tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19638866439370348942024-03-15T21:10:31.530-04:00From A to ZenyZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.comBlogger482125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-9923413726630359132016-01-10T16:20:00.000-05:002016-01-12T03:00:42.538-05:00My Newfound Love for VideoVideo is everywhere—in our Facebook feeds, on Instagram and YouTube. It's no news that video content creation has hit mainstream, but it is news that I recently discovered how awesome video is. Over the holidays, I was fidgeting with the video setting on my DSLR and captured a bunch of footage of my friends and family in Hawaii. Since I'm still learning how to use the camera, I didn't shoot in the highest resolution (720p), most of it is out of focus and my camera handling is a bit (okay, very) shaky, but it's all a part of the process right?<br />
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Here's my first home video of 2016 and expect more to come!<br />
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-2095366671828158242015-05-13T00:50:00.002-04:002015-05-13T00:50:16.483-04:00Sunday Fun-day: Byxbee Park, Half Moon Bay, Capitola, San JoseA compilation of past Sundays where Sean and I ventured out to beautiful parks, sunny beaches, rose gardens and an Egyptian museum.<br />
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<br />ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-5279160034707303582015-04-25T11:50:00.001-04:002017-10-12T15:48:07.939-04:00What It's Really Like to Leave New York<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A lot of people have asked me what it's like to move from NYC to the Bay Area. Sometimes their tone leads me to interpret it as, <i>Was it worth it?</i> After six months of living in California, I still find it hard to answer the question. See, it's not that I didn't want to move to California and it's not that I wanted to leave New York--both are true, and it has tormented me to pick a truth. That was until my recent trip back to NYC.<br />
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I spent a week in the city last March, my first time back since moving away in September. I stayed in the guest bedroom (I know right?) of my best friend's Fort Greene apartment that was nearly 30 floors up with 180-degree undisrupted views of downtown Brooklyn AND Manhattan (I'm not kidding). Every morning I'd wake up to the city skyline. The beautiful Statue of Liberty on the left, the Empire State Building planted in the center, and the bridges Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg connecting life between the two masses. This is undoubtedly the life.<br />
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My first day I had lunch at Mile End Delicatessen in Boerum Hill. Before I could eat my fried brussel sprouts and smoked meat poutine, my eyes started swelling. Sean looked at me, and <i>he knew</i>. He knew that I wanted to move back. Deep inside we both knew this would happen--it was inevitable that I'd pass a dog park, street corner or bodega and a memory would hit me so hard in my footsteps that I'd breakdown in tears. Thankfully that didn't happen (<i>could you imagine me being that girl crying on the street?) </i>and I was able to pull myself together and finish my poutine.<br />
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The truth-truth is New York means too much to me to not want it. It's where I spent most of my 20s, it's where I became an adult, it's where I've shared a million experiences with close friends and absolute strangers - it's the mother-effing City That Never Sleeps.<br />
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<b>But the question is not whether I <i>want</i> New York or not--it's whether I wanted to leave.</b> And that is where I found my closure. After five years, I <i>did</i> want to leave.<br />
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I found it hard to make decisions in New York - you know, life decisions. The ones where you decide, <i>Where do I want my career to go?</i> <i>Where am I going to live in two years?</i> <i>Am I willing to pay the insane rent?</i> <i>What makes me happy?</i> In a city of choice, I strangely felt limited by my options. There was always a trade off; if it wasn't money or time, it was some excuse. I can't blame a city on my decision-making capabilities, but the distractions and exhaustion of work and play muffled my ability to clearly think and make life decisions. So I forced myself to choose an open answer and made the first decision--move west.<br />
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During my first weeks in the California 'burbs, I felt like an alien or that I was in an alien-land. New York made me uniquely multi-dimensional (and maybe even slightly demented)--like a sheet of metal that's been sculpted, bent and warped, and if you place me on a perfectly leveled table, of course, I'll wobble and struggle to stay still. Well, I wobbled.<br />
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Separation from my friends gave me anxiety and the sleepiness of the suburbs put me in deeper isolation. Perhaps the transition would have been easier if I lived in San Francisco, but I wasn't looking for easy (or the 2-hour commute). I was looking for an ass-kicking, wake up call, detox of sorts. Through it, I'm hoping to gain clarity on what I want <i>or</i> don't want going into my 30s.<br />
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Slowly, I'm learning to appreciate the quiet. The weather is beautiful, the people are nice, and my time here is <i>my time</i>. I have time to do things like read, run and hike. In the mornings I take a shuttle to work and stare out of my window at the commercial office buildings, freeways, cloudless blue sky, hypnotized by its banal repetition. But before I can even think about missing the L train--its hipster fashion and crazy characters, I regain focus on an idea I've been working on or a goal I've set for myself. I regain focus on the future.<br />
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-8590901528988935222015-04-05T21:01:00.000-04:002016-02-03T13:24:47.796-05:00Oscars Dinner Party survives in the California suburbsThis year's Oscars award show was pretty unmemorable with the exception of Lady Gaga's surprisingly tame but talented <i>Sound of Music</i> tribute. The BEST part of the Oscars was the dinner my friends Amara and Arlen helped put together to keep the <a href="http://fromatozeny.blogspot.com/search/label/Oscars">#oscardinnerparty tradition alive</a> for the third consecutive year. With only three days notice, they managed to pull together a coma-inducing spread inspired by this year's Best Picture nominees.<br />
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I've received a lot of comments on Instagram asking to be invited to my Oscars parties, and as always, I believe the more, the merrier! I encourage everyone to turn the snooze-fest awards show into something fun by coming up with creative and delicious dishes. It's easier to do than you think (easier if you actually watch the films) and proof of this is I thought of Adult Lunchables for <i>Boyhood</i> the day of the Oscars and spent less than $15 to execute. <b>The magic is in the story behind the dish</b>--for Adult Lunchables, I had 12 crackers, salami and cheese on the plate to represent the 12 years it took to make <i>Boyhood</i> and Arlen made lobster-stuffed steak for <i>American Sniper</i> because that is what the Army served soldiers in Afghanistan every other week.<br />
