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January, 2010

The January Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in January 2010 that didn't end up in their own entry.

Friday, January 1st

Happy 2010! I got up a little after noon to take the dog for a walk. The streets felt deserted.
nyc ˆ walking
maddy
First walk of 2010!
walking ˆ maddy
Quiet East Village.
buildings ˆ nyc ˆ walking
maddy, meredith
We spent the afternoon lounging...
couch ˆ stuytown apt ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
...ordering from Curly's...
food
...and watching Synedoche New York and Louis CK Chewed Up. (I loved both).
tv
biggy, maddy
Matt and Biggy came over for a hang.
dogs ˆ biggy ˆ maddy
I had a bunch of miraculin tablets left over and so we busted out all sorts of weird sour and salty food to try tasting after letting the miraculin pills dissolve on our tongues! Chocolate, peanuts, lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruits, bleu cheese and pickles!
food ˆ treats
So colorful!
food ˆ fruit
maddy
Tiny dog in a tiny maid's outfit?
dogs in outfits ˆ maddy
Dig in!
food ˆ treats
Later that night we walked through the sleeting night...
best ˆ nyc ˆ snow ˆ walking
mark holmes, matt, me
...to Pukk and met up with Mark...
mark holmes ˆ matt ˆ me
abby, meredith, sarah
...Abby and Sarah for a delicious Thai dinner.
abby ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
We walked down the street for some post-dinner gelato...
nyc
...and assorted other desserts.
treats
Christmas trees piled up next to the dumpster. (You gotta save them and bring them to the park so they can mulch them! Then the park smells like delicious pine trees all year)
dumpster ˆ xmas tree

Sunday, January 3rd

matt
Sunday was soooo cold. I remember bundling up and hiding my face all the way to meet up with this guy for a mega-brunch after a LATE night. Pancakes, RESTORE ME.
brunch ˆ food ˆ pancakes ˆ matt
mandy o, matt, meredith
Meredith and Mandy stopped by to say hi as we were finishing up.
mandy o ˆ matt ˆ meredith
matt, meredith
Lazy Sunday at Matt's apt the rest of the night.
matt ˆ meredith

Monday, January 4th

On Monday morning I had to fly down to Charlotte for work.
airplane ˆ work ˆ yodle
Home for a night.
hotel ˆ work ˆ yodle

Tuesday, January 5th

On Tuesday morning I gave Yodle's sales team an in-depth overview on the new SEO product I helped design and launch!
work ˆ yodle
Mike D about to introduce THE SEO RAPPER, yes!
work ˆ yodle
Got home late Tuesday night.
taxi ˆ tunnel

Wednesday, January 6th

amanda, jared, jeet, meredith
On Wednesday evening, a bunch of people met up at our place...
stuytown ˆ amanda ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ meredith
alex, fran, jared, jeet, me, meredith, sarah
...and we all headed out together to say goodbye to Fran and Alex (they were headed back to London after a visit)!
elevator ˆ alex ˆ fran ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
On our way to the bar I pulled out a pack of party poppers...
alex, amanda, fran, jared, jeet, meredith, sarah
...and handed them out so we could kick the night off with a festive streamer explosion!
best ˆ party ˆ alex ˆ amanda ˆ fran ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
Best bar in the EV. Shhhh.
bar
Showed up on a Wednesday evening and totally dominated.
bar ˆ crowd
I love the green walls and ring-florescent light in the bathroom.
best
alex, amanda, chris black, fran, hallie, jeet, karen, mark holmes, matt, me, meredith, sarah
This group photo makes me so happy. Hahaha.
best ˆ thumbs up ˆ alex ˆ amanda ˆ chris black ˆ fran ˆ hallie ˆ jeet ˆ karen ˆ mark holmes ˆ matt ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ sarah

