Below: Hunter. The perfect accessory for the Accessorator.

Another high point of my NYC trip was getting together with Judi Roman- The Accessorator!

I've blogged about Judi before, and have had the chance to visit with her in NYC, but this was our first time together one -on-one.

Judi is an incredible woman. She has excellent taste, an exquisite eye, and possesses a wealth of knowledge on the the subjects of fashion, art, design , and retail.

We decided to visit a couple of shops together. She took me to John Derian- which I had never visited before. So much eye candy in his shops!

I then took her to a store of my choosing, which I'll post about tomorrow.

Read Judi's blog entry on the visit to John Derian here.

Thank-you Judi! I had a great time!

Jessica Dickinson

"Here"

2008-2009

Oil on limestone polymer on wood panel

56"x53"

Poster invitation (shown here in progress) for "Here", Solo Exhibit, James Fuentes LLC, Aug.10-Sept.20, 2009

For the exhibition, Jessica created a hand made edition of 500 posters. Each poster was an individual rubbing/impression from the 3 paintings in the show with crayon; text was screen printed. Each was unique.

all images courtesy of Jessica Dickinson

click on photos to enlarge

One of the high points of going to New York City is being able to see what my artist friends are up to, and visit their studios.

T & I went to see Jessica Dickinson's work at her studio in Brooklyn.

She recently had a show (August- September at James Fuentes LLC), and she had several new works in progress in her studio. Jessica is one of the most thoughtful and hardest working people I know, and she is always engaged in something interesting.

Visit her website, there are many striking & wonderful works to view there.

Corner View: Favorite Dish: Bar Tano Bklyn

Okay, okay, so this isn't in Los Angeles, but this weeks Corner View gives me a chance to tell you more about my NYC trip.
So. There I was in Brooklyn. We had just met up with Marc and Jessica for studio visits. We were all in need of a nosh.
M+J suggested a little place near their studio: Bar Tano

I had a low-grade fever and needed some serious comfort food. I ordered the Spaghetti al Pomorodo.
It came with home-made meatballs and grilled bread.
Fresh Basil. Freshly grated Parmesan.
It hit the spot.
Completely.
I felt better, revived. Restored. Less feverish.
Coincidence?

I think not.

Bar Tano
457 3rd Ave and 9th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 499-3400

Some N.Y.C. Photos

Chelsea at night

L train? G train to Brooklyn?

Brooklyn scrap metal yard

On the way to visit Marc and Jessica

Marc & Tomory, in Marc's studio

Inspiration board/wall in Jessica's studio

Autumn in New York

Sorry I dropped off the face of the earth there for about a week.
We went to go see the Pixies play in Los Angeles last Wednesday night, stayed out too late, caught a 7am flight to NYC to make it to our friends Tim's art opening & dinner party...whew! Tomory's dinner was Friday, and his opening was Saturday.
I got to briefly meet lovely Natsumi there, made my cold that I got at the beginning of last week worse, but still had a fun time (in a whacked -out on cold-medicine kind of way). More on the trip to follow. How are you?

Gretchen Wagoner

Mating Hera Buckmoths
2009 by Gretchen Wagoner


photographs courtesy of Working Proof

Lovely Gocco Print on Rives BFK by the artist Gretchen Wagoner for Working Proof.
15% of the gross proceeds go to charity, in this case the Jane Goodall Institute.

Wow! Tsumori Chisato. Wow!

This caftan style Tsumori Chisato dress is like a soft sculpture.
Via Bird.

How adorable is the packaging she designed for Shu Uemura's Holiday collection?