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<i>Whiplash</i> was the only movie that wasn't represented since no one saw it before the Oscars; however, now that I've seen the movie, I think I'd take a container of cool whip, make a cylindrical ring around the container to look like a drum and drizzle red food coloring all over the top like blood and make churros to be drumsticks. <i>See?</i> It's easy.<br />
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-54863869287272239372015-02-21T12:15:00.001-05:002015-05-13T00:52:35.132-04:00Tomales Bay Oyster Company and Point Reyes Seashore [PHOTOS]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Exactly a year ago, I was wearing tights under my jeans, a heavy down jacket and making sure I didn't eat it on the scary black ice that covered my path to a warehouse show in Brooklyn. This year, I've got sunscreen on my face and am shucking fresh oysters at Tomales Bay in 75° sunny Northern California. I'm not trying to create weather FOMO - because I still miss NY very much - but am trying to illustrate how drastically different life is on the west coast.<br />
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Sean and I spent President's day weekend with two of my close friends from Hawaii and their boyfriends, exploring Point Reyes - disconnecting ourselves from commercial office parks, suburban apartment complexes and the internet. I realized that when you have sunshine, the outdoors and a car, you can have a different and broader type of "fun" - it's no longer restricted by restaurants, bars, museums, movie times, wait times or crowds - I now have full autonomy on how I want to spend my time. <i>And how did we spend our time?</i> We BBQ-ed for 6+ hours at an <a href="http://tomalesbayoysters.com/">oyster farm</a>, put together a puzzle that was missing pieces without looking at the final picture and "painted". It was a fun, two-day getaway that nearly beats <a href="https://instagram.com/p/kcQ9pKr731/?modal=true">USA's shootout win over Russia</a> at the Olympics last year. Nearly.</div>
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<br />ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-13759920161369331162015-02-18T01:56:00.000-05:002015-05-13T00:52:43.069-04:00Dolores Park and Uvas Canyon Waterfall Loop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-44291880415996837942014-11-24T00:27:00.002-05:002014-11-24T00:27:46.913-05:00Sunday Fun-day: Ocean Beach, Lands End, Sutro Baths<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-90699480766690492002014-11-11T22:31:00.000-05:002015-04-25T11:51:07.183-04:00#PiconesGoWest: Our 4,596 Mile Cross-Country Drive to CaliforniaThis September, I left my home of five years, New York, to move out west to California. It was an abrupt decision made by me and my husband, propelled by our ending lease, rising rent in Brooklyn and the option of being closer to my family in Hawaii. Deniably, I was also becoming jaded by my life in New York--living a "sitcom" life where I was <a href="http://instagram.com/p/sSJi9dL7wH">married with roommates</a>, <a href="http://instagram.com/p/jdOL58r76r">shot-gunned beers on Sunday</a> and chronically complained about the <a href="http://jonathanvingiano.com/work/is-the-l-train-fucked-work/">L train</a>. What I've learned from sitcoms like <i>Friends</i> and <i>Gossip Girl</i> is the story starts going downhill after five seasons--and so, I ended it. I left my dear friends and work family in New York for the promise of a new adventure.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Picones Go (East Then) West</span></b><br />
The destination was Mountain View, California (where I now work). We could have flown direct to Mountain View in 5 hours or drove 2,944 miles over 5 days, but instead, we decided to take the super scenic car route, which would take us <b>13 days to cover 4,596 miles</b>. The 12 overnight stops of our cross-country road trip were:<br />
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<li>Boston, MA</li>
<li>South Hadley, MA </li>
<li>Plainville, CT </li>
<li>Harrisonburg, VA</li>
<li>Charlotte, NC</li>
<li>Mobile, AL</li>
<li>New Orleans, LA</li>
<li>Austin, TX</li>
<li>Marfa, TX</li>
<li>Albuquerque, NM</li>
<li>Las Vegas, NV </li>
<li>Bakersfield, CA </li>
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The route was not entirely random, as our strategy was to see as many friends and family along the way. The rest were chosen because we wanted to explore the South and eat really, really good Southern food. We documented our journey using the hashtag <a href="http://ink361.com/app/tag/piconesgowest">#piconesgowest</a> and started a tumblr <a href="http://piconesgowest.tumblr.com/">piconesgowest.tumblr.com</a> for our families who weren't on Instagram.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Moving West, the New Aspiration</span></b><br />
Over the years, a handful of my NYC friends moved to the west coast, where the standard of living is higher and cost of living is "supposedly" lower. Moby also <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/03/leave-new-york-for-los-angeles">wrote an article</a> about why creative types should leave NY for LA. So, with a growing curiosity of what the west would <i>really</i> be like, I was convinced that moving to California might not be a bad idea; however, I knew the change would not be easy.<br />
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Adjusting from the hipster capital of the world, Williamsburg, to the full-blown suburbs of Santa Clara has been an interesting experience (which I'll save for a later post). What saved me from <i>PNYS</i> (post-New York shock) was driving across the country and experiencing a gradual change in geography, climate and time zones--this allowed me to slowly adapt and accept a new, sunnier life on the west side.<br />
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We crossed 17 or so state lines, and here are some of my favorite moments:<br />
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<li>Seeing a Christmas Tree farm for the first time in West Virginia</li>
<li>Eating a silly amount of raw oysters, baked crab claws and shrimp and grits <a href="http://www.wintzellsoysterhouse.com/location/downtown-mobile/">in Mobile, Alabama</a></li>
<li>Drinking my first frozen Cafe Au Lait at <a href="http://www.cafedumonde.com/">Cafe Du Monde</a> in New Orleans and loving it</li>
<li>Driving through the Louisiana/Texas border surrounded by refineries thinking it was a scene from <i>Dark Angel</i></li>
<li>Listening to live country music at <a href="http://www.continentalclub.com/">Continental Club</a> in Austin while drinking a Lone Star, "The National Beer of Texas"</li>
<li>Watching thousands of tiny bats fly out of the South Congress Bridge at dusk in Austin</li>
<li>Discovering a cute German town named <a href="http://www.fbgtx.org/">Fredericksburg</a> in Hill Country Texas that sold awesome mid-century furniture</li>
<li>Staying overnight in a <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3458121">minimalist 1970s trailer</a> in Marfa, Texas</li>
