November 13, 2009 @ 8:47 am
Here are some photos from the Superdry New York store launch party which was held last night. The store was closed to the public from 6PM onward and open only to invited guests and press to see the full set of apparel, bags, accessories, and jeans. I was told that folks from the UK (Superdry’s headquarters) were at the event to see the opening of the company’s first dedicated Superdry outlet. The store itself is huge (one of the largest single clothing retailers along Broadway) and the inside is outfitted with unique clothing shelves that were branded and made to look like they were picked up at the junkyard.
While people were mingling and having food and drinks, I looked around at their line and was impressed with their line of jackets, some of which I don’t recall seeing at their online store at Cult. In any case, I really wanted to try them on but I felt a bit weird doing so at the opening party, so I’ll probably head back in at a later time and let you know how they feel.
The attention to detail even came down to the tags on the clothes as some items included a nice and beat-up aluminum piece to take home after purchase. Overall, the store is worth a visit and inside you’ll find a wealth of great clothing and accessories options for this coming winter. If you aren’t in NYC, here are some photos you can check out.
November 2, 2009 @ 2:44 am
Photo: Jesse Chan Norrie (click image to enlarge)
This photo is awesome.
As far as I know, nobody was seriously injured in this crash (although some did go to the hospital for other reasons). See more of Jesse’s photos of the big crash here.
September 11, 2009 @ 11:52 pm
This is an image taken by Nguan on September 11, 2001 at Prince St and Broadway in New York City. For those who don’t know, this area is rarely this empty during the daytime and this image shows how the terrorist attacks transformed this busy city into a ghost town that day.
Thanks Bommy!
June 6, 2009 @ 1:59 pm
I’ve actually seen this same guy and his dog on Broadway before but I never got a chance to photograph the two of them. Looks like Harvey beat me to it! Seriously though, how awesome is this? That dog looks like he’s got everything under control. Good boy!
June 3, 2009 @ 12:14 am
Jenny showed me this wonderful cupcake snack shop on Spring Street between Mercer and Broadway today called Baked By Melissa. The place is literally a hole in the wall with an order/pick-up window and nothing more (think of it like a cupcake truck…without the truck).
Anyway, Baked By Melissa specializes in teeny tiny cupcakes that are about the size of a bottle cap (maybe slightly bigger). They’re highly addictive and delicious, so you have to watch out because one person can easily finish a box of 12.
Prices are high for the amount of cupcake you’re actually getting, but it’s good nonetheless. Just be prepared to be broke if you intend to eat some everyday.
March 21, 2009 @ 8:57 am
Remember Christian the friendly lion who hugged and hugged and hugged his two human friends after reuniting in the wild? Yeah? When you saw the video, did you think, Gosh, I’d really like to read about that story one day now that I’ve seen the video!
If you did, then you’re in luck because the story has been made into a book called A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lion
(Broadway Books). It is written by John Rendall and Anthony Bourke, two of the men who saw first-hand the entire story play out.
In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion Christian, after they had left him in Africa with Born Free’s George Adamson to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.
A Lion Called Christian tells the remarkable story of how Anthony “Ace” Bourke and John Rendall, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought the boisterous lion cub in the pet department of Harrods. For several months, the three of them shared a flat above a furniture shop on London’s King’s Road, where the charismatic and intelligent Christian quickly became a local celebrity, cruising the streets in the back of a Bentley, popping in for lunch at a local restaurant, even posing for a fashion advertisement. But the lion cub was growing up—fast—and soon even the walled church garden where he went for exercise wasn’t large enough for him. How could Ace and John avoid having to send Christian to a zoo for the rest of his life? A coincidental meeting with English actors Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, stars of the hit film Born Free, led to Christian being flown to Kenya and placed under the expert care of “the father of lions” George Adamson. Incredibly, when Ace and John returned to Kenya to see Christian a year later, they received a loving welcome from their lion, who was by then fully integrated into Africa and a life with other lions.
Originally published in 1971, and now fully revised and updated with more than 50 photographs of Christian from cuddly cub in London to magnificent lion in Africa, A Lion Called Christian is a touching and uplifting true story of an indelible human-animal bond. It is is destined to become one of the great classics of animal literature.
YouTube clips hardly ever have the chance to tell a full story, so this book should be a good item for anybody wishing they knew more about the big cat and his former owners.
