VA$HTIE » albany http://www.vashtie.com/blog Downtown's Sweetheart Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:21:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 ALBANY | i put on for my city (part 2)! http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/12/27/albany-i-put-on-for-my-city-part-2/ http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/12/27/albany-i-put-on-for-my-city-part-2/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:31:08 +0000 vashtie http://www.vashtie.com/blog/?p=1360 next up…NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM! in downtown ALBANY. it had everything from a ROCKWELL KENT exhibit to the history of NEW YORK, from the ice ages to present day. it was exhausting, hence the post might put you to sleep.


*SAVIE and the…

]]> next up…NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM! in downtown ALBANY. it had everything from a ROCKWELL KENT exhibit to the history of NEW YORK, from the ice ages to present day. it was exhausting, hence the post might put you to sleep.


*SAVIE and the michelin man.


*MASTODON found in ALBANY over 200 years ago.


*the wax part of the museum is SCARY! this showed found skulls of old Albanians and what they ate and how they died.


*logging was a big thing back in the day upstate.


*Iriquois, native to New York State.


*hunter/ gatherers.


*longhouse.


*did not know that…


*barrels they made rum in.


*questions asked at ELLIS ISLAND.


*LES. i remember looking at this photo in school and being stunned at how small the apartments were for one family…


*the actual size, laid out right here.


*BROOKLYN we go hard.

HARLEM WORLD


*old school A TRAIN.


*you can sit on it and everything.

after the museum we were exhausted. it was so huge and i didn’t remember all the exhibits it holds. we started from the ice age and went into the museum of 9-11. mixed in were, birds of the northeast and cool jazz quilt art.

we ended the night with some fiyah CURRY CHICKEN my mom made and left for us. grocery stores closed early so we couldn’t make rice to eat with it, instead we tried it over PENNE!!! and it was actually amazing!

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/12/27/albany-i-put-on-for-my-city-part-2/feed/ 5 ALBANY| i put on for my city (part 1)! http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/12/27/albany-i-put-on-for-my-city-part-1/ http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/12/27/albany-i-put-on-for-my-city-part-1/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:24:56 +0000 vashtie http://www.vashtie.com/blog/?p=1227 the capital of NEW YORK is where i was born and bred. it might seem confusing why my Fathers brother came from Trinidad to settle down in the Bronx in the late 70′s and why my Father didn’t follow his path. if you ask him why he immigrated to Albany…

]]> the capital of NEW YORK is where i was born and bred. it might seem confusing why my Fathers brother came from Trinidad to settle down in the Bronx in the late 70′s and why my Father didn’t follow his path. if you ask him why he immigrated to Albany and not to one of the typical boroughs he’ll tell you “the city was dirty”. fair enough. i’m also sure the city and Gun Hill Road, Bx wasn’t the most appealing place back in the day.

i always wanted to grow up in The Big Apple, but Albany made me!

some great images of ALBANY:

my stay in the capital was short and sweet. here’s how some of it went!

*my friends from highschool, SUZY and MAGGIE, drove up. i met them at their place and as i got into a cold car found a frozen soda.


*first stop, my sister SAVIE’s place. then, off to meet CHRIS PISS…my good friend. he had this old map up in his dope apartment.


*celebrating my sisters belated birthday at EL MARIACHI.


*cheers with some sweet drinks.


*CHRIS PISS and SIS.


*sombrero on SAVIE. she was surprised by the flan and giant sombrero.


*cinnamon flan.

next stop was LARK TAVERN located off LARK STREET, where some friends from high school would be reuniting.


SAVIE and SUZY. i got a scholarship in 8th grade to attend the prestigious ACADEMY OF THE HOLY NAMES, which was a full-paid gig out of the hood. it was all white and all girls, something extremely new to me especially since my hood and school was all black.

SUZY, her twin FARRELL and ASHLEY befriended me first and taught me about a lot of things i knew nothing about. we had some really good times.


*MAGGIE and SUZY.


*BRIAN ANDERSON had a huge impact on my life also. as one of my brothers bestest friends, i hung out with him a lot. he’s the reason i would become vegetarian at 12 (which would last for 12 years) and got into skateboarding heavy.

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/12/27/albany-i-put-on-for-my-city-part-1/feed/ 6 my hometown of downtown ALBANY… http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/11/24/my-hometown-of-downtown-albany/ http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/11/24/my-hometown-of-downtown-albany/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:12:27 +0000 vashtie http://www.vashtie.com/blog/?p=894 it’s funny to me when people sometimes assume that i’m from some kind of gated community or suburb because of the way i speak or the things i’m into. they hear “Albany” and think because it’s upstate that it’s some sort of farmland. here’s a clip of the news, shot…

]]> it’s funny to me when people sometimes assume that i’m from some kind of gated community or suburb because of the way i speak or the things i’m into. they hear “Albany” and think because it’s upstate that it’s some sort of farmland. here’s a clip of the news, shot a couple of streets from where i actually grew up. and had i not gotten a scholarship to ACADEMY OF THE HOLY NAMES, i would have been at ALBANY HIGH with these tom fooleries. (blogs of visiting my hometown coming soon)

]]> http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/11/24/my-hometown-of-downtown-albany/feed/ 3 QE2 in ALBANY http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/11/14/qe2-in-albany/ http://www.vashtie.com/blog/2008/11/14/qe2-in-albany/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 08:43:59 +0000 vashtie http://www.vashtie.com/blog/?p=642 while i was browsing classic GWAR videos, it made me think back to my days in Albany. hanging out on Lark Street and going to hardcore shows at the QE2…oh, my days as a little straight-edged misfit. it was around the time i would venture out of the hood and…

]]> while i was browsing classic GWAR videos, it made me think back to my days in Albany. hanging out on Lark Street and going to hardcore shows at the QE2…oh, my days as a little straight-edged misfit. it was around the time i would venture out of the hood and learn about much different things that i had ever seen. while i wasn’t super into hardcore, i loved (and still love) the energy that came from it’s youth culture. i found some footage of great shows that took place back then at the legendary venue. RIP!


*it’s now called FUZE BOX, but i will always remember it as QE2.


*my homie ROB FUSCO’s old band, ONE KING DOWN (ALBANY HC BAND, RIP) + MASTER PLAN. ROB is now in MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD.


*my friend JOSH’s old band. i think i was at this show, hiding in the corner like usual. i’m into different things, but i wasn’t about to step in the wrong place and be pummeled by a windmill.

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