Cities and Seas

it's been a long long summer...

2010-07-26T07:35:00.001-07:00

this has been my life for the past month but i'm almost back to you...

other places

2010-06-18T12:39:00.000-07:00

Sellers is in SF right now and traveling for work. So it may be quiet on this front for a while. I've started up my old blog again so you can visit me there: borrowed, bought, stolen.

Happy Days!

first holga shots.....

2010-06-07T11:34:00.000-07:00

2010-06-02T19:01:00.000-07:00

redwood print

2010-06-02T16:04:00.000-07:00

i love this.

also - where are you?

ok ok

2010-05-29T11:26:00.001-07:00

your city is pretty amazing too.
so good seeing you there.

i'm here!

2010-05-23T14:52:00.000-07:00

Where are you?

Car Lot on Mission

2010-05-21T09:49:00.001-07:00

I'm obsessed with this car lot on Mission street. Do you remember it?

average every day

2010-05-20T07:24:00.000-07:00

i'm finally getting to see/experience some average everyday living here in my new city... this morning was just a typical ride on the train. nothing special, but i kind of like it.

gay

2010-05-19T07:45:00.000-07:00

not sure if you know this or not, but i'm gay. do you still love me?

familiar faces

2010-05-18T08:46:00.001-07:00

You should bring your lady here when you visit in June.

NY laundromat

2010-05-14T07:38:00.000-07:00

saw this on a laundromat's door... what does this even mean??? what ever it is it's amazing.

our skylines

2010-05-13T17:36:00.000-07:00

this is a photo of Molly & Ryan's windowsill. on it they have a miniture verision of the new york city skyline made from little wooden block buildings. behind it you can just make out the real san francisco skyline. i probably should have taken this photo with something other than my Holga, to really get it right, but i love it none the less. our two cities, together!

also you probably never look at my flickr stream, but you should! go look at all my new photos! xo

i owe you a letter

2010-05-11T12:30:00.001-07:00

a real one. on paper. written with one of those thin sharpie pens i love.

but for now here's a picture of my feet and R's. taken at night in the city. i don't wear these red shoes enough.

more letters

2010-05-11T07:46:00.000-07:00

new york is really sinking in. it feels good. work isn't all that interesting these days, but it's so amazing just to be in one place. traveling week after week is just not my thing. i've been thinking lately about taking a long vacation. like for a couple months. for some reason with all this change in my life i'm feeling the need to re-calibrate.

i miss you.

chris

guess where?

2010-05-08T08:46:00.001-07:00

i hope you visited this place when you lived here. it's one of my favorites.

2010-05-06T09:20:00.000-07:00

letters

2010-05-06T09:10:00.001-07:00

i agree. i wish we could hand write them and mail them back and forth. we could do it and then scan them in and post them here.

mine today would say:

hey! things here are going really really great. i love my new city, but i sometimes wish you lived here. or sometimes i wish the coasts weren't so far away from each other. how are you? how's life?

do you remember the first time we met? i can't remember the name of the bar, but i met you, and i think you were with rana and tom that night. i remember shortly after going to a party with silver coated walls and thought to myself, "wow, this is exactly where i want to be, and in a few years we will all be such close friends and i can't wait for that." within a couple months you spent the night at my house after a party and rana got jealous because you stayed in my bed. [insert here that this was only a friend sleepover, a true beginning of a real life friendship] i remember the days that i used to spit goldfish and laugh, i'm pretty sure i was drunk. i remember the days that we had a writing group and we would all just sit around supporting each other. some really amazing one liners came out of that time. i remember the zine we did. i guess that was the beginning of all of this. do you remember talking to me about buying a stapler that would be long enough to reach the center of the pages? why don't we use staplers anymore? and copy machines. and typewriters. and pens.

i miss the days without technology too, sometimes, and maybe what i meant when i made you that patch was that - someday i will miss writing you letters.

miss you and love you, can't wait to see you soon!

chris

we should write letters too

2010-05-05T21:55:00.000-07:00

remember that patch you made a while back when you took that silk screening class? the one that said technology breaks my heart? that phrase has been popping into my head a lot lately. i am very aware how silly it is to write it on a blog, but sometimes i wish things were slower and that we were all a little less tied to our digital devices. i love this footage of San Francisco from the 1930's. it's silent, which feels just right.

i love it, but sometimes, technology breaks my heart.

i know i know BUT

2010-05-05T07:27:00.000-07:00

i can't "embed" this link but please please please click on it. you will be amazed...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

....stop motion graffiti.....

