~FAMOUS DELI-MEN I HAVE KNOWN !!

or: speaking of which . . . food.

FILE UNDER: FAMOUS DELI-MEN – I HAVE KNOWN . . . NYC STYLE !!


artist RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA and, at right, gallery owner GAVIN BROWN – !! – dish – soup and bbq pork !!
at the big, huge RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA opening reception – ‘FEAR EATS THE SOUL’ – Gavin Brown’s enterprise, MARCH 5, 2011.
ha. from now on – when we want to get something out – about MR. MOJO – Gavin Brown to you – under the radar. we’re gonna call him: deli boy !!
as in, hey dude. get this: deli boy just . . . took over.
nice hat bye the way. you should keep it.


STEVE VAN DOREN of VANS, center – dishes in the same month – !! – at the WAFFLE TRUCK – at the big, huge VANS WARPED TOUR – NYC KICK-OFF. MARCH 25, 2011 – at the new HOUSE OF VANS, in BROOKLYN. oh yeah.


STEVE VAN DOREN, DELI-MAN SUPREME, not to mention VICE PRESIDENT OF VANS and son of co-founder PAUL VAN DOREN !!
ALL PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

oh yeah. and pretty much nobody knew the diff. in either of the food lines. all for the good.
or: hosts with the most, win.
or: a-c-t-i-o-n, gimme some of that – as the reggae man sing.

. . . of course I knew Gavin, though catching him at the game – was the trick.
with Steve it was new territory for me. and no, nobody dropped the dime. I just do my goddamn homework !!
in fact I sampled a couple of kids in the crowd, including some working photogs, with VANS sponsorship by the way !! (just sayin..) to see if they recognized anybody behind the food table – and they just looked at me like I was nuts.
hey. crazy as a fox, dude.
that’s why he gave me such a big smile !! busted. I got him.

yeah, ya just gotta love the life. NYC STYLE 2011.


SCHOOL OF ROCK ALL STARS – HOUSE OF VANS, BROOKLYN – VANS WARPED TOUR 2011 – NYC KICK-OFF
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH

OK, SPEAKING OF WHICH – MOST DEF – YOU HAVE TO CHECK THIS OUT, YOU LAZY, YOU KNOW WHAT !!

FOR A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE & SOME LOCAL COLOR, read this: HOUSE OF VANS OPENING – OCT 18, 2010/HYPEBEAST !!
and yo !! – do NOT forget to read the reader responses – priceless – make that – PEERLESSS – NYC shit – if I ever did read some !! oh, yeah.


PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH – HOUSE OF VANS, BROOKLYN. MARCH 25, 2011