11/29/21Old School
Cool
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11/28/21Lucali's
Picture Perfect
11/27/21Maeving RM1
Electric Lust
11/26/21Basque Burnt Cheesecake
Perfection
11/25/21Gobble Gobble
Happy Thanksgiving
11/24/21Miso Glazed Japanese Eggplant
Umami Blast
11/23/21Occhi
Perfection
11/22/21Funfetti Cake
From Scratch (including the icing) For Mami
11/21/2150 Never Looked So Cute
Hot Damn
11/20/21Visiting an Old Friend
Blue Bottle — Dean Street
11/19/21Fulton
Stop
11/18/21Happy 50th Mi Amor
Yeah 50. More like 30.
11/17/21Oculus
World Trade Center
11/16/21This Is America
Don't catch you slippin' now
11/15/21Sally's Apizza
Legit CT Pie
11/14/21It Arrived!
Super Belated Thought Lost Forever Bday Present. Yes!
11/13/21Da Toscano
Michael is firing the best pasta in the game right now
11/12/21Rainy Living Room
Fall In Brooklyn
11/11/21F&F
Veteran
11/8/21Warmth
On an Old Wall
11/7/21Waffle House
Old School Cool
11/5/21Floridian
Design
11/4/21PS58 Halloween Parade
Belated, but back baby!
11/3/21Tourist Info
Abandoned
11/1/21Double Tree
Scenes From a Bland Room
10/31/21Happy Halloween
So great it's back!
10/29/21Agnolotti del Plin
Beauts
10/28/21Philly In The Mist
Revisiting some old photos from this day in 2018
10/26/21Sourdough Kaizen
1% Better Each Time Adds Up
10/24/21Dumpling
Success
10/23/21Del's II
South Philly Hot Stuff
10/22/21Sophy Curson
Sizes 2 to 16
10/19/21Lili
In B&W
10/17/21Abstract
Playground
10/16/21Happy 8th
Mi Gordo!
10/15/21Manhattan
Rare Pano for Me, but had to
10/14/21Manhattan Looking Good
Never Gets Old
10/13/21Metal Cross
Brooklyn Bridge Park
10/12/21Sourdough Country Loaf
Homemade Goodness
10/11/21Yaki Udon
Homemade Goodness
10/10/21St Michael's Club
Old School Memories
10/9/21Lovely Service
Miss You Mom
10/8/21Niko
Mi Churro
10/6/21Samin Nosrat's Chicken
Buttermilk Goodness
10/5/21Happy 10th Emma
Double Digits!
10/4/21Eggplant Parm
With homemade sourdough breadcrumb
10/3/21Lunch Date
With PY
10/2/21Red Hook 2
Biking and Shooting
10/1/21Red Hook 1
Biking and Shooting
9/25/21Linguine al nero di Seppia
With Mussels
9/23/2111th Anniversary
The Graduate Hotel on Roosevelt Island
9/19/21Sourdough Ear Greatness
Proper Hydration Makes a Difference Kids
9/17/21Los Dos
At Lucali's
9/15/21Hand-Shaped Orecchiette
Goodness
9/13/21First Day of School
2021
9/11/21Never Forget
9/11
9/8/21Abstract
Guggenheim
9/6/21Pleasantly
Pleasantville
9/5/21Strong Sourdough Game
Nice ear too
9/4/21Shadows
And Light
9/2/21F&F
Crew
8/31/21Goodbye
Summer of 2021
8/30/21Wildwood
Classics
8/29/21Wildwood Boardwalk
Still Lifes
8/28/21One Year Sflogino
Steadily Improving
8/27/21Future Fútbol
Star
8/26/21BK Bridge Park & Dumbo
Bike Ride
8/25/21Kashong Country Store
Kashong, NY
8/24/21Squaw Island In The Mist
Lake Canandaigua
8/23/21Bob & Ruth's - 2
Old School Cool
8/22/21Bob & Ruth's - 1
Naples, NY
8/21/21Family
Hike
8/20/21Boat Ride
Canandaigua Lake
8/19/21Main Street Stroll
Canandaigua, NY
8/18/21Pool Boy
The Lake House Hotel
8/17/21Reese's Dairy Bar
Finger Lakes, NY
8/16/21Dream Machine
2022 Ural Gear Up
8/14/21Proudly Serving
Brooklyn
8/10/21Sassy Comăneci
Stuck The Fashion
8/9/21General Tso's
Done Right
8/8/21Swingers
Crew
8/7/21Mi Flia
Crew
8/2/21Twilight
Falls On Manhattan
8/1/21Sunny
Niko
7/30/21Summer
In Bloom
7/29/21Rodin Museum
Philly, PA
7/24/21Pasta Making
Crew
7/22/21The Many Parking Lots
Of Wildwood NJ
7/20/21Johnson's
Appliances
7/19/21Reserved
Emptiness
7/18/21Cape May Wildlife Rescue
Abandoned Station
7/17/21Larkins
Breakfast Frozen In Time
7/16/21Emma & Niko
On The Boards
7/15/21Eleanor's Gifts
Wildwood Boardwalk
7/14/21Dunes
Early Morning
7/13/21Last Light
From The Wharf
7/12/21Mi Paraguayo
Muy Bronceado
7/11/21Emma & Niko
En La Playa
7/10/21Cannonball!
