stairwells and hallways

Desktop Omen

2009-10-27T12:55:00.001-07:00

Desktop Omen, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Madge NYC

2009-10-26T15:31:00.001-07:00

Madge NYC, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Fuji '77 Finally Complete

2009-08-31T10:25:00.001-07:00

Fuji '77 Finally Complete, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Mystery Chair needs identifying

2009-06-23T10:44:00.001-07:00

Mystery Chair needs identifying, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

All I Could Say

2009-05-16T00:19:00.000-07:00

I tried to get through the whole thing, but couldn't...

"Living more than 3000 miles away from home many people in my life tend to ask about my family... I tell them of my grandparents first, then on to stories about my Mom and I. Once they hear that my mother is no longer living that's where the conversation usually stops.

They ask what it's like to lose someone that close to you, and I'm very open to telling them. I say that at first it's hard, there is pain, then there are thousands of details, memories and things about them that you probably would have never noticed had you not been having this powerful experience. Soon after though there is a settling down, an almost distilling of these thousands of thoughts and feelings flying around and it's as everything in their life settles into place and you can see the true essence of this person's life and it meaning to you.

I was leaving Santa Barbara when my grandmother called, we talked about the details of my trip back for my grandfather's funeral service and she said that she would like me to say something about him at the service. For most of the six hours your driving along the coast on the edge of cliffs and mountains looking out into the Pacific Ocean, it is quite beautiful and a quintessentially American sight to see. He would have loved it and I thought no better place to distill down all of the thoughts and feelings that were rushing around in my mind.

Memories were abound I remembered everything from the smallest details to the greatest stories. I remembered the sound of him shoveling the drive way out in the winter, the smell of the inside of his truck, everything from the longest lectures on safe driving to the short little "-ey!" that we would say to each other to greet each other and acknowledge that, yes both of us were in fact in the same room.

Overarching all of these many smaller things was the sense that from day one to today, I have always felt he could fix or build anything. From building everything from my tree fort to skateboard ramps, to putting new shingles on the roof to constructing a shed, from getting my mini bike running to showing me the right way to change the oil in my car. Anything could be fixed or constructed, and where any of that would be happening there would be ample time and space for me to be holding a bag of nails or a flashlight... And then there was the grief I'd get, "raise the light up, stop moving, you're standing in your own light..." and it wasn't limited to the task at hand... "stand up straight, your pants are too big, your pants are too tight..."

As I drove I kept going over these moments that kept flying around in my head and as they started to settle a quote I recently heard came to mind that said "In the end a man will be judged not by what he tears down but by what he builds..." and at this point I made the realization that there was more being built in these moments than a skateboard ramp or a wood shed. Sure he couldn't fix everything because there are a few people that cannot be here that if he had the power to fix, he would have, but he could build anything, he built this amazing family and he built me into the man I am today... and that's a story I am proud to tell to anyone."

Carl Eugene Stoner May 3 1929–May 7 2009

eBay bidding war was worth it

2009-03-20T16:26:00.003-07:00

eBay bidding war was worth it, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

early easter via ebay

2009-03-20T16:26:00.001-07:00

early easter via ebay, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

After

2009-03-02T11:38:00.001-08:00

After, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Before

2009-03-02T11:35:00.001-08:00

Before, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

1963

2009-01-21T19:11:00.001-08:00

1963, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Downtown Fog

2008-12-31T13:33:00.001-08:00

Downtown Fog, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Downtown Fog

2008-12-31T13:32:00.001-08:00

Downtown Fog, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Brewer's Art art

2008-12-29T10:55:00.001-08:00

Brewer's Art art, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Brewer's Art chandelier

2008-12-29T10:47:00.001-08:00

Brewer's Art chandelier, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Knock off of a knock off

2008-12-29T10:38:00.001-08:00

Knock off of a knock off, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

Stevie on the wall at the belvedere

2008-12-29T10:35:00.001-08:00

Stevie on the wall at the belvedere, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

owl bar in belvedere hotel

2008-12-29T10:28:00.001-08:00

owl bar in belvedere hotel, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

owl bar in belvedere hotel

2008-12-29T10:25:00.001-08:00

owl bar in belvedere hotel, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

rugby ralph lauren georgetown

2008-12-29T10:22:00.001-08:00

rugby ralph lauren georgetown, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

parkour circa 1930

2008-12-18T00:40:00.000-08:00

Random Google Find

2008-12-10T16:12:00.001-08:00

Random Google Find, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

studio day

2008-12-07T13:00:00.000-08:00

had a nice relaxing saturday today and was able to spend some time working on some project bikes in my new art studio/work space. there are three new projects on the way, one 70's fuji for myself and two univega builds for others. more updates as teh bikes take shape but for a recap of recent bike projects check in to my flickr here: project le peeg, red rover and my own vintage italian fixie conversion. [shown above]

gone

2008-12-02T00:57:00.000-08:00

Bike-nappers nabbed my bike from my parking garage be on the alert SF peeps. I don't feel so bad because the left crank was loose and I didn't tighten it so my guess is the person got about 100 yards before having it pop off and them falling on their face. For the record it was made up of an IRO frame, Bianchi track bars, carbon fiber forks, Ritchey headset...

