Tom's Restaurant

Brunch with Ben T.

Mexican Omelete with Home Fries.

Decent.

TTV Walk: Clinton Hill

Took a walk through my neighborhood on Sunday morning

to see what I could see.

What did I find, should you ask?

A once conflicted and socially divided community that is

slowly being overrun by hip white twenty somethings and

a reluctant group of natives holding on my the skin of their

teeth.

And a few cool things to take pictures of.

Through the Viewfinder.

Mickey stole her TTV back, so I took matters into my own

hands. Used Craigslist, Contacted a Stranger and Bought

a 50 year old Camera. Popped together a few bits of foam

core, and Viola! TTV

All in all, I am pretty pleased with it. The camera was in a

little bit better condition than Mack's and I feel my skills

allowed me to make the construction of the assembly more

air tight and solid than Ms. Ruiz's.

Sample Shots!

During the Break.

Decided to get those Goldies clean while

they were off the car for the winter. The

front two were nasty with brake dust,

but with the help of all purpose cleaner

and a now unrecognizable toothbrush,

they are back to about as gold as Mr. T's

xiphoid process.

Things worth mentioning:

"We keep it clean, because we care" mat

Uncle Steve crouching in the background

My Shirt says "Rick" because it's my dads.

This picture was taken half way through

the cleaning.

Photo Credit: Rick Callahan

Made in the USA.

Not much unlike Bruce Springsteen.

My first urban exploration journey in Brooklyn.

Mk. VI Jetta Sportwagen TDI 6 Speed.

I've seen an army of Mk. VI Golfs/GTIs running around, but

on a late Saturday walk/bike ride I came upon my first Jetta.

Not just any Jetta, but the TDI Sportwagen with the proper

6-Speed manual transmission. I would never foster thoughts

of trading Stella in on a Jetta, but if I absolutely had to get

a VW, it would be this one. Torque Monster, Amazingly frugal

and a Wagon to boot. I felt as though I had frozen to death

(actually quite possible considering the weather and what

I scraped together for a winter cycling outfit) and woken

up in Jetta heaven.

The only exception being the exterior color, which would

have to be their Pearl White.

Obvs.

Icon Watch: Unboxing

Not usually a watch person, but my Subaru Share the Love

awareness bracelet was looking a little long in the tooth. I

had been searching the MoMA store for some time and this

particular watch grabbed my attention unlike any watch before.

It's called the Icon watch by "& Design". It is essentially a

recreation of the watch icon cursor from early versions of

the Mac OS which touches on all levels of my nerdness.

It's also happened to be the cheapest watch in the MoMa

store. So, I bought one and decided to do an unboxing for

you guys. Quite comedically (and rather disconcerting),

when I opened the box, the watch was broken. The minute

hand had come detached from the watch and was floating

around in the face. Another trip down to the MoMA store

on 53rd, and I had gotten a fully functioning watch.

Enjoy my nostalgic geekdom.