By Emma Bean
7/9/21Dawn
On The Boards
7/8/21Dragon House
The Classics Never Go Out Of Style
7/7/21Malloreddus
Beauties
7/6/21Abandoned
Bar
7/4/21Happy 4th
America
7/1/21Nearly 50
And never looked better 🔥
6/30/21TWA Hotel
Los Niños
6/29/21TWA Hotel
Mini Staycation
6/28/21Orangeville PA
Country Wedding Vibes
6/27/21Fortune House
Brooklyn Heights
6/26/21Manhattan
Via Brooklyn Bridge Park
6/25/21Nightcrawler
BK Style
6/24/21Purple Haze
Brooklyn Sky
6/23/21Homemade Pappardelle Pomodorini con Fungi
For the lovely Lili Riveros
6/22/21Proud
Of these kids, and society
6/21/21Martinez Grocery Food Center
On-Going Series
6/20/21Day's End
David Hammons
6/19/21Little Island
In B&W
6/18/21Rectory
328
6/16/21Jewelers Row
Philadelphia PA
6/15/21My Wacky
Whack-A-Moles
6/14/21The Lamplighter
Flaming Out
6/13/21Wooden Pallets Leaning on Walls
A Series
6/11/21Independence Hall
At Night
6/10/21Black Tom & Charlie Martin
Old School Cool Grandfathers
6/9/21Wildwood Crest
Beach and Boards
6/8/21EPC
Empire Pest Control
6/7/21Impasto
Dough Lungs Filled With Air
6/6/21Tree
And House
6/5/21RIP Mark I
You had a good run
6/4/21Emma
On A Very Windy Beach
6/3/21Niko
Sunset Lake, Wildwood Crest, NJ
6/2/21Niko
At Mack's Pizza
6/1/21Mack's
For Life!
5/31/21enith
Television
5/30/21Lone Tree
NYC
5/29/21Chinatown
Via Manhattan Bridge
5/28/21Chinatown Roofs
Via Manhattan Bridge
5/27/21Lower Manhattan
Via The Manhattan Bridge
5/26/21Concrete & Shadow
Dumbo
5/25/21Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Lights
5/24/21Vestido
Mi Amor
5/20/21Gowanus Canal
Fujifilm GW690II
5/19/21Scooter Boy
In B&W
5/18/21Chitarra
Nonnas Rejoice!
5/17/21Light
Sculpture
5/13/21Little
Cruiser
5/12/21Green
Laundry
5/11/21Swingers
Brooklyn Bridge Park
5/10/21Union Street Bridge
And A Baby
5/9/21Nature Is Healing
Back To Buvette
5/8/21Pink Umbrella
And Pipe
5/7/21Real Head Shots
Can't go wrong with any of them
5/6/21Head
Shot
5/5/21Lady Liberty
In Black & White
5/4/21One Year
Progress
5/3/21Niko
Rooftop BBQ
5/2/21This View
Never. Gets. Old.
