i love the shake-it app.
perhaps an oldie compared to so many of the constantly new amazing things out there now, but i am loyal to my shake-it app and i still love it… makes me want to think of a sweet project for my polaroid… anyway, here are a few of my favourite shake-it fotos from my days in the big apple…
manhattan, lower east side Continue reading
we got some snow here in colorado – it’s finally starting to look and feel like winter! 60 degree days took over our last week of january, but then the white stuff came – it finally came! we need the moisture so bad here, and so i’m welcoming it with gratitude. though i heart the 330 days of sunshine we tend to get… i also heart the snow…
and it usually comes WITH sunshine, so it’s a win/win. 🙂
have a great day!
it’s high time i shoot some more self-portraits. the last time i did that was in 2010. and it’s very liberating and healthy for me to occasionally get in FRONT of the camera. it’s kind of an unspoken general rule – photographers don’t like being photographed. i don’t mind it sometimes, so long as i’m the one taking the pictures! 😉
i remembered this collection when i was organizing my files recently. sometimes i feel like about 86 personalities inside this tiny little physical form of a body. i feel very introspective at the moment – so i thought i’d share these fotos which emulate just that.
seriously though – whatever.
i mean, i have so much to catch you all up on. not only delicious food and drinks but also photos and updates on practically everything. my entire life has shifted and there is an abundant amount of change occurring in every corner… not only in my own life, but in everything i see around me.
i moved recently. totally different environment. it just happened so fast, everything is happening so fast… it’s for the best, and i’m just going to trust my heart on this one… still in the transitional period, but am integrating well…
my diet is changing more and more every day. i cleansed for a few weeks prior to 12/21 – and i’m sure that effected my body. i’ve noticed now that i can’t tolerate certain foods anymore… i literally spit out a piece of ham over the holidays. i’m not one for eating much meat anyway, but i like to savour it as a treat on special occasions. i couldn’t eat it. i don’t know if it was the salt or if my body is just that smart but i was like, “okay, i can’t eat pork anymore, ever.” i also have been eating less wheat. even though it’s not prevalent in my diet, i can’t stomach it much anymore… it’s hard for me to digest. i recognize this and so i just listen to what my body is telling me… dairy. ohhh – damn you, dairy! i haven’t really been one to drink a lot of milk or eat a lot of ice cream {i’m kind of lying on that one} but i do loves me some cheese. mm mm, but ohhhhh no i can’t do it anymore. some are better than others – parmesan and feta aren’t so bad. i’m pretty much down to a vegan diet lately. and i don’t like soy products or highly processed foods, so that basically keeps me down to eating almost a raw organic diet. and i guess i’m mentioning this because it could greatly shift what this blog is all about. it’s a new year, and mine has been off to a start full of change and i’m free-flowing in the wind… a blank canvas.
what else?! so i moved, i’m vegan… oh, my meditations are getting better. i had a lull for a bit, but i feel like i’m back on track and in a good practice again. and there is something happening in my life in the field of love – and it’s powerful. my heart is transforming, that’s all i can say for now…
i began writing a book. mostly about my life… particularly, what i went through shortly before, during, and after the shift of the calendar day december 21, 2012… the end of the mayan calendar… my life hasn’t been the same since…. it’s gonna be a good one! 🙂
my grandmother passed away. i’m flying back east to be with my family for a few days – that is the blessing in disguise about these things… it’s always nice to see family, but it’s a lousy reason to get together… it’s okay, i’m at peace about it, no doubt.
so… i’ll be back next week and i hope to use the new moon energy from friday to catapult me into the next phase. i’m keeping my heart wide open, and making decisions only from that place… because it FEELS RIGHT.
still seeing these everywhere i go…
i love doors. i especially love to fotograph doors. my love for them was discovered during my days living and working in manhattan, wandering aimlessly through the streets with my camera, snapping away… so many doors… so many stories behind them… so many opportunities around represented in each one… i love and miss that place, and always will.
