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Here are some more photos from around Reykjavik. After shooting all day, I just wanted to see the parts of the city that weren’t “downtown,” so I just headed to the suburbs on the Southwest part of town trying to find the public pools. The reason being is that I’d heard that they have amazing hot tubs calibrated to different temperatures depending on your preference. All of this was true. Places of interest are: the cemetery, the town square, the public school, the public pool, the fishing shack, and the handball court. The day after I took a long roadtrip away from Reykjavik. Roadtrip photos coming soon.

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Reykjavik is kind of like a neighborhood in Brooklyn. You could walk the perimeter of downtown in a few hours. Laugavegur is the main strip where most of the shops, restaurants, and cafes are situated. By complete coincidence, I ended up arriving the night before Icelandic Independence Day or Þjóðhátíðardagurinn where the streets were jammed, and families were out to see the live music and take part in the street carnivals. Notable things here are the antique car show, the street fashion, the cat food, the birds, and the light. The light in Iceland is unlike anywhere I’d ever been.

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Upon arriving in Reykjavik, I didn’t really know what to expect other than what a few friends had told me from their previous visits. The plane landed at 12 midnight and the sun was still out, just above the horizon. After getting through customs, I boarded an airport shuttle bus to downtown Reykjavik. The bus driver was blasting Icelandic Black Metal. It was 2am. After checking into the hotel, the sun was fully out and there was no way I was gonna fall asleep so I took a walk and tried to get my bearings. Imagine, daylight for almost 24 hours…….everyday of the summer.

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And to follow the images from Part 1, we took a quick walk through the Arboretum, before heading back to the city to view the fireworks on the Hudson River. Pretty epic. The following day, I met up with some friends at Beach 98 in Far Rockaway for a day of nothing. Perfect.

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It’s been sometime since my last post, but I’ve been hard at work and away in Iceland. Those photos will be coming shortly. This 4th of July, my buddy Ken was gracious enough to open up his home for a day at the pool. There was food, friends, tennis, basketball, and not much else you could ask for. Even a nature walk through the arboretum nearby. Here is part one of two.

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On Saturday, Restless People and Delorean played at Glasslands in Brooklyn. It was an amazing show. Here are some photos.

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Last batch from Brimfield…..

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Here are more photos from Brimfield. It was crazy to see all the dudes on bikes with walkies, collectors only looking for one type of thing, people from all over the world sourcing props for their stores and restaurants. Wildness. Things to note: “Military” is spelled “Militry,” porters wear t-shirts letting people know they are there to carry stuff blazed out of their skulls, Mork, DIY Fred Flinstone and Barney Rubble, the vintage Red Sox pendants, the broken instruments, and the food court. Jeez.

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Just three and a half hours north of New York, the craziest flea market happens three times per year. On monday night, we drove up to the Quality Inn in Auburn, MA to rest for a few hours before heading to the shows at Brimfield. The Brimfield Shows are happening through the weekend. We’d been told that if you really want to find the best stuff you have to go on the first day; and while running around like wild animals, we ran into friends with the same motivation trying to find things before the prop stylists, the set builders, the J. Crew’s, Ralph Lauren’s, and Tommy Hilfiger’s. The turn-out was pretty incredible; it is the physical manifestation of eBay. I feel that more than ever people are looking for things that have longevity and history as opposed to things that are pre-fabricated and ill-constructed. Although I never really buy much while I’m there, it’s worth going just to witness the spectacle. These are some of the things I found there just walking around.

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