Always as good as it looks: The food of Mexico.

Mexico is a feast for the senses. Everywhere, from an exquisite church to a simple taco stand, there is an abundance of color and texture; great care is taken in the aesthetic and feel of everything. First of all, the food. Throughout the country we found the most spectacular tacos, tostadas, empenadas, tortas, nachos, fish, treats and more. Nearly everything was cheap (try 60 cent tacos) and prepared with only the freshest ingredients. On our 36 hour bus ride across the country we would stop at random roadside stands and rather than munching on a chain burger, we'd feast on chicken tomales with verde sauce, flan and a glass bottle of Coke.

Following ROA around

I became a fan of street artist ROA when he pasted his huge sketchy animals (and animal parts) all over Brooklyn and NYC. Now he's in Mexico! We'll be checking these out in person in exactly one week. Word.

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(Images courtesy of Wooster Collective)

Great name Gary Spain.

Wait, decorators really do use pencil sketches. San Francisco based designer, Gary Spain, created this living room for the first ever Elle Decor Showhouse. I love 90% of the elements involved: mixing of modern and antique, terrariums, large print photos, animal heads, and playful sculptures. Brava!
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(images courtesy of Elle Dec0r)

"Life is complicated, isn't it?"

Sharon Horvath creates these incredible labyrinth-like paintings in her Brooklyn Navy Yard studio. Her particular abstract style, inspired by dreams and baseball, lures me in more than most line-based pieces of her contemporaries. The choice hues and unique layering technique pulls you towards them, but it's the mystery and composition that holds you in; they are "as intimate as an embrace."

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(images courtesy of the Artist's website, above)

A glimpse at Brooklyn Museum.

Kehinde Wiley
Napoleon Leading the Army over the Alps, 2005

My man Dali

Queen McQueen.

Heart beating fast. Get em