30, 10 and 10...

2008-11-26T00:53:00.000-08:00

... for five seasons... happy birthday oscar robertson.

glen park bart

2008-11-17T00:49:00.000-08:00

row 11 on 11/11

2008-11-11T00:50:00.000-08:00

...and big al is warming up! happy early birthday mike!

praying...

2008-11-04T00:45:00.000-08:00

please let him win...

that's big...

2008-10-25T00:41:00.000-07:00

according to the woman behind the counter at bob's donuts on polk... "eeeet's az beeg as yo face." can't ask for anything more at 2:00am after last call at the hemlock.

all me

2008-10-18T00:39:00.000-07:00

walked by the chrome [messenger bags] store tonight and it's safe to say they have me pegged... bicycles, bags and vintage hondas, they're basically one modern furniture piece away from recreating my subconscious.

[and yes that is the exact same model of honda i have...]

evening

2008-10-17T00:36:00.000-07:00

rode my bike home from the brisbane photo studio today, weather was perfect and thankfully the ride home is mostly flat or down hill.

one for the road

2008-10-10T00:35:00.000-07:00

more treats from texas!

austin texas

2008-10-10T00:27:00.000-07:00

happy birthday...

2008-09-27T00:23:00.000-07:00

to me.

nyc street art

2008-09-26T00:24:00.000-07:00

les halles

2008-09-25T00:07:00.000-07:00

this time around i decided to take full advantage of the restaurants at my disposal and visit one of my favorite food icon's restaurant, anthony bourdain's les halles. it was a quite night not too many tables the staff was very nice and unpretentious, everyone took their time chatting with me and making me feel comfortable. the meal in itself was the same, unpretentious, straightforward and relaxed. it's safe to say it's one of the best meals i've had in a long time. details below:

warm potato and black olive salad with goat cheese gratine

pave de thon grille, sauce vierge

profiteroles

in case you're looking for some more context i'd highly recommend anthony bourdain's show on the the travel network, no reservations, or his featured interview on the sound opinions podcast about the influence of music on his food that includes a nice little story about cooking dinner for johnny thunders and of course i highly recommend his restaurant in downtown nyc. also, if you didn't notice, i do like food and have even dedicated an entire section of my flickr to it...

third time's a charm

2008-09-23T00:06:00.000-07:00

back in nyc again...

quickie

2008-09-18T00:56:00.000-07:00

poster outside ideo event

i have no words

2008-08-23T00:55:00.000-07:00

getting lunch

2008-08-12T23:54:00.000-07:00

i'm growing to love my new work neighborhood...

the accommodations are nothing to sneeze at either.

pocket squares, ties... oh my!

2008-08-11T23:57:00.000-07:00

one of the greatest things about nyc is shopping at the century 21 department store, it's like walmart, meets ross, meets chaos... if you have the patience and do some searching some true gems can be found at amazing prices. above, two ralph lauren ties (including one from wimbledon edition) a light cotton sweater from ymc, an italian cable knit sweater from seal kay independent and two pocket squares, one from paul smith and one from emilo pucci. i think this will be a reoccurring stop on every trip...

back again

2008-08-11T23:53:00.000-07:00

not more than a few weeks have gone by and now i'm back on a plane east bound for nyc again..

heading west

2008-07-23T23:49:00.000-07:00

leaving nyc and heading back home. couldn't pass up the chance to stare at eero saarinen's terminal five, currently under restoration word has it that it will reopen sometime in september.

nothing says home like

2008-07-19T23:44:00.000-07:00

natty boh tattoos

hot steamed crabs

trip road trip

2008-07-18T23:18:00.000-07:00

while in nyc this week for meetings and business, i decided to take advantage of it and rent a car to drive down to maryland to see my family. it's the first time in ten years that i've been home in the summer, somewhere between new jersey and the maryland border i hit a nice east coast summer storm... i totally forgot what that smells like and it was pretty refreshing.

up on 4th

2008-07-17T23:24:00.000-07:00

in nyc for work this week and walked by the west 4th street pro-classic street ball tournament, my [nyc] coworkers kept walking not even noticing the amazing game that was playing itself out with the crowd of people seated on folding chairs cheering on their neighborhood heroes. the story is that it was started by ken graham, a brooklyn limousine driver in 1978, and it became such a greenwich village mainstay that it was featured on the cover of sports illustrated in 1997. i wish i could've stayed longer to watch the game play itself out but my colleagues were motioning me from the corner to move along so i did. i can only imagine the games have played themselves out on that slab of concrete in the last 30 years. i guess a happy anniversary is well deserved.

