This has been really fun guys, but I’m going to try something a little different. From now on, I’ll be over here. See you over there…

 

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PART V: AMSTERDAM.

Train. Berlin >>> Amsterdam. We were paired in our compartment with the two grumpiest old men on the planet, so we spent most of our time in the world’s sexiest dining car. Superlative voyage.

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At Canal House. My new rule is I only stay in hotels that have portraits of Coco Rocha in the bedrooms and Maarten Baas in the dining area.

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WK Amsterdam.

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Blue skies wherever we went…

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Overdyed rugs, Gaetano Pesce and etc. at Frozen Fountain.

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Spontaneous rockabilly throwdown in the street outside Café Brandon. That car, on those streets…?!

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Cheers!

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PART IV: BERLIN.

 

Lucky weather.

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With T&G in Charlottenburg.

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Breakfast at Circus Hotel.

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Lunch with Matt Connors (and Judy!), then onto his excellent show at Veneklasen Verner.

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Proper pilgrimage.

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With Chloé at Templehofer Park and Jivamukti Yoga (top photo by CR).

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Soho Haus Berlin.

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Goth Cave with Paul Snowden and Campbell McDougall, masters of the dark arts.

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Monmartre luncheon.

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St. Regis, after the downpour.

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French boys know how to party.

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DJ night at Les Souffleurs, aka the Gay Babe Cave.

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Jannis Kounellis.

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Icon.

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COMING SOON: BERLIN.

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PARIS, PART 1:

First evening.

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Best friends reunited after 5 long years!!

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Belleville Apartment.

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Classics.

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At Freddy and Benny’s, in Belleville.

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Gallery opening in the evening.

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PARIS PART II, coming soon…

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There and back again…My epic two week trip in short summary.

Part I: NEW YORK CITY.

Bowery Hotel.

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At Maryam Nassir Zadeh.

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View from the tub (not bad).

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Corn at Café Habana.

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Backyard at Saturdays.

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The Future Perfect.

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Good ole NYC garbage piles.

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Classics.

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5 Leaves, with friends.

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Museum of Natural History.

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True words on the street.

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Backyard Bowery.

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After Optimo.

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Not pictured: dinner at Peel’s, dinner at Gemma (celebrity sightings, oh my!), drinks at Nights and Weekends, Sit and Read gallery visits, Sleep No More (we almost died), a trip to Queens in the pouring rain in a cab to experience the slowest government customer service of our lives, shoe shopping, dress shopping, jewelry shopping, the crown of the Statue of Liberty (just kidding!).

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Part II: PARIS coming soon.

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My grandmother, Baroness Walravine Mathilde van Heeckeren van Molecaten, born in Java, Dutch East Indies, May 25th, 1916. At 95 years old, she passed away in the night on August 31st, 2011. She did so as she did all things, with grace and dignity and a gentle spirit.

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In her life she exuded elegance, grace, style, bravery, restraint, and intelligence. She grew up on a vineyard in Marin County in the early part of the century after emigrating from Java. She was an excellent horseback rider, attended Berkeley College where she once directed Gregory Peck in a theater production, she married a dashing Naval engineer who moved her and their 4 children to Madrid in 1952, where they lived in a thoroughly modern home (a refrigerator in the kitchen! a car in the garage!) and bought fruit and meat from the donkey carts. Upon returning to the States she survived the death of her youngest child, and raised the rest of her children with faith and strength in Marin. She remained active her whole life, regularly attending aerobics classes well into her 70’s. She never ceased to be kind and gentle and elegant, and though her last years saw her grow weak she will live on as an inspiration to me, as a model of grace and good health.

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Rest in Peace, Nana!

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DOWNLOAD THE MIX HERE.

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My mix from last week on my radio show. I can be heard on WKRadio on Thursdays at 6PM (PST). Listen live here:

http://wkradio.tumblr.com/

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Agaric/No Way I Know I Feel (Axel Boman Remix)/Ovum

Langenberg/Planitz Proposals/Mild Pitch

Sunpeople/Check Your Buddha (Sven Väth Remix)/Trelik

Cassy/Idle Blues/Cassy

Pawas&Beume/Neverdorf/Brut!

Kate Simko/Mind On You/Hello?Repeat

Rick Wade/Do It/Hardtraxx

Jun/Outergaze 2/Capricious

Suspect/Bleedingforyou (Tevo Howard Remix)/Thug Records

Vera & Federico Molinari/Tusch For Mike/Love Letters From Oslo

Mark Thibideau/Last Night/Sub Static

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Creative process. Nora Schultz with Manuel Raeder.

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