Food : Westwind Orchard Harvest Feast

Out of the friendship between two famiies, the Chizzola’s, owners of the Westwind Orchard, an organic apple orchard and farm in Accord, NY and the Nanni’s, owners of Celestino a seafood restaurant in Bedstuy, Brooklyn, NY, with their love for organic produce, the care for the earth and their creativity in the kitchen this years […]

Barefoot Running : Back on the Beach

The temperatures are becoming beautifully challenging again, wishing all of you barefoot enthusiasts an exciting winter season. Courtesy Maddalena Gracis

San Juan Island Dispatches : Road Trip to Mount Constitution

Orcas Island being our base, we ventured out on a road trip this morning up to Mount Constitution.   Though the Nature surrounding us is tremendous, thanks to the dedication of ‘The Moran State Park’ in 1921 with locals having been very active in the conservation of this area, I would have loved to see […]

San Juan Island Dispatches : Seaplaning into the Islands

Once the morning fog lifted we were on our way. Our pilot Joe has a touch of Tin Tin … lots of adventure in his eyes. A short stop to pick up the prop kayak, tied it to the skid and off we are to the perfect sunset beach.

Test shot: Ingo in Hamburg

As it happens so often, a last minute creative change of taking the Outdoors indoors, our set got pretty tech-ed out : ) Shooting at the delightful Briese Studios in Hamburg with an amazing all Broncolor Flash System, using the latest Canon’s and the super new 80MP Phase One. But even better was our fun […]

Riding: Upstate NY Vintage Motocross

Last weekend while visiting my friend Edo, he gave me a quick taste of vintage motocross. Part of his collection are a 1979 Bultaco Frontera Mk11 250 and a 1978 Can Am Qualifier 370.   The bikes are in exceptional condition and the two stroke engines give the riding that extra vintage flair. Raw, real, […]