BK weekend

Saturday evening started with a little chill out with norwegian buddies visiting. You might recognize Jonas from this post and this post . This time he was visiting with his cutie girlfriend, Hanne. Always great to have a norwegian drinking buddy present.

The night continued at Amir Embrahimi's first solo photo show at the loft, which included a pretty sexy set by Raye6.

Sunday was a truly gorgeous Brooklyn day that included pretty pretty pretty people e v e r y w h e r e . Ah, the beauties of BK left this li'l lady breathless.

Afro-Punk had the crowd warmed up and Soul Summer Music followed with the perfect dance beats to keep us swaying, shaking and clapping.

Weekends like this make me appreciate Brooklyn. And summer. And Brooklyn summers. Love is the key word.

Lisa vs Diddy

The oh so wonderful Lisa decided to bring a few of her friends to NY to celebrate the big 3-0. The night started at our favorite neighborhood spot, Abistro, for a yummy yummy dinner and after that we took the party over to the annual Prince vs Michael Jackson dance party at BLVD. 

Can't wait to see what you do for your 40th, Lisa! Fly us all out to Phi Phi, perhaps perhaps?

(Jels kept it classy with his pinky))

(I am the worst celebrity whore when drunk)

-bahareh

Climb every mountain

Weekend. Mountains. Cabin. Beer. Candle light. Snow. Good conversations. Ski. Walks. Frozen water pipes. Wine. Snow. Fire place. Magazines galore. Comfy comforters. Way below zero temperatures. Snow. Food. Yummy food. Music. Altitude. Air. Snow. 

Between the hours 9am-7pm, beware of sheep.

(snow angel for Stephanie)

(beer in candle light)

That's one of the official logos of the Winter Olympic Games in '94 behind Lisa. It's a man carrying a torch. They cut down a lot of trees to make it, and they still maintain it, 15 years later. Wouldn't you want someone to do that with your logo? 

(literally snowed in)

(made our own path to the cabin. knee deep in snow.)

(that's a lot of trees)

(trees. trees. trees. my view for 3 straight days...ah, breath.)

-bahareh

Encore

Last night, Lisa and I managed to score tickets to an incredible Raphael Saadiq concert that was hosted by the national radio in Norway. The concert was streamed live (watch/listen here)on one of the npr stations here, p3, and also taped for a music program on the national tv station NRK.

Needless to say, it was amazing. Just as good as the last time I saw him, though I did miss the husband this time around when Raphael played "Be here", which is probably the first song Jelsen ever sent me when I moved to Budapest and he stayed in Miami for a few months. 

We also got to hang out with the beautifully talented Samsaya. She has a new single out on iTunes (so make sure to check it out) called "change" and a song called "dodge it" in the new movie "The Wrestler". Good job, missy!

-bahareh

Meet&Greet // Heydays

Before leaving Oslo i got the chance to meet & geek with some of the folks of design shop HEYDAYS.

These guys are all pretty young and gettingerdone [new word]. Fresh out of school they opened the studio [fuck a jobsearch] and seem to have no reason to look back. They've been getting some great clients and projects.

Here are a few:
....nice, indeed.
Thumbs Up all around, guys. All around.
Be sure to check out their entire portfolio H E R E.

til next,
- jelsen