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May, 2010

The May Roundup

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

Saturday, May 1st

On Saturday morning we walked over to Life Cafe for breakfast. We saw the Dead Apple Tours hearse go by. Haha.
hearse ˆ nyc
meredith
Meredith was pretty excited about her fruit-covered pancakes.
brunch ˆ food ˆ meredith
I went with huevos and we did splitsies.
brunch ˆ food

Monday, May 3rd

Monday after work I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond and bought new bed-linens and window blinds for our new apt!
shopping

Wednesday, May 5th

arm
On Wednesday I went to an allergist because my allergies were going bonkers. They stab you in the arm and inject tiny amounts of 30 or so substances under your skin.
arm
arm
They write numbers next to each one. Then you sit there and wait 20 minutes. Whatever numbers swell up and get red and itchy are the things you are allergic to. Scientific!
arm

Saturday, May 8th

amanda, catrinel, cynthia, ellen, matt, meredith
On Saturday we finally felt settled into our new place enough to invite people over for a little Saturday night boardgame get-together.
cranium ˆ e9th apt ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia ˆ ellen ˆ matt ˆ meredith
catrinel, cynthia, meredith, sarah
Sarah, Mer, Cat and Cynthia.
e9th apt ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
me, meredith, sarah h
Time for Cranium action shots!
cranium ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ sarah h
cynthia, meredith
Cynthia drawing with her eyes closed.
cranium ˆ laugh ˆ cynthia ˆ meredith
jack murnighan, sarah h
Jack puppet-mastering Sarah.
cranium ˆ puppet ˆ jack murnighan ˆ sarah h
jack murnighan, me, sarah h
Mime-tastic.
jack murnighan ˆ me ˆ sarah h
jack murnighan, maddy, me, sarah h
Maddy likes when we have company as it provides her the opportunity to lap-surf.
jack murnighan ˆ maddy ˆ me ˆ sarah h
maddy, me
Dingo!
maddy ˆ me
maddy, meredith
Mer and Maddy.
maddy ˆ meredith
piper
Conked.
piper

Sunday, May 9th

I spent Sunday installing the new window blinds we'd purchased for the apt! No more late-night peeping for you, new neighbors!
e9th apt ˆ window

Monday, May 10th

On Monday night I was walking back to the apartment and I heard a band wailing inside of Banjo Jim's so I went inside to check them out.
band
The band was called Izzy & The Kesstronics.
sign
They were great.
band

Tuesday, May 11th

Earlier in the week, we received a nasty anonymous note (lame!) from one of our new neighbors complaining that Maddy was barking while we were away. After doing some research, we decided to try one of the "no bark" collars that gives dogs a small static-electricity shock when they bark.
maddy, meredith
Aw, tiny little future-prisoner!
collar ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
maddy, meredith
(Before putting it on our tiny dog, we both took turns wearing it and barking to make sure it wasn't too inhumane. Verdict: Not pleasant, but definitely not terrible). It took Maddy all of two barks to figure out what the collar was there to prevent.
collar ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Wednesday, May 12th

jenny penny, quinn, sarah, shruti
On Wednesday night a whole bunch of us met up for dinner at The Smith to celebrate Gurj's 28th birthday!
birthday ˆ jenny penny ˆ quinn ˆ sarah ˆ shruti
matt
Matt back from tour!
matt
me, meredith
Me and Mer.
us ˆ me ˆ meredith
ellen, jeet, karen, sarah
Happy birthday, Gurj!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ karen ˆ sarah
brother lawrence, ellen, jenny penny, karen, matt, peter g, sarah, shruti
Make a wish!
brother lawrence ˆ ellen ˆ jenny penny ˆ karen ˆ matt ˆ peter g ˆ sarah ˆ shruti

