Posts Tagged ‘nyc’

Locale means nothing, live in the world of your work

Not a day goes by that I’m not thankful to live and work in the center of the creative universe. New York is a playground for us 20-somethings looking to push our personal bounds of expression and imagination. I would go as far as to tell you that the majority of us believe that the [...]

Ever wonder how they light Grand Central for filming?

Why, helium soft boxes of course! Today I breezed through the terminal to see if the Transit Museum’s show “The Future Beneath Us” exhibit was still up when I stumbled upon the filming of Step Up 3D. The crew of actors were there, as well as director Jon Chu. They had two of these lighting [...]

Barack Obama at 100th NAACP Conference

Because I only have 3 followers so far on Twitter (hint) I thought I’d share an experience I had yesterday while strolling on the boardwalk in Brooklyn Heights. It was rather serendipitous, actually–I decided that I’d done enough emailing and related work in Starbucks and chose to walk the couple blocks down to the park [...]

Summer in the City (Sort of)

Well, I have officially moved “full-time” into my tenement in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn. After spending a couple nights here and there, mostly as a means of moving in my belongings and avoiding an early a.m. bus ride into the city for interviews, I am now situated–at least for the next couple weeks. This last weekend I [...]

The BEST Greek food in NYC

A couple years back Malavika and I stumbled across a small Greek restaurant in the West Village in a quest for a nice bite to eat before a visit to Radical Media. The place was small and cozy, and although the food took a little while to come out, it was excellent. I remembered vividly [...]

Art Directors Club, Philly Feedback

This week went by in a hurry, beginning on Monday with the Art Directors Club graphic design portfolio review. Malavika Mangeshkumar, Julianne Hamilton, Sarah Scholl and I made the trek up to the city by way of New Jersey transit to partake in a flea market of sorts offering a select group of designers. Visual [...]