<li>Being in awe of New Mexico's <a href="http://www.nps.gov/whsa/index.htm">White Sands National Park</a> and the Valley of Fire</li>
<li>Eating fresh tortillas and green chile stew for $5 at <a href="http://www.frontierrestaurant.com/">Frontier Restaurant</a> in Albuquerque</li>
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Some photos from our journey:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">America the Beautiful</span></b><br />
This sounds super cheesy, but it wasn't until this road trip that I truly understood and appreciated the lyrics of "America the Beautiful":<br />
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<i>O beautiful for spacious skies, </i><br />
<i>For amber waves of grain, </i><br />
<i>For purple mountain majesties </i><br />
<i>Above the fruited plain!</i><br />
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There were so many moments I would look out on the road and it felt like I was looking at the world through a fish-eye lens. For hundreds of miles, I saw flat-top mountains, blue sky and desert plants. It was overwhelming and beautiful to experience a landscape so pure and undisrupted.<br />
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I'll always be grateful for New York City's electric energy that sparked a passion inside of me to pursue my love for brands and advertising, but for now, I'm enjoying the slow burn of a calmer pace of life. Hello, California!ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-56173378415326003462014-08-17T11:47:00.003-04:002014-08-17T11:49:26.064-04:00The 7 Nachos You'll Eat in Heaven<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Nachos is one of my all-time favorite foods. It makes me think of happy memories at Ice Palace (the only ice skating rink in Hawaii), sporting events and college bars. I decided to have a nachos themed dinner party where everyone could make whatever nachos they liked. There were no rules except one: you have to be able to eat it with your hands. </div>
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Some stayed true to the classics and some ventured into foreign territory. If I died and went to heaven, I'd be super content eating all of these:</div>
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-20518192380849748902014-08-16T17:58:00.002-04:002014-08-16T17:58:43.335-04:00How Porter Robinson Created His Own World Separate From The EDM SceneIf you haven't heard of Porter Robinson, that's probably a good thing. I'll tell you why: the reality is Porter Robinson has been a big-name electronic music producer and DJ for several years (see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsy1URDYK88&feature=youtu.be">"Language"</a> and <a href="http://youtu.be/Y_J3WWYp8Gc?list=RDY_J3WWYp8Gc">"Unison"</a>). He's performed at big festivals and mega clubs and hangs in the circles of now popular artists Zedd and Skrillex.<br />
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So, how is Porter Robinson supposed to launch his newest album <i>Worlds</i> without being sucked into the polarizing EDM bubble criticized for commercializing the scene and diluting the music? <b>He creates his own world. And, his world has brilliant marketers. </b><br />
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To avoid being associated with the garbage in mainstream EDM, you basically have to avoid it all. Robinson skipped this summer's festival season and is, instead, headlining his own North America tour. Rather than having <i>Billboard</i> or <i>Dancing Astronaut</i> leak his album, he had a 'First Listen' on <a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/08/04/336105504/first-listen-porter-robinson-worlds">NPR music</a>. And of all places to attract a new niche audience, he had <a href="http://www.vogue.com/culture/article/porter-robinson-edm-flicker-worlds/#1">an interview</a> with vogue.com. It's not to say his team isn't doing any mass marketing, such as Youtube pre-roll ads and companion banners, they've just chosen to be strategic with its targeting.<br />
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Of everything I've seen for the promotion of <i>Worlds</i>, I was most impressed by Robinson's choice to livestream his entire album and himself answering fans questions on Twitch.tv, a platform typically used by videogamers. Robinson <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/13/5998381/twitch-music-musician-streaming-copyright">sources video games as a big inspiration</a> for his album: "For the Twitch stream, I'm going to wander around a few of my favorite virtual environments while streaming the record. I'm hoping it'll give people a sense of what inspired the album."<br />
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While Robinson tells <i>Vogue</i> that his "new music isn’t a reaction or an intentional subversion of EDM,” you can't deny that he's paving his own path away from the bubble. At 22 years-old, Robinson's approach to his album, attention to the details and restraint in selling out sets him apart as an artist. Especially when many artists today choose antics and gimmicks for stardom (Miley Cyrus?). I admire his hard work and hopefully can experience how <i>Worlds</i> comes to life on his tour.<br />
<br />ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-52938323724481091102014-07-27T23:19:00.000-04:002014-07-27T23:32:18.623-04:00Garry Winogrand Convinced Me That Summer is Better in Black and White<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
In need of some culture, I forced myself to visit the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> last weekend to see the Charles James costume exhibit and the Garry Winogrand retrospective. Both were equally inspiring, exceeded my expectations and definitely worth leaving Brooklyn for. I was particularly inspired by photographer Garry Winogrand and his black and white portraits of America, so much that I ended up shelling out money for the 463-page exhibition catalog. I took a black and white photography course back in high school and his photographs made me nostalgic for the full process of shooting black and white film with an SLR (notice the missing "D"!), developing the film, creating proofs and enlarging the photos in a dark room. I now take photos recreationally with my DSLR and seeing the beautiful grain and soft lighting in Winogrand's photographs inspired me to take another look at my photos from this summer--this time in black and white:</div>
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<i>Locations, top to bottom: Children's Museum in London, Donau Kanal in Vienna, Jalpa's birthday surprise, Alfresco dinner in Williamsburg, Ai Wei Wei exhibit at Brooklyn Museum, Streets of Bushwick, Rockaway Beach, Streets of Portland, Portland, View of Manhattan from my roof, Charles James at the MET, and Terrace on the Park in Queens.</i></div>
ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-91918153125648877132014-07-14T01:19:00.000-04:002014-07-14T09:36:36.859-04:00Our First Time in PDX<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
A glimpse of what we ate, drank, saw and smelt in our brief two days in Portland: </div>
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Ate brunch at Tasty & Sons</div>
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Waited in line at Voo Doo Doughnuts</div>
