Neilah Meyers is a Los Angeles-based artist whom I interviewed for Tokion magazine in February 2009. Below is the article I wrote, but you can also see how it appeared in Tokion’s March 2009 issue by opening this PDF. Vivacious Los Angeles artist Neilah Meyers has never been intimidated by scale: the first piece of [...]
Lily Ludlow is a New York-based artist whom I interviewed for Tokion magazine in October 2008. Below is the article I wrote, but you can also see how it appeared in Tokion’s Winter 2008 issue by opening this PDF. There’s so much penis art in Manhattan right now,” observes artist Lily Ludlow, explaining her impulse [...]
Here’s another review I wrote for PAPER magazine in September 2006. Sophia Eugene is a boutique in the West Village. Sophia Eugene If you saw the recent photos of Paris Hilton’s arrest where she’s wearing a red belt over a white top, then you are already familiar with Sophia Eugene. The label is the brainchild [...]
I wrote this review for PAPER magazine in August 2006. Armoire is a clothing boutique in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Armoire Even if I were taken back to Armoire blindfolded, I’d know where I was just by touching the clothes: Owner Melissa Ray has quite a knack for sniffing out fabrics with textural interest. Upon entering, I [...]
This is a review that I wrote for PAPER magazine back in May 2006. Sadly, K&M bar has since closed, but it was a cheerful shabby-chic spot in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. K&M There once was a pierogi place called Krystyna and Margaret, which was itself probably once a 1920s Williamsburg barbershop. Now it’s a bar named [...]
This is a review that I wrote for PAPER magazine back in April 2006. Clandestino is a French wine bar on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Clandestino Fresh-faced Parisian Laure Travers says her intention with the two-month old Clandestino was not to open a French joint but a neighborhood hangout. Despite her intentions, she’s [...]