commute

2008-07-16T23:22:00.000-07:00

one of the perks of my new job is my chance to travel to nyc here and there for meetings. this is basically my commute back and forth from work over the brooklyn bridge and back... not to shabby.

day two-ish

2008-06-10T23:16:00.000-07:00

i was greeted at work by a circle of people this morning having muffins, bagels and coffee in my honor, nothing getting thrown right into it. i met my team and they all seem great, definitely feels strange being the "new boss"...

orientation

2008-06-09T23:13:00.000-07:00

today was the first day of my new job, of course it wasn't exactly my first day f work it was more like the first day of school. sign in, watch the instructional movie, have lunch, ride the bus (no joke we have our own "buses") then go get my id card, then home by 3:30pm. very strange indeed, after going to the same place for the last five years every day of the week it's going to take some getting used to.

it been brought to my attention....

2008-05-27T23:02:00.000-07:00

... by someone that this blog has gone slightly unattended, well that's not to say i haven't been doing anything so here's some back dated posting to make everyone feel all good again.

blah

2008-05-05T00:38:00.000-07:00

pretty much the monday you'd expect nothing incredibly interesting about it except for thai food takeout...

day off

2008-05-04T00:38:00.000-07:00

had a break from the magazine for once and had a mellow day. watched teh celtics destroy the hawks again, put some work in on my new bike project, had a spot of breakfast then headed to the east bay to pay a visit to manifesto. fell asleep on the train both ways. wound down with some netflix and called it an early night.

slices

2008-05-03T00:30:00.000-07:00

usual working weekend at the magazine with the added bonus of having to deal with a little crossover work with my 9 to 5, luckily i have tomorrow 'off' donny and alan forbes were having and 'art show' at the lucky 13 where they were selling prints and some original art. tons of people came out for it, even mike, stuck around almost until closing time, grab the usual slice of greasy late night pizza then headed home.

quiet

2008-05-02T00:30:00.000-07:00

left the office for training as usual and punched out a long week's worth of work and in the end was so spent i wound up for once spending a friday night in...

shhhh

2008-04-29T00:29:00.000-07:00

top secret mission today.

parts

2008-04-27T00:28:00.000-07:00

another day with the magazine, but did manage to swing by manifesto to say hi to mackay and sam and pick up some new bars and grips for the italian bike i'm working on. dropped off my wheels as well to have sam take a shot at replacing the sew-ups that were on it. i want to keep it as original as possible and as i've been taking it apart and cleaning it i'm noticing it's been pretty much untouched since the 60s or 70s so even the bits of patina on it add to its character. came home after working for the day and gave it another hour or two of scrubbing.

ok corral

2008-04-26T00:26:00.000-07:00

spent another day laying out the new issue of the magazine but before we could get to deep into it we heard what sounded like an automatic rifle being fired. running outside we saw police cars everywhere and after a bit of rubbernecking we found out what happened a block or two away:

someone had just held up the local rent-a-car place, taken a car, crashed it, ran into a nearby house, grabbed a hostage, grabbed the hostage's car, hostage gets away, police open fire into the car... wow. not much i can say beyond that...

dude...

2008-04-20T07:24:00.000-07:00

there's something about a cold that just makes any given day just blur. woke up feeling like i go trampled by wild rhinos not necessarily because of a late night last night but more from general aches and pains associated with friday's training compounded on top of this cold.

woke up later than i should have and took bart to the east bay to put in another day's worth of work on the magazine. one more long weekend on it and it should be off to press. we set up our 1st annual 'inner-office nba finals throwdown' then took a break to have some dinner and watch the atlanta hawks get punished by the celtics. greta was nice enough to give me some tea for my cold and then i headed home for sleep. i can't believe i have to go back to work already.

bloc party

2008-04-19T07:17:00.000-07:00

woke up feeling a little gross from a bit too much fun last night so my ambitious plan of going to the gym then into the office was cut short a bit and it took me until almost noon to drag my carcass into the office. i actually like working on the weekends when i can, it makes mondays a little more palatable and as long as i'm not there all weekend, getting some work done in peace and quiet is pretty great. bought myself some lunch from one of the few places open in the financial district and worked away on my calendar and marketing briefs while listening to some loud indie rock in my head phones.

one nice thing is that i got to have a conversation with sarah from back home for an hour or two. that's the great thing about spread sheets, they don't take much mental effort and carrying on a conversation is a good way to pass the time while copying and pasting.

after i came home and took a nap debating whether or not to go out. jenni had invited me to meet her and nathan for their 'walking party' but to me it sounded like another word for pub crawl so i was considering just staying in bed. after the second text message from the outside world snapped me awake i decided to go for it and head out taking dan with me. we all met up at the bar on mission where we had our first drinks and nathan informed me that a 'walking party' was not an elitist 18th century way of killing time but literally a walking party... meaning you just followed the guy with the boom box and walked. with bar one and two under our belts the near 15 of us walked to the next which was actually not a bar just a random street corner on mission. soon i was being asked if i needed a beer and the nearby newspaper box was opened to reveal a case of beer. soon the noise and crowd drew the attention of a police officer so we concealed what we could and moved on. he had bigger fish to fry and we were not committed to that corner.