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Devoured a 6-course dinner at BEAST</div>
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Drank at Hair of the Dog Brewery</div>
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Sampled every brew at Hopworks Brewery</div>
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Hung out with family at Woodsman Tavern</div>
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Felt real classy at Multnomah Whiskey Library</div>
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<br />ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-67285929834894728662014-07-14T00:37:00.001-04:002014-07-14T23:00:12.783-04:00Homemade Pok Pok Dinner, Take 1I remember my first and only experience eating at <a href="http://www.pokpokny.com/home/">Pok Pok</a> in Brooklyn. It was a pleasant departure from the modern, house music-playing Thai restaurants in NYC. Portland Chef Andy Ricker of Pok Pok cooks really flavorful and extremely spicy dishes not typically found on Thai menus, so when he published his <i>Pok Pok</i> cookbook last year, I couldn't wait to try some of the recipes at home.<br />
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<i style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I documented our Pok Pok NY dinner destruction on November 23, 2012</span></i></div>
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My friend Katie, who writes <a href="http://liquidyolk.com/">an awesome food blog</a>, also bought the <i>Pok Pok</i> cookbook so we decided to cook our first recipes from the book together. We selected three of the simpler recipes that didn't require too much advance preparation:<br />
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<li>Isaan-Style Forest Mushroom Salad (Het Paa Naam Tok)</li>
<li>Stir-fried Chicken with Hot Basil (Kai Kaphrao Khai Dao)</li>
<li>Sticky Rice with Mango and Salty-Sweet Coconut Cream (Khao Niaw Mamuang)</li>
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The only ingredient I had to prepare the day before was the toasted sticky rice powder (Khao Khua) for the salad, which took four hours to toast. We were able to purchase majority of the ingredients from Bangkok Center Grocery in Chinatown and a regular supermarket; however, we had major issues finding hot or holy Thai basil, to the point, we ended up buying Thai basil off a Thai restaurant in Williamsburg.<br />
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Chopping the fresh vegetables and chilies was most of the work, as the cooking time was very quick.</div>
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Upon Katie's discretion, we cut the amount of fresh and dried thai chilies in the stir fry by half, and it was still really, really mouth numbingly spicy.</div>
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My roommate and resident bartender Ben made a Malaysian-inspired cocktail, Teh C Pang, which has layered palm sugar, tea and rum.</div>
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With the exception of my undercooked sticky rice in the dessert, I think our first Pok Pok attempt was a success. Next time, I'm trying the Vietnamese Fish-Sauce Wings!</div>
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-62171578641713828892014-07-02T09:50:00.000-04:002014-07-02T09:50:08.569-04:00So You Think You Can Dance Season 11 Bracket is Up!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Top 20 performs tonight and you must fill out your ENTIRE bracket before next week's elimination episode. Don't forget to share your completed bracket with #SYTYCDbracket!</div>
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-60334505106168551742014-06-29T11:19:00.001-04:002014-06-29T11:19:47.106-04:00When My Brothers Come to Town<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Last weekend, Zack and his girlfriend Mariah traveled from Boston and Zadrian from Hawaii to visit me. Being the eldest, it's tough for me to live so far from my siblings, so when they <i>do</i> visit, I go into crazy-older-sister-mode making sure it's a fun time. One of my brothers is vegetarian and the other is underage, so the combination always leads to some interesting adventures outside of my typical routine. If only Zoe was also here, the Huang clan would be complete. Nonetheless, spending time with Zack and Zadrian was a nice break from the usual grind. </div>
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Just some of what we did:</div>
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1. Homemade dinner of <a href="http://www.milkandmode.com/2011/01/mac-and-cheese.html">Dumac & Cheese</a>, Fried Okra, Avocado-massaged Kale Salad and Mussels</div>
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2. <a href="http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/ai_weiwei/">Ai Wei Wei exhibit </a>at the Brooklyn Museum</div>
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3. Frozen Yogurt from <a href="http://www.cultureny.com/">Culture</a> in Park Slope</div>
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4. The hippest pizza at <a href="http://www.robertaspizza.com/">Roberta's</a> in Bushwick</div>
ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-6206418193424569192014-04-27T20:17:00.002-04:002014-04-27T22:00:40.259-04:00It's A Sausage Party: Our Honeymoon Eats in London, Berlin, Prague and ViennaThis is a round up of the indulgent eats from my two-week honeymoon in London, Berlin, Prague and Vienna. We chose restaurants known for locally sourcing its ingredients, ate the best (and the most) sausage we've ever had in our lives and found ourselves waiting 20 minutes in line for street food, twice. With that, let's begin and bon appétit!<br />
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We kicked off our trip in a big way with our first meal being Sunday Roast at <a href="http://www.theprincessofshoreditch.com/"><b>The Princess of Shoreditch</b></a> with my former coworker Coco. You can't get a proper Sunday Roast in New York (at least not from my knowledge), so after a 6-hour flight and 2 hours of sleep, I could not wait to devour a hearty meal of meat, potatoes and those awesomely pouffy Yorkshire puddings. Coco, Sean and I ordered our own roasts of different proteins. I ordered the mix (beef, chicken, pork), Sean the sirloin and Coco the Lamb. And upon Coco's suggestion, we ended the meal with a very British Toffee Pudding.</div>
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On our last morning in London, we walked up the block from our AirBnb flat in Bethnal Green to the adorable <a href="http://hackneycityfarm.co.uk/"><b>Hackney City Farm</b></a> which had a cafe. Sean and I each ordered a Farmer's Breakfast, but sadly it did not come with baked beans (or blood sausage) to be a complete English Breakfast; however, the ingredients--scrambled eggs, tomato, mushroom, pork and chive sausage, bacon and toast-- while simple was fresh and very satisfying.</div>
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After breakfast, we took a long walk along the Regent's Canal--a seemingly infinite street art show--to the very end in Hackney Wick (where the 2012 Olympic Park was) that led us to <b><a href="http://www.cratebrewery.com/">CRATE Brewery</a> </b>for pizza and drinks.</div>
