Thoughts

Soho Shoot

May 5, 2010 Photography
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After we wrapped the Vanessa shoot for Walk in Closet, Celia was happy. So I tucked my cam­era safely into by back­pack and with that my vaca­tion began — or so I thought.

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Playground Love

May 4, 2010 Writing
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For the last three years of high­school, I was in love with a girl. I thought about her all the time, but I was woe­fully shy and couldn’t bring myself to tell her. So I wrote her an anony­mous poem instead.

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One Light: Fashion on a Shoestring

May 3, 2010 Photography
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For the time being, I’m done with my India sto­ries. In the words of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, now for some­thing com­pletely different.

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How to Train Your Dragon

May 3, 2010 Film
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As I walked out of the cin­ema, some­one asked me why I thought How to Train Your Dragon (2010) is ten times bet­ter than Avatar (which I reviewed here). I said because I don’t feel cheated. Now that I’ve had time to think about it, I can give a bet­ter answer. What the heck, I’ll give ten bet­ter answers.

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The Ghost Writer

April 22, 2010 Film
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Whatever hap­pened to the Roman Polanski of such mind-blowing mas­ter­pieces as Repulsion, Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown?

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What’s in a Brand Name?

April 15, 2010 Writing
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To design a brand, a lot of thought must go into its name. A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but I doubt many would want to smell it in the first place if it were named, say, “crapbud.”

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