we stopped at another corner a few blocks away and the boom box was planted and the party resumed. after a while someone mentioned the police cars coming down the block with it's lights on... everyone hushed, stashed their cans of beer and tried to look inconspicuous. as the car approached it hit the red light and instead of stopping and throwing a spotlight on us it hit is siren and blew through the red light followed by a collective cheer from the party goers. after a little while longer my cold feet and runny nose reminded me that this is probably not a great idea anymore so i hopped a cab and headed home to curl up under a pile of blankets.

bro

2008-04-18T07:14:00.000-07:00

fridays are pretty awesome, except when they start with a trip to the dentist and a case of the sniffles. the dentist took too long, i was late to work and you can imagine the rest, luckily thought my meeting count was to a minimum and my last meeting was about 15 minutes content and 30 minutes of small talk by a group of people that just wanted the day to be over and didn't want to return to their desks.

i ducked out promptly at 5:00 and headed off to train, i didn't know how much i had in me but had to give it a try considering my exercise drought as of late. i did fairly well and felt good boxing but my kicks did lose their energy at one point and it was getting tough to swing my legs full force.

afterwards i headed home and napped a bit then decided to head out for at least one drink, one drink turned to two and then the crew of fighting guys showed up and it was a full on dude-fest that ran up to last call where we all grabbed our slices of pizza and headed our separate ways.

next to last

2008-04-17T07:13:00.000-07:00

first full day back in the office, doesn't seem as crazy for some reason now that i'm actually at my desk. my cold from the days before is still lingering but i felt like i should go put in some work at the gym. i logged a decent run considering and went home and crashed, thankfully only one more day left in the week.

deadline

2008-04-16T07:03:00.000-07:00

one thing i will say about the rooms at the ritz, they sure can block out light and sound. i slept like a rock but given all of the food and drink from the night before my body seemed to be craving more sleep and it took a considerable amount of effort to drag myself down to the conference. given all of the email chatter i decided to cut it a bit short and head back to the city and the office. i took the 1 this time and it really wasn't as spectacular as i remembered, neither was driving a rental car.

after setting things straight in the office i wanted to head to the gym and sweat out the first half of the week but cielo called to meet for some drinks. given the way i felt i passed on the drinks but she seemed to have a bit of a head start on me anyway. we chatted for a bit and grabbed some thai food but i headed home early to finish up my taxes so i could put them i the mail in the morning.

the ritz

2008-04-15T06:52:00.000-07:00

got up at the crack of dawn to drive down to half moon bay for a work conference. the drive was shorter than expected and i arrived to meet my coworkers just in time for breakfast. i checked in at the desk and started to take in the 'legendary' ritz carlton of half moon bay. the decor was kind of unimpressive and it somewhat reminded me of a wealthy aunt's superficially decorated connecticut house. the view from my room was impressive but for some reason all of the bedding was off the bed and in a chair leaving me with a bare mattress. i sat down my bags and and headed downstairs. along the way i made note the the front desk clerk about teh bedding and casually said that they should just send someone up to take care of it to which he responded 'that's not how we do things here at the ritz carlton.' and immediately moved me to another room throwing in a fireplace for my trouble. nice. overall the hotel was decent and the staff was great but i did feel a bit out of my element, as far as higher end hotels go i had much better experiences with my stays at the husdon in new york, the w here in san francisco, the miyako hotel in osaka and the riverbank park place in london.

after a day of seminars and such our hosts bussed us all over to sam's chowder house for a dinner on them and an open bar. my coworker and i hit the food line and enjoyed the mussels, clams and even some whole lobsters that were steamed for us. a nice touch was the small cards that read 's'mores on the beach after dinner' and with that we were all outside enjoying the late evening view and the fire pits. it was such a good experience i actually felt like i wasn't in the bay area anymore and was much closer to somewhere like carlsbad or encinitas. after being bussed back to our hotel i had one more cocktail at the bar and went upstairs to pass out from my long day of meetings, it's crazy how much just sitting and listening to some one talk and schmoozing the day away can take out of you.

hard hitting

2008-04-14T06:49:00.000-07:00

very quiet monday. worked the day away, picked up the rental car for tomorrow's conference in half moon bay, cleaned up around the house, fell asleep... there's some exciting journalism for you.

foggy

2008-04-13T06:48:00.000-07:00

another day of work on the magazine and another incredible day weather-wise. got home a bit early to relax and wind down, the fog's rolling in a bit hard so my guess is that this is probably the last nice day of weather...

summer?