5/1/21Picture Day
2021
4/30/21Pier 1
Brooklyn Bridge Park
4/29/21A Walk Through Brooklyn Heights
Polaroid SX-70
4/28/21A Walk Through Gowanus
Fuji Instax Wide 300
4/27/21Swaggy Kids
Throwing Shades
4/26/21Martinez Grocery
With A Blue Car
4/25/21Dusk
In Brooklyn
4/24/21Montero
Bar & Grill
4/23/21Brooklyn
Sunset
4/22/21Kusama
Krew
4/21/21OVV
Yeah You Know Me
4/20/21Getting High on Purple Haze
420 Sunset
4/19/21Super Strong
Sourdough Game
4/18/21Patient Waiters
As Mami got her second shot — Brooklyn Army Terminal
4/17/21Un Vestido Nuevo
Y Un Loco
4/16/21One + One
This song is thumping. Reminds me of Queens of the Stone Age. Which is a very good thing. Dig.
4/15/21Night & Day
F/G Line - Smith 9th
4/14/21Eerily Quiet
Brooklyn
4/13/21This Country Saddens Me
This morning the US called for a pause in administering the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine after seven people — out of seven million — "may" have developed blood clots as a result of the vaccine. I don't agree with the decision, but respect how quickly they acted.
Yet another black man, Daunte Wright, was shot and killed by police just miles from the George Floyd trial. For the record hundreds of black men are shot and killed by police every year and nothing happens. Nothing changes. No one will act swiftly. Gun laws won't be changed. Qualified immunity for police officers will not be abolished. Politicians will wring their hands and send thoughts and prayers. And ultimately no one will be held responsible.
I can't begin to imagine how tired, frightened, enraged, and helpless the black community must feel. I'm not trying to be mega-woke, or virtue signal, I just can't post pictures of my life, unaffected by this madness, as if nothing is happening or not call out this inhumanity. It is happening daily to black lives and it's wrong. It is madness. It is heartbreaking. This country should be thoroughly embarrassed. It has to stop.
4/12/21A Moment In Time
Emma & Niko
4/11/21I See Spots
Kids And Kusama
4/10/21Ciabatta
First time. Fun. Came out well.
4/9/21Luray
Architecture
4/8/21Tourist
Luray VA
4/7/21Bustling
Downtown Luray
4/6/21Liberty Income Tax
Luray
4/5/21Luray Invaders
Punks Down South
3/30/21One Year Sflogino
I'll admit upfront I'm kinda insane. Definitely obsessive / compulsive. That explains why I'm making pasta every day. Yes, every day. By hand. I just want to get really good at it, and the only way I know how is to do it. A lot. You can follow along here on a sub-page of this site. Or there's an Instagram too. I think my wife is already sick of pasta. Luckily, my kids are not!
3/29/21Ambition
I was having dinner with a friend the other night. We got to talking about ambition and the desire to win. In this context we were talking about business or your professional life. The word ambitious has been stuck in my head since that dinner.
Mostly because the meaning of ambitious seems to have been co-opted to describe "successful at business at all costs". And I'm not sure why. The real definition is "having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed". Which can be very broad. Yet society tends to revere a very specific type of "ambitious" person mainly because of their financial success. Think Bezos, Musk, Zuckerberg, etc.
That has so little appeal to me. I wish more people were ambitious in life. Ambitious about being a better person to themselves. Ambitious about being a better spouse or parent. Ambitious about being a better citizen in general. Ambitious about doing the right thing. I think the world would be a better place. I'd love to see us look up to and admire those people more. There a lot of them out there! I think the world would be a better place for it.
3/28/21Welcome Hoke Baby
Luray VA
3/27/21Girl On Fire
Sharing a sunset with this woman
3/27/21A Fire In The Sky
Deep Purple had it right
3/23/21RGB
Kids
3/22/21New York
Via Red Hook
3/21/21Strong
Chocolate Chip Game
3/20/21Strong
Sourdough Game
3/19/21Street
Punk
3/18/21Big Kid
In a candy shop.
3/17/21This
And a house down Wildwood Crest. A boy can dream.
