Nike Basketball : Masaryk Towers Gym
Possibly the coolest basketball experience I’ve ever had… The gym at Masaryk Towers, a low-income high-rise apartment in New York City’s Lower East Side, was recently renovated into an up-to-date basketball training facility. All of this thanks to...
An Evening In Manila : Winter Edition
Project Heal Manila is a global organization dedicated to supporting sustainable community-based projects designed to empower the youth of the Philippines...
New Year’s Eve 2011 : Costa Rica
What better way to spend your New Year’s Eve than with your feet in the sand and your head in the stars. This is a call to all those that want to spend the beginning of the year in this manner. Party Paul and I are currently keeping count on those who would like to...
Google+
I guess it’s about that time, Friendster, MySpace, Facebook. They’ve all had their time. Now it’s Google’s chance to dive into the social network pool or is it. Will it be the next FB? Who knows. But knowing Google’s propensity to getting things right…they’ll try real hard. Although the effort may not be to take...
Birthday : Yacht Rocking!
Today is my birthday… Help me celebrate my Will Perdue by joining my bestie, Paul Albano, and I at the Frying Pan at 6ish. Hope to see you there.
Full Moon Party : Summer Kick Off
Start the summer off right with me at the South Street Seaport on June 9th… The cool people at Antenna Mag are hosting a good time. Come through to the Full Moon Party; listen to some jams and sip on some brews at the Beekman Beer Garden right on the East River. It will feature...
An Evening In Manila
UPDATE: Tickets for the event are now $40.00, so it’s like buy one get one free. Project Heal Manila is a global organization dedicated to supporting sustainable community-based projects designed to empower the youth of the Philippines. It is also a great group of friends who I lend my talents to… I happen to be...
Costa Rica • You Make My Dreams Come True
When was the last time your dreams came true? Were you dancing? Drinking, eating, riding quads? Were you having a morning swim? Were there blue skies, sandy beaches and vanilla sunsets? Well, this video produced by Mr. Taste & Jacko, directed and edited by Party Paul, featuring the talents of Taymoney and Happy Feet… will...
Help Japan
Help Japan by purchasing this beautiful poster from James White over at Signalnoise. The resources are being sent to Red Cross and have already raised more than $7,000. Learn more about this poster and the good it’s doing here. >>>
Costa Rica • Part IV: It’s A Dance Off!
To put an end to this re-cap of a vacation was quite difficult. The problems lie in that I found it hard to go through videos and images without getting melancholy. It being a cold climate and my bones aching for them to be in the warm sun didn’t help. But alas, this will be...
Costa Rica • Part III: ¡Feliz Nuevo Ano!
Sorry for the delay, I’ve been sitting on this post for a bit now. But alas, here it is… December 31st. The last day of a tumultuous, roller-coaster year. Not only for me, for my besties as well. But this is about optimism. Keep your head up. Onward and upward. New beginnings and happy endings....
Costa Rica • Part II: Bring the Party to Me!
Waking up in Costa Rica isn’t a hard thing to do. Compared with opening your eyes to the frigid mornings of NYC, in paradise you rollover, throw your trunks on and jump into the pool to wake yourself up. I never got tired of that, doing it every day on my holiday in Central America....
Costa Rica • Part 1: Pura Vida!
Amazing! Amazing, amazing, amazing. It’s the only word I can conjure up to describe my New Years trip to the beautiful country of Costa Rica. Now, you may know that it didn’t all start out amazing. Mother Nature decided to put upon us the Blizzard of 2010, in which she closed down 3 major airports...
Bienvenidos!
UPDATE: Check out the first part of my Costa Rican re-cap here. >>> Greetings from Costa Rica. Graphic Optimism won’t be able to post anything relevant to graphics but will definitely post about things optimistic since ‘soy en la muy bonita pais de Costa Rica’. I’ll keep you guys updated on my status and post...
World’s Smallest Violin
Poor Kara. She had a rough day and it’s only noon. Here she is venting to me set to the soundtrack of the World’s Smallest Violin courtesy of Kanye West.
The Gang Has a Holiday Party
Last night was a joyous time for us at work. We celebrated the first annual Web Room Secret Santa and it was a good one. First of all Lisa Case surprised the rest of us by Smirnoff Icing us. And you can see, we take those very seriously. At least Steve and I do. Gifts...
Welcome to graphic optimism!
graphic optimism is about the active, empowering, constructive design attitude that creates opportunities for success by focusing and acting on endless possibilities. This blog will focus on this idea and will be curated by me, Shanti Garcia, an Art Director / Graphic Designer living in the Greater New York City area. Guest contributors will make...
