Marriage Proposal @ Monorchid
This story pre-dates my employment at Monorchid. And I’m lucky, because the story has already been written by the most qualified person to recall such an event. Jordan and Jason got engaged at the Monorchid on a First Friday. Monorchid’s Ashton Brown worked with Jason to help pull everything together, I was lucky to be there that […]
Monorchid Owner, Wayne Rainey, Talks with Local Revibe
This past weekend, while I was taking a day to unwind, the owner of Monorchid, Wayne Rainey, was meeting with the crew from Local Revibe to record a podcast in our kitchen. It’s worth a listen to hear the gang discuss topics related to art, Roosevelt Row, Phoenix, current developments, and what’s on the horizon for […]
40 Love Letters by Grace Gallagher
This story is a simple one: you won’t want to miss this. LEARN MORE HERE
Dance.
I did it. Lived up to my end of the bargain. If you recall, I described this bargain in my very first post to this blog more than a month ago. I promised to take a dance class if Savage Rhythm would bring their inspiring business to The Monorchid. Since then I have been very […]
The Monorchid – A Place of Hope
We were privileged to host an event this past Tuesday (3/17) for the RadiatePHX crowd, including many of the City’s business and community leaders. The Downtown Phoenix Journal was kind enough to write a pretty outstanding article describing not only the event, but also the heart of The Monorchid set within this beautiful community. This article appears […]
Arizona Doesn’t Need to Lose Out on the Film Industry
THE SET-UP It was 6:00am on the nose when I rolled into the parking lot at Monorchid yesterday. Already, a large truck was parked just outside our garage door, and a couple of people I’d never met before were waiting excitedly in the lot. The day was to be all about Jordon Davis-Foss and his […]
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Nude
I went on my first nude shoot this past week. Talk about diving in headfirst: my second professional photo excursion of all time, and it’s a nude shoot. When Wayne asked me to assist, my initial reaction was a polite-as-possible “no thanks”. But I knew better. There’s no part of my personality that will allow […]
Inspiration, Sip & Twirl, and BIG Plans @ Monorchid
So it’s hard to believe that less than two weeks ago, I was employed as a Scheduling Manager at an Aerospace Machine Shop. We make these small turns in life, sometimes out of boredom, sometimes for the adventure of it or out of basic need, and we find ourselves somewhere altogether new. That’s kind of what […]
Documenting the DeGrazia Works @ GreenHaus
Yesterday I got to assist on my first professional photo shoot, directed by MonOrchid/Rainey Studios owner, Wayne Rainey. The plan was to archive some artwork from the walls of our immediate neighbor, GreenHaus. The owners moved out earlier this month, leaving the building empty once again, and ready for the demolition crews. The artwork inside […]
Art & Advocacy. I Have a Name.
Slow. Stop. Imagine: Imagine you’re seated in an office, or a bedroom, or at the window of some café. Your cell phone reclines beside you. Maybe it’s snowing outside and the vapor drifts lazy from the surface of your mug. Maybe it’s 95 degrees out and a glass full of tea and ice sweats rings […]