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Now, we're in BERLIN! Our first meal in the heavily Turkish neighborhood of Kreuzberg was Lebanese at <a href="http://www.maroush-berlin.de/"><b>Maroush</b></a>. We had a hard time reading the German menu so Sean went safe and ordered the Maroush Teller (it was a platter with everything in it) and I chose the Haloumi Teller. Everything tasted so fresh: the pickled cabbage salad, fresh herbs, tomatoes, hummus...</div>
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The next day we had breakfast at <a href="http://www.bastard-berlin.de/" style="font-weight: bold;">Restaurant Bastard</a><span style="text-align: center;"> and both ordered an </span>open face toast with poached eggs, prosciutto and a variety of greens. The best part was the side of barbecue sauce, housemade pickle and strawberry. Don't question it.</div>
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In need of a break in the city center, we stopped at well-known <a href="http://www.weihenstephaner-berlin.de/restaurant/?lang=en" style="font-weight: bold;">Weihenstephan</a> for a bite of pork roast, spätzle and some beers.</div>
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You can't visit Berlin without getting Currywurst and apparently <a href="http://www.curry36.de/" style="font-weight: bold;">Curry 36</a>, a place two blocks from where we were staying in Kreuzberg, is one of the best. Just thinking about it is making me drool. The trick to their currywurst is they make slits along the sausage and let it cook in its own fat so the outside casing gets crispy. When you order it they slice up the sausage, douse it with curry powder and then smother it with curry ketchup. See, you're probably drooling now too.</div>
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<b><i>THE BEST THING WE ATE?</i> IT WOULD BE MUSTAFA'S.</b> What can we say about <a href="http://www.mustafas.de/"><b>Mustafa's</b></a> except that we ate it twice and thought about going back again. For 3.20 euros (roughly $5) and a 20 minute wait, we would get these Hanchen Doners--a pita like bread pocket smothered in three different sauces: one white, one peachy and the other red, then stuffed with an array of salads consisting of cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, parsley, dill and then packed in the strips of chicken that's mixed with fried potato chunks, zucchini chunks, eggplant chunks, sprinkle some feta cheese and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice on top. Wah-lah, that's mothertruckin Mustafa's.</div>
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At the <a href="http://www.mauerparkmarkt.de/" style="font-weight: bold;">Mauer Park Flea Market</a> we bought a whole grilled mackerel with a loaf of fresh bread and freshly made German potato salad for 8 euros. It was topped off with a garnish of lemon, red onions, horseradish, tartar sauce and parsley.</div>
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We decided to get some traditional German food and found <a href="http://www.maxundmoritzberlin.de/" style="font-weight: bold;">Max & Moritz</a> on Yelp. We should have paid attention to reviewers when they said the portions were huge but being on vacation, we went ahead and ordered the Schlachteplatte (a platter that can comfortably feed a whole Chinese family) and Sauerbraten (beef steeped in red wine with potato dumplings and red cabbage). As you already know, we didn't finish.</div>
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Now, we're in Prague! Our favorite stop was the <a href="http://www.klasterni-pivovar.cz/" style="font-weight: bold;">Strahov Brewery</a> located in a monastery on a hill near the Prague Castle with panoramic views of the city. Sean and I decided to be true Americans and ordered the 3 liter pitcher of the Strahov Amber Ale which showed up in a pewter-looking pitcher that took me two arms to lift even when empty. Needless to say, we finished the 3 liters like champs (chugging was possibly involved), chowed on good 'ole Goulash soup, fried cheese and potatoes and a grilled vegetable and goat cheese platter. That was a good day.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Knowing that I had less than a week left in Eastern Europe, I continued my crazed consumption of potato products and ordered a </span>spätzle pasta at<span style="text-align: center;"> Prague's renowned </span><a href="http://www.cafelouvre.cz/en/Historie/" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Cafe Louvre</a><span style="text-align: center;">. </span>Sean had potato dumplings with salmon. The b<span style="text-align: center;">est part of the cafe was playing a few rounds of billiards after lunch.</span></div>
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<i style="text-align: center;">Oh, Vienna. </i><span style="text-align: center;">Our first meal at the last stop of our trip was breakfast at the beautiful </span><a href="http://www.gloriette-cafe.at/en/home.html" style="text-align: center;">Cafe Gloriette</a><span style="text-align: center;"> which sits on top of a hill overlooking the Schönbrunn Palace and the city. The tall windows and ornate high ceilings filled the cafe with soft bright light, which was a nice way to slowly wake up from our sleeper train ride earlier the night before.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I'm a sucker for gelato or sorbet so when I saw a massive line of locals for </span><a href="http://www.eis-greissler.at/index.php" style="text-align: center;"><b>Eis-Greissler</b></a><span style="text-align: center;">, an organic ice cream shop, I had to try it. They had some interesting flavors like garlic and poppy seed, but I went with raspberry and pear. I felt like I needed some fruit to feel healthy.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">The Saturday </span><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/naschmarkt-wien-3">Naschmarkt</a> </b><span style="text-align: center;">reminded me of a more exotic farmer's market with spices, sauerkraut, block soft cheeses, pickles, bread and Turkish delights. I convinced Sean to share a crispy pork knuckle with me which was 3.90 euros. It tasted like a turkey leg, which tastes like ham, but the best part was the fatty, crispy pork skin.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">I was told I had to get Schnitzel in Vienna, so I went to </span><a href="http://www.schnitzelwirt.co.at/" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Schnitzelwirt</a><span style="text-align: center;"> and ordered their garlic Schnitzel. They gave me four large pieces of Schnitzel the size of my face which took me 3 days to finish my leftovers and gave me permanent garlic breath. I loved it, Sean not so much.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">More Sausage? Yes, this time "cheese-filled" Kaisekreiner sausages from </span><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g190454-d1138872-Reviews-Wurstelstand_am_Hohen_Markt-Vienna.html" style="text-align: center;"><b>Wurstelstand</b></a><span style="text-align: center;">. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><b>LAST BUT NOT LEAST</b>, the chocolate cake of all chocolate cakes; the chocolate cake that convinced me to like chocolate cake; the second favorite thing I ate (after Mustafa's) on my trip is Cafe Sacher's </span><a href="http://www.sacher.com/original-sacher-torte/" style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">Original Sacher Torte</a><span style="text-align: center;">. The balance of the fluffy whip cream with the dark chocolate frosting and citrusy moist cake was heaven. It explains why Cafe Sacher is packed to the brim at every second and every person who steps in the cafe orders a Sacher Torte. It was so good, Sean and I had it twice. </span></div>
