Thrifting can bring Wisdom

Not all that glitters is gold...

But sometimes you get lucky!

While browsing the color coded racks at Lucky's I ran across this shirt. It made me think and realize all kinds of things that are presented to me in life. Some of the things I thought I really wanted are not what they seemed. They may have been good in that moment or at first glance but once deeper into it or faced with reality things become clear and some of the things turn out to be more than amazing... making footprints in our everlasting souls... I think this goes for a lot of things but seeing this just made me process it a tad more.

Itz-so-wee-zee

I guess a diamond ain't nothing but a rock with a name

I guess love ain't nuthin but emotion and game

- de la soul / itzsoweezee

For we ain't nothing close to lame

Hangin out, shooting photos and smokin hooka to stay sane

For we ain't nuthin but two souls lookin for life, love and fame.

-Me

Recently my friend Alice came back to the states from Jakarta to finish 

off her SCAD career! We've been hangin out shooting the shit and dealing 

with life's little issues that like to present themselves. Which is why we 

found ourselves out in Little 5 Points yesterday at this little hole in the wall

Greek restaurant and Hooka Bar. After filling our lungs and air with peach

infused tobacco we wandered up and down Euclid Ave. For me I have done

this what feels like a thousand times but for her it was the first and 

watching her absorbing the experience was pretty cool.

People and places make the moment.

Enjoy the one you're in.

Burned, Bruised and Broken... I'm taking a Break

Talk about a ruff week... I've been workin shifts at Dave's like it's going outta style, throwing subs together for the Emory fellows and officially joined the Dave's crew when my arm got caught in the oven. Two days later I was shooting an event at the Freight Depot in Underground ATL and fell through the stage mins after touching Nicki Minaj and seeing her custom made skin tight suit up close and personal. My camera bounced breaking the flash and my leg and muscle all messed up and when taking off my pants to see what happened, I watched the skin come right off where all the stitching was. The next day I had my car booted and reaching for the pan that my pizza was on burned my finger tips. So, needing a break from life I got a call from a friend asking me to come to Panama City to enjoy a beach condo... What did I say... When and I'm there!

Carol St. and the LA Scene Red Eyed Hooker

Lovely people are beautiful.

Dinner dates with friends are more than needed from time to time... in fact I like to have weekly outings and frequent adventures! Specially when you get to dress up, drink champagne, eat exquisite tapas, sit and be merry while telling 3 sentence pass on stories! It's all in good fun and grand taste! 

The people who share these moments with me are my lovelies and I thank them for the company and the entertainment! 

The Story behind the Carol St. and the LA Scene Red Eyed Hooker:

As Friday came upon us I got a call from my lovely Jenni, we made plans to get dressed up and go out for dinner and drinks before splitting ways so I could go shoot and she could catch her friend's event. 

I met her at her place, she was getting dolled up and putting last min touches to herself as I strolled in. As she finished her self-called hooker makeup she sprayed her perfume which ended up right into her eye causing it to get irritated... not wanting to touch it because of unwanted smudging she let it water and sting causing her to get a red eye. 

On the car ride over she tried fixing it but being in the dark car she covered her eye in brown not the matching black that was on the other eye! haha So damn cute... I honestly couldn't tell but she insisted I take a photo so she, herself could see. 

We ended up sitting in a princess booth ordering kobe meatball filled with goat cheese, almond baked brie, garlic button shrooms and unbattered calamari along with a bottle of champagne. We sat talked and joked around 

taking photos, inhaling water vapor and enjoying each other till our favorite 

Asian K came and joined us!