3/16/21Lucali's
Still the undisputed champ in my book
3/15/21Back to da Toscano
It had been too long. So good.
3/14/21Shady
Character
3/13/21Emma Marina Riveros Love
Polaroid SX-70
3/12/21Mi Flia
♥ March 2021
3/11/21Street
Art
3/10/21American
Mary
3/9/21Me In The Antelope Slot Canyon
My friend Tom sent this to me the other day. He snapped it while I was snapping some shots in the lower Antelope Slot Canyons in Arizona. That was such an amazing trip. Can't wait to get back out West again.
3/8/21Homemade Gnochhi With Short Rib Ragu
I made this last month and am just now getting around to posting it. This isn't "hard" to make per se, just takes time. But it's absolutely worth it.
3/7/21Homemade Chicken Sandwich
Even made the bread (yeah, I made the rolls) and homemade pickles. This sandwich was bomb.
3/6/21Homemade Carbonara
With real guanciale. Yum.
3/5/21The Kamoinge Workshop
Wonderful exhibit up at the Whitney right now of the early years of the Kamoinge Workshop. Was so glad that Lili and I were able to get over and check this out. It's breathtaking, heartfelt, raw, and honest photography. The kind that really resonates with me. Such powerful work during such a tumultuous time during our country. I love that these creative voices are finally getting broader attention. It's beyond deserved.
For more information check out the Whitney site
3/4/21Stars
And Stripes
3/3/21West Village
NYC
3/2/21She's A Work Of Art
PY at the Whitney
3/1/21Sourdough
I'm a year late to the pandemic sourdough craze, but I'm coming out swinging
2/28/21PY
And A Blurry E Train
2/27/21Sourdough Skillet Pizza
With Chorizo & Shallots
2/26/21Framed
Gowanus
2/25/21Cupboard VIII
Simone Leigh, 2018 (Whitney Museum of Art, NYC)
2/24/21M.A.D.
Dairy Maid
2/22/21Gowanus
Concrete Quarry
2/21/21My Mom With Her Dad
Charlie Martin & His Little Girl
2/20/21Snow Fight
Rooftop Fun
2/19/21Snowy
Smith Street Grocery
2/18/21Snowy
Brooklyn
2/17/21My Crew
Going Down
2/16/21The Light
"There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they have gone, their light remains" — Unknown
I took this photo of my mom on the last night of her life. I think it was around one in the morning. My brothers, sister, her husband, Lili, and I were all nestled in a tiny room sitting around her bed. We sat there and talked and laughed and shared memories of our lives. It was sad, yet special. We were a family, together, for the first time in a long time.
I remember sitting there and seeing the light cascade down outside the window and how tranquil it looked. It felt spiritual. I was grateful we were all able to be there with her. And all I could think was I wanted to take a picture of how peaceful and angelic she looked. I wasn't sure if I would ever share it, but I want to. Because even as her life ended she shined. She always shined. She was a remarkable woman.
2/15/21Red Hook
Weeds
2/14/21Church
In The Snow
2/13/21Martinez Grocery
Food Center
2/10/21Crownsville Medical Center
Archway
2/8/21Winter
Blues
2/7/21Crownsville Hospital Center
Abandoned Quarters
2/6/21Snow Patrol
Crownsville, Maryland
2/5/21Kiss
My dad kissing my mom. This is one of my favorite photos/possessions. My dad would probably be around my age now in this photo. I like to think they're together again. Somewhere. I sure hope so.
2/4/21Lady In A Blue Shawl
Elegance defined
2/3/21Mug Shot
Guilty As Charged
2/2/21Catherine Rosemary Love
1/10/1937 - 2/2/2021. Love you, Mom
1/31/21Crazy Tuco
Sis' Dog
1/30/21Bread Game
NY Times No Knead Bread (Came out decent. I need more practice.)
1/29/21All The News That's Fit To Print
Fujifilm Instax Wide 300
1/28/21Alleva
Little Italy NYC
1/27/21NYC
via Brooklyn (4-minute long exposure with ND Filter)
1/26/21All My Favorite Songs
Weezer is definitely in my top five bands of all time. And while some of their late work is let's just say not their best... they still put out some great, catchy tunes. This new one thankfully falls into that camp.
