awww, sad.

Finished Product

Title: "The Danger in Nature (Watching Growth, The Broken Umbrella, Hanging in There)"
Size: Triptych, Each Panel: 4' Tall x 3' Wide, Overall: 4' Tall x 9' Wide
Medium: Cyanotypes on Canvas

It's great being in the same town as E-Train!

Toronto, Finally

An image from Robert Hengeveld's installation at the UpArt Exhibition, which was housed in the old Gladstone Hotel in the hip west end of Toronto's downtown:

Images from The Leona Drive Project, which was an amazing installation out in the suburbs of Toronto:


Shots from the Toronto Art Fair, which had some really neat art, as well as some decorative shit. Oh well, they occupy different places on the spectrum of making and I guess the latter has a valid purpose:

Above is Allison Schulnik's painting from Mike Weiss gallery^. I love her work.



This is our waitress from a great pub, called the "Imperial Pub". This is the only place I've had 'poutine' (french fries covered with brown gravy and cheese curds) and it is amazing. Also, the bar dog named "MoMo":


Some shots on the go:







Zombies congregating in a park before Toronto's annual Zombie Walk^. It's hard to see, but this zombie's jacket said "Punk is Dead" on the back.

This is looking up at the Ontario College of Art^. It was an amazing building.

A little jazz club we found^.

One & Other Video

Here's a link to a video of highlights from Antony Gormley's One & Other "exhibition" in London this past summer. Really great:

http://www.skyarts.co.uk/video/video-one-other-summer-2009/

Tra La La Dee Da

ComeIntoLand.com recently asked me to be a contributing writer for there website content and my first article on Tania Leshkina's photography is now online:


http://www.comeintoland.com/landlovers/tanialeshkina/

I've thrown some of her photos up on my blog before. If you get a chance, take a read.

Eh, Don'chya'know!

Toronto is great. Lots of running around. Thank gosh for this vacay. Pictures to come when I'm back and settled in the states.

winter's a comin'!

first day with full long-johns on.

tijuana moods

turns me into jelly fo'real.

excerpt: http://alexanderconner.com/ytd.mp3
huge file, but worth the load.

kitchen experiment

Adapted from: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lentil-sausage-soup-recipe/index.html

Black Bean and Sausage Goulash

Ingredients

* 1 pound dried black beans
* ¾ cup olive oil
* 4 cups diced yellow onions (3 large)
* 4 cups chopped leeks, white and light green parts only (2 leeks)
* 1 tablespoon minced garlic (2 large cloves)
* 1 tablespoon kosher salt
* 1 ½ teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
* 1 tablespoon minced fresh thyme leaves
* 1 teaspoon ground cumin
* 3 cups medium diced celery (8 stalks)
* 3 cups medium diced carrots (4 to 6 carrots)
* 48oz Chicken Stock
* ¼ cup tomato paste
* 1 pound sausage (sliced into 1 inch pieces)
* ½ bottle beer

Directions

In a large bowl, cover the beans with boiling water and allow to sit for 15 minutes. Drain.

In a large stockpot over medium heat, heat ½ cup olive oil (reserve ¼ cup) and sauté the onions, leeks, garlic, salt, pepper, thyme, and cumin for 20 minutes, or until the vegetables are translucent and tender. Add the celery and carrots and sauté for another 10 minutes. Add 40oz chicken stock (reserve 8oz.), tomato paste, and drained beans, cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. In another pan cook sausage in the ¼ cup reserved olive oil, until browned, then turn off stove. Check beans and add reserved 8oz chicken stock and continue to simmer for another 30 minutes. Check the seasonings. Add the sausage (meat, oil, & drippings) and beer, cover pot, and simmer for another 3 minutes. Turn off stove, and let pot sit with top on for 30 minutes and then eat!

AWESOME!!!