2008-04-12T06:46:00.000-07:00

walked down to get my coffee while waiting for a pick up from mike to head to the east bay to work on the new issue of the magazine and it's literally hot out, i can't believe this weather.

worked on the new issue for a while then headed home, cracked open every window in the house put in a dvd and had a glass of wine. very chill evening...

finally spring

2008-04-11T06:37:00.000-07:00

usual day at work, split as soon as possible and hit my training session. learned some nice takedowns and punched out a weeks worth of stress. my cardio has been suffering, it's getting tougher and tougher to keep kicking...

as i'm leaving the gym i run in to dan and friends, and as it turns out the roosevelt tamale shop has reopened and after a quick shower i'm off to meet them for tamales. the weather is amazing, i'm out on my bike in just a t-shirt and jeans speeding across town. after gorging myself on crab enchiladas (passed on tamales) our little group heads over to catch the hercules and love affair show at mezzanine. unfortunately we were 'not on the list' as we were supposed to be so that puts the end to that dance party. that's actually okay given the weather and we're off on our bikes across market street to the ha-ra for drinks and pool. after we run into some peeps at the hemlock and are told we should be across town at the lucky 13, one fast bike ride down polk and we're there. a few more dinks and it's last call and i make the slow cruise home and even at 2am it's still warm enough for nothing more than a t-shirt. the thought of riding on for a few more hours hits me but so does sleep so i pass and head upstairs, cracking open all of the windows as i head off to sleep.

this weather needs to stick around for a while...

jerk

2008-04-10T06:35:00.000-07:00

busy day again at the office so i headed straight to the gym after to sweat it out. after met up with my old boss who recently left the company for a cocktail. good to see him, it's funny his level of relaxation is almost inspiring, talks of travel and not working are making me jealous...

it's not easy

2008-04-09T06:28:00.000-07:00

tried valiently to hit the gym after work but got distracted by these... i tried to put up a fight but couldn't resist. i highly recommend salt house next time you're looking for snacks or dinner downtown.

good morning

2008-04-08T06:23:00.000-07:00

nothing like a wake up call that sounds like a building being destroyed... oh wait that is a building being destroyed.

break

2008-04-03T06:20:00.000-07:00

cocktail parties, house parties and a special someone in from out of town... time to turn off the computer.

comparison

2008-04-02T06:12:00.000-07:00

left the office to go meet an old freelance client to review some ideas. afterwards hopped on the bus and headed home, interestingly enough i realized that whole foods was on the way. to be quite honest i have never done any normal grocery shopping at whole foods... in the first place the nickname 'whole paycheck' has been a bit of a deterrent for the last few years and the other deterrent being the giant hill between home and there. since i'm already on top of the hill i thought i'd do a little a/b testing and pick up my usual safeway rations and prepare my usual dinner.

the result: extra cost was about $25 dollars more on the whole, which includes the slightly higher priced bottle of wine. dinner, the mushroom, red pepper, onion, garlic and squash pasta i made with my ingredients was about 10 times better than normal. definitely worth the additional cost and as far as the shopping comparison whole foods wins out over the slightly more affordable safeway... however, finding a new way up that hill will be an issue...

so long, long day

2008-04-01T06:02:00.000-07:00

orignially had plans to meet a friend for dinner but decided to reschedule for another time because of a long workday and instead went for a long run. it's amazing what running for 40 minutes straight will do for you after a long day. took the long walk home instead of the train... long day thouroughly erased.

work, work, work

2008-03-31T05:52:00.000-07:00

very busy day at work today, blew off the gym for some q.t. at home with a huge order of take out thai food.

civilized

2008-03-30T23:37:00.000-07:00

another day working on the new issue... later in the evening though headed to michael's beautiful house for a small dinner party. after landing back home i almost feel ashamed of my small but comfortable space, the evening was so incredibly civilized...

ouch

2008-03-29T23:21:00.000-07:00

after my day of shopping i headed out with the guys for a slightly more butch event in san jose. in short it was incredible, the shamrock vs cung le fight was legendary, i've never seen anything like it and afterwards i definitely needed a cocktail so we all headed back to the tenderloin for some drinks. one turned into two and two turned into three in the morning at a friend's restaurant. a good night was had by all if i do say so myself, all except frank shamrock's radial bone in his forearm that is... ouch.

shopping habits

2008-03-29T23:17:00.000-07:00

really big day today. started out with a bit of personal shopping, really tried to go treat myself to something nice but my normal fashion frugalities kicked in and i wound up at h&m and my other secret discount shopping location. seriously, you're talking to the guy who formerly had a macy's card and was not afraid to use it but now a sweater beyond the price of about $40 seems like lunacy. after making my way through all of the usuals, g-star, french connection, urban outfitters and even dsw shoe warehouse nothing seemed worth the cost and i wound up in h&m with an arm load of button downs and plain white t-shirts.

