Showing posts with label ART. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ART. Show all posts

Sunday, June 30, 2013

2013 06 30 ORLANDO RESTAURANT MARLOWs TAVERN AND ATMOSPHERE

MARLOW'S TAVERN WINTER PARK
Address: 1008 S Orlando Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789
Phone:(407) 960-3670

Hours:  Friday hours 11:30 am–12:00 am 
MARLOW'S TAVERN

MY FIRST VISIT TO MARLOW'S TAVERN WAS INTERESTING. THE SET UP WAS TRICKY. DID NOT CIRCLE THE ENTIRE BUILDING TO REALIZE THAT THERE WERE TWO ENTRANCES.  IT WAS HARD TO TELL WHICH WAS THE MAIN ENTRANCE. AND, WE WERE PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK.  


WHILE WAITING FOR FRIEND IN PARKING LOT AND NOT SEEING HIS CAR, I WENT INSIDE TO PEAK AND DID NOT REALIZING THAT THE PARKING LOT SANDWHICHED THE RESTAURANT.


SO, WE WERE BOTH WAITING AT THE PARKING LOT AT THE SAME TIME ON OPPOSITE ENDS WITH THE RESTAURANT IN THE MIDDLE.  (IT WAS ENTERTAINING BECAUSE FOR A SECOND I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE WRONG RESTAURANT.) WE COULD HAVE JUST WAITED INSIDE. HA!


THE DOOR HANDLES ARE SOOOOO CUTE.
I THOUGHT THE OTHER SIDE WOULD HAVE A FORK HANDLE, BUT NOPE, ALL SPOON.



INSIDE WAS NICE AND DARK WITH HIGH COMFTY BOOTHS TO SIT IN.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS SO DARK AND THE LIGHTS THAT WERE SHINING DOWN ON EACH TABLE WERE SO STRONG THAT IT WAS HARD TO READ THE MENU WITH THE GLARE.  I WAS CONSTANTLY SHIFTING MY MENU TO DODGE AND GET LIGHT AT THE SAME TIME.  OH BOY!



               

NOTICED THAT THEIR "WALL DECOR" WAS FULL OF BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RESTAURANT.  THE RED CEILINGS ARE BRILLIANT, GIVING IT THAT RED MOODY GLOW.  I ALSO LOVE THE SPLASH OF RED THAT ARE SPORADICALLY ACCENTUATED ABOVE THEIR DROP DOWN LIGHTS. MODERN CHIC!






















Friday, May 3, 2013

2013 05 03 ORLANDO PHOTO EVENT IS GETTING STARTED

SNAP LOCATION FOR THIS YEAR:
1427-A Alden Rd, Orlando Fl 32803

THE ANNUAL SNAP EVENT IS GETTING READY TO START.
READY?  SET?



PARKING SPOTS ?



WHAT WOULD THE EMPTY WAREHOUSE TURN INTO NOW?
PEEKABOO!!!!!






Thursday, November 22, 2012

2012 11 22 VISUAL GEM: BY AYLIN


IT IS REALLY COOL THAT I HAVE SUCH TALENTED FRIENDS ENJOYING POTTERY AND CREATED THIS ART GEM.  I COULDN'T RESIST SHARING THIS.  THE COMBINATION OF GOLD AND BLUE IS BOTH CALMING AND EXQUISITE!

AYLIN'S POTTERY


PHOTO COURTESY FROM AYLIN

Sunday, May 27, 2012

2012 05 27 GEM SPOTLIGHT: Kirsty Mitchell's Wonderland series

THIS WAS FOUND ON http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2145760/Wonderland-Kirsty-Mitchell-heart-breakingly-beautiful-photographic-series-memory-extraordinary-life.html

ONE THING THAT CAUGHT MY EYE BEFORE THE VISUALS WAS THE HEADLINE OF: Woman, 36, who lost mother to brain cancer creates breathtaking fantasy land photo series in her memory.


ONE THING THAT I SUSPECTED THAT WOULD RELATED WOULD BE THE EMOTION BEARING FROM HER LOSS. AND HER PHOTOS TOUCHES ON THAT.

THE DREAMY COLORS AND MESMERIZING SHOTS WITH STRIKING COSTUMES LEAD ME TO DELICATELY LOOK OVER ALL THE DETAILS OF THE SHOTS.  I GUESS IT DOESN'T HURT THAT THIS PHOTOGRAPHER'S BACKGROUND IS IN FASHION AND COSTUME DESIGN AND ON TOP OF IT, HAS INTERNED AT ALEXANDER MCQUEEN'S DESIGN STUDIO.  I HAD NOT READ THAT SHE ONCE INTERNED AT ALEXANDER MCQUEEN'S STUDIO UNTIL AFTER VIEWING SOME OF THE PHOTOS AND CLOCKED MY HEAD WITH A "DUH!".  HENCE THE RELATED INFLUENCE AND DRAMATIC FEEL IN THE WARDROBE. THE BLURRED BACKGROUND AND THE EXTRA DREAMY SKIES LEAVES NOTHING BUT A FEEL OF WANDERING WONDERLAND THOUGHTS.


THESE ARE REALLY AWESOME SHOTS FOUND ON DAILYMAIL.CO.UK:
Danaus: A close-up of a model before a sunlit backdrop, peering through a veil of paper butterflies
The Storyteller: a reference to Kirsten's mother, a model on a carpet of bluebells enveloped by booksKirsty Mitchell has dedicated her Wonderland photographic series to the memory of her late mother, Maureen, who lost her life to a brain tumour in 2008
WATCHING THE VIDEO ON HER BLOG/DIARY, YOU SEE SO MUCH DETAIL AND EFFORT PLACED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER ALONE.  EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS HER OWN CREW, ITS A HUGE TASK COMBINED IN ONE. 

Saturday, May 12, 2012

2012 05 12 SNAP ORLANDO EVENT



CANT WAIT TO GET MORE VISUALS AT TONIGHT'S EVENT. 
Fashion tonight by Fused fashion... plus MyVerse, TamTam Africa, DJ Nigel, and Andrew Spear live art on wall.  AND MORE ! 

Thursday, May 10, 2012

2012 05 09 GETTING READY FOR SNAP ORLANDO

THE SNAP ORLANDO EVENT STARTING SOON!   PREPPING FOR THE OPENING NIGHT AND A FAB WEEKEND OF ENTICING VISUALS FOR THE "URBAN WILD" THEME.
JAM FULL PACKED OF PHOTO RELATED EVENTS: LECTURES, FABULOUS GUEST ARTISTS, EXHIBITS, WORKSHOPS, AND OVERALL SHARING THE SAME INTEREST OF PHOTOGRAPHY. 

THIS IS SNAP ORLANDO'S THIRD YEAR.  EXCITED TO SEE EVERYTHING COME TOGETHER AGAIN!