Chicago

A few weeks ago, I went to Chicago to work on the cookbook with Adam. We did a ton of work which I cannot reveal here, but we also got to see a little bit of the city:

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market day

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the view from the ladies room in hancock tower

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on the streets

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adam with our hosts; iphones; bus.

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waiting for the train

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best ice cream i ever had.

Release Party

A few shots from last week’s release party for “Lost & Found” at House of Yes.

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Abby Payne - Lost & Found

I’m so proud to have made this video with Abby Payne and all her amazing band-mates & dancers!! We had a release party last night for the video, and Abby’s new EP will be coming out soon.

Abby Payne - Lost & Found from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

the city, the summer

a few highlights of the last few weeks:

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yoga with zarah kravitz @ the highline_mg_2724

my first time to the empire state building!_mg_2950

working alongside and trying to pick up some technique from this badass dude_mg_2951

tel aviv for foodies

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jerusalem for foodies

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it’s all about the hair II

some behind the scenes photos from my shoot at caramel city in april.caramelcity004download-2caramelcity006caramelcity003caramelcity0021

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it’s been hot lately

this is a scene kyle & i stumbled onto at 7:22am a couple days ago in the middle of the recent heat wave. don’t know the back story, wish i had been there when they woke up, though.

it’s been hot lately from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

it’s all about the hair

some portrait work that i did for caramel city salon a few months back.
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staten island

i started this video a long time ago in the winter, but it wasn’t complete until kyle made some music that fit it perfectly:

staten island from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

upstate

a couple photos from the adventure inbal and i had upstate a couple weekends ago.

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book news

I’m super super excited to be working with Adam Roberts on his new cookbook! Adam, Tyla (his intern and food blogger) and I had a pre-year-of-hard-and-delicious-work dinner party at Adam’s place a couple weeks ago, and he made a blog post with a few photos I couldn’t resist taking. I don’t know what else to say about that night and the near future except….yum.

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and strawberry shortcake! a lot more photos over on Adam’s blog.

Israel Ch. 3: Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv, with Ariel Yehuda Hoffman playing piano.

Israel Ch. 3: Tel Aviv from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

Hula Bike Ride

Inbal & Matthew and I had a beautiful bike ride in Hula, Israel. This is my memory of it.

Israel Ch. 2: Hula Bike Ride from elizabeth leitzell on Vimeo.

Kittehs of Israel: ur doin it right

There are a lot of cats in Israel, but most of them don’t really want to hang out with people, unless you’re going to feed them. Everyone kept telling me that cats:Israelis as squirrels:Americans. That’s cool, but I think cats are way cuter than squirrels, personally.
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