Lucid café + photography chats

Today I popped into Lucid Café on 38th and Lexington and enjoyed a mid-day cappuccino in the charming little space. Lucid has been on my radar for a while but I never really find myself in the Murray Hill area. They use Counter Culture beans, so that's already a plus in my book. (Guess who else uses Counter Culture? ioajfabracojeklr)

The place is quite tiny so I didn't get any great shots, but it definitely has a few cute aspects, including the string of postcards near the door, presumably from loyal customers on their worldly travels (?).

While I was sipping and shooting, a girl at the other table approached me about my camera. She was a fellow photographer who was actually there editing pictures. Not only did she have the coolest name ever (Ash Fox), but she had very pretty features and I couldn't resist a little impromptu portrait taking.

I can't decide whether I like the effect this random flare has on the second picture or if I should have edited that out!

Thanks to Ash for letting me shoot these. :)

Oh yeah, and the cappuccino? Very good. Milk a smidgen too hot. I rate it above the likes of Joe and Kaffe 1668, but you know where my heart still belongs to.

It was unavoidable...

Well, folks, I finally bit the bullet and started me a facebook page. Groan. I was avoiding it for the longest time because I'm not really sure what my strategy is for it (and I really like twitter), but for now, I'm hoping to use it as a quick way to interact with others and share news, especially with those not on twitter. If you would kindly "like" me to keep updated as I work out the kinks of my page, I'd be very grateful!

I was also feeling very meh about the two potential blog posts I could have posted today, so this is my lackluster update until I can create better content. It's just been one of those uninspired days. Well, if anything can snap me out of this, it'll be the week+ long trip to Hawaii in T-minus 42 hours... :)

Early summer fare at the greenmarket

The Union Square Greenmarket never disappoints when it comes to providing colorful spreads for the eyes, though I tend to think my camera's eye enjoys the bounty even more than I do. After all, it'll be a while before I actually know what to DO with all these veggies and whatnot. If you guys follow me on twitter, you'll know I often resort to eating three-day-old leftovers from takeout instead of cooking something real. We have barely just enough counter space for me to make coffee and that's pretty much that. (I'm very good at boiling water.) Psst, Nicole (and Linda), I'm still waiting on cooking lessons. ;)

For now, I'll just enjoy watching other people mill about the greenmarket and stay out of the scary unknown territory of actually purchasing goods myself.

All of these were shot with the 85mm with a new nifty Hoya circular polarizer. I will have some more detailed thoughts on the filter when I get some more use out of it.

Check out old posts of the greenmarket here, here, here, and oh, here!