What a week, I am knackered. You all have probably noticed through our other social channels (FB and Twitter) that DJB and I headed down to Paris for a very special launch. The good folks at Levi’s Strauss Europe invited us down to the launch of their new flagship store on one of the city’s most prestigious roads, Champs-Élysées. I can’t pronounce that title with a French accent, end up saying Champ Ellesee haha. We bumped into London-based style enthusiasts on the Eurostar, Aaron and Martell of Individualism who happened to be going to the same event. More on the reverse.
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OK, so I’m not very good at ‘talking about myself’ but here it goes… My name is Sami Janjér and I’m pretty much your average guy and then some. Haha, that sounds corny as hell but I will swiftly move on. I’ve known the guys since our days at Arts (to think that was one big holiday) and this site pretty much set standard for most of our peers to do something and I can safely say between Yin, Yang and DJB they were the ‘cool cats’ of uni so I’ve proudly bookmarked www.yinnyang.co.uk since second year of university (you should do too).
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Sat in a half empty American Airlines plane, listening to Gospel and praying that I’ll make it back to London safely. It’s the end of the beginning. The past 10 days in New York have been nothing short of amazing. Staying in Brooklyn was perhaps the best decision of the whole trip – it helped us embrace the culture and gaze the Manhattan madness from a distance. I wasn’t sure what to expect from the trip when we departed London, the last trip to NYC was amazing but completely touristy. We didn’t even touch BK – the whole ‘OMG it’s so hood and I may come home in a coffin’ thang but it was the complete opposite. Yes, you’ll see the thugged out hoodie-wearing folks but I see that in East London on a regular! More on the reverse.
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That’s one word to describe the New York lifestyle. It’s perfect for the young and ambitious – I admire the go-getter attitude and collaborative culture of the city. It does take its toll, you just don’t notice the time. Dinners at 11pm and average night’s out ending at 5am? My gosh. I spent most of the day recovering from the week’s madness – a night in Jersey, meatpacking dining, SoHo escapades amongst all the madness. Have a gander at some of my imagery from day five. Yes, I’m late again.
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Sorry for the lack of update yesterday, I wasn’t too bothered to get my camera out and photograph everything. Strange – wanted to just enjoy the company I was with and the city that I’m in. That only lasted a day so have a gander at the imagery from around Brooklyn and Clyde Frazier‘s new restaurant/bar/sports lounge/basket after the cut. Lot’s of randomness from all over the city in fact.
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I love this city more and more by the day. Staying in Brooklyn was probably the best decision we made – the lifestyle over here is so much different to the one uptown, it’s more chill. It’s similar to East London but way better – Bedford Avenue is definitely one of my favourite parts of the city. We kicked started our day there with BURGER for brunch. Then walked through Williamsburg, over the Bridge and onto Bowery and NoHo/SoHo. Long ass walk but we had to burn off that fat gained from the meal. You’ll see what I mean on the reverse – hop on!
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Gah, apologies for the delayed post. Life over here has been surreal so far – everything feels like a scene out of a movie/TV show. Even the part of BK we’re staying in, NoStrand, the area around here isn’t the most visually pleasing but so much personality. The people are a mixture of super nice and crazy (as in don’t look at them and walk past) haha. I’m not going to break down what we did each day, just a tad too long! I want my photographs to do the talking – hop on after the cut to see our journey through BK, Queens and Manhattan.
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