2010-05-04T16:11:00.001-07:00

Broken Fingaz -Graffiti Stop Motion from Broken Fingaz on Vimeo.

smoking

2010-05-04T11:25:00.001-07:00

walking down 9th ave and somehow noticed this.

dirty diana

2010-04-27T09:04:00.000-07:00

loving my new toy camera.

train reading

2010-04-26T11:12:00.000-07:00

mother and son reading on the train together. they were so serious. these are the small everyday things i love about my new city.

illustrated city

2010-04-23T08:56:00.001-07:00

link.

rock with you.

2010-04-22T08:00:00.000-07:00

from now on i want to tag everything with "rock with you." amazing!

Publish Post

i love my city

2010-04-21T09:05:00.001-07:00

and all its lovely parts...

morning commute...

2010-04-21T07:53:00.000-07:00

this is basically what i get to see every morning... i sometimes wish you didn't like SF anymore and lived here.

city on a wall......

2010-04-20T07:54:00.000-07:00

happy monday

2010-04-19T08:19:00.000-07:00

found here.

Dave on Mission Street

2010-04-15T09:15:00.001-07:00

taken with the lovely Holga.

okay okay SF DOES have this...

2010-04-15T08:06:00.000-07:00

miss me some cancun....

the old debate: NY vs. SF

2010-04-14T13:45:00.000-07:00

more here. thanks for the link Nancy!

tiny things and birthdays

2010-04-14T09:27:00.000-07:00

i want to fly home to you every year and give you the best birthday ever!!!

i was on a farm house in upstate this year for your birthday and it just wasn't the same... i quite enjoy setting up little studios and taking pictures for your birthday. it's like a visual time line of each year unfolding.

another note:

something similar in our lives right now... we are having the same weather!

new toy

2010-04-13T10:49:00.000-07:00

i got a friend for my Holga for my birthday. isn't she pretty? still working on the first roll, will post pics when i have some.

i missed you at my birthday party this year. truth be told i don't have the energy for throwing parties like i used to. maybe i needed your creative energy again this year, or maybe i'm over celebrating my birthday? something shifted.

kinda true.

2010-04-09T15:40:00.000-07:00

as seen here.

first ipad sighting...

2010-04-09T12:37:00.000-07:00

i got mine!

2010-04-08T08:36:00.000-07:00

i will soon be sharing in the same experience as you and i'm really excited about that.

Mission Dolores bar opening in Brookyln

2010-04-07T12:37:00.001-07:00

Clearly you need to check it out.

Looks like it's opening soon. You can tell all the Brooklyn hipsters you've been to the real Dolores Park!

bi coastal

2010-04-06T12:48:00.000-07:00

i think we should become, or at least YOU should become, bi-coastal...

your city in miniature

2010-04-06T09:34:00.001-07:00

i can't get over how awesome this is..

The Sandpit from Sam O'Hare on Vimeo.

birthday week!

2010-04-05T09:24:00.001-07:00

i can't find the proper credit for this photo (first saw it here) but i love it so.

walking

2010-04-05T09:18:00.000-07:00

i walked over the brooklyn bridge for the first time this weekend. maybe we can do this when you come in may????

spring and spring

2010-04-01T12:06:00.001-07:00

i really wish you were here for this. ny is getting better and better...

holga fun

2010-03-31T09:45:00.001-07:00

more here.

long long ago

2010-03-30T13:36:00.000-07:00

big news from this coast

2010-03-26T15:28:00.001-07:00

molly & ry got the cutest pup ever. her name is Stella.
and someone got engaged! can you guess who?

