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CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

About Me

Masthead Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!Emotionally,spiritually,creatively and professionally Cafe Drake is a work-in-progress. Superficial to be sure, but only on the surface.ALSO: We like to grill our food tableside at Korean restaurants in the West 30s, have post-dinner drinks at some tatty old hotel, dance the merengue till dawn at Dominican after-hours clubs in Brooklyn, have an early AM Japanese breakfast of mackarel, miso, rice and oshinto at a midtown restaurant catering to hungover Japanese businessmen, crawl into bed with a sleep mask, movie star biography, member of the benzodiapine family and Marc Almond on our iPod.Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town

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My Interests

Staying present; dinner parties for old and new friends, family and acquaintances; perfecting the midnight omelette and flattering table lighting

I'd like to meet:

People on the same path and those who have fallen off. All who seek to obtain bliss through food and drink and fellowship.

Music:

Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dylan, Gang of 4, Joy Division, Black Strobe, Motor, pre-1980s David Bowie, CocoRosie, Antony,Pernice Bros, Danielson, Go Team, Ingrid Caven, Bright Eyes, Beirut, Eartha Kitt, Ratatat, Black Devil Disco Club, Coil, In the Nursery, The Walkmen, of Montreal, The Radio Department, The Real Tuesday Weld, M Ward, The Robot Ate Me, Tez, Macaque,

Movies:

1970s Made-for-TV horror movies (visit Cafe Drake's sister site at http://70stvhorror.blogspot.com/). Also, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Place in the Sun, Imitation of Life, Criminal Lovers (and all other films by Francois Ozon), Rosemary's Baby, The Servant, Safe, I Am Cuba, anything with Barbara Steele, Dirk Bogarde, Rosalind Russell, Ava Gardner, Alain Delon, Udo Kier, Klaus Kinski, Samantha Eggar, Christina Ricci

Television:

Deadliest Catch, Top Chef, Top Design, Dexter, Nip/Tuck, Weeds, Shameless, Supernatural

Books:

Paul Bowles, J. Carol Oates, Poe, Genet, Elizabeth Smart, Barbara Pym, James Purdy, Joan Didion, Bruce Maddox, Mishima, Stevie Smith, Philip Larkin, Anne Sexton, A.M. Holmes, Denton Welch

Heroes:

Everyone who walks through the doors of Cafe Drake

My Blog

Cafe Drakes Top 10 for Week of 20 August 2007

 Cafe Drake Top 10 Week of 20 August 2007 (in no particular order) Mumblecore  The current cinematic trend borrowing heavily from both John Cassavettes DIY filmmaking and post-Gen X self abso...
Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:29:00 PST

Cafe Drake’s Top 10 Week of 13 August 2007

Cafe Drake's Top 10 Week of 13 August 2007 Vellum Magazine's opening Thursday 16 August 2007 at Supreme Trading Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn: With a wide variety of styles on display (favori...
Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:07:00 PST

Cafe Drake’s TOP 10 LIST for the week of 6 August 2007

  Cafe Drake's TOP 10 LIST for the week of 6 August 2007 (in no particular order) The Tornado in Brooklyn: the first in over 100 years and we slept through it! Damn/GodBless phenobarbital. He...
Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:07:00 PST

Cafe Drake’s Top 10 Week of July 30, 2007 (Beckham Backlash, Jerk Marinade and Unicorns)

  Cafe Drake's TOP 10 LIST for the week of 30 July 2007 (in no particular order) Air Conditioning: In this hottest week of the year thus far, our two window units have been our best friends. $...
Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:34:00 PST

Journey to the End of Night(clubbing), with apologies to Celine

We keep getting asked at Cafe Drake - sometimes by friends but more often from younger cyber pals/visitors to the site(www.diningwithdrake.blogspot.com) why we eschew clubs in favor of dancing after d...
Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:04:00 PST

Haitian Cuisine in Crooklyn, Love & Support for Lilo & more

More blog entries to follow here this week, but for now check our spanking new entries at Cafe Drake (www.diningwithdrake.blogspot.com). We're throwing props at beleagured LiLo, sharing tips on Afro-F...
Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:48:00 PST

Unyielding Zebras and Excessive Sweetness

If the titular animal of this posting will forever remain impervious to Change, we wonder can the same be true of Cafe Drake? While we love so many of our personal defects, effects and affectations wo...
Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:31:00 PST

For Once, Turning to the Words of Others

"The soul, which in infancy could not be told from the body, came with age to resemble a body one no longer had, whose transports went far beyond what passes, now, for sensation. All irony aside, the ...
Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:45:00 PST

A Little More About Us

On the encroaching eve of our 2nd online anniversary, Cafe Drake finally recognized the need to upgrade our antiquated ways and initiate a prescence on MySpace (YouTube to follow, fans). If you haven'...
Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:04:00 PST

Cafe Drake

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Posted by CAFE DRAKE, BROOKLYN on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:47:00 PST