“you always buy the unique-looking produce… the ones no one else wants, the oddballs, the misfits!” — a coworker said to me.
it’s true.
i like anything out of the ordinary. because me?! – i’m out of the ordinary…… i mean we are all unique, just like everyone else, right?!
but i’m a very old soul… and i’ve seen a LOT in my some 10 thousand years… and in my current waking life, i often feel like some of the fruits and vegetables i buy – discarded, overlooked, passed-by, out-casted, and just plain weird. but dude, i’m totally still edible – and you know – some things get better with age… 😉
well… i found this potato particularly interesting because it kind of represented me. not only was it heart-shaped, as i obviously am, and which i find a lot of random things that find their way into my visual path are, but it is also kind of two different colours. it almost looks as if a garnet yam and a jewel yam are intertwined. it got me thinking about how i believe we all have a duality to us. i was having a conversation with a friend about all the changes going on in the world right now – the talk of 2012 doomsday, or the hope of a 2012 arising – in love and light, and consciousness, perhaps? and we were discussing how we all have a “dark side” — and some of us publicly show it with acts of violence or utter projection as to inflict sheer pain on the person receiving it, and some of us albeit perhaps not as violent, still keep it very much hidden, which can take a TON of conscious effort. Continue reading
when i first moved to new york, i took whatever kind of work i could find. i freelanced for the first 6 months, it was kind of scary. most of it didn’t pay that well, but it allowed me to get out and meet the coolest people and i got to fotograph some gorgeous ones! david homyk was no exception.
i had found an online magazine that needed editorial shots of this up-and-coming songwriter and producer. the moment i contacted david, i knew there was something special about him. a true gentleman with a sparkle in his eyes that would swoon anything with a pulse. his music is catchy and fun and he writes all of his own songs! we met up in the meat packing district of manhattan’s lower west corner just before sunset and enjoyed an image-packed 3-hour romp with about 6 outfit changes. i’m usually nervous when i shoot strangers {that’s always fun to say}, but david put me at ease immediately. he’s a natural in front of the camera, as he’s modeled numerous times, and he even helped me with some ideas for “looks” he wanted and he thought the magazine could use.
this shoot was one of my most memorable and favourites to date. david has since gone on to do amazing things with his career : he’s been featured on the hit daytime show all my children, he continues to write and produce his own music, and i’ve caught him a couple times on the tyra banks show. he’s done quite well for himself and i’m honored to have this wonderful collection of fotographs of him!
so i’m going to share them. try not to drool 😉 Continue reading
i put up a tree this year… my roommate and i decided to.
listen, i only have it up until like, january 2nd. so i figure a good month or so is reasonable for an 11-year old faux fir to stand adorned in bulbs and glowing objects in honor of an outdated and consumer-driven holiday…
now if only the weather would mirror the season around here – it’s almost 70 degrees today!
oh, and today is my last day as a 32-year old. 33 is going to kick so much ass, and so is all the food i plan on thankfully consuming tomorrow 🙂
happy holidays, ya’ll!
okay…
this week has been epic for me. why? you ask… well, i’ll sum it up in my usual cryptic style :
i’m transforming and it’s really kind of kicking my ass. and as some of you may know, i’m a huge astrology buff, and boy is there some major stuff going on up in those beautiful stars… and it’s totally changing my life! good stuff, but also a lot of purging. i’ve been meditating longer than normal, and it actually takes a lot out of me, physically. which is fine because i’m manifesting some BIG changes that need to occur. i started to blog about it and realized it was a little heavy for some… so maybe i’ll open those doors again later, but for now we’ll stick to the basics – food and fotos. meanwhile, i’ll continue to lovingly work on this planet from behind the scenes…
you’re welcome.
so, having said all that – i bought a car recently and that means reconfiguring my food budget a little. it’s a good thing, because it kind of forces me to do what i always said i liked doing anyway… batch cooking ahead of time and packing my lunch for work 4-5 days a week. it’s so easy to spend 5, 10, 15 dollars a day at work just buying food on-the-go and i’ve found i spend half my breaks just buying food. so, why not plan ahead, save some money, AND save time in the long run… you know how we roll here at food and foto, we KISS – Keep It Seriously Simple.
i’ll just give myself 3-4 hours on my day off in the kitchen and just work my pots and pans out! i throw on some music or some bad TV in the background, pour a mimosa, and plan my meals for the week.
this is about as self-explanitory as it gets. i was originally going to post images of the halloween parade i walked in one year in new york, but there are far too many to sift through and i’ve had a very busy week. so, the next best thing is this. i hear they’ve cancelled the parade in manhattan this year, so i doubt they’ll be doing this either – let’s live vicariously through my fotos, shall we?!
in manhattan’s east village – typically every year – they host a “halloween dog parade” — and yep, it’s as adorable as it sounds.
here are some fotos to prove it :
hello you wonderful faithful readers, you!
