Guy Brighton's Wishful Thinking

Sun 31st July : Hampton'd Out

Spent 4 days at the Hampton's with the Lady's family. Up in the springs with her parents and brother. It was just like Philly - lots of bbq steak and fish and jumping in the pool and playing cards - just in a different house.

In some ways the Hamptons is just like New York - everyone beeps the fk out of you if you slow down to gawp at someone's big house. There is also no parking.

Shelter Island was a scene. That little bar, restaurant on Sunset Beach with all the little speed boats coming in to it.

And then you leave Shelter Island to the north - to Bridgepoint or whatever its called. And you really are back in America with a bump - Harley rallies and classic rock on the pier. You know then, your holiday is over. Back to the reality of NYC.

Mini Portable Classy BBQ

Good spot by the Cool Hunter on this one: "The Gourmet Traveler is a briefcase that turns into a portable, rotating grill that uses charcoal. Designed for those who cannot go without their weekend barbecue or grilling session, whether at the beach, farm, countryside or alongside the pool or apartment veranda, the grill possesses a battery that runs for eight hours and can be hooked up to a vehicle's cigarette lighter or any power outlet."

At the beach?? Just outside my window on the fire escape, more like.

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Little Man On Elizabeth

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Originally uploaded by GuyBrighton.

Seen on the streets of New York.... It's hard these days to stand out from the rest of the street art crowd - so it's nice to occasionally stumble on art like this.

Open Bar Listings eMail List!

When I first came to New York, I was told that there were so many parties that you could go out every night in this city and drink and eat for free.

Sounded good to me. But, I just didn't know the parties...

But now two fellas called Rob Hitt and Seva Granik from Williamsburg realized the dire need for a centralized and coherent source of openbar listings (because "paying rent and shelling out 7 bucks on a Brooklyn Lager just wasn't working out"). Each week, they'll send out an email with a listing of bars offering free alcohol. Over time, they promise zip-code driven search and sort capabilities too!

MyOpenBar.Com

StreetWall Wallpaper

The designers at StreetWall have developed some very modern wallpaper to plaster up - including city scapes, graffiti and digital art.

Delivery is within 8 days, the site says.

Streetwall

Music BlogJob At VillageVoice

Villagevoice.com is looking for a someone write a daily music blog and weekly feature. Though temporary--three or four weeks- the position may lead to a regular column:

If you're interested, please send links to your currentblog and a few of your published clips, features in particular. Also, please include any traffic statistics that you keep. Feel free to forward this email.
Thanks,
Chuck Eddy, music editor

The iShuff Jacket

Want to buy someone an awful present? Try the iShuddle iParka!! Works espacially well if your 'friend' actually owns a mini or full size iPod.

Choc bar not included.

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Sun 17th July : Bloggers Exist!

And walk about and bump into each other: Piers from PSFK & Marc from Wooster Collective in the streets of SoHo:

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Personal Account 2

Subway freak

Subway freak
Originally uploaded by GuyBrighton.

Fri 15th July : Model's Pet

I'm sitting in Snice, just tapping away and a bunch of skinny 18 year old models sit around the table before me. All straight from a shoot, all blonde, skinny, tanned, leggy  - you know the sort you watch on TV and hate.

But right now, I just want to be sat at the table and petted. "Ah, poor little Guy."