1/25/21Portrait of a Hiker
At the top of Anthony's Nose, Cold Spring, NY
1/24/21Red Hook Stroll
In Winter
1/23/21Morning Light
With Sleeping Lili
1/23/21New Typhoon!
Wonderful to see new Typhoon. They've always been a fav of mine. I've gotten to see them a few times at Mercury Lounge (damn remember seeing live music!?) and they've always been great.
1/22/21Coffee-Rubbed Tri-Tip
This recipe comes via the NY Times Cooking app (arguably the best cooking app out there). I was a little concerned the spice rub would come out tasting too much like coffee and be overpowering, but I'm happy to say this was superb. I think it would work even better if you have access to a grill — but alas city life meant we went with the pan-roasting/oven method. Even with that you get a excellent char and crisp outer crust. We went with medium rare (which c'mon is the only way you should ever cook a steak). This was an absolute winner — well except Niko — poor dude didn't love it. Still this will be making more appearances in the future for us for sure.
Initial Dry Rub
24hrs Later
Resting After Oven Roasting
After Resting — Perfectly Medium Rare
Plated (with quinoa and oven-roasted vegetables
1/21/21A Walk Through Chinatown
Taken with "Shōmei" — My Fuji X-T4
1/20/21NYC
In B&W With Winter Grass
1/19/21Orange & Red Door
In Red Hook
1/18/21Isolation
Winter at Storm King
1/17/21What A Drag
Here's a newish tune (2017) from an oldish band. Well technically a newish band from John Davis called "The Lees of Memory". But he'll always be the frontman and songwriter for the '90s band Superdrag to me. It's great to see him still putting out music.
1/16/21Empty Cafe
Fujifilm GW690II & Fuji Pro 400 #film
1/15/21Holy Moly
Sky
1/14/21Brooklyn
In B&W
1/13/21A Break
Just a quick note I've decided to hop off social media for the foreseeable future. Don't worry, this isn't some diatribe about the ills of social media. I think social media can be quite wonderful and enjoyable. Just personally I felt like it was sucking up a lot of my time. And I have a lot of things I'd like to tackle and focus on for 2021, so something had to give to make time for it all. Social Media was an easy one to purge. And two weeks into 2021 I've enjoyed being "off" it.
I do still check Twitter from time to time for latest events. But, I've unfollowed everyone there and on Instagram, too. Don't take it personally. For the love of God please care less whether I follow you. Just again, for me, I needed a break from "feeds".
I plan on using this site to post any content or thoughts. I like the idea of my own little space in the vast universe of the Internet. So, if you ever want to get in touch you'll need to drop an email — gasp — by clicking on the icon at the top right of the page or hitting this link.
1/11/21There can be only one
Like any photographer I lust after a bunch of different cameras (and yes I'm already very lucky to own some amazing cameras and lenses). It's just so easy to get swept up in the gear game. And it's fun to dream, too. But, the truth is I still adore my five-year-old Fuji X-Pro2. To me it's the perfect camera in so many ways. I mean just look at it! It's a sexy ass camera.
I go through these bouts where either I feel like everything I'm shooting is crap. Or I just don't feel like shooting at all (mostly because I tell myself my photography is crap). But then I grab my X-Pro2 and it just fills me with this buzz. The "thunk" of its shutter still can't be matched IMO. To me it just feels right. It makes the act of taking a photo a joy for me. I'm not sure I'll ever feel that way about another camera. If someone told me tomorrow I could only keep one camera and one lens there is no doubt I'd keep my X-Pro2 and my 23MM lens. And I'd be totally OK with that.
1/10/21Happy 84th
Mom
1/9/21Curved Shadow
I've been shooting a lot in B&W lately and digging it.
1/8/21Happy (50th)
Pete
1/7/21Mother & Child
Amor
1/6/21This Gal's Got It
Flair
1/5/21Stars & Stripes
In Decay
1/4/21Branches
Natural Sculpture
1/3/21Penalty
Boxes
1/2/21Hot Dam
New Year Crew
1/1/21Hello World.
Welcome to 2021