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May —>> September 2026 High Tea in Brooklyn Dance parade viewing crew Anne + Bruce / Chicago Sam’s birthday Can I Be Frank Jocelyn + Daniel / NJ Grant’s birthday Post beach at L&Bs FIP week 1 Sabina visits Radio Bakery Sam meets the extended family Provincetown Hiding in the hammock at Hemlock Hole Jack at Honcho FIP week 2 SVB + David / NY Eunice + Bill / NY Eunice + Bill post reception bonfire Kevin’s 60th Birthday Roast
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Veselka, the family-owned Ukrainian soul food diner in the East Village famous for their borscht, served with a dollop of sour cream and a slice of challah bread makes 15,000 gallons of their beet-based soup every year! Veselka which means “rainbow” 🌈in Ukrainian was founded in 1954 by immigrants Vlodymr and Olha Darmochwal and is currently owned and operated by their grandson Jason Birchard. • Our new book Counter Culture, celebrates New York City’s Greatest Diners and Luncheonettes and features Veselka. To celebrate our book release we are having a book launch & signing event at Veselka East Village (144 2nd Avenue) TODAY Wednesday, September 16th from 4-6 PM •Not only can you meet us and father-son duo Tom & Jason Birchard who have kept this Ukrainian comfort food diner at the heart of the East Village for over 71 years but you can pick up a signed copy of our book which will be available for purchase for $45.
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Our new book Counter Culture: New York City’s Greatest Diners and Luncheonettes is out today and features B&H Dairy Kosher Restaurant, which has been in business since 1938. Although it remains a kosher Jewish dairy (meatless) lunch counter today, this East Village diner has been owned and operated by Fawzy Abdelwahed, a Muslim Egyptian and his Polish wife, Ola since the early 2000s. Neither is Jewish, but it is a very New York story that they have kept up with the dairy restaurant premise, wanting to honor its roots. • We hope you can visit @bandhdairy and many of the other amazing Manhattan diners and luncheonettes we feature in our book as they all need your support to survive for many more generations! • “Counter Culture” with words by Emma Orlow is available at your local bookseller and online today! To celebrate we are having a book launch & signing event at Veselka in the East Village tomorrow Wednesday September 16th 4-6 PM (2nd Ave at corner of 9th Street) It is free to attend and signed copies will be available for purchase.
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Our new book Counter Culture will be released tomorrow September 15th by Prestel and celebrates New York City’s Greatest Diners and Luncheonettes and features Veselka on the corner of 2nd Avenue at East 9th Street. Veselka, which means rainbow🌈in Ukrainian was founded in 1954 and specializes in authentic Ukrainian comfort food including varenky (pierogi), borscht & potato pancakes along with American diner classics. • To celebrate our book release we are having a book launch & signing event at Veselka East Village (144 2nd Avenue) on Wednesday, September 16th from 4-6 PM •Not only can you meet us and father-son duo Tom & Jason Birchard who have kept this Ukrainian comfort food diner at the heart of the East Village for over 71 years but you can pick up a signed copy of our book which will be available for purchase for $45. • We hope to see you all @veselkanyc where there will also be a special counter menu offering for the evening!
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JAMEL SHABAZZ: “My archive is vast, but Prospect Park was my resting spot. I knew I could go there and just decompress” I have a vivid early 2000’s memory of leafing through Back in the Days by Jamel Shabazz in the now-defunct Urban Outfitters on Kensington High Street. It was there that I first encountered his joyful portraits of young New Yorkers and the vibrant energy of the 1980s hip-hop scene. Twenty odd years on and the Shabazz archive keeps giving. His latest book is a love letter to the 585 hectares of green that is Prospect Park. I had a chat with him about his new book Prospect Park: Photographs of Brooklyn Oasis. Read the interview on my Substack Shared Folder. @jamelshabazz @prestel_publishing @gitlowww
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I wrote the text for @jamesandkarla’s new book: “Counter Culture.” It features the stories and photographs of 30 Manhattan diners and luncheonettes they selected. Having grown up here it was a personal project… from EJ’s Luncheonette (which I went to with high school friends but it took me until this book to try the crunchy French toast fingers) to B&H Dairy (my every-week constant in college—alone, with friends, and crushes). Many turkey clubs, tuna melts, pierogies, and egg creams were consumed along the way. Lots of squeaky swivel stools and sticky vinyl booths. Though we’re in a wave of owners resurrecting and reimagining them, you can’t write about the cultural significance of New York diners without talking about their decline— a familiar story of rising rents, shifting palettes, and inflation. Since submitting this last summer, several spots in the book have sadly closed, so this now also functions as a nostalgic archive. The hardcover 224-page photography book will be out September 15, 2026, by Prestel, part of Penguin. You can pre-order it now through James and Karla or via Amazon (you know which is preferred). Thank you to our editor @gitlowww and the rest of the team.
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New York Forever ❤️ Come browse our favorite books about the city. 🗽📚 #LongLivePrint #CasaNextDoorNYC #I❤️NY
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Thanks to all who came out for the *official* release of NY Street Vendors! Thanks to our gracious hosts @casamagazinesnyc, @casanextdoornyc and to @dfnigerianfoodtruck for the amazing food. As always, thanks to @gitlowww and @joelholland_studio for working with me on this love letter to NYC’s street vendors, our third book together with @prestel_publishing. And to the charming @jaekicho from @righteouseats for spending the day with us (and writing the amazing forward to our book). Special thanks to @streetvendorproject for their tireless work on behalf of NY’s street vendors. They are celebrating their 25th anniversary this year in the best way possible — an incredible legislative win that will give permits to the vast majority of the city’s 23K vendors, many of whom have been operating in the shadows, and on waiting lists for years for one of the city’s elusive permits (and suffering unnecessary fines and harassment while they wait). Pick up your copy of NY Street Vendors at @casanextdoornyc — but also consider a donation to @streetvendorproject. This book wouldn’t have been possible without their advocacy!
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What a blessing to freeze a moment and decades later revisit it and share it to the larger world. I met this couple at the Port Authority Station in Midtown Manhattan during the early 90s. What a blessing it would be to reconnect and share this precious moment frozen in time. #photooftheday #photography #love #memory #jamelshabazz
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Matte “velvet” effect over chrome on @gitlowww. Isolated matte is such a weird twist to add into your nail art. Ask me for it at your next appt! Been busy in the studio lately and grateful to all of you for keeping it that way. Spring manicures are in full swing! Book yours in time for the better weather to arrive!
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My last year in books ... and typography... A heartfelt thank to all the artists, editors, contributors and publishers who kept me busy and inspired! My favorite fonts in 2025: Girott by Radim Peško GT Pressura by @grillitype HAL Colant by @haltypefaces RAUSCHEN B by @outofthedark.xyz TWK BURNS by @weltkern Kamenyar by @zakznak KTF Jermilov by @kyivtypefoundry Arthemys Display by @gagane_ ABC Asfalt by @abcdinamo
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The right color combo can make or break a set’s impact. This chartreuse over milk chocolate airbrush for @gitlowww is such a power punch! This is a Tier 2 art level.
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