Jesus on the J

2010-03-25T09:08:00.001-07:00

things i see that inspire me to look ...

2010-03-25T08:36:00.000-07:00

...in the mirror before i leave my house.

Holga!

2010-03-22T10:17:00.001-07:00

I think I told you I pulled out my Holga after not using it for years. I'm having so much fun with it.

more holga photos on my flickr.

fine print

2010-03-17T19:54:00.000-07:00

San Francisco Street Art

2010-03-17T08:54:00.000-07:00

my pretty city

2010-03-11T20:48:00.000-08:00

ny is great and all but i LOVE my city.

move back!!

miss you

2010-03-11T19:35:00.000-08:00

last night

2010-03-07T16:29:00.000-08:00

before one of us goes west...

on the same coast!

2010-03-05T17:55:00.000-08:00

tick tock tick tock

2010-03-05T05:53:00.001-08:00

you get here TODAYYYYYY

nyc weather

2010-03-03T15:54:00.001-08:00

looks like NY will be warming up for me this weekend! who needs a winter coat? not me!

where your head will lay

2010-03-03T12:02:00.000-08:00

so this is basically my place. see that couch? that's your bed for the weekend.

what to wear

2010-02-28T07:32:00.000-08:00

here are a few examples of what people are wearing these days. pack accordingly!

recognize these streets?

2010-02-27T07:32:00.000-08:00

total white out

2010-02-25T19:53:00.000-08:00

this is what i see when i'm outside. hope it clears up by the time you get here!

weekends

2010-02-24T09:32:00.000-08:00

this is what i get to hang out with on the weekends. love them both but sure do miss my tt.

so very true...

2010-02-24T00:44:00.000-08:00

via design crush

hose warming gifts

2010-02-23T09:02:00.000-08:00

from the fabulous molly.

*molly also just started this awesome blog- maybe you'll find some home organizing ideas there.

help

2010-02-22T20:11:00.000-08:00

maybe when you come you can help me figure out how to organize!

hotsy totsy

2010-02-22T09:07:00.000-08:00

my new favorite bar.
did you ever go when you lived here?

things i miss about sf

2010-02-20T20:32:00.000-08:00

eating good breakfast with good friends (because we all know i do NOT cook)

more cooking

2010-02-17T08:31:00.000-08:00

i've been super into cooking this year. it fits well with the cold rainy weather we've been having.

last night i made my mom's famous eggplant parm. by the time i was finished i wasn't hungry enough to really dig in but the small piece i did have was pretty delicious.

i made the eggplant with Louis C.K. playing in the background. i order you to go and rent one of his stand-up shows right now, he's my new favorite.

parks

2010-02-16T13:02:00.001-08:00

this is what you have waiting for you...

sleepy time

2010-02-16T09:16:00.003-08:00

we had a sleepover at Sarah's house this weekend. three of us fit comfortably in your old bed.

shoes in love

2010-02-14T11:27:00.000-08:00

subway art too

2010-02-12T18:59:00.001-08:00

that's so funny because i took this the other day and kept forgetting to post it. i heart ny subway wall art!

subway art

2010-02-12T07:12:00.000-08:00

saw this and thought you'd appreciate it. i'm a big fan of brooklyn-based artist Julia Rothman.

via oh joy.

as seen on BART

2010-02-10T08:42:00.001-08:00

i wonder if she really needed this bag?

snow bikes

2010-02-10T08:35:00.000-08:00

morning commute. a bit different than sunny CA.

it's quiet when it snows. kind of a serene magic wonderland.

wish you were here! can't wait to see your face in a few weeks!!!

it's....

2010-02-08T18:28:00.001-08:00

.... really cold here and i could use my friend christina to come over with a nice bottle and warm me up.

counting down the days til march!

cold driving

2010-02-06T16:15:00.000-08:00

drove into the city today and took this photo for you. if you look close you can see where i unsuccessfully attempted to rub off the writing on my window from the day i got towed.

