Bambir is BACK!!! and Arsineh Backtracks.

My sources say all Bambir members are back in Yerevan with a new look and perhaps better English. They spent the last six months in LA doing God only knows what. I hear some shows, among other things. I hope the experience broadened their musical scope, but I'm glad they are back.

On to life. The last few weeks have been on a happy rollercoaster. Work has been overwhelming, but I avoided getting sick this time. I just completed a book of photography in Armenia including photos from myself, Raffi Kojian and Davit Ayvazyan. It wont be for sale, it's actually for VivaCell and will be their Christmas gift this year. But it's looking mighty good. I'm off to the printers soon to do a second press check. Oh, on that note, if anyone wants to work with printers in Armenia, knock on wood, Limush is an up-and-coming printer which has just expanded and provides incredible customer service and quality. That's for all the design and print geeks out there like me.

Otherwise, I just moved to a new apartment near Sakharovi Hrabarag and I'm loving it. Heated floors, good clean ventalated shower, clean kitchen... only after days of scrubbing top to bottom to remove any remnance of messy interns who rented through the summer/fall. What was once a beautiful home is now a beautiful home again. Why the need to move you ask? Bottom line: health. It's becoming very clear to me that my immune system has a hard enough time fighting off these little suckers (germs) that while trying to keep me warm at the same time, it doesn't stand a chance against the smallest germ. I know this now. That, and the opporunity fell in my lap.


To back up and cover things I never had time to blog about, I also attended the Women's march a couple weeks ago, here are some photos. It felt good to see the reaction to such a crowd. At the same time, it exposed some of the deep-rooted chauvinism when some men disregarded the thought completely. But the march was a step in the right direction. I also have to note that I was surprised by the male attendance to the march. The assumption may be that they were all diasporan, but there were plenty of local male marchers. I was impressed. And since Raffi N wrote enough about the actual purpose, I'll refrain from reiterating.

Adding to the the event riddled pattern of my life, I recently attended a fashion show for children with a Christmas theme. The show intended to bring out the Christmas spirit a bit early this year. It took place at Nina Hovnanian's store, Treasures of Armenia. I took photos, but only for the catalog we will be preparing for them. No previews of that today. However, I will say that I felt I was in another world... doing a photo shoot of models in Armenia. That is so not my thing, and yet, it was. The models were funny and fun to work with. All seemed eager to be in front of the camera, some were pretty, some were ok. All were divas.

Also, here are a couple photos from the Mister X concert. Thought y'all might enjoy (ahem... shoosh).