ROY X CONE contest, 1.1.11 - 2.1.12

[fardin]

no i dont have 1200 laying around, haha i wish i did. so i will tell you when i am going to get his, would be great to get it signed by him.

well thats one of my absolute favorite songs by the who. awesome. yes i remember the pics of him you took back then. great

[entertainment!]

My interest in Hawksmoor is more from the architectural side than from the literary one. I was thinking that the connection between Hawksmoor churches and the Roys is that they are both extremely original takes on historic forms. I will have to take a look at From Hell. There is an early Iain Sinclair book on the East End churches called Lud Heat that seems to have stirred up the masonic interpretation. Then Peter Ackroyd published Hawksmoor and pushed it a lot further. It is all very interesting, but I don't think much is based on fact. Bu the churches are quite evocative and strange, so it isn't surprising that this approach has been taken.

[fre-co]

Up early to check out SPitalfields market. This has only really been going four or five years - but it's a great market, terrific collection of stuff.

The route takes you thru some of the oldest parts of London. THis church has the highest clocks in London, for ships captains to check their chronometers.

My ancestors dating back to the early-mid 18thC were French Huguenot weavers working in the old Spitalfields Market. I'm sure you know this Paul but it was situated right outside the City of London wall and since the immigrants were not allowed to trade within the city, there was a concentration of them at Spitalfields.

[zissou]

Wonderful photos as usual, Paul!

Aside from typical boring office stuff and trying to catch up with leather stuff, I haven't been doing much lately. But, today my Roys stopped by the post office to mail off a bunch of belts to some dudes I know.

[erk]

some dudes I know.

oh yeah. let the anticipation begin!

[rnrswitch]

Yee-fucking-haw!!!!!!!!!!!!

[zissou]

I sent them all Media Mail, so you should get them in about three weeks.

oops! Forgot the (10)

[Sansome1877]

Yee-fucking-haw!!!!!!!!!!!!

rnr... you took the words right out of my mouth, I think one of those belts is mine? Nice pictures Paul!!!!

[zissou]

Indeed, Mike.

[smittybat]

I sent them all Media Mail, so you should get them in about three weeks.

Hope they don't inspect those packages.

Media Mail - For sending small and large packages consisting of books, film, manuscripts, sound recordings, video tapes, and computer readable media (such as CDs, DVDs, and diskettes).

[xchen]

He's joking, for sure. Surely he wouldn't send non media via Media Mail. Dude won't even hotlink a fucking jpeg image.

[zissou]

For the record, I sent them USPS First Class with Delivery Confirmation, so the gentlemen in question should receive their leather belts in approximately two business days since they are in California, except for erk, who should likely receive his in three business days since he is all the way across the country, even though goods have been known to reach NYC from my local post office in just two days. (0)

[xchen]

Well I'm glad that's settled.

[roy6]

What my ROYs did today:

Got in the truck:

Went to several nurseries looking for specific plants, mulch, & compost. My favorite SF nursery is Flowercraft- it's a family owned business in the bayview. Recently, after years of legal wrangling a Lowe's opened up right across the street from them and set up their crappy, low-budge, under-priced garden center, hoping to drive out all of the City's mom & pops.

My friend Abbey, who's worked at Flowercraft for 20 years, had something to say to Lowes:

After that I hit Flora Grubb (the owner's real name). It's SFs glamour nursery. Everything is really cute and about 30% more than you would pay for it anywhere else. Buyt Flora has impeccable taste in plants, and the nursery is full of art pieces and crazy installations:

Out back:

Across town:

Lunch:

Planting:

One of my gardens:

Another garden later in the day:

Behind this lattice-work covered window is one my least favorite people in the world. It's the basement window of the house next to my garden. In the dry months the whole garden gets hand-watered, and the woman who lives here insists on leaving her window fully opened, even when I am watering the garden. She sits on her couch and waits, and the second a drop of water hits her window she yells "I just want you to know that you are getting water on my property!"

I usually suggest at this point that she close her window. She usually slams it shut and then glares at me until I leave.

Out front the driveways for these two houses are side by side. My clients let me park in theirs, but if I get within a foot if the other drive this woman will come out on to the street and ask "Excuse me! Excuse me! Does Deborah (who owns the next door building) know you are parking here?!!"

If you ask me, that's a lot of lip from a fat, unemployed, single chick who lives in a basement and sits on her couch all day long watching reruns of Caroline in the City.

Right after I snapped this pic her baleful red piggy eyes swarmed up to the glass behind the lattice work.

"Excuse me! I didn't give you permission to photograph my window!"

[grooveholmes]

^ This is a great narrative.

[fardin]

california dreaming on a winter day.

great stuff roy

[Paul T]

Excellent. Good luck to Flowercraft, and up yours, Lowe's

[fre-co]

Man I wish I were living in California and working as a gardener right now.

Yeah up yours to Lowe's as well.

[mikecch]

^ What is this 'Lowe's'?

[dr.house]

Nice updates Lady & Gentlemen. I hope I can add some pics @ the weekend too!

[fardin]

they are the bad guys

[dkatz]

Roy6 - you're making me miss the Bay something fierce... even with tales of the self-righteous, indignant, physically and emotionally disastrous individuals which it seems to occasionally produce.

May be returning back there sooner than I thought...

[crownzip]

Roy6, beautiful gardens! nice to see things so lush and green. here's what NYC looks like outside my window this morning.

[Paul T]

That's beautiful, too. Are you in the Village?

[rnrswitch]

Lowes is for Nancy boys! Great pics Roy6.

[crownzip]

Paul, good eye. we live close to the village, 13th St and 7th Ave.

[Paul T]

Paul, good eye. we live close to the village, 13th St and 7th Ave.

Ah, my favorite corner for definite. I usually stay at Horatio, or Jane, surprised I haven't seen u around, I would have definitely noted those jeans or flying jackets...

[lostinthesupermarket]

Ah, my favorite corner for definite. I usually stay at Horatio.

Is that so you can be close to the Louboutin shop or the new LVC joint , Paul?

[fre-co]

I have been to that louboutin shop. Oh yes I know how to live...

[crownzip]

Likewise, I too usually notice someone wearing good denim. I'm usually on a bicycle so just look out for the dude with rolled up cuffs and work boots.