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Not every meal made it into this post, especially the occasional "we need Asian food" meals like pho after our night of heavy drinking at Prague's oldest pub <a href="http://en.ufleku.cz/"><b>U Fleků</b></a> or our favorite London meal in Shoreditch's Indian restaurant <a href="http://www.dishoom.com/"><b>Dishoom</b></a>. We probably were too hungry to bother to take pictures but those meals were lifesavers.<br />
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It's safe to say, Sean and I won't be eating sausages until Independence day--and sadly, when that time comes we'll likely be disappointed because nothing can compare to London's bangers, Berlin's currywurst and Vienna's cheese-bursting sausages. Yep, I said that.<br />
<br />ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-63963416857226157002014-03-17T00:56:00.000-04:002014-03-17T08:50:45.576-04:00The DBGB Whole Hog Dinner, Who's Taking the Head Home?It's my friend Jason's birthday. Jason is the guy who introduced me to NYC's culinary scene and taught me how to eat and appreciate "fancy" food; he's also the guy who arranged a <a href="http://fromatozeny.blogspot.com/2010/07/this-is-what-100-worth-of-fried-chicken.html">10pm Sunday night Momofuku fried chicken dinner</a> and invited me to his <a href="http://fromatozeny.blogspot.com/2011/03/jasons-hearty-birthday-at-vinegar-hill.html">birthday dinner at Vinegar Hill House</a>, still one of my favorite meals I've had since living in the city. Most of my knowledge on food and drink from fennel salad to negronis, I learned from him. This year, in typical Jason fashion, he chose DBGB's <a href="http://www.dbgb.com/nyc/whole-hog">whole hog dinner</a> for his birthday. The drool-enhancing menu is as follows and is for a maximum of 8 people:<br />
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While the roasted suckling pig is the headliner, I actually think the sides are the spotlight, in particular the cheesy potato and kohlrabi gratin. I love a dinner where the sides shine on its own and bring everything together, which this meal did perfectly with fried pork rinds, thick cut bacon in the brussel sprouts and bacon cookies shaped as pigs to finish the meal. NOT TO MENTION THE BOMB-ASS BAKED ALASKA. I've never had a Baked Alaska before (or even knew what it was) but what I ate--a spin on spumoni with vanilla/pistachio/raspberry ice-cream blanketed by a thin layer of alcohol soaked yellow cake and whip cream--exceeded all my expectations.<br />
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Last year's Oscars Dinner Party <a href="http://fromatozeny.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-most-epic-oscar-dinner-party-two.html">was such a huge success</a> that my friends and I had to do it again this year. The brief is simple, everyone has to bring a dish, dessert or drink inspired by a Best Picture nominee, which were: </div>
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<li>American Hustle</li>
<li>Captain Phillips</li>
<li>Dallas Buyers Club</li>
<li>Gravity</li>
<li>Her</li>
<li>Nebraska</li>
<li>Philomena</li>
<li>12 Years a Slave</li>
<li>The Wolf of Wall Street</li>
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This time, most of us actually watched the movies AND we had two weeks to plan (instead of a few days), so I had somewhat high expectations for the food. <i>I wasn't disappointed. </i>I was so impressed by my friends' creativity and cleverness--and if not that, their effort--that I'm going to give out awards for the Best Picture award-inspired dishes (see what I did there? INCEPTION.). Here are the winners:<br />
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Budweiser Tall Boys for <i>Nebraska</i></div>
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<b>Best Last-Minute-Inspired-by-the-Trailer Dish - Ben</b></div>
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Fugazi Fugasi Frisee Salad for <i>The Wolf of Wall Street</i></div>
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Angel HAIR ACTING for <i>American Hustle</i></div>
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<b>Best Drunken Munchies - Jared and Kristen</b></div>
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<b>Best "I didn't watch the movie but want British Food" Dish - Sean and Zeny</b></div>
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Steak, Ale and Mushroom Pie for <i>Philomena</i></div>
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Thank you to everyone who came and contributed. An Oscars dinner party is a great idea for any host who wants their guests to pass out before the Best Picture award is announced, if they haven't passed out already. My only complaint is I have to wait a full year for the next Oscars--what event could I do the next themed dinner party for?</div>
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I was conflicted in last week's episode of GIRLS. Not about Marnie and Ray's hookup fest but about Hannah Horvath's disdain for advertorials. I mean <i>are advertorials that bad?</i> I guess I don't even notice them when I read print magazines, so I can't fairly judge their journalistic quality (they're usually lists with tiny photos or a collage of products right?), but when it comes to digital brand content, the line between editorial and advertising blur much much more. </div>
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In the last two years, there has been an exodus of <a href="http://fashionista.com/2012/10/why-are-so-many-editors-leaving-magazines-for-retail-brands/">Fashion Magazine Editors migrating to retailers</a> like J.Crew, Artizia and Kate Spade to develop their brand content offering, which typically includes a blog or digital magazine and an active social media presence. I recently downloaded ASOS's <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/asos-fashion-up/id542687447?mt=8">Fashion Up app</a>, which is a monthly interactive magazine filled with fashion editorial spreads, trend spotting, interviews and how-to tutorials. </div>
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If ASOS's Fashion Up app is the direction brand content is heading, then Hannah shouldn't be so down on herself for writing on behalf of brands. I mean her "stories" could fit so well for the handful of hipster brands targeting the Brooklyn-dwelling 20-something year old. I'm hoping in tonight's episode, Hannah gets herself together.</div>
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-41276201490914102522014-02-16T16:52:00.004-05:002014-02-16T17:04:22.828-05:00Do It With A SmileThere are people who are good at what they do.<br />
And then, <b>there are people who are good at what they do and <i>do it with a smile.</i></b><br />
