Amber De Vos

Name: Amber De Vos

E-mail Address/Contact Info (we don't spam, we do like to date though):amber@amberdevos.com URL: http://www.amberdevos.com

Relationship Status: Single and Fabulous

Address: 315 Seigel St.

Occupation/Medium: Photographer/amateur Chef

Why West Bushwick? How Long Have you lived here? Why not? 2 months

Who are your roommies and pets? 3 fabulous ladies, a cat, a bunny (some cunnies) and two foster rats.

Got any West Bushwick hidden treasures to share? Food Bazaar! (maybe not exactly in West Wick, but it rocks the Casbah)

Favourite West Bushwick Hot Spot? Our Roof

Favorite West Bushwick memory? Our first night, dressed as a shepherdess, a diner waitress, a bike fiend and ski bum, galavanting around taking photos and thinking of ways to seduce Tiba with acai and keep him in the closet for future use.

A few sultry adjectives to describe West Bushwick? Fierce, Gritty, Vivacious, Wild

Most embarassing guilty pleasure from American Pop Culture? Justin Timberlake

What is Bush-whack...in the state of West Bushwick? Gentrification (yes, we're guilty, I know)

Describe your personal vision of West Bushwick in Five Years... A Mecca of art and creation

Will you be here? If no...Where will you be instead? I hope so, if not, then Paris

Do you think its cheating if our neighborhood extricates itself from association with East Williamsburg and Bushwick to form its own distinct commuinity? Not at all. What's cheating is if a mate's girl makes out with another girl in front of him

By your best deductive reasoning, silly fantasies, and logical guesses what are some ideas for names for our neighborhood? I vote for West Wick!

rafael fuchs

Name:Rafael Fuchs

E-mail Address/Contact Info (we don't spam, we do like to date though):rafael@rafaelfuchs.com

Relationship Status:single

Address:260 Moore st, #406 Bklyn NY 11206

Occupation/Medium: Photographer

Why West Bushwick? How Long Have you lived here? Inexpensive (relatively),artsy residents, convenient to the city, big spaces, new territory

Who are your roommies and pets? It's just me (and occasional friend

Got any West Bushwick hidden treasures to share?

Favourite West Bushwick Hot Spot?

West Bushwick memory best set to a music video or movie montage?

A few sultry adjectives to describe West Bushwick?

Most embarassing guilty pleasure from American Pop Culture?

What is Bush-whack...in the state of West Bushwick?

Describe your personal vision of West Bushwick in Five Years...

Will you be here? If no...Where will you be instead?

Do you think its cheating if our neighborhood extricates itself from association with East Williamsburg and Bushwick to form its own distinct commuinity?

By your best deductive reasoning, silly fantasies, and logical guesses what are some ideas for names for our neighborhood?

Rachel Harris

Name:

E-mail Address/Contact Info (we don't spam, we do like to date though): rachelh4@gmail.com

Relationship Status: hindu floaty thing love boat

Address: 177 Frost street, b/t Graham ave and Humbolt

Occupation/Medium: vagina, feet, pen

Why West Bushwick? How Long Have you lived here? because the apartments are grand and bright and this little bird that i'm in love with lives here. Bike riding around the warehouses at night is also quite a surreal adventure in solitude.

Who are your roommies and pets? jessie the wiggling songstress and naomi the little big poetress

Got any West Bushwick hidden treasures to share? tengo nada, lo siento

Favourite West Bushwick Hot Spot? la casa de larken

West Bushwick memory best set to a music video or movie montage? painting bathroom sign ladies and gents on the roof of larkens house in the middle of the night!

A few sultry adjectives to describe West Bushwick? fuzzy, crisp, ever green, tasty

Most embarassing guilty pleasure from American Pop Culture? OutKast song 'Hey Ya'

What is Bush-whack...in the state of West Bushwick? cars drivin crazy fast tryin ta run down bikes and peds and those flags that say 'east williamsbrug industrial park'

Describe your personal vision of West Bushwick in Five Years... free stores, community centers, infoshops, etc the people who were here before the white kids own almost everything but are happy for the injection of art and politics into their community. COMMMUNITY GARDENS everywhere!! Hotbed for revolution!!

Will you be here? If no...Where will you be instead? I think soomaybe yeah, probably be pushed out of Williamsburg sooner or later, when my parents stop supporting me.

Do you think its cheating if our neighborhood extricates itself from association with East Williamsburg and Bushwick to form its own distinct commuinity? not sure what consistutes 'cheating' I think forming a community of artists and rabble rousers in West Bushwick is an excellent idea as long as the community that was already is not entirely ignored and something is done to show the appreciation to these people, to give something back.