Friday, January 8th

ellen, mark holmes, piper
On Friday night, we had a bunch of people over our place to play Cranium. Look, it's a dog...with a bow tie!
ellen ˆ mark holmes ˆ piper
maddy, me
My little angel beard.
best ˆ maddy ˆ me
gavin
Ellen brought Gavin McGinnes' new DVD over to watch while we waited for everyone to arrive. Sooo funny. Definitely worth watching.
dvd ˆ gavin
biggy, fatty, jared, karen, maddy, piper
TIME FOR CRANIUM TEAM PHOTOS!!!! Team 1: Fatty, Karen and Jared opted for "Family Portrait with Hounds!"
best ˆ cranium ˆ biggy ˆ fatty ˆ jared ˆ karen ˆ maddy ˆ piper
ellen, mark holmes, me, piper
Team 2: Mark, Ellen and myself went with "Party, No Relax."
best ˆ ellen ˆ mark holmes ˆ me ˆ piper
jeet, matt, meredith
Team 3: Gurj, Matt and Meredith went with a JERSEY SHORE theme. Here's Snooki (complete with Boof), The Situation (complete with THE Situation) and JWoww complete with no pants!. AMAZING.
best ˆ cranium ˆ jersey shore ˆ jeet ˆ matt ˆ meredith
fatty, jared, karen
Action shots.
cranium ˆ fatty ˆ jared ˆ karen
jeet, matt, meredith
Shit gets intense.
cranium ˆ jeet ˆ matt ˆ meredith
fatty, jared
Too many Puppeteers, not enough Puppets
best ˆ cranium ˆ puppet ˆ fatty ˆ jared
ellen, karen, meredith
Haha.
cranium ˆ laugh ˆ ellen ˆ karen ˆ meredith
fatty, jared
I like how red Jared is from laughing.
cranium ˆ laugh ˆ fatty ˆ jared
jeet, matt
ROBOT VICTORY DANCE.
cranium ˆ robot ˆ jeet ˆ matt
matt
Red wine (served in a goblet) really helps to bring out the subtle, yet complex flavors of new BBQ Pringles.
coldlamp ˆ treats ˆ wine ˆ matt
ellen, jared, me
Surf, puppet! Surf!
cranium ˆ puppet ˆ ellen ˆ jared ˆ me
fatty, maddy, meredith
Fatty giving Maddy a bean-scratching.
fatty ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
meredith
Wednesday?
best ˆ meredith
ellen, mark holmes, me
Here's me, Ellen and Mark going for the win.
cranium ˆ ellen ˆ mark holmes ˆ me
ellen, mark holmes, me
Here's us putting Ellen up for our big victory photo.
cranium ˆ ellen ˆ mark holmes ˆ me
ellen, mark holmes, me
CRANIUM TRIUMPH BELONGS TO US!
best ˆ cranium ˆ ellen ˆ mark holmes ˆ me
maddy, meredith
Maddy and Mer.
maddy ˆ meredith
leigh, ryan m
Later that night I met up with these two!
leigh ˆ ryan m

Thursday, January 14th

hank
I took this photo of an old timey photo at Leigh and Scott's apartment because the guy sitting in the chair smiling looks like Meredith's cousin Hank!
doppleganger ˆ meta ˆ nostalgia ˆ hank

Friday, January 15th

meredith
Friday night I geeked out and played a marathon session of Dragon Age: Origins I played with a character that I tried to make look like Meredith because it's awesome to watch your wife wear armor and fight dragons. Haha.
doppleganger ˆ videogames ˆ meredith

Sunday, January 17th

Sunday was Ellen's birthday!
stuytown
Elephant leg tree.
tree
ellen, leigh, meredith, randy, sarah
A whole bunch of us met up at Matt's apartment to sing happy birthday to Ellen and have some cake before heading crosstown to the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater to see a show. Make a wish Ellen!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ ellen ˆ leigh ˆ meredith ˆ randy ˆ sarah
meredith
Mmmm, cake!
cake ˆ meredith
ellen
Birthday girl.
birthday ˆ cake ˆ ellen
sarah
Cake approval.
cake ˆ sarah
ellen
Hiding horse happiness.
birthday ˆ gift ˆ horse ˆ painting ˆ ellen
leigh
Leigh casually opened Matt's fridge to get something to drink and was totally unprepared for the full-on MUSCLE MILK assault.
fridge ˆ gun show ˆ leigh
me
CHUG FOR MUSCLE POWER.
chug ˆ me
brother lawrence, ellen, leigh, mark holmes, matt, meredith, randy, sarah
Pre-show warm up.
brother lawrence ˆ ellen ˆ leigh ˆ mark holmes ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ randy ˆ sarah
me
Fancy drink!
drink ˆ me
There's always a huge crowd at UCB on Sunday night to see the 10:30pm ASSCAT 3000 show
crowd ˆ ucb
ellen, leigh, mark holmes
Birthday-girl abuse!
birthday ˆ ucb ˆ ellen ˆ leigh ˆ mark holmes
leigh, randy
The Ring and Randy.
leigh ˆ randy
matt, meredith
Matt and Mer.
matt ˆ meredith
ellen, mark holmes, me
Happy Birthday, Ellen!
ellen ˆ mark holmes ˆ me

