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it's out.

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everybody, my very first recording has just been released!

it features the pops,
but him and i are soloing on one of the tracks together :-)

we recorded it when i was in high school and it has just now come out!
{i can still taste the AMAZING southern comfort food we ate when we were staying in columbus, georgia to record}

the piece i'm in is
michael burritt's
duo concertante for clarinet, percussion, and wind ensemble
it is SO FUN to play!
marimba + lots of loud drums... my fave :-)

so.... in case you're in need of a holiday present for that friend
who has a thing for clarinet and percussion music,
order it here


xoxo


yeh

bits and things

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1. on my walk to school today, i made a mental note that,
"no, it is not warm today in new york city."
and one block later i saw a sign for a soon to be opened

my excitement made me forget how absurd it is for an italian ice shop to open in december.
rita's italian ice is the best sterile institution in america.
i could eat that stuff every day.
especially when they have pistachio.


2. i played the john adams chamber symphony last night in alice tully hall.
i loves me some john adams.
especially when he writes for the drumset
(errr, drumset - cymbals + rototoms x a whole roll of duck tape for dampening purposes)
i was a bit afraid of playing loudly though because in alice tully hall
if you scratch your forehead the wrong way,
the brotha in the back row of the audience will hear it.
...and i like playing loud?
{read the review here}

3. vosges mo's bacon chocolate chip pancake mix?
yes, plz.


4. a mediumly boiled egg from ramen setagaya is number 7 in time out new york's best food of 2009.
ummm k.


5. i've eaten nothing but hot pockets for the past week.


6. i think wasabi would make for a good ice cream flavor.
(or maybe my taste buds are skewed from said daily hot pockets?)


7. my holiday playlist:

sufjan stevens' christmas album
owl city's ocean eyes

8. happy first night of hanukkah


xoxo


yeh



if santa claus and hanukah harry had a love child...

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{this is what i would ask him for}

1. a camera...

as my baby canon that i've had forever just died :-(

2. this marc by marc jacobs beauty.
i mean, duh, it's mustard yellow.

3. tickets to the ring at bayreuth
"...in the majority of cases we shall be able to deal with first-time applicants only after a period of several years"
-the baruther festpielehaus on applying for tickets

4. an old fashioned record player + some old french records,
a la jenny from an education
{and a fire place in my apartment to sit by and listen...}

5. a life long membership to murray's cheese of the month club


{...and also... stocking stuffers rock my WORLD}

matte nail polish
a leather {lined} journal

this.


...and a roger cline volume adjustable ratchet
{don't even ask}


that's all, schmanta clausenstein.


xoxo


yeh





street sweets truck!

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i started the day off right today with a visit to the
truck!

{it was conveniently parked on 75th and broadway,
giving our friends, the dumpling truck some competition...}

upon recommendation from the mister behind the counter,
i got a
macarella

ok... get this...

it's nutella
sandwiched by
two coconut macaroons!!!

soooo tasty and surprisingly not too sweet.
the macaroons were crispy on the edges and chewy in the middle...
and it was still warm when i got it!
{and it made a great breakfast.. shhh don't tell mum}

everything else looked delicious as well...


they had
pumpkin whoopie pies
and
quiche!

i wanted to eat everything!


come back to the upper west side soon, street sweets!


xoxo


yeh