Cafe Habana
Also, stop by Cafe Habana if you happen to be around the SoHo/Lower East Side section of Manhattan for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or take out. I’ll be planning a date over there sooner than later, I can be quiet the food/culinary enthusiast if you didn’t know [LOL]. Last Thursday, I tried fried calamari in Shelton, Connecticut. For those who know me well, I ONLY eat chicken and fish, with the exception of shrimp and crab.
Cafe Habana New York
17 Prince Street at Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10012
Telephone 212.625.2001
Hours of Operation
Daily, 9am to midnight
Habana Outpost & Market
Great summer activity! Enjoi good food, musiq, art, design and bohemian folk in Brooklyn. That’s if you’re into those kind of things.
Outpost Market brings together the hottest local designers and artists in one big, colorful outdoor marketplace. Local DJs, frozen mojitos, and kids stuff make it the perfect opportunity for everyone to get together and support the community.
Look fly and shop local – shop Outpost Market!!!
Outpost Market @ Habana Outpost Fort Greene
757 Fulton Street at South Portland Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Telephone 718.858.9500
Weekends, noon to 6pm
NY Straightforward
Hey all, Keep It Surreal Online is slightly taking a different turn, nothing drastic. We’re just going to shine more light on the design culture, being that I am a young designer, young designers like myself might be more inclined to check it out, want to better their craft, or even get the chance to show off their work. I’m open to all ideas and any mediums of design. Especially if your in the tri-state area, SPEAK UP!
Check out NYSF after you leave here. NYSF is ran by two creatives from NYC, good friends of mine, Maine & Nell. Be on the look out for a Bizy DreamingxNYSF collaboration.
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Kahlil Gibran
“I prefer to be a dreamer among the humblest, with visions to be realized, than lord among those without dreams and desires.”
-Kahlil Gibran
Recycled Cardboard Macbook Case
Architecture student Alastair Hunter has recycled some cardboard to create this beautifully crafted macbook case!
Video: Kyle Cooper Showreel
Designer Kyle Cooper Showreel
The Future Beneath Us: 8 Great Projects Under New York
Exhibition: Today – July 5th//Various Mid-town locations
Admission: Free
The NYPL, in collaboration with the NYC Transit Museum, presents “The Future Beneath Us: 8 Great Projects Under New York” starting tonight—an exhibit that explores 8 current, massive underground transportation and water projects that will modernize New York. “The vast underground network of tunnels is the focus of a historic exhibition allowing visitors into a world unknown, featuring the much-discussed, but little understood, mega-projects” (a sneak peek, pictured). The exhibit is in two locations: The Science, Industry and Business Library’s Healy Hall (at 188 Madison Ave) and the New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex and Store at Grand Central Terminal.
Brooklyn Haitian Parade ’09
Some pictures from the Haitian Parade on Sunday that took place up Nostrand Ave. The marchers begin marching down the street from me, so I decided to get out and take some photos.
Red’s Friday Podplay
I haven’t created a new playlist in about 2 or 3 months, this being my first since then, and a ill playlist at that! I figured I share my splendor with some of the world. Usually I listen to R&B to put me sleep, but I’ve been listening to this throughout the week, on repeat. I was brought up in the care of a woman, so I’m led to believe, she comes first. This is a playlist the ladies and the fellas can enjoy.
- Musiq – Millionaire
- John Legend – Cross That Line
- Anthony Hamilton – Cool
- Musiq – Moneyright
- John Legend – Refuge (When It’s Cold Outside)
- Trey Songz – Love Safari
- Erykah Badu – Honey
- Anthony Hamilton – Chyna Black
- Lyfe Jennings – Midnight Train
- Musiq – Makeyouhappy
- Ryan Leslie – I-R-I-N-A
- Trey Songz – I Need A Girl
- Musiq – B.U.D.D.Y.
- Common – Faithful
- Lyfe Jennings – Cops Up
Creative Recreation
Creative Recreation 2 Strap Dicoco
I’ve been wanting these sneakers for the longest, maybe since September/October. You can find them at Urban Outfitters online, but never in this color. HELP!
These sneakers fit into my style of simplicity, one solid color, which can be accessorized with other pieces. Nicole keeps telling me I can’t go out and buy “outfits,” I need to buy things I can accessorize with. I got it now Nicole. LOL. Anyway, these sneakers are definitely on my shopping list, if I can ever find them.
Video: Surf for the Cause Trailer
Surf for the Cause x Grassroots Films
Surf for the Cause
Surf for the Cause is a fundraising group whose mission is to make a difference in the lives of those living in Third World Countries, one wave at a time. Every year thousands of surfers travel the globe to ride the most perfect waves the ocean has to offer.
Surfing the world, rebuilding, and raising money for various charities.
Surf for the Cause was started by a group of guys doing what they love. They simply made an organization out of it – surfing waves around the world & in return they make quality of life better for those who preserve these waves and inhabit those poor countries.
Visit Surf for the Cause
IFC Center x Objectified
Directed by: Gary Huswit
Friday, May 8 – Thursday, May 21
From the maker of HELVETICA comes a new documentary that explores the stuff that surrounds us and the people responsible for it. Interviewing design-world stars who create objects for Apple, Muji, IKEA and others, the film looks at the inspiration at work behind everything from toothbrushes to hi-tech gadgets. In thoughtful and revealing conversations, some of the world’s most influential designers illuminate the process of making their ideas concrete, and the increasingly urgent need to find sustainable design solutions for the future.
