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December 31, 2009

New Year's Eve 2009

Thursday, December 31st

meredith
After futzing around the apartment and being lazy all evening, we finally rallied and headed out to Siege and Katie's a little before eleven.
meredith
It started snowing on our walk to the subway!
snow ˆ walking
cynthia, katie, meredith
We arrived at Siege and Katie's just a little before midnight!
cynthia ˆ katie ˆ meredith
amanda, catrinel, jake, meredith, siege
I got right down to business and handing out the special "party favors" I brought...
new years eve ˆ tongue ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ jake ˆ meredith ˆ siege
fatty
One for you!
pills ˆ fatty
fatty
Let it dissolve on your tongue!
pills ˆ tongue ˆ fatty
siege
Now Siege!
pills ˆ tongue ˆ siege
me
Me! Oh man, these pills are crazy, they are making...
pills ˆ tongue ˆ me
...everything taste sweet! The pills contained miraculin, a compound extracted from a west African berry that makes really sour stuff taste sweet. "Miraculin works by binding to the sweet receptors on the tongue. Miraculin's effect lasts as long as the protein is bound to the tongue, which can be up to an hour. It makes most acidic foods taste sweet, but does not improve the taste of bitter things."
fruit
me
Biting into a slice of lemon! The miraculin really worked and made the lemon taste like a lemon candy!
bite ˆ me
amanda, meredith, siege
So fun.
amanda ˆ meredith ˆ siege
amanda, meredith
Someone gave Meredith a little fur-collared dog-jacket for Maddy that also doubled as a hand puppet...
amanda ˆ meredith
meredith
...and tiny fur hair-piece.
fur hat ˆ meredith
catrinel, jake, katie, siege
Cat getting ready with the bubs.
champagne ˆ catrinel ˆ jake ˆ katie ˆ siege
cynthia, katie d, missy
Get your cameras ready...
cynthia ˆ katie d ˆ missy
...22 seconds and counting...
new years eve ˆ tv
fatty, marina
...3...2...1...
fatty ˆ marina
catrinel, katie, siege
...HAPPY NEW YEAR! (PS - Siege, the timestamp says this is 37 seconds into the new year. I think I got the first photo of you being kissed in 2010! Sorry it's not IN FOCUS! Ahhhh!)
kiss ˆ catrinel ˆ katie ˆ siege
katie, katie d
Katies.
katie ˆ katie d
Inside Fatty's head: Check out Dave, kicking off 2010 in a smooth dapper fashion. Not even making wacky faces in photos anymore. New year, new guy. No more clowning around. All grown up in 2010. Hey, what are those two girls doing over there? Are they getting ready to take a photo? Maybe I'll just stroll over and...
fatty, katie, meredith
...BLAMO! First Fatty Face of 2010!
fatty face ˆ hug ˆ new years eve ˆ fatty ˆ katie ˆ meredith
amanda, jake
Jake and Amanda.
amanda ˆ jake
If the party canary dies, it's TIME TO FLEE THE PARTY.
bird ˆ cage
Mer and Cat up on the roof.
Careful! It always starts with a backrub!
Hahah.
Haha.
me, siege
Siege and I were a pair of black pants away from being outfit-twins.
tough ˆ me ˆ siege
amanda, me, meredith
A little after one, we decided to head back into Manhattan to try to catch up with Apt 3A.
amanda ˆ me ˆ meredith
katie, siege
Thanks so much for having us, Siege and Katie!
kiss ˆ new years eve ˆ katie ˆ siege
fatty
Before moving on to the next leg of the adventure, here are my favorite pictures from the photobooth that Siege set up at the party. Fatty! (All black & white photos by Clayton Cubitt)
dressed up ˆ photobooth ˆ fatty
me, meredith
Mer and me.
photobooth ˆ us ˆ me ˆ meredith
amanda, siege
Amanda and Siege.
photobooth ˆ amanda ˆ siege
catrinel, siege
Cat and Siege.
photobooth ˆ catrinel ˆ siege
catrinel, cynthia
Cat & Cynth.
photobooth ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia
amanda
Amanda!
photobooth ˆ amanda
catrinel
Love this picture.
laugh ˆ photobooth ˆ catrinel
me, meredith, siege
Six creepy blue eyes.
photobooth ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ siege
Gonzalezes.
Katies again! (I love this photo too).
cynthia, katie, katie d, missy
Lady buddies.
photobooth ˆ cynthia ˆ katie ˆ katie d ˆ missy
cynthia
Whoa.
best ˆ gun ˆ cynthia
fatty
Fatty's shake face!
shake face ˆ fatty
siege
Siege's shake face! (tongue-twister).
shake face ˆ siege
me
Oh, my!
shake face ˆ me
The loveliest hosts I know!
We hopped out right over the Williamsburg Bridge...
...and walked over to Apt 3A.
alex, fran, josh adcock, karen
Look who we found waiting for the elevator when it opened up on the third floor! HAP-PY NEW YEAR!
apt 3a ˆ new years eve ˆ alex ˆ fran ˆ josh adcock ˆ karen
ellen, karen
Ellen & Sar.
ellen ˆ karen
jenny penny, matt
Matt & Jenny!
jenny penny ˆ matt
So much delicious food...
food ˆ pasta
jenny e
...to put your face in!
lick ˆ pasta ˆ jenny e
Some one brought these amazing cups that had different noses and upper-lips strategically placed so that when you drink out of them...
meredith
...you get a whole different face! Meredith.
nose ˆ meredith
ellen
Ellen's hairy upper lip is so creepertastic.
best ˆ nose ˆ ellen
katie h
Kaitie looks like European royalty!
nose ˆ katie h
karen
Hahaha.
nose ˆ karen
me
Ahhhh!
nose ˆ me
josh adcock, me
Yes!
best ˆ nose ˆ josh adcock ˆ me
abby, jenny penny
Hahah.
boobs ˆ abby ˆ jenny penny
ellen, meredith
Ellen and Mer.
hat ˆ new years eve ˆ ellen ˆ meredith
karen
Happy New Year, Karen!
apt 3a ˆ hat ˆ new years eve ˆ karen
abby, jenny penny, josh adcock, karen, matt, peter g, sarah
Party people elevator, part one (the good part). 2:45am.
best ˆ elevator ˆ abby ˆ jenny penny ˆ josh adcock ˆ karen ˆ matt ˆ peter g ˆ sarah
Headed out.
apt 3a
ellen, jenny penny, me
Crosstown.
taxi ˆ ellen ˆ jenny penny ˆ me
katie h, me
Still time.
clock ˆ new years eve ˆ katie h ˆ me
abby, ellen, jenny penny, matt
We got into an elevator at the Tribeca Grand and the doors closed before we spotted...
best ˆ elevator ˆ gross ˆ abby ˆ ellen ˆ jenny penny ˆ matt
...the puke in the corner! Hahaha.
barf ˆ elevator ˆ gross
abby, ellen, katie h, matt, sarah
Just a party speed bump.
abby ˆ ellen ˆ katie h ˆ matt ˆ sarah
abby, matt, sarah
Abby, Matt and Sarah.
abby ˆ matt ˆ sarah
katie h
Happy New Year!
katie h
Goodnight, 2009!
taxi