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August 01, 2003

Boys Weekend in Newport Part One: The Drive Up

Ever since our crazy-ass "Boys' Weekend in Montreal", we'd been talking about the need to make a new trip. Almost nine months after our first adventure, the six of us piled into our repective vehicles and headed out to meet up in Newport, Rhode Island. Four whole entries are needed to fully capture the range of shenanigans!

On Friday morning I had a meeting down in Atlanta, so I wasn't in NYC to do the fun drive up to Newport with Grant and Fatty. I ended up having to fly from Atlanta to Boston where I rented a car and drove to Providence, RI. Grant and Fatty were nice enough to come and pick me up in Providence and then we all drove down to Newport together.

But luckily, Fatty had his camera with him and they managed to do a great job documenting their day up until we all met up! Here's their take on the day...

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They started off with a lil' sumptin to eat at the Odessa diner on Ave. A (right near St. Mark's). Here's Grant doing his impression of this lady that we saw at a diner when we were down in Asbury Park, NJ for Memorial Day (when her coffee was empty, instead of summoning the waitress over, she just looked down and read her paper while holding her coffee cup and saucer out in the aisle).
coffee ˆ diner ˆ grant
fatty
Here's Fatty's take on the same incident (if you click here you'll see the original coffee lady in the background and Grant and Fatty laughing at her).
coffee ˆ diner ˆ fatty
fatty, grant
I got caught in traffic leaving Boston so Grant and Fatty decided to kill some time by goofing off at Wal*Mart.
fatty ˆ grant
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New swimming trunks for Fatty!
shopping ˆ fatty
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New nightie (or maybe it's a summer dress?) for Grant!
shopping ˆ grant
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Grant browsing the merch...
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If you're looking for some hot "double team" action, Wal*Mart's got it! Who knew?
porn ˆ fatty
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Shooter's Bible? First porn and now violence? I thought they were supposed to be a familiy joint.
best ˆ book ˆ grant
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I was actually reluctant to post this photo for fear of starting a new fucking trend in Williamsburg. For seriously.
shopping ˆ trucker hat ˆ grant
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When leaving Wal*Mart, Fatty was rooting around in his trunk and found an errant 'work in the back (for all of you that don't know Frank Picarazzi, "work" is short for firework). Anyway, they decided find a remote place to light it off.
fireworks ˆ grant
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Here's Grant taking a picture of Fatty getting ready to light the 'work...
fireworks ˆ fatty
...and here's a blurry pic that Grant took as they ran away from the 'work that at the last second fell over and shot off into the woods. Hahaha.
fireworks
fatty, grant
On the lam from the firework incident, they spotted a Dunkin' Donuts and popped in for a quick treat. (Make sure to take note that Fatty's making the exact same "Fatty's excited face" in four pictures in a row. Hahaha).
donut ˆ fatty face ˆ fatty ˆ grant
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So there was this cute teenager working the counter and she took a liking to Fatty, so he asked her if she'd take him on a tour of the place and show him how the donuts here made.
best ˆ donut ˆ strangers ˆ fatty
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Fatty behind the counter!
fatty face ˆ fatty
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Fatty in the back with the bagels!
fatty face ˆ fatty
There's only one thing that Fatty enjoys more than being the Fatty: Trashy women! Traaaashy!
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After their treat, the boys hopped back in the Probe and headed to the rental car place to meet up with me (I was driving down to Boston and had to drop off my rental car). In their boredom, they started practicing...
car ˆ fatty
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... their DLR (David Lee Roth) kicks! Check out Grizzle in the background. Haha.
action shot ˆ dlr kick ˆ jump ˆ grant
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This is my new fave pic of Grant. He looks like an eight year-old on Christmas morning.
jump ˆ grant
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Success! Grant pulls off the slight more difficult "Panama" variation of the DLR kick. Noice!
dlr kick ˆ jump ˆ grant
fatty
Hahahah. There were like 10 pictures on the cam of Fatty trying to acheive DLR-ness. This is the closest he came.
jump ˆ fatty
me
A few minutes later, I arrived. (In my sweet, sweet Intreptid rental.)
rental car ˆ thumbs up ˆ me
me
Me pulling an exicted face at the bag of donuts Grant was holding up as I pulled in. (They got me a treat! Who's more thoughtful than them? Who's luckier than me?)
rental car ˆ me
We hopped in Fatty's Probe and headed to Newport to meet up with the rest of the crew. (Frank drove in solo from NYC, Colin drove in solo from visiting his parents in CT, and Seth was coming in the next afternoon from Boston).
driving
fatty, grant, me
Reunited and it feels so right!
driving ˆ fatty ˆ grant ˆ me
We got to the hotel and checked in. I laid down for a little nap, and while I was asleep Grant and Fatty conspired to take a picture of Grant's nuts right next to my face (but the reek of his musky sack) woke me up just in time to thwart his attempt! Hahahaha.
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