as i waited in the long saturday afternoon line i realized that there is a great metaphor for this kind of shopping... h&m is the safeway brand pasta of the clothes shopping world and the slightly lower priced, less quality cousin, that i frequent is the equivilent of top ramen. you can dress both of them up to a different degree, the pasta is a great base with the right garnishes you can make a whole lot that resembles something gourmet, with the top ramen you may be able to disguise it here and there but the sheer inexpenisive nature of it makes it too easy to take advantage of and on occasion you can make this packet of noodles look like high end asian cuisine...

that being said i took my two packets of noodles and three bags of pasta home and dressed them up for the evening and for the coming week of work.

playoff time is coming

2008-03-28T15:22:00.001-07:00

at least it's not white castle

2008-03-26T16:31:00.000-07:00

another day at the office, needed to get in some more good time at the gym but between leaving the office late and plans for dinner cancelled that idea. then dinner got got cancelled and i wound up in line at walgreen's again buying my dinner again. i would've started to feel bad about myself until the woman with the white castle microwave cheeseburgers and a pack of cigarettes was in front of me.

cielo came by the 'hood later and we popped in to cav for a glass of wine and some conversation. it was actually my first time there which is crazy considering it's about two blocks from my apartment... good atmosphere and service might head back there this weekend.

victory!

2008-03-25T16:30:00.000-07:00

finally won a frickin' ebay auction for some good bike raw materials. seller said it should be here in five days so we'll see what i can do with it after it gets here. uneventful day but did the first really great run in a while, 40 minutes, 5 miles, 8 minute mile... definitely sweated out a decent amount of the weeks stress so far. slept like a rock.

mondane

2008-03-24T16:24:00.000-07:00

nothing good about this monday, couldn't even rally to get into the gym... felt kind of cranky so i watched some yakuza films and then went to sleep... very seth cohen of me.

bunny day

2008-03-23T16:23:00.000-07:00

'christ rose from the dead and you decided to come over and work on a sunday, two easter miracles.' – mlv

went to work on the magazine most of the day, greta and mike made me a nice easter basket and after wrapping up some layouts for the magazine we had a nice dinner and watched the warriors/lakers game. al harrington has been rocking these crazy shoes lately that i would kill for. the closest pic i could find of them is here from someone's flickr that's the link to the hi res image so give it a minute to load, while you're waiting you can probably also see the close up of the disinterested look on mikael pietrus' face... might as well have a trade me sign around his neck. come to think of it i recognize that look, it's the one that women who are dating lame guys get on their faces that says 'break up with me already.'...

blech

2008-03-22T16:21:00.000-07:00

rallied from a semi-hangover to go work on the magazine for a bit, completed several layouts and listened to a lot of this american life. afterwards we all went into the city for dinner. original joe's was shut down for some reason so we decided to head out to the pig and whistle.

i have a slight confession at this point, for some reason over the last few years i have developed a very low tolerance to riding in cars, especially when it comes to city driving and i get carsick about as fast as a 10 year old trying to ready a comic book in the back seat of a station wagon...

needless to say i wasn't having much of my dinner and wound up walking home in hopes of some fresh air doing me some good. it did and by the time i hit the door to my building i was starving and inhaled the rest of my cold veggie burger and fries. i should see a doctor and get that sorted out because it is not fun and it makes me feel like a kid.

taking a beating

2008-03-21T15:38:00.000-07:00

trained again after work, all kick boxing this time but as we finished up steve invited me to his jujitsu class but not really being in the physical or mental state to roll for another hour i passed on it. maybe next week. after chilling out i met up with jenni and some peeps at a show over at the knockout, ironically enough jeremy from red planet's new band was playing, they were called 'the parties'. after getting caught up with him and saying good night to the rest of the party i met back up with steve and we kept drinking until about 3am, i'm getting too old for this...

it's not delivery

2008-03-19T17:00:00.000-07:00

long day at the office, very tired, skipped the gym and had a bad junk food dinner purchased at walgreeens. not pretty. i've sworn that i will not be one of those people that starts working in a new position at their office, gives up on the gym and winds up with the ulcer and middle age belly, so tomorrow i've got to make up for it. big time.

i think i have a problem

2008-03-18T21:03:00.000-07:00

usual day, headed to the gym for a really good long run and a nice work out, feel much better now.

spent the rest of the night glued to my television... and i will deny it if you ask me in person, but for some sick reason i can't stop watching real housewives of orange county.

sunday part two

2008-03-17T18:08:00.000-07:00

monday's at the office aren't so bad when you've prepped most of sunday for them but unfortunately that means you have to be in the office on a sunday. skipped the gym and hid out at home doing laundry.

explode

2008-03-16T22:09:00.000-07:00

i know it sounds sad to be sitting in your office on a sunday but it was actually nice for a change, feel like i'm getting ahead for once. left and headed over to town hall to visit cielo at work. had an amazing meal, started with the shrimp, then moved to the asparagus risotto and finished off with the butterscotch and chocolate mousse dessert. i was going to originally take the train home but i was so incredibly full i decided to walk it off. proceeded to pass out once home.

