joe jost’s

We found one of the oldest continually operated bars west of the mississippi last night: Joe Jost’s

I love love love the look and feel of this place. From the paper mache rhino with a broken horn to the desk-like chairs lined up along the walls – this place is cool.

My brother is in town visiting and we met up with his friend Mallory in Long Beach because it’s halfway between our respective homes. We first went to Alex’s, the bar they use as Fangtasia in ‘True Blood’. (I was very excited)

Their bathroom had some very cool art geared towards the vampire crowd…

Then we got some burgers and tattoos at Famous…

watched some “Dancing With The Stars” with an employee…

All tatt’d up, we headed to Joe Jost’s…

I definitely want to do a “real” shoot here some time. It is where they shot The Bodyguard by the way…so, kind of have to.

home sweet home

Thanksgiving seems to be the point where my east coast friends and I begin missing seasons, leaves, and crisp air – even if it is already snowing at home. Turkey just tastes better with fog in the air and leaves on the ground.

Some of these were taken with my very first DSLR back in 2006. Thanks to facebook for holding on to them for me. More reliable than some hard drives it seems.

These wordpress galleries have gotten very slick. Click an image to scroll though and behold my homeland, LA take note…

Before you know it I will be craving this…but not yet.


action

we worked on mastering the floor portrait…the theme got weird

a lot of glass was broken…

 

i’m cold, this is warm

 

sometimes I miss Boston…

Sometimes, I don’t…

this was  me waiting to go to school every day for years, red line inbound, sigh

try getting anywhere during a red sox game…seriously try it, oh and by the way its 40 below and you have a bolex with you

these are the times you thank steve jobs for ipods, and try not to cry while staring at the ad on the opposite wall saying ‘come visit vermont!’ complete with idyllic lakes and mountains in the background…

charlie’s a dick too and something is very wrong with his mouth

happy nerdoween

the spinning color wheel of death…truly scary

especially sideways

ocCUPy

these made me chuckle. especially the 1st one. read all their signs…

treasure island guide

A step by step guide to Rocktobering in San Franstacko

step one: rally the troops…

step two: gear up for a 6 hour drive…

step three: reach San Francisco, and fall in love…

step four: find your dream home, with a view…

step five: go to an island full of treasure…

step six: look up and feel that breeze

step seven: set your sights on that wheel in the sky

step eight: revel

head and the heart

Rocktober rolled on and I caught The Head and the Heart last thursday with my friend Erin Coffey at The Music Box. It’s a small venue with really awesome decor. I kind of want this in my house…

and a rooftop area which I really loved…

I wasn’t that familiar with the band beforehand so I started taking video as soon as I heard a song I liked. It turned out to be one of the opening bands – Lemolo, but that’s a good sign of things to come… here they are

The rest are Head and The Heart. I fell in love with the lead singer in his awesome striped jacket. Swoon.

And everyone jamming together, love when they do that…

All in all, a really great show with awesome energy and fabulous music. I have been listening to their album nonstop ever since.

ant farm will

some shots I did over the weekend.