The Weekly Check In with Heather Neuburger

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on June 26, 2009
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(Part of The Weekly Check In series)

Heather and I grew up in the same suburb of Kansas City, but didn’t really become friends until we both moved to Lawrence. Since then we’ve gone to Las Vegas and Barcelona together and now live around the corner from each other in Brooklyn. She’s got great taste in pretty much everything and is basically a very classy lady. If you’re going to go on vacation I definitely recommend inviting Heather. She now works as studio director at Acne in New York.

Lane: What are you currently working on or just finished that you’re excited about?

Neuburger: I just started my own blog, brownpapercake , it’s totally random shit that I am inspired by, but it’s main focus is my musings about fashion. Gosh, I am turning into such a geek.

I have also recently joined an organization called NYcares . It is a volunteer program set up to work within communities on so many projects, from work with senior citizens, gardening, dog walking, and making art projects with kids.  So far it has been really enjoyable; today I played with cats!  We were working to socialize them so that they will be adopted.
Oh, and I started a new job, which pretty much rules! I am the studio director at Acne jeans. It is a great new challenge that I am learning from and developing a lot of creative outlets for myself.

Lane: Where have you traveled so far this month?

Neuburger: Paris this spring. Pure MAGIC!! I ate an insane amount of pastries, steak, and delicious stinky cheese. My favorite museum was the Centre Pompidou. What a terribly ugly building. But filled with some of my favorite art works. I could wax poetic about Duchamp, Matisse, and Beuys forever.

Why is the light in Paris so magical?! Everything glimmers and seems paved in golden light. Not to mention everywhere you go smells like bread and roses.
le sigh…

Lane: What’s your favorite music right now?

Neuburger: I’ve been going through a 90’s goth phase listening to the Cocteau Twins non-stop. My best friend gave me 2 incredible Serge Gainsbourg records last week for my birthday, they kill me. And a lot of “world music”: Ethiopiques, Selda, some crazy Cambodian music and this great Tropicalia comp.

Oh and i can’t seem to stop listening to J Dilla. Really all over the place.

Lane: Best food you’ve had in your neighborhood lately or while you were traveling?

Neuburger: There is this restaurant in St. Germain-des-Pres  that has no menu, it only serves steak frites. They ask you how you would like your steak, and then give you a salad with that perfect mustard dressing and then bring out this perfect little serving of steak and perfect crispy frites. Then they pour this incredible secret green sauce on, I’m not sure but there are some herbs and definitely a lot of butter in this sauce.

Apparently it is also all you can eat, because then they give you another little serving. ohhhhh it’s so very good! I can’t remember the name, Entrecote something or other, but it is around the corner from Cafe Flore and has a long line out front always.

Lane: Anything else you want to mention?

Neuburger: I guess this is a pretty “mushy” weekly check in. But you asked for it, and that’s me. Oh and kurt, I really want to be the singer in a band with you and your badass wife.

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