the plan

2008-03-15T17:15:00.000-07:00

woke up surprisingly early considering how late i was out all night last night, had my usual citizen cake pastry and coffee before heading to the east bay to go over to mike's. did less magazine layout and more talking about basketball and my new plan to try and secure us season tickets next year for the warriors.

headed home somewhat early so that l.a. and i could go to robin's for her st.patrick's day party. i have to hand it to robin she always has the best dinner parties, great assortment of guests, good food and not a minute goes by without you having a drink in your hand.

afterwards l.a. and i stopped by the lion's den to wish her friend a happy birthday before i was dropped off at a fairly early hour that i totally took advantage of and got some.

surreal estate

2008-03-15T15:25:00.000-07:00

on my morning scan of boing-boing i came across ilkka halso's stunning series of photographs/montages called 'museum of nature'. while i'm not the biggest fan of digital compositions (i realize the hypocritical nature of that statement given my current career choice) the results here are pretty incredible.

even more incredible are the constructions involved in the 'restuarations' series, in which he actually constructed scaffolding around the subjects for his photographs. in both bodies of work there is an obvious awareness of the current plight of the environment but even more so with these, the thought of construction and development being used to preserve nature even though it is the prime reason behind nature's demise creates a nice juxtaposition that makes the work impactful. the lighting and sense of drama for some reason reminds me a lot of japanese photographer izima kaoru's work.

kauro's work has been a long time favorite of mine primarily for it's composition, color and grand cinematic quality. with all of the works living within a series rather than individually you get more of a sense of the subject's stillness, and by subject i mean the staging of the death of a beautiful woman wearing very expensive clothing.

it's funny, in this flickr/digital camera era, i spend so much time snapping pics with my digital camera, even more so lately my iphone, it's really easy to forget just how wonderful photography as art can be.

ides of march

2008-03-13T12:17:00.000-07:00

pretty damn happy that it is friday, left work for my usual training session but for some reason i was just a bit off this week, no real reason why, just wasn't quite all there. learned a few new things, including some grappling stuff, even though i've been at this for a while and my steve out weighs me by a good 30 pounds, i'm still a bit afraid of hurting him at times.

after went home to relax and got a text from jenni so i cut across town to meet her and nathan at the ha-ra. it was the first time i'd actually been in there really and i was surprised that it wasn't crammed with hipsters. had a drink with them and then walked over to the hemlock to see if anyone was around. ran in to richard from the office and had one quick drink with him before i got a text from steve and hopped a cab to the mission. as i headed in to the 500 club i ran into nyssa and rachel and talked to them for a bit then eventually i spotted steve and sent a drink down the bar to him, then he sent one back, then i sent another and the drink buying went on until we both had a bit too much.

we all said our goodbyes a little after closing and hit the road, i grabbed some slices from cable car on the way home and enjoyed some greasy pizza before soundly falling asleep.

grid

2008-03-12T10:39:00.001-07:00

grid, originally uploaded by chadjeremy27.

lazy sunday

2008-03-09T08:18:00.000-07:00

mellow sunday, met up with a friend from out of town and hit up some shopping downtown, considering how much i've been spending over the last few weeks had to keep myself in check and wound up not buying a single thing. after we all headed back to my 'hood for drinks at absinthe, nothing like a martini in the afternoon to kill any chance of productivity for the rest of the day...

about time

2008-03-08T08:14:00.000-08:00

spent most of the day in the east bay working on the magazine and finally getting a blog up for mike. i'm curious if he'll actually keep up with it since i've been bugging him for years about doing one, he has a lot of great stories to tell from back in the day and basically has an insane wealth of pop culture knowledge, i just hope he keeps up with it. by the time i got back in the city i decided to flake out on dinner plans with cathy, make some dinner and curl up on the couch with netflix for a change. when i finally wrapped up my movie marathon i checked my phone and it said it was 3:00am, once i figured out it ws because of the time change i was pretty happy because that means the days are finally going to get longer.

east bay sighting

2008-03-07T20:11:00.000-08:00

work was just plain chaos again today, especially since i had to run out of there in order to not be late for training. this week has just been the greatest of work weeks... it's as if every day i think of one new thing that i forgot to do the day before. plus, since there is the added pressure of me potentially taking on a new position, it makes for a bit of a stressful environment.

luckily training pretty much erased any thoughts of work and let me move on into friday night without work in mind. that is until i run in to my would be new boss and his partner walking into a restuarant, great impression i'm sure, drenched in sweat, gym clothes and a bloody lip... oh well.

rushed home in hopes of making it over to the east bay for mackay's birthday. didn't make it over until late but they were all still at dinner when i arrived. i think it was the first oakland dinner crowd i had seen in years and it's funny how different it is to the s.f. dinner crowd. can't put my finger on exactly what the difference was but the make up of the crowd was just different...

