enthusiasm unbridled

My favorite Girl Walk - related story ever. 

girlwalkallday:

If you were at our NYC premiere in early December, you might have noticed a petite nun in the crowd (top photo, above center), happily dancing amongst showgoers. It turns out her name is Sister Silvia, and at a dinner with Anne Marsen following the event, she said,

“Anne that…

Chapter 1 of Girl Walk // All Day comes out on Gothamist tomorrow! READY???? 

girlwalkallday:

When we launched our official trailer in October, we announced that we’d be releasing our film chapter-by-chapter on Gothamist.com this winter. That time has arrived! Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 29th, Chapter 1 of Girl Walk // All Day will hit the Internet, first on Gothamist, then here on our site. We’ll continue to release one chapter at a time on Tuesdays and Fridays on Gothamist.com, throughout December and into mid-January. Once all twelve chapters have been released, we’ll put the film, in its entirety up on our site, free for you and everyone you wish to tell about it, to watch. 

We thought long and hard about the best way to bring you our movie, because in reality, we want all of you to be in a big room with giant screens and loud speakers, watching and dancing together. The computer screen is hardly the best medium for this film. We considered how for many of you, it’d be tough to watch the entire of a 75-minute long film in your chair at work,  or wherever you might encounter your first bit of Girl Walk // All Day. This is a film that (we hope) makes you want to tap your feet, stand up and grab your neighbor (or co-worker’s) hand, and drop what you’re doing and start dancing.

By sharing our film in chapters on a website that’s all about New York, we are giving you what we feel is the perfect amount of time to take from your lunch break to get a smile on your face. We want you to watch Chapter 1, then watch it again when Chapter 2 comes out, then watch it again when the whole film is online. We hope you’ll let us know when a dance move or character or moment in the film touches you and makes you happy, and that you’ll share our film, chapter-by-chapter, with the world.

Enjoy the first chapter when it arrives tomorrow. We’re incredibly excited to be sharing it with the world and we continue to thank you for all of your support. 

Airbnb, the awesome house-apartment-yurt-treehouse-boat rental site, has ventured into the world of video and asked Jacob to shoot some footage about “NYC Connections.” This is the video that came out of his handiwork. (Oh hi: I’m in it for 2 seconds at the 1:59 mark). 

Nice photos by Justin Waldron of NYC and Japan.

What we did this weekend part II: Rode our bikes 42 miles to Fort Tilden and back for Dustin’s birthday. At the beach, we made our own kites. This is mine, made out of bamboo poles, gaff tape, string and ripstop nylon. 

I’ve been riding the ferry to work nearly every morning. It’s delightful (and free for the rest of this week). Other weekday perks:

+ There’s hardly ever a line. And, if you have to wait, it’s not crowded and there are benches. 

+ Free coffee on board.

+ No pushing and shoving to get onto the boat. 

+ Sit indoors or outdoors and upstairs (and catch the sun and a nice breeze).

+ Taking a boat to work makes you forget you’re heading to work for at least a few minutes, and makes you feel like you’re on vacation. 

+ Everyone onboard appears relaxed and happy. Read: this is not the subway. 

+ Bikes are welcome! 

Obviously, I am a fan.

winnieau:

from the back of the new east river ferry, which was free and very crowded this weekend.

girlwalkallday:

We’ve launched Girl Walk // All Day on Kickstarter! Help us reach our fundraising goal of $4,800 in the next 44 days so we can bring our 71-minute dance music video to life.

We’re offering all kinds of rewards—producer credits, a project poster, a cameo in the film, dance lessons and more—at all different contribution levels.

Find out more about the project + support us over at Kickstarter.

Nice chair. 

A new exhibit of furniture by RO/LU Studio presented by Mondocane. Opening party tomorrow night, 11/6, 6-9 p.m. 

mattlehrer:

I created a map out of Grub Street’s list of the 101 Best Sandwiches in New York. 10 down, 91 to go.