...

2010-02-06T13:59:00.000-08:00

the sun came out for a little while today.

it reminded me how pretty this city is.

jake does...

2010-02-04T12:14:00.000-08:00

i know JAKE misses the beautiful city....

i know you love the snow.. .

2010-02-04T08:34:00.000-08:00

but don't you miss this pretty city?

another snowy morning!

2010-02-03T14:51:00.000-08:00

I'm beginning to really heart snow.

hearts

2010-02-01T17:06:00.001-08:00

everywhere.

coney island in the winter

2010-01-31T16:06:00.000-08:00

omg omg omg who who who

2010-01-30T18:42:00.001-08:00

please please please tell me you will be here. i desperately need some t time!!!

Guess who will be in NY soon!

2010-01-30T17:25:00.000-08:00

TV on the Laundromat

2010-01-29T08:34:00.001-08:00

I never realized until last night just how many TV's there are in the laundromat near my house.

They are never turned on and I doubt any of them even work anymore.

But it made me wonder about the hay day of this laundromat, was there a time it wasn't a sad, dumpy place?

This one is by far my favorite.

bread hearts

2010-01-28T12:36:00.001-08:00

i eat here like everyday and yesterday they created this display. of course it made me think of you...

i sort of wish they made a broken heart. that way i could truly symbolize how i feel not being around you.

lucky

2010-01-27T20:51:00.000-08:00

can you see what you gave me? my favorite charm. i wear it almost daily and think of you.

remember the beast?

2010-01-27T09:08:00.001-08:00

work place

2010-01-26T14:26:00.001-08:00

my new desk at work.

there are two things to look out for here: my jersey shore name and what's on my computer! can you see them???

jack likes the windows in the new place

2010-01-26T09:11:00.001-08:00

just a peek of the bedroom. more soon.

sorry you got the rains too.

2010-01-25T16:41:00.000-08:00

if you were here i would have you over to share a cup of this:

via SwissMiss.

same weather, diff coasts

2010-01-25T16:22:00.001-08:00

today was a whopping 53 degrees and raining. for a second i got to experience the same weather as you.

this is what i walk past after work everyday.

different view. different time.

2010-01-24T15:48:00.000-08:00

miss this view, but glad you're there.

Mr.Hudson's Home

2010-01-22T23:06:00.000-08:00

When I was at Dave's house tonight we got to talking about his party and at one point he looks at me dead serious and says 'Hey- why wasn't Chris Sellers here?' Right as I opened my mouth he remembered you were in NY now but for a moment it was like you never left and you just blew off his 40th. Wish that was the case.

These are photos from Dave's house. I'm a little obsessed with those home porn sites like Apartment Therapy and Design Sponge. The ones that feature beautiful homes photographed by professionals with fancy cameras. They call them house tours.

Well this is my drunken house tour of Dave Hudson's house, shot with my cell phone while holding a Tecate.

*Playboy Books from Chronicle. I give them to Dave when he does nice things for me, like takes me to the dump or Ikea for new house stuff
*I find it hard to believe that Dave labeled his lighter with his name, I wonder if this was a birthday present from someone
*He was very surprised that I did not recognize the man in the 'FBI Wanted' poster, apparently that's who shot Armani
*Dave said he's reading this book pictured to 'brush up on his serial killer knowledge

this is the house

2010-01-22T20:59:00.000-08:00

this is the house that meant a lot to me as a kid. it's the address that i have tattooed on my arm. grandma's house. there are a lot of things i miss right now.

there are very few things that i'll truly always carry with me, and your friendship is one of those things. miss you friend. 3000 miles seems too far at this very moment.

you don't wish you were here

2010-01-21T09:31:00.001-08:00

it's wet and rainy. perfect for staying indoors. horrid for commuting to work. especially with my new commute. hope these storms travel east real soon.

woodstock

2010-01-20T21:04:00.000-08:00

wish you were here with me this weekend. it was so much fun! beautiful!

so many things wrong with this photo

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