Birthday 2017

Past a certain age, birthdays become less about turning older and more about celebrating the presence of the people you have standing steadfastly in your life. At least, that is how I look at it. With this as the second birthday I got to celebrate since moving to New York City and with the day ...

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Pain Together. Human Together

Pain. Maybe you know it well. Sadness, when shattering ache defies cold numbness. Heartbreak, when we hold the jagged remains of our rib cage in the palms of our hands, clinging to a shred of childish hope. Loss, when we realize something is too wild to keep, and the harder we fight for it, the ...

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Capturing Time with Klasse14

There's always enough time.... until there isn't. So many missed moments in life. So many frames in a day my eyes take in that I wish I had captured and frozen forever so I can look back and relive it again. So great are the chances that these memories will one day be forgotten forever. I can ...

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Eulogy for Ost Cafe, A Favorite NYC Coffeeshop

A NYC coffeeshop can offer you two things: great coffee, and a home away from home. How many times have I taken my laptop to a coffeeshop in the city and whiled away the hours, when I could have just easily stayed at home to get work done? Countless. Ost Cafe in the East Village had become one of ...

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Photo Journal: Snow Day in NYC

When I hopped over to Los Angeles in January and happened to escape a mini snow-storm in NYC, I thought that would be the last of the snow for this year, considering how much warmer this winter has been in comparison to the last. But last week, public schools closed and most offices remained dark in ...

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