NEW YORK, NEW YORK – We had a mass birthday party last night for a group of college classmates. Too much wine was consumed, but a few were left standing at the end of the evening:
Andy
PARATY, BRAZIL – Well here we are in the early AM at the Companhia party – still on our feet dancing. When I woke up much later in the day (needless to say I missed the morning light) I truly regretted the last Caipirinha. Here’s a link the Wikipedia entry on Caipirinha, which includes a recipe :Caipirinha Anyway here’s a shot from the party:
Party
Nikon D700.
PARATY, BRAZIL – We’re in Paraty to attend the most important annual literary festival in Brazil: FLIP. The real reason we’re here is to catch up with our old friend Luiz and Lili Schwarcz – Luiz heads Companhia das Letras, a prominent Brazilian publishing house. Here’s a link to Companhia’s blog, which has a piece on the first FLIP (in Portuguese, but you can use one of the “translate this page” services if your Portuguese is rusty): Companhia das Letras blog. Luiz launched the first four titles in a Companhia – Penguin joint venture today – here is Salman Rushdie and his son at the launch event.
Salman
Nikon D700
LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT – This from a fundraiser for the Litchfield Community Center.
Litchfield Community Center. I changed my mind on the image that I originally posted here. On July 23 I replaced it with the following image – I’ve included the original posting in a comment.
Bruce
Nikon D700
ECUADOR – I’m back tired after a long day of shooting, with limited internet access. I thought that I should post a photo from today – I’ll update the post with further information when I have a better connection.
Leica M9 with 35mm Summicron Asph.
HACIENDA ZULETA, ECUADOR – We visited Hacienda Zuleta a few hour drive north of Quito.
I’ve paraphrased the history of the hacienda from its web site. In the late 16th century, King Charles gave the Zuleta region to the Jesuits, who implemented Spanish methods of farming and cattle and sheep production. In the following years a small wool mill was established. And by 1691, the Hacienda house, granary and chapel were completed and the farm was in full operation. In 1713 the property was confiscated and transferred to Canon Gabriel Zuleta, making Zuleta his seventeenth hacienda. The farm became known as Cochicaranqui de Zuleta. After the Canon’s death the farm passed to the Posse family,who restored the hacienda back to its 17th century grandeur. The estate was sold to Jose Maria Lasso in 1898 and passed through two generations to its current owner, Galo Plaza Lasso, the ex-President of Ecuador.
We attended the feast of San Juan at the hacienda – this is Mr. Plaza Lasso catching an offering from a local village.
Chicken offering
Leica M9 and 35mm Summicron Asph.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Dinner at Bar Boulud with some old friends and our son and daughter, who took me there for Fathers Day. This is a silly made-up holiday designed to promote greeting card sales, but I have nonetheless promoted it to our children as the most important day of the year.
Dinner at Bar Boulud
Nikon D700 AND Nikon 85mm f1.4 lens.
MUSTIQUE, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Day five in Mustique. The extended house party continues!
Judy and Doug
Nikon D700 and 85mm Nikkor F1.4
MUSTIQUE, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Day three in Mustique. This is the day of the wedding that brought us down here. Here’s a guest stalking the bride and groom at the ceremony:
Stalker
Nikon D700 with Nikkor 85mm f1.4 lens.
MUSTIQUE, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – Day two in Mustique. A picnic and party at Macaroni Beach. We dodged rain showers all afternoon – the scene had a Last Year at Marienbad quality. Wikipedia entry for Last Year at Marienbad
Macaroni Beach Mustique
Leica M9 with 50mm Summilux Asph. Two frames stitched.
MUSTIQUE, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – We traveled today to Mustique to attend the celebrations surrounding the wedding of friends. We arrived in time for dinner and a kick off party. We were last in Mustique in January of this year. My last trip to Mustique As I’ve noted before this is a private island in the Grenadines populated primarily by the rich and famous. Here’s a link to it’s Wikipedia entry: Mustique’s Wikipedia entry. Anyway, from evening one:
Party at Yamanjá
Taken with a Nikon D700 with an 85mm f1.4 Nikkor.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – We went to a party for Martha McPhee’s new book Dear Money. Here’s a link to the book on Amazon: Dear Money
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Film Society of Lincoln Center held its gala last night at the new Alice Tully Hall, honoring Michael Douglas.
Film Society
Nikon D700 with 50mm f1.4G.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – A Commanderie de Bordeaux dinner at the Knickerbocker Club. Wines included the 1982, 1989 and 1990 vintages of Château Mouton Rothschild and Château Lafite Rothschild, as well as the 1983 Mouton:
1983 Ch. Mouton Rothschild
Leica M9 and 35mm Summicron.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Our son graduated today from a masters degree program at Columbia University on management of digital resources.
Alexander, Laura and Maria
Nikon D700 and 50mm f1.4G
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Birthday party for Bunny Beekman at Andrew Solomon’s.
Party for Bunny Beekman
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – A party at Antonio Monda’s for Gay Talese and Michael Cunningham. Nan Talese shot with a Nikon D700.
Nan Talese
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Rehearsal for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.
James Beard Awards rehearesal
WARREN, CONNECTICUT – Jay Kriegel at a birthday party. Taken with a Nikon D700 and 50 mm Nikkor 1.4G.
Jay Kriegel at a birthday party
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – I attended a wine dinner with a dozen or so friends. We sampled a half dozen vintages of Château Pichon Longueville Baron, a so-called super second. One of our guests was Jean-Rene Matignon, the winemaker at Pichon Baron.
Pichon Baron dinner
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Maria Campbell and William Cohan (author of House of Cards and The Last Tycoon) at the Pen American Center gala at the Museum of Natural History. Here’s a link to Pen American Center.
Maria Campbell and William Cohan
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services held it’s annual spring gala at Gustavinos tonight. The JBFCS is a wildly impressive organization providing social services in New York to clients of all religions, races and ethnic backgrounds. Gustavinos is a lovely space built into the vaults under the approaches to the 59th Street Bridge.
Benefit at Gustavinos
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Alexander’s Birthday party. The next group over at a club.
Two young women
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – At the St. Patrick’s Day parade.
St. Patrick's Day Parade
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Back to the real world. Hughues de Montalembert at a book signing party for Invisible.
Hughues de Montalembert
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Party at the Four Seasons Restaurant.
Four Seasons Restaurant
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