I went to DoTank:Brooklyn’s DIY Urban Agriculture Skillshare at the Change You Want To See Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  Carina Molnar of the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities taught us how to compost with worms in a plastic bin, Aurash Khawarzad of PPS.org showed us how to make seed bombs, and Ted Ullrich demonstrated how [...]

I went on an impromptu trip out to Montauk, Long Island last weekend with Catherine.  Photo essay and travel tips below. STAY at The Panoramic View – simple luxury, right on the beach EAT fish and chips at Gurney’s Inn, right next door to The Panoramic View DRINK at Nick’s, a beach bar right in [...]

Ni Hao You Doin’? – A new Hepnova shirt on Zazzle in collaboration with Joey G. We were hanging out in Little Italy/Chinatown tonight and Joe came up with this brilliant bilingual pun that celebrates the confluence of cultures in a pizza/scallion pancake slice of Lower Manhattan with classic New York wit and attitude.  Here’s [...]

I RIDE FOR LIVESTRONG by Purpose in the NY Times Media Decoder Blog! I was in charge of the music and audio and also worked on animation and visual/interaction design. Stuart Elliot reports: A new agency whose name, Purpose, signals the kind of campaigns it hopes to produce is creating for Livestrong, the Lance Armstrong [...]