I MISS YOU! i missed blogging. i was away for the weekend, and although i had created some drafts of blogs to post, my internet connection wasn’t as reliable as i would’ve preferred, so i didn’t even write a {meatless monday} this week and i feel like i have so much to share with you all!
well, not really. i mean, kind of. i just missed blogging.
i’m sick – i almost always manage to get some kind of head cold or sinus infection pretty much every time i travel. i’m used to it, i always got sinus infections when i was younger. whatever, it’s not a big deal – the word “infection” kind of freaks people out, i think. but it’s really something i’m kind of used to when i fly… i can avoid it if i’m proactive, but these past couple of weeks were like a whirlwind! anyway, it’s just that i don’t always do my neti-pot lately and i’m sure that would’ve helped prevent this icky feeling. but i will kick its ass, don’t worry. Continue reading
a sweet message from my morning yogi tea – “let your heart guide you” — and this is why i drink yogi tea… it tastes amazing, they use organic ingredients, AND – they leave you little reminders for your spirit.
i am especially grateful for my morning tea today… and for all the love the universe showers me with. sometimes it’s hard to hear/feel your heart clearly speak to you amidst all the noise of every day life. but if you quiet the mind, and {as my spiritual guru would say} crack that chest open and inhale – it’s amazing how much love will flow right through you. i’m not saying it’s easy, i’m saying it takes lots of practice. the heart is the 4th chakra, right smack in the middle. it is the most neutral of our chakras. it is neutral because it has no opinion, it just is. the heart is the center, and it only knows love – and love has no opposite, it just IS. it accepts, it forgives, it doesn’t hold on, and it is free. so be good to you heart, and listen to it more – tell the brain to take the backseat… your heart got this!
and i – i believe in the power of love.
and ya’ll should, too! because… we ARE love.
oNeLoVe
it’s a new day… it’s a new life…
colorado has THE BEST sunrises this time of year!!!!! stay tuned for more…
so… here’s the thing about me… or at least, here’s how things have typically been for me…
although i see the world as very “gray” — i LIVE it very black and white. what i mean by that is… it has appeared that for me i’m either super high and on top of it creating world peace the whole nine… OR, i’m super down and depressed feeling useless and hopeless and thinking even the flowers are out to get me… there is hardly an in between. seldom did i feel comfortable, content, “in a groove,” or most of all – peaceful. that wasn’t always something i could FEEL and feel okay with…
i suppose this stems from a shaky childhood and the survival instinct of maturing faster than most due to losing a parent. it could also have to do with my astrological chart, or the fact that i am a very very impatient old soul… but the truth is, it has always been hard for me to find a balance, or to find some comfort, some love, and some peace in the every day. i speak of this in past-tense now because i can, because i am confident in saying that i no longer live like that. i’ve spoken a handful of times now on how i feel i’ve changed over the last year, and am continuing to. i’ve written about not only feeling the change but seeing it actually play out. i make conscious choices each day to effect how i see life. what’s frustrating is when i see people in life for who they are, and all they want to do is fake it — it’s just annoying, because i want to be like “you ain’t foolin’ me” but… i have to be a friggin’ politician about things sometimes and i’m kind of over that…
i digress, as usual. Continue reading
so, i decided to change “wordy wednesday” to “whatever wednesday” — i just can’t put that kind of pressure on myself anymore – haha 😉
so, in honor of my first “whatever” post, i am going to repost something i wrote a while ago that i find awesome and should be shared with as many people as possible. when i first posted this way back when i started my blog, i got more hits than any other day, and more facebook shares than any other day… so i figure, this is information people actually care about…
as you know, i’m a huge foodie. i love anything with colour – so basically anything that has been in the ground, grown in soil, rich in nutrients from the earth, fibrous, healthy, and completely natural. so basically, i am pro-veggie. i firmly believe the human body has the power to heal itself using diet. we truly are what we eat. and when i discovered that some foods actually look like the body parts they help heal, i was floored. talk about intelligent design! we are truly incredible human machines.
oh and in case you’re wondering what my stance is after that whole organic vs. conventional stanford study, i don’t care… and i actually didn’t even read it, i don’t need to. it’s just like when they supposedly found this brand new thirteenth astrological sign suddenly – what was his name? whatever, it doesn’t matter. i’m still a sagittarius/scorpio cusp with cancer rising and a capricorn moon, i’m a total product of my natal chart, to a T – some random astronomer isn’t going to come along and suddenly tell me i’m not who i feel i am. and some fancy rich group of college kids isn’t going to come along and change why i eat organic food, either. {sorry, do i sound snarky?!} Continue reading
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