By your best deductive reasoning, silly fantasies, and logical guesses what are some ideas for names for our neighborhood? if all goes to hell in terms of the gentrifcation thing, E-Will or East-W, em but my hope is that it will be something like; Jum-jumbaville, or Bushy Bush Land, or Manchugaronda.

Noah Davis

Name:
noah davis

E-mail Address/Contact Info (we don't spam, we do like to date though):
ppwa.noahdavis@gmail.com

Relationship Status:
single

Address:
265 McKibbin St
Apt 210
Brooklyn NY 11206

Occupation/Medium:
freelance writer

Why West Bushwick? How Long Have you lived here?
cheap rent, big rooms, lots of windows. three months.

Who are your roommies and pets?
my friend andrew. we built a fish tank but we have no fish because we can't find a pet store. any suggestions?

Got any West Bushwick hidden treasures to share?
that italian deli and the turf field on montrose.

Favourite West Bushwick Hot Spot?
i'm partial to potion early in the morning before it gets too crowded.

West Bushwick memory best set to a music video or movie montage?
pretty much any time spent on my building's roof deserves should be in a movie. right now's pretty good too.

A few sultry adjectives to describe West Bushwick?
gritty and dirty. but in a good way.

Most embarassing guilty pleasure from American Pop Culture?
eighth and ocean. only im not embarrassed about it. greatest. show. ever.

What is Bush-whack...in the state of West Bushwick?
our mailman steals our mail. so that sucks.

Describe your personal vision of West Bushwick in Five Years...
just like now. except less dog poop everywhere.

Will you be here? If no...Where will you be instead?
hopefully. or maybe on the beach somewhere.

Do you think its cheating if our neighborhood extricates itself from association with East Williamsburg and Bushwick to form its own distinct commuinity?
i think it's already happening. giving our neighborhood its own name only draws attention to the reality.

By your best deductive reasoning, silly fantasies, and logical guesses what are some ideas for names for our neighborhood?
westwick...it just rolls off the tongue.

Molly Prentiss

NAME: Molly Prentiss

E-mail Address/Contact Info (we don't spam, we do like to date though):mollyprentiss@gmail.com

Relationship Status:i have no idea.

Address:315 Seigel St. Apt. 216

Occupation/Medium:Magazines, Art, and a little Archive on the side.

Why West Bushwick? How Long Have you lived here?
Just moved here from California a few months ago oh a whim. West BUshwick because its cheap and full of people who like to paint and laugh.
Who are your roommies and pets? Rachel Urbelis, a small, beautiful love who loves to talk to animals (if you have any pets she will talk to them and take care of them for you.) We have a fish named fishy who lives on the wall.

Got any West Bushwick hidden treasures to share?
the Swoon piece on Boerum is fantastic.
Favourite West Bushwick Hot Spot?
the Archive because I work there and lots of cute boys wander in and out.
West Bushwick memory best set to a music video or movie montage?
Running on the roof in the rain with rachel at midnight.
A few sultry adjectives to describe West Bushwick?
Gritty, underrated, soulful.
Most embarassing guilty pleasure from American Pop Culture?
Drunk text messaging.
What is Bush-whack...in the state of West Bushwick?
Trash on the street, the rickety L train, being scared to walk in the dark.
Describe your personal vision of West Bushwick in Five Years...
More art! More love! More attention to and pride of our surroundings!
Will you be here? If no...Where will you be instead?
Perhaps.
Do you think its cheating if our neighborhood extricates itself from association with East Williamsburg and Bushwick to form its own distinct commuinity?
No.
By your best deductive reasoning, silly fantasies, and logical guesses what are some ideas for names for our neighborhood?
I'm not sure...all I know is that Bogart is the new Bedford.

WEST BUSHWICK

Upon a recent visit to our local police precint to file a missing person's notice about our SOCK puppet, Marlot, we discovered that the Montrose and Morgan stops on the L train are currently considered to be in the East Williamsburg neighborhood which we think is Bush-whack. We believe this slighltly askew fact to be a conspiracy between the brokers on Craigslist and the perpetraters of gentrification everywhere. We seek to undo this mis-identification and reclaim our neighborhood of WEST BUSHWICK with a new fresh new nickname in the spirit of our mighty predecessors of New York City Neighborhood Nicknames (ie: SoHo=South of Houston, TriBeCa=Triangle Below Canal, Alphabet City=The Avenues with Letter Names, etc) Do not let consumeristic and challenged thinking un-do the originality and distinctive flava we are creating in our neighborhood. Come be the art in our Girl Palace durring Bushwick Open Studios, 315 Seigel St, #217 and contribute to the naming of your HOOD. VIVA LA WEST BUSHWICK!