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Watching Team USA Ice Hockey player <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/sochi/2014/02/16/tj-oshie-men-hockey-team-usa/5531433/">T.J. Oshie</a> kill it in the USA vs. Russia shootout was nerve-wracking and exhilarating all at once. His slow shootout style was different but that wasn't the only thing that was unique about the 27 year-old Oshie; before each of his six shootout shots, knowing that each shot was potentially a game winner or loss, he would <i>flash a smile</i>. Watching the game on my home TV, Oshie's smile made all the difference. In comparison to the serious-faced Russian legends Kovalchuk and Datsyuk (I don't blame them with Putin in the audience), Oshie just seemed damn excited to be on the ice and given the chance to shoot. If he was nervous, he channeled that nervous energy through his stick and released it with every shot that made it to the net.<br />
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Oshie's epic game-winning shot, poise and humility makes me think that <b>society needs to recognize people who perform at the highest level with a smile on their face</b>. In all fields of work, it is not just about talent anymore, it is also about attitude.<br />
<br />ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-85436650533260214962014-02-09T20:35:00.001-05:002014-02-09T20:36:45.175-05:00What Ever Happened to the New MySpace?Remember eight months ago when <a href="https://myspace.com/">MySpace</a> relaunched with a brand new look, user experience and TV campaign? The commercial featured a hipster party that included Erin Wasson, Pharrell, Mac Miller, Ciara and other "it" celebrities trapped in what looks like an American Apparel explosion. A spray painted "Welcome to the neighborhood" tagline ends the TV spot, <i>but how many people actually joined?</i> Is the neighborhood barren or hopping like a Saturday night in Williamsburg?<br />
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To be honest, I'm not sure. I have not seen one headline in the last eight months about MySpace or the usage of the new MySpace. <b><i>What happened?</i></b> To answer this question fairly, I'm tasking myself to use the platform for the next week. Will keep you posted...<br />
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In the meantime, find me on MySpace <a href="https://myspace.com/zenidala">here</a>.<br />
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Having lived in New York City for so long, I've trained myself to be <i>small</i>--to squeeze into that 5-inch gap on the jam-packed L train, to slide pass strolling tourists on the sidewalks and to hold back my applause after "showtime". We go through our days with an invisible force field, a sliver of precious personal space that we protect from the millions of strangers around us. Last weekend, I temporarily escaped that oppressive bubble when I visited New Orleans.</div>
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I had little idea of what to expect... jazz, jambalaya and Mardi Gras? I was there for a quick 48 hours to celebrate my close friend's bachelorette. Between our costume shopping trip at Fifi Mahony's, a burlesque class and back-to-back 4am mornings on Bourbon Street--New Orleans is indeed a magical city.</div>
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For one, you can drink on the street. MAAGIC. Two, the people are friendly and genuinely talented. They have interests and passions, like our cab driver knew the entire history of the city as if he were Google, our petite Burlesque instructor could start a fire with her eyes, our waiter Judas was an expert group photo-taker (down-angle only) and a hot, mysterious girl jumped on-stage at Cats Meow karaoke bar dancing crazy hard <i>like So You Think You Can Dance hard</i> to "Wrecking Ball"<i>. </i>But my favorite and most memorable New Orleans personality was a street magician named Nico, who referred to himself as a <a href="http://magicianonamotorcycle.com/">Magician on a Motorcycle</a>.</div>
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After browsing an antique lighting shop on Royal St, my friends and I stepped onto the street in front of a magician just about to begin his show. My love for magic is on abnormally high nerd levels so the barrier of me stopping to watch was pretty low. He invited the three of us, matching in our light pink bachelorette shirts, to step forward and help him create an "illusion of an audience". The rest is history. </div>
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<b>Charming and untraditional with his wrench, buzzed head and red sharpie, Nico had me convinced that magic still exists.</b> He pulled a wine bottle out of his hat but the line that did it for me was: "this show brought you all together in this moment. You are all sharing this unique memory. And <b>there is no app for that.</b>" </div>
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MAGIC. It took a street performer who <a href="http://magicianonamotorcycle.com/">travels across America on his motorcycle</a> to remind me that there is so much more than the everyday digital grind. We are living in a ever-so-connected world that for me to spend 20 minutes of undivided attention with complete strangers in a completely strange city and enjoy the humor, beauty and energy of that moment cannot be replaced with a like, share, comment, tweet, post, email or text.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">New Orleans felt liberating. The live music, street performers, big ass beers... it was a much needed reminder that the most important thing is to be present in the moment and every moment is precious. If I want to slow walk in New York City or get into a subway performance, then I should. I don't want to live in a bubble no more.</span></div>
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-28018101425659187712014-01-30T00:12:00.000-05:002014-01-30T00:12:52.789-05:00Will the NY Islanders Move to Brooklyn Hipster-fy Hockey?For years, I've been telling everyone how hockey will become a widely popular sport and receive the attention it deserves on network television and in the media, mainly because I wanted more friends to watch games with me (...). Although football and basketball fans still outnumber hockey by a stretch, a recent article states that the <a href="http://extramustard.si.com/2014/01/08/nhl-versus-nba-attendance/">NHL is selling out more arenas than the NBA this season</a>. Yes those numbers might be skewed by the NBA's performance, but there are other signs that hockey might be growing in popularity; for one, I've been seeing occasional San Jose Sharks photos in my Facebook and Instagram feeds from unsuspecting west coast hockey fans, and two, Apple decided to include the LA Kings in their newest <a href="http://youtu.be/jiyIcz7wUH0">iPad Air commercial</a>.<br />
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<b>But the true tipping point of my hockey popularity theory will be its adoption by hipsters.</b> <a href="http://fromatozeny.blogspot.com/2011/04/is-nhl-marketing-hockey-to-hipsters.html">In 2011, I sensed the hipster hockey trend</a> as the NHL and Versus' (now owned by NBC) aggressively marketed to hipsters in Williamsburg. Now, with the impending 2015 move of the New York Islanders to Barclays Center in Brooklyn--the hipster-fying of hockey is inevitable. <i>Who wants to bet Pharrell will be sporting a throwback hockey jersey at the 2016 Grammys?</i><br />