Wednesday, May 12th

Steam erasing the sky.
nyc ˆ steam

Saturday, May 15th

meredith
On Saturday morning, we walked over to St. Marks to stock up on cheapo $5 sunglasses...
nyc ˆ shopping ˆ sunglasses ˆ meredith
...then we walked downtown to Grand Street.
buildings ˆ nyc ˆ walking
meredith
That's not a gimp-hand, it's Meredith's hand-sign for...
hand ˆ meredith
....DONUTS! Standing in line to get freshly-made donuts at the Donut Factory! (Bonus points for the Andy Samberg hair in front of us in line).
donut
meredith
We sat on nearby park bench and enjoyed our still-warm donuts in the spring sunshine.
donut ˆ sunglasses ˆ taxi ˆ meredith
Mango glazed. Whoa.
donut
Peanut butter glazed with jelly filling.
donut
I was trying to take a photo of just my donut when this guy rolled up. Haha.
bike ˆ donut ˆ strangers
Sans biker.
donut
Admiring the clouds on the walk home.
buildings ˆ clouds

Monday, May 17th

fran, jeet
On Monday night I went to meet Gurj and Fran, who was in town from London, for a few karaoke jams on Orchard.
karaoke ˆ fran ˆ jeet
fran, jeet
They had just recently opened and hadn't gotten their permit to sell alcohol yet. Which explained why were the only people in the place. Haha.
karaoke ˆ fran ˆ jeet
me
Soberoke.
karaoke ˆ me
Skid Row!
karaoke

Thursday, May 20th

On Thursday night I went to Webster Hall to see Inner Party System
band
Awesome light show.
band

Friday, May 21st

mike n, sarah
I stopped by the Soho Grand on Friday night...
dj ˆ the bird ˆ mike n ˆ sarah
karen, mike n, sarah
...to say hi to Sarah, Mike and Karen who were there DJ/molesting.
best ˆ dj ˆ nipple ˆ karen ˆ mike n ˆ sarah
jenny penny
Jenny's friend Amber was in town from Florida. They went to high school together and hadn't seen each other since graduation!
jenny penny
Crazy cross-town cab ride (HANG ON!) over to...
taxi
jenny penny
...Jenny and Josh's LES apt for a late-night hang. (I think this is a few weeks before she and Josh gave up this apt and moved to Queens!)
jenny penny

Saturday, May 22nd

meredith
On Saturday we went and bought some new furniture. We spend the rest of the afternoon, unpacking and making room for it to be delivered!
e9th apt ˆ meredith
maddy
Ol' Blue Eye.
maddy
The park across the street from our apartment has an amphitheater!
fence ˆ park
I stumbled upon this dress rehearsal while out walking Maddy and stopped to watch for a while.
park
maddy
On Saturday, I unpacked the boxes in our bedroom that were blocking in my favorite green chair, and Maddy took the opportunity to turn it into a makeshift bed.
e9th apt ˆ maddy
maddy
Adorable.
maddy
charles, quinn, sarah
Later that evening Charles, Sarah, Quinn (who I clearly caught by surprise with this photo)...
charles ˆ quinn ˆ sarah
fatty, quinn
...and Fatty came over!
fatty face ˆ fatty ˆ quinn

Sunday, May 23rd

maddy
Our living room after the new furniture was delivered. Here's our new orange chair, rug, coffee table and couch! I also posted an ad to sell the beige fold-out bed on Craigslist because our new place is much smaller and we don't have room for it!
e9th apt ˆ maddy
maddy
Maddy enjoying the new rug.
maddy
New office chair.
e9th apt
I pulled this (woodblock?) print from a garbage can near a print studio in 1998. Time to take a photo and let it go!
art ˆ stuff i got rid of

Tuesday, May 25th

On Tuesday morning I attended the TechCruch Disrupt conference on Yodle's behalf.
work ˆ yodle
Different start-ups showed demos of their products to the conference attendees.
conference ˆ work
Audience members voted on companies by downloading an app that gave them "virtual shares" in each company. Game participants were encouraged to buy or sell shares of the stock based on how good of a product each company had. The price of each company's shares were projected in real time so you could see how each new company's presentation affected the value of the preceding companies!
conference ˆ work
MakerBot is awesome. It's a three-dimension printer that allows you to design things in auto-cad (or download other peoples designs) and then the MakerBot PRINTS out the thing. In twenty years (assuming we make it) some people
printer
mayor bloomberg
Mayor Bloomberg came and spoke and told everyone how he wanted NYC to take the "tech title" away from Silicon Valley.
tv ˆ mayor bloomberg
mayor bloomberg
Mayor Mike getting his snack on.
sorta famous ˆ mayor bloomberg