Monday, January 18th

me
If you leave the box of FONDUE CHOCOLATE lying around long enough...
treats ˆ me
me
...I'm basically going to open the thing and just treat it like at 14-pound candy bar.
treats ˆ me
maddy
WHY U NO SHARE?
dogs ˆ maddy

Tuesday, January 19th

man in the sun
 she reads to me from the New Yorker
which I don't buy, don't know
how they get in here, but it's
something about the Mafia
one of the heads of the Mafia
who ate too much and had it too easy
too many fine women patting his
walnuts, and he got fat sucking at good
cigars and young breasts and he
has these heart attacks - and so
one day somebody is driving him
in his big car along the road
and he doesn't feel so good
and he asks the boy to stop and let
him out and the boy lays him out
along the road in the fine sunshine
and before he dies he says:
how beautiful life can be, and
then he's gone.

sometimes you've got to kill 4 or 5
thousand men before you somehow
get to believe that the sparrow
is immortal, money is piss and
that you have been wasting
your time.
book

Wednesday, January 20th

On Wednesday night, I stopped by Cherry Tavern to catch up with Vin, Josh and Dave.
bar ˆ cherry tavern
me, vin
So tough.
cherry tavern ˆ tough ˆ me ˆ vin
vin
Hahaha.
vin
josh, me
Corner canoodling
cherry tavern ˆ josh ˆ me
josh, me
Too long, my friend.
josh ˆ me

Thursday, January 21st

leigh
Why decide between between strawberry and chocolate when you can just take one of each...
ice cream ˆ treats ˆ leigh
me
..AND EAT THEM AS ONE!
ice cream ˆ treats ˆ me

Friday, January 22nd

pauly
On Friday night we went to the Sly Fox with Pauly's friend who was in town visiting from Toronto. Tray of tequila shots always ends up leading to...
drunk ˆ shots ˆ tequila ˆ pauly
...making friends with strangers!
drunk ˆ strangers
pauly
Next thing we knew we had a new best friend. (A best friend who, incidentally, liked to lift up his shirt and smack his belly loudly and repeatedly after each drink). Pauly can't believe it!
best ˆ drunk ˆ shots ˆ strangers ˆ tequila ˆ pauly

Saturday, January 23rd

karen, matt, me, peter g, randy, sarah
On Saturday a whole bunch of us met up...
brunch ˆ karen ˆ matt ˆ me ˆ peter g ˆ randy ˆ sarah
karen, me, peter g
...and got brunch at Kate's (where we used to go for brunch almost every weekend in 2003-04!).
brunch ˆ karen ˆ me ˆ peter g
meredith, sarah
Mer and Sar.
brunch ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
karen, leigh, matt, me, peter g, randy, sarah
Post-brunch parting of ways.
karen ˆ leigh ˆ matt ˆ me ˆ peter g ˆ randy ˆ sarah
I didn't even know this place even closed!
bar ˆ nyc ˆ walking
On the walk home we stopped at a Philippino grocery store that had recently opened and Meredith picked out a bunch of weird canned foods...
cans ˆ food ˆ weird foreign food
...and I picked out this gallon tub of orange-colored CHEESE-FLAVORED ice cream. (It was good in a weird way. Very strange. Didn't end up making it through the gallon but I enjoyed trying it).
ice cream ˆ treats ˆ weird foreign food
maddy
Squirrel stalker.
stuytown ˆ maddy

Monday, January 25th

maddy, meredith
Saying goodbye to my couch buddies on Monday morning.
couch ˆ laptop ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Wednesday, January 27th

Quantum Leap's veggie club sandwich is ridiculously delicious.
food ˆ sandwich

Thursday, January 28th

Walked to work on Thursday in the snow.
snow ˆ stuytown

Friday, January 29th

On Friday night Meredith made delicious biscuit breakfast sandwiches for Dinner! Mmmmm.
breakfast ˆ food
Had myself a late night Friday Night Lights marathon.
tv

Saturday, January 30th

maddy
Hung out with my buddy on Saturday...
dogs in outfits ˆ maddy
...and watched the first three seasons of Peep Show in one sitting.
best ˆ tv
karen, matt, meredith, sarah
Later that night we went over to Matt's apt with Karen and Sar.
karen ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ sarah

Sunday, January 31st

WHY YOU NO WATCH GRAMMY'S? WE MAKE 3D FOR YOU THIS YEAR!
3D ˆ tv ˆ wtf

2 comments

  • kimberly heardfebruary 21, 2012

    Peep Show...it's only the GREATEST. 

  • ellen hartfebruary 21, 2012

    Aww... so many amazing memories... I <3 the 2-year delay.