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The thought crossed my mind this Monday when I attended an Islanders/Bruins game at the current Nassau Coliseum venue out in Long Island. Stepping inside the Islanders arena was like stepping back into time, as if the arena hasn't changed since the 80s. Of all the NHL hockey games I've attended, this was the first time that prior to the game there was a moment of silence for an original season ticket holder who recently passed away. <i>That</i> and the rowdy Islanders fan section felt pleasantly intimate.<br />
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<i>Will the history, family-like atmosphere and camaraderie disappear at Barclays?</i> I hope not. The move has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/sports/hockey/islanders-bring-nhl-to-brooklyn-but-preview-gets-mixed-reviews.html?_r=0">received mixed feelings by Islanders fans</a>, but my hope is the move will inject energy into the franchise while still preserving all its quirks and traditions (like those Ice Girls!). In many ways, hipsters and hockey is a destined combination--eclectic warmup music from techno to country, beards and swearing. I have high hopes that Brooklyn, NY Islanders fans and hipsters can make it work.<br />
<br />ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-41698092948667144482014-01-25T00:53:00.001-05:002014-01-25T01:02:27.522-05:00What Does It Mean to Be 'Real' and Why Do We Care So Much About Retouching?American Eagle's new <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/source/2014/01/aerie_spring_collection_ads_feature_unretouched_model_photos.html">Aerie REAL campaign</a> for its womens underwear line has made headlines for featuring un-retouched models (SHOCKER, Dove did this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/07/business/media/07dove.html?_r=0">back in 2008</a>). On my office block, where American Eagle's Soho store is located are city-block length billboards featuring teenage-looking girls in neon cotton undies with the headline "THE GIRL IN THIS PHOTO HAS <i>NOT</i> BEEN RETOUCHED." <i>SHE'S JUST PERFECT RIGHT?</i> I applaud American Eagle for not masking the true beauty of these <i>models</i> and showing them as they would look in real life, but are models <i>real</i>? Not "retouching" makes a great PR story but the actual credit should go to choosing <b>an ethnically diverse set of no-name models</b>.<br />
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Many mass brands talk about the importance of reaching the growing population of multicultural youth--African American, Hispanic and Asian consumers make up 40% of Millennials--and are gradually diversifying the models they use in their ads; however, often this diversity effort is short-lived and only seen in campaigns but not throughout the brand experiences such as the website. </div>
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The <a href="http://www.ae.com/aerie/">Aerie website</a> shopping experience features the same multicultural models such as Amber and Hana modeling all the products. Additionally the "Bra Guide" shows you what the bra would look like on a model with the same cup size. Accurately, a 32B gave me the Asian-mixed model Hana who, of the models, is someone I relate to best.</div>
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While I truly believe <b>beauty has no ethnic boundaries</b>, Hana who is probably hapa (half white, half asian) is a familiar body type and face of many girls I grew up with in Hawaii and seeing her model the clothes strangely does make the shopping experience more personal.</div>
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With its REAL campaign, Aerie has established a brand distinction from its competitor Victoria's Secret PINK, as <b>the underwear brand for the <i>American girl next door</i> </b>(whether she be Caucasian, Hispanic, African American, Asian or Mixed), while PINK lives in its parent's model identity of being aspirational (see beautiful PINK models below).</div>
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Yes, American Eagle's efforts to create a bra shopping experience for young women that is more accurate to what it would look like to try on the bra in the store will help more consumers shop online. But "aspiration" can still be very appealing and may be more desirable than plain utility. Only time will tell.</div>
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As for America's obsession with retouching (the recent fuss over Lena Dunham's VOGUE cover), I think people need to remind themselves that models make up 2% of the population and celebrities are paid to look good. When women like Lena Dunham and Kate Upton make the cover--and perhaps an Asian American soon--we should celebrate their fresh perspective and personalities, which is more important than a few strokes in photoshop.<br />
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ZENYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10640488044729145152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1963886643937034894.post-69260112956194958952014-01-20T21:28:00.001-05:002014-01-20T21:38:45.155-05:00Heat and Homemade Pasta, Living the "Casalinga" Life<div style="text-align: center;">
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I just finished reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heat-Adventures-Pasta-Maker-Apprentice-Dante-Quoting/dp/1400034477">Bill Buford's </a><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Heat-Adventures-Pasta-Maker-Apprentice-Dante-Quoting/dp/1400034477">Heat</a>, </i>a detailed account on how Buford, a former writer and editor of <i>The New Yorker,</i> quits his job to become an amateur cook in Mario Batali's Italian restaurant <i><a href="http://www.babbonyc.com/">Babbo</a></i> and travels to Italy to learn how to make pasta and butcher animals. Being that I'm newly Italian-by-marriage (Zeny Picone!) and a person who loves cooking, I soaked up every kitchen secret, tip and recipe that Buford revealed about making handmade pasta, short ribs, linguini with clams and tortellini the authentic Italian way.<br />
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<b><i>Casalinga</i>, which means homemade or "made by hand" in Italian, is a consistent theme in Buford's book which promotes the culture of "slow food"</b>--the idea that food made by hand with better ingredients is more precious and delicious. The last couple of years I've embraced this idea of <i>slow food, </i>spending hours prepping and cooking large meals for dinner parties. The most recent a 10-person Chinese dinner consisting of my grandma's signature recipes.</div>
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Here's some pictures of my first time making homemade pasta with some friends, and as the pictures depict, our first time was pretttyyy dang awesome:</div>
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<i>We found a basic fresh pasta recipe on Pinterest which called for equal parts semolina and flour.</i></div>
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<i style="text-align: start;">Lesson learned, use lots of flour when rolling out the pasta.</i></div>
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We made linguini two ways--1) Carbonara and 2) with Wild Mushrooms</div>
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