THE PERSONAL TUMBLELOG OF JAMES NORD: the author of this blog is: accidental photographer amateur cyclist sartorial stickler hustle disciple ask me anything email _uacct = "UA-3058107-1"; urchinTracker(); Tumblr (3.0; @jamesnord)http://www.jamesnord.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6tzvDac71qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rolling past the George Washington bridge at 20MPH</p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17378429095http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17378429095Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:08:35 -0500photocyclingdisposable camera<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6uswYOQo1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6uswYOQo1qz6fvao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6uswYOQo1qz6fvao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6uswYOQo1qz6fvao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Scenes from the <a href="http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17271494821/two-interpertations-of-what-is-an-appropirate" target="_blank">Ticker Tape Parade </a></p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17377884972http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17377884972Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:52:00 -0500ticker tapewall stphoto<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6nwhgDcJ1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6nwhgDcJ1qz6fvao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6nwhgDcJ1qz6fvao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6nwhgDcJ1qz6fvao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6nwhgDcJ1qz6fvao5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6nwhgDcJ1qz6fvao6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz6nwhgDcJ1qz6fvao7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span> </span>I get asked all the time <em>“Why do you do it?”</em> and I have to admit it’s a fair question.</p> <p><span> </span>Riding your bike for 20+ hours a week (and I am trying to be honest here) can be really horrible sometimes. In the moments of self pity (or is it weakness?), when you rub you sore legs in the thick predawn morning, the days you leave the office late and don’t get off the bike until midnight, shivering and starving, the lunches replaced with protien, the shakes traded for salads. </p> <p><span> </span>The truth of it is that the process of getting better is a harrowing and dark one but it is in those times of physical and mental darkness that you have to remind yourself just how sweet the reality of being better is. </p> <p><span> </span>So why do I do it? Because I wouldn’t know who I was if I didn’t. </p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17373002342http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17373002342Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:23:00 -0500cyclingdisposable camerahustlerapha<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz545y73l41qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><div> <p>“<em>lord, forgive me my sins, but give me my bonus”</em></p> </div>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17327297827http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17327297827Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:15:00 -0500photowall st<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz4vulSZrF1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>“This cold is breaking us apart”</em> the girl whispered just loud enough to see her words form into a cloud and float slowly across that frozen lake to ruffle the boy’s two month old haircut. </p> <p><a href="http://www.jamesnord.com/tagged/that_day" target="_blank">a series</a> </p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17321226861http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17321226861Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:18:02 -0500photolake placidThat Day<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1aan8Slf1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>almost offensively beautiful </em></p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17274437073http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17274437073Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:48:42 -0500lake placidphoto<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36178591?title=0&portrait=0&color=CA6464" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>9 Crimes - Damien Rice Cover</strong></p> <p>Another <a href="http://www.jamesnord.com/tagged/one_take" target="_blank">One Take</a> with <a href="http://bettinachin.com" target="_blank">Bettina</a> and filmed by <a href="http://aaronisnotcool.tumblr.com" target="_blank">Aaron</a>, if you missed our Weeknd Cover <a href="http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17159473788/wicked-games-the-weeknd-cover-it-was-about-a" target="_blank">check it out as well! </a></p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17272305412http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17272305412Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:53:40 -0500one takeaaron vazquezbettina chindamien rice<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz369lL5zK1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Two interpertations of what is an appropirate outfit to wear to the Giants Ticker Tape Parade </p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17271494821http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17271494821Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:31:04 -0500gpoywgpoypersonal styleben sherman<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1i4hyBSZ1qz6fvao2_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1i4hyBSZ1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Balthazar 8:00AM </em></p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17222108463http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17222108463Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:32:51 -0500photobalthazar<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1a60vxD61qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1a60vxD61qz6fvao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Breathing Steam</p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17218052375http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17218052375Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:56:48 -0500Erinlake placidphotoportrait<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz15s9kibE1qz6fvao1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Honestly, sometimes I think I go snowboarding just so I can eat chili and drink a beer at lunch.</p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17212112222http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17212112222Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:02:00 -0500photolake placidrules<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz132sXrBG1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz132sXrBG1qz6fvao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz132sXrBG1qz6fvao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz132sXrBG1qz6fvao4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>monochrome mountaintops </em></p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17210385741http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17210385741Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:02:42 -0500photolake placidlandscape<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyzno0tiTD1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Whiteface Mountain bathing in the pink evening light.</p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17166389666http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17166389666Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:31:47 -0500lake placidwhitefacephotolandscape<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36148576?title=0&portrait=0&color=CA6464" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>WICKED GAMES - THE WEEKND COVER</strong> </p> <p>It was about a year ago that I had <a href="http://aaronisnotcool.tumblr.com/post/4782586805/themeatballshop-with-james-nord" target="_blank">lunch</a> with <a href="http://aaronisnotcool.com/" target="_blank">Aaron</a> at The Meatball Shop, he was hungry to work more and I had recently been <a href="http://www.jamesnord.com/post/4372585649/sometimes-good-aint-enough" target="_blank">forced out</a> of my <a href="http://www.jamesnord.com/post/2516346405/im-pretty-interested-in-marketing-advertisement-i" target="_blank">role</a> at <a href="http://www.imagesource.com" target="_blank">Image Source</a>. Well a lot has changed in a year and we finally got the chance to work together on a <a href="http://www.jamesnord.com/tagged/one_take" target="_blank">#one_take.</a> See the lovely (and talented!!) <a href="http://bettinachin.com/" target="_blank">Bettina Chin</a> and me take on my favorite Weeknd song. Thanks again <a href="http://aaronisnotcool.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Aaron</a>, my little <a href="http://www.jamesnord.com/tagged/one_take" target="_blank">project</a> has never looked so pro! </p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17159473788http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17159473788Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:08:47 -0500bettina chinone takeaaron vazquezthe weeknd<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyz9oeZetB1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Had a great weekend with <a href="http://www.papanord.tumblr.com" target="_blank">Papa Nord</a>, co-founder of the Nord brothers and the genesis of our obsessive tendencies.</p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17155019463http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17155019463Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:29:50 -0500familylake placid<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lywe3pJHmH1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s -1 degree fahrenheit in Lake Placid and I am drinking Manhattans in a hot tub, why, how is your night?</p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17066153794http://www.jamesnord.com/post/17066153794Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:11:00 -0500photolake placid<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyto7bGNNz1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyto7bGNNz1qz6fvao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>i walked the banks of this small stream, enjoying the feeling of my booted feet slowly sinking into the heavy damp snow. </p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/16975593566http://www.jamesnord.com/post/16975593566Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:58:23 -0500lake placidphoto<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lys05wkRdp1qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>train travel </em></p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/16925293536http://www.jamesnord.com/post/16925293536Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:20:20 -0500photo<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqfghjK791qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqfghjK791qz6fvao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqfghjK791qz6fvao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><div> <p><a href="http://www.jamesnord.com/tagged/today" target="_blank">TODAY</a></p> </div>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/16878341790http://www.jamesnord.com/post/16878341790Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:55:00 -0500GPOYWpersonal styletodayMENSWEAR<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyq9yz5p941qz6fvao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>effortlessly cool</em></p>http://www.jamesnord.com/post/16873031657http://www.jamesnord.com/post/16873031657Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:59:03 -0500bettina chinphoto