‘fly to london this weekend and go to a party’. um…well, ok. before i know it, we’re downtown london rowing across a pond on the rooftop of the famous Selfridges, downtown london to celebrate the UK launch of a product line we do ads for. here is a little slideshow of the event, and one of the spots my partner & i shot for them. Via: World Architecture News Rooftop boating lakeBompas & Parr transform 400 sq m of prime roofspace atop Selfridges into a private emerald boating lake for a single weekend They say anyone who has ever been…
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“Nostalgic for sunburns, snow cones and organized canoeing? Top fashion designers relived their summer camp days on the runway with khaki shorts, bucket hats and arts-n-crafts details. A slouchy sweatshirt dress at Michael Kors evokes laid-back summer camp ensembles.” check it out here
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while we’d like to think that there is so much to do at wanda that nobody would ever need to leave, we have a bunch of fun excursions in the area that we like to send to folks. so we made a little ‘3 perfect days’ guide for guests. (best places to eat, shop, drink, explore and learn). HERES THE FAVS: 1. WALWORTH COUNTY FLEA MARKET: description of the place will go websitehere.com 2. DELEVAN ANTIQUES tommy guns antique mall 230 E Walworth Ave Delavan 3. MAIN ST LAKE GENEVA all manner of boutiques galore. lakegenevawi.com 4. ELEGANT FARMER …
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everyone forgets about things like this. they get locked away, forgotten, or more often than not- tossed out altogether. so when i find family heirloom recipes books, i try to save them at all costs. while cleaning out my late grandmother’s house, we found a treasure trove of old family photos, recipes, and journals like these. always with portable scanner on hand, i got some great archival copies. also pictured are my aunt and uncle. (love these photos, they are so handsome!)
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another friend and fellow art-camper, T Harrison Hillman- joined us at art camp a few weeks ago and sent us some images from his visit. gorgeous. gorgeous. gorgeous. check them out and more of his work here t. harrison hillman is an artist living and working in chicago, il. he received his BFA from the savannah college of art and design. harrison was a recipient of the photographers forum best of college photography award. he has exhibited his work in galleries across the country including shows in savannah, cincinnati, chicago, and new york city. he is an emerging artist who…
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We all do it. take a million digital photos, with the best of intentions to make the photo album ‘when i get back’… and then suddenly it’s 5 years later and the photo CDs are collecting dust in a shoebox at the back of your closet. but we still seem to avoid scrapbooking because it typically conjures up pictures of your glue-stick wiedling geriatric aunt in at her kitchen table. not really your thing. but theres a more fresh way to do it. and it doesnt involve stickers and premade journaling kits. How to embrace the art of journaling the…
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we had the pleasure of meeting Doug Fogelson at this year’s artcamp. Hes a publisher. photographer. artist. and one helll of a nice guy to boot. He posted some fantastic shots of Wanda. we adore his work!! check it out at front40press.com or here www.dougfogelson.com
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Milwaukee magazine did a nice little peice on Camp Wandawega this month. check it out: “RETRO RETREAT” A Chicago couple has brought an old summer camp back to life. by Thomas Connors aybe you can’t go home again. But back to camp? David Hernandez sure has. As a kid in the ’60s and ’70s, he spent summers on Elkhorn’s Lake Wandawega on land owned by the Latvian Marian Fathers. Envisioned as a retirement home for the priests, it quickly transformed into a getaway for Chicago’s Latvian immigrants. “Our mothers, who couldn’t send their kids to a proper camp, made their…
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the weekend before last, we hosted our 3rd annual ART CAMP, and were floored by the talent that joined us. So starts that ‘art camp series’… for the next few weeks, you’ll find individual posts featuring some of the work they created for us. the first post is PAUL- (thanks for coming to share the weekend and such a beautiful portfolio of shots!) check his work out here: paulstrabbing.com
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* written for the FAB blog: fathom.com* Tales from a Camp Wandawega. INNKEEPERS TALE no.1: let me explain. the DNR (department of natural resources) has deemed the lake that our summer camp sits on one of the healthiest in the state. Its chock-full of bluegill. (the teensy little shiny cute, harmless fish, barely larger than your hand) one sunny afternoon, one of our cabin guests came striding up from the lake donning band aids on his nipples. we’ve seen stranger things, i guess, so i tried not to stare. ‘i know’ he said ‘the bluegills are trying to milk me’….
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