a few of us stuck around for a quick drink at radio bar then cathy, dan and i hit the last train back to the city. dan fell asleep and cathy and i kept talking about music and made tentative plans to go to pakwan tomorrow night for dinner. got a last minute text from cielo checking to see if i'd be interested in a drink before last call but by the time i got off of bart she had already headed home, so i did the same.

kickboxing injury #3

2008-03-07T20:07:00.000-08:00

surprised it's taken this long but this evening's injury was a bit of a bloody lip, a punch that i should've blocked came from from out of nowhere and jammed the lower left of my bottom lip into my tooth... grossness ensued from there. wasn't too bad and it stopped bleeding pretty quick so it hopefully will be healed by monday morning so i don't look like a thug at the office.

open for business

2008-03-06T07:57:00.000-08:00

another day swamped under mounds of work so i had my usual remedy of hitting the gym afterwards to sweat out my day. luckily, the days are getting longer so now that it's not dark out when i leave the office and it's a bit easier to motivate to get to the gym. afterwards had no real plans on going out but dan wanted to grab a drink so we met up at el toro so i could get a burrito and refuel first. we ran into caren and her friend (who is considering moving to s.f.) along the way and they sat down and grabbed burritos as well. el toro had been closed for a long time for remodeling, thankfully they are back open and nothing has changed except the paint.

they headed their own way while dan and i grabbed a drink at the 500 club, the basic topic of conversation was his recent run in with a car on his bike (he still had the remanants of a black eye) but the bar was full of college sports watching dudes and i was beat from my workout, so we called it an early night and i hopped back on my bike and sped home. thankfully i had enough to drink to put his accident out of my mind but not enough to impede my riding abilities and made it safely home... burrito+whiskey+riding=perfect night's sleep.

forcast calls for...

2008-03-05T07:52:00.000-08:00

hope this isn't the start of a trend but i can pretty much sum up monday through wednesday very easily since they were basically carbon copies of each other: work, work, work, head to the gym to forget about work then fade in and out on the couch until crawling into bed to start over again. busy days at work are good for something, they have kept me steadily on the treadmill in the evenings averaging about 4-5 miles a day.

beards and mustaches

2008-03-02T13:58:00.000-08:00

had planned to head to the east bay to do more magazine work but that got cancelled as i was on bart so i had to literally jump off of the train as to not wind up riding all the way through the tunnel just to come back. once free i took advantage of the nice day and walked home.

the lakers vs mavericks game was on and since i don't have cable i have to get in every network televised game i can. i hate the lakers and i want to continue that trend but it was a great game and they looked really good, except for pau gasol's fugly beard....

after the game was finally over i headed out through the park on a bike ride, i've been slacking with the cardio as of late so it was a bit tougher to keep it going at my usual pace but i managed. after showering up and downing a ton of water i decided that march is now known as my cardio month and that i need to get back to my marathon form or at least somewhere close... back at it's peak it was around 5 miles at an 8 minute mile three to four days a week then one long 12-14 mile run at the end of the week that was the bay bridge to golden gate bridge and back.

work and...

2008-03-01T14:07:00.000-08:00

unfazed and strangely without hangover i went into the office to put in a few hours of extra time just to be sure that all was good for next week. after took a leisurely walk around downtown window shopping.

in the evening i met up with some peeps at a korean restaurant/bar/karaoke box called 'playground' which was not as naughty as the name implies. it's essentially the same layout as every sports bar you ever been to only with a lot less televisions and all of the ones they did have were playing korean pop music videos. my favorite item of the night was 'hite pitcher' it's a korean beer that comes in a 2 liter screwtop plastic bottle (similar to american soda) but it is shaped like a beer bottle. beer basically tasted like any other generic lite beer but the presentation was the awesome. image is here.

stairwells and hallways

Desktop Omen

Madge NYC

Fuji '77 Finally Complete

Mystery Chair needs identifying

All I Could Say

eBay bidding war was worth it

early easter via ebay

After

Before

1963

Downtown Fog

Downtown Fog

Brewer's Art art

Brewer's Art chandelier

Knock off of a knock off

Stevie on the wall at the belvedere

owl bar in belvedere hotel

owl bar in belvedere hotel

rugby ralph lauren georgetown

parkour circa 1930

Random Google Find

studio day

gone

30, 10 and 10...

glen park bart

row 11 on 11/11

praying...

that's big...

all me

evening

one for the road

austin texas

happy birthday...

nyc street art

les halles

third time's a charm

quickie

i have no words

getting lunch

pocket squares, ties... oh my!

back again

heading west

nothing says home like

trip road trip

up on 4th

commute

day two-ish

orientation

it been brought to my attention....

more home made posters

blah

day off

slices

quiet

shhhh

parts

ok corral

dude...

bloc party

bro

next to last

deadline

the ritz

hard hitting

foggy

summer?

finally spring

jerk

it's not easy

good morning

break

comparison

so long, long day

work, work, work

civilized

ouch

shopping habits

playoff time is coming

at least it's not white castle