Small Cool Judges: Jamie Gray

Name: Jamie Gray
Location: Bushwick, Brooklyn
Favorite weblink: mattermatters.com
Profession: I don't really believe in titles, but I like the word proprietor. (Jamie is the proprietor of Matter in Park Slope)

Best Use of Space You've Ever Seen: A friend has a very small studio apartment in Paris and I actually love it for its simplicity. There are no precious objects, no designer furniture pieces, the lighting isn't very good, yet it's somehow the perfect use of space in that it has no pretensions but all the amenities. It's one of my favorite places.

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Exactly....

posted by goldtoof on May 8th 2007 at 8:03am
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Any pictures of your friend's Parisian apartment? We'd love to see it!

posted by Birdy on May 8th 2007 at 8:27am
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and...

posted by hshppy on May 8th 2007 at 8:36am
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yes, of course, we want to see the parisian apartment!

posted by Leslie in Adams Morgan on May 8th 2007 at 9:24am
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No precious objects? bad lighting? furniture nobody's ever heard of?

I want to see this place.
Please, Mr. Gray, give us a peek.

Tony G.

posted by Weasel Dearest on May 8th 2007 at 9:51am
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So, are there any awards we can give Mr. Gray for being so darn cute in that picture?

posted by oklagirl on May 8th 2007 at 10:01am
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for reals - is he single? GRRRRR!!

posted by k122n on May 8th 2007 at 12:31pm
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I agree.....he looks yummy!

posted by Maureen on May 8th 2007 at 2:34pm
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yeah he's seriously cutes, and MATTER is the bomb.

posted by frontiersperson on May 8th 2007 at 3:45pm
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He can check out my apartment any time ;)

posted by cat on May 8th 2007 at 3:53pm
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Ladies apparently love the manscarf. Who knew?

posted by patrick (the other one) on May 8th 2007 at 4:08pm
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P2 - it ain't the manscarf!

posted by cat on May 8th 2007 at 4:47pm
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Breezily naming a friends unpretentious Parisian apartment with bad lighting and no precious objects as one of your favorite places is the ULTIMATE in pretention. As is the scarf and the design store in Park Slope.

posted by Huntley on May 9th 2007 at 8:41am
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Did that come off bitchy?

posted by Huntley on May 9th 2007 at 8:41am
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Only a little.

posted by melanie on May 9th 2007 at 1:22pm
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And "pretention" is found in the dictionary only slightly before "proprieter." And only slightly after "precious."

But I'll give ya that the tattoo, Che Guevara hat and face-scruff = totally hot.

posted by patrick (the other one) on May 10th 2007 at 5:18pm
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the dress me up dress me down smirk at your crown look.
set sale/

posted by ion/?/ on May 12th 2007 at 2:40pm
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