Participants currently include: Paola Antonelli (Museum of Modern Art, New York), Chris Bangle (BMW Group, Munich), Andrew Blauvelt (Walker Art Center, Minneapolis), IDEO (Palo Alto), Jonathan Ive (Apple, California), Dieter Rams (Kronberg, Germany), Karim Rashid (New York), Alice Rawsthorn (International Herald Tribune), Rob Walker (New York Times Magazine).
“Beautiful… a fascinating analysis of the design business exclusively from the vantage point of designers.”
- indieWIRE
NR, 75 Minutes
Plexifilm, USA, 2009
Official Website: http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/
Source via: IFC Center
Video: A Spike Lee Joint!
Check it out! Kobe Bryant: Doin’ Work on ESPN.
Award-winning director Spike Lee is visiting Bristol, Conn., and the ESPN campus to talk about “Kobe Doin’ Work.” Check here for the latest from his various past and present on-campus interactions. You can watch “Kobe Doin’ Work” on Saturday, May 16 at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Video preview after the jump!
A Spike Lee Joint x Tribeca Film Festival
Celebrities came out for for the Premiere of Spike Lee’s new movie ‘Kobe Doin’ Work’ at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on April 25, 2009 in New York City. Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Robert DeNiro, director Spike Lee and Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal attend a screening of “Kobe Doin’ Work.” And Professional Footbal Player Chad Johnson and Spike Lee exchange information.
ESPN Gala Presents “Kobe Doin’ Work” At The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. The mission of the TribecaFilm Festival is “to enable the international film community and the general public to experience the power of film by redefining the film festival experience.” The Tribeca Film Festival was founded to celebrate New York City as a major filmmaking center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan. The Tribeca Film Festival has become one of the most prominent film festivals in the world.
Video: Trey Songz – I Need A Girl
New Trey Songz, I Need A Girl. Ill R&B tune, definitely on the Podplay!
Video: Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
Great song! I love acoustic musiq.
Bizy Dreaming x Montage 2009
You haven’t seen one of these headline’s in awhile, Bizy Dreaming x “you”, or Bizy Dreaming x anyone else for that matter. I gave you an heads up a while back, that I’d be featured in a school publication, a publication, nevertheless. Anyway, it has arrived!!! I didn’t get what I wanted to be published, but I got something worthy of credit, so I’m excited about that. Next year, we are going for something better. I have a 3/4 page on page 18 for digital photography, check me out! This year’s edition of Montage is surprisingly far better than last year’s copy because more artists decided to step up. I have a few extra copies left from the ones I gave out, send me an email and we can work something out. Very limited copies!
Check out the featured photo (155th & 8th) here>>
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Happy Mother’s Day Mommy =)
Don’t you wish I was your son. [LOL] I’m just joking with that statement, but Happy Mother’s Day Mommy! She’s the best, even when she makes ANGRY >:O . I think she partially spoils me. If I didn’t have any reserve, she would try to get me anything I’d ask for, she’d do the same for my brother and sister as well, but I’d settle for less as long as I have her. Happy Mother’s Day Mommy! Enjoi your day!
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Baby Spike
Baby Spike! Ford started calling me Baby Spike as semester began to wind down and started to catch on – Doug, Ryan, Hersch, and I think Nic’. I decided to run with it ’cause Spike is a prominent figure in our culture and I wouldn’t mind my work being praised for its credit. Not only is Spike influential, he’s from Fort Green, in Brooklyn, and owns his own production company. Like that would be a surprise. Like Spike, I would love to have Harris-Williams-owned or related businesses in the future.
Happy Madre’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day to all those beautiful mother’s out there, as Jamie said, “you still got it.” I don’t know how Mother’s day was spent in any other households, but mine was dedicated to my grammy – she’s a strong, God-fearing woman and I love her so much. On Mother’s day, my mommy kind of put everything in retrospect, that even though my grammy faces so much adversity, she knows how to call upon the Lord for help. I can honestly say she was always religious. But what can you expect from a “old school” Jamaican. Even though I’m not as religious as I should be, I remember the first gospel song my grammy taught me, well us (my brother, sister, and cousins, as well), Can’t Even Walk. She deserves all that she was given on Mother’s Day, family, edible arrangements, roses, and ballons. Happy Mother’s Day! Enjoi your day ladies.
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Happy Birthday Sade
Today is my cool best friend’s birthday. Happy Birthday Sade!!! She’s cool because she knows me [LOL], AND she has a Macbook. These past two weeks everyone has been having birthday’s, it ridiculous [j/k]. Everyone has been having birthday’s though, and today’s my bestie’s birthday. I don’t know how that word became so popular by the way. Anyway, I love her to death – I remember when we were younger, MUCH ANIMOSITY, and now she’s one of the most important people in my life. Happy Birthday Sade! Love you, Enjoi!
Check out a photo I did for her after the jump.
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Happy Birthday Ford
Happy Birthday Ford, congratulations on being old! I never formally introduced you the Bizy Dreaming roster, but you’ll see who’s who in time. Anyway, it’s my boy Ford’s birthday today, he writes for the blog when time permits (he’s a good writer), and he’s the NYC-Long Island contact. Not too long ago, he gave me the name ‘Baby Spike,’ I’m running with that one, so when you see it, you already know. Show him love! He’s going to Towson next year to play football; good luck homie. You already know we’re out there. Happy Birthday! Enjoi!
Chad Harris
Broccoli
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