My father, Bob Martin (more appropriately known as Auntie Carrie’s nephew) is an excellent painter. I’ve grown up watching him paint and over the years, I have made attempts to approach my own paintings in a similar way. Long story short, it never happened. He’s trained. I am not. He is patient. I’m far from [...]

Without a doubt, New York has some of the greatest museums on the planet. Tourists so frequently attend the obvious ones, that they miss out on some incredible gems off the main path. Two of the strongest museums are The Studio Museum of Harlem and PS1 (once a public school turned Contemporary museum) located in [...]

Auntie’s Brother-in-law (aka my Grandfather), I am told, was a great admirer of Irish music and culture. He would have certainly enjoyed my recent night on the town. There is a misconception that New York City is an expensive city to live in. Certainly, the asking price for most cultural events is steep. However, I’ve [...]

One of my most treasured pieces of jewelry are these beautiful, powerful earrings from Alexis Bittar. The kind that when worn with tired looking jeans, flip flops and a Hanes tank, get you upgraded to First Class. I was walking in Chelsea last week and saw the new ad campaign for Alexis Bittar featuring the [...]

I WISH I had thought of that tagline first. What? Brilliant!!!! If you read this post in time and happen to be in the Phoenix, Arizona area, you must rush out to the Hoop Dance Competition happening at the Heard Museum. Exhilarating! Impressive! And you will feel so much pride, even if you haven’t got [...]

Last week, Auntie and I had the great fortune to be introduced to Stephen Marc, a gifted photographer (and we imagine teacher as well. He teachs at the ASU Herberger Institute for Design) We met at the Tempe Center for the Arts – a gorgeous institution that houses a wonderful art collection plus concerts and [...]

Auntie and I firmly believe that one person’s neurosis is another’s saving grace. A very good friend of mine, alias, Savvy Brown acknowledges “I’m a little obsessed with how things work, how things are made, how things grow and how they affect us.” Trust me, she is. And luckily for me, she is a never [...]

One of the greatest highlights of 2009 was meeting the Queen…Queen Esther that is. She and I were introduced by one of the finest, intelligent filmmakers I have yet to meet (Yea – that’s her being loud at the beginning of the Joe’s Pub clip – see video below) and clicked instantly. In true Auntie [...]

Dad just sent me this link to James Frey’s blog. One of Dad’s paintings are on his site for Mother’s Day. Life is so deliciously random. PS. If you haven’t already (shame on you!) look at some of Dad’s other paintings online.

I went to my friend, & fellow Tisch alumnus, Rod Gailes’ New York Premier of his feature film “Camouflage” last week. It’s a very intriguing, thought provoking visual journey/film shot during the pre-gentrification of Harlem. I believe Rod began production on “Camouflage” close to 15 years ago. One of the many thoughts the film will [...]