Tuesday, May 25th

biba, meredith
Philip and Biba were in town from the UAE and came over to say hi to Tuesday.
e9th apt ˆ biba ˆ meredith
biba, philip
We took them to Gruppo. Yum.
pizza ˆ biba ˆ philip

Wednesday, May 26th

On Wednesday I was down at Disrupt again. Enjoyed lunch in a nearby park.
nyc ˆ park

Thursday, May 27th

maddy, meredith
Snapped a photo of these two canoodling on the couch on my way out the door to work on Thursday morning. Good book! (Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut)
book ˆ couch ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Saturday, May 29th

ellen, meredith
On Saturday we were dogsitting Amber's dog, Charlie. Ellen came over to add Piper to the dog mix.
dogs ˆ wave ˆ ellen ˆ meredith
biggy, ellen, maddy, meredith
Later that afternoon, we took all the dogs over to the park and there was a special surprise waiting there for Maddy...
walking ˆ biggy ˆ ellen ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
ralphie
...Maddy's brother Ralphie!
dogs ˆ ralphie
maddy, ralphie
Dog reunion! They were so excited to see each other.
excited ˆ maddy ˆ ralphie
maddy, ralphie
I'd know that ear-smell anywhere!
maddy ˆ ralphie
maddy, ralphie
Adorable.
dog park ˆ maddy ˆ ralphie
piper
Where my dogs at?
piper
maddy, ralphie
Natasha and Miech with Maddy and Ralphie!
maddy ˆ ralphie
ellen
Back home.
dogs ˆ walking ˆ ellen
biggy, ellen, piper
Double-stacked buddies. Haha.
dogs ˆ biggy ˆ ellen ˆ piper
ellen, meredith
Meredith made an AMAZING mushroom risotto for dinner.
cooking ˆ e9th apt ˆ kitchen ˆ ellen ˆ meredith
One of my favorites.
food
me
Enjoying my risotto four-dogs deep with Charlie, Biggy, Maddy and Piper. Haha.
best ˆ dogs ˆ me
biggy, charlie, meredith
So jealous of all my dogs.
biggy ˆ charlie ˆ meredith

Sunday, May 30th

A glance out our living window on Sunday morning revealed a big street fair in the process of setting up on Ave C.
nyc ˆ street food
Ah, spring.
nyc ˆ street food
I had never seen what shish kabob meat looks like before it's cooked well...
street food ˆ street meat
...turns out it looks like a rack of pink wigs for sale. Ew! Haha.
gross ˆ street food ˆ street meat ˆ wig ˆ wtf
I hung out with Charlie the dog for a bit...
dogs
meredith
...while Meredith made and packed a bunch of sandwiches...
cookie ˆ e9th apt ˆ kitchen ˆ sandwich ˆ meredith
...and then we walked up to the Oval in Stuytown...
crowd ˆ park ˆ stuytown
mandy, mark holmes, meredith, michael
...to meet up with a bunch of people....
stuytown ˆ mandy ˆ mark holmes ˆ meredith ˆ michael
...for a Memorial Day picnic!
picnic
The Stuytown fountain in full-effect!
fountain ˆ stuytown
karen, mark holmes
Perfect for dipping your feet and cooling off!
fountain ˆ stuytown ˆ karen ˆ mark holmes
karen, mark holmes, me
Mark, Karen and me.
fountain ˆ stuytown ˆ sunglasses ˆ karen ˆ mark holmes ˆ me
Wading our way back home through the street fair!
best ˆ crowd ˆ nyc ˆ street food
I <3 NY.
best ˆ crowd ˆ nyc ˆ street food
The neighborhood was practically empty at night!
nyc
I wandered around by myself admiring the lush green emptiness of a deserted Tompkins Square at night!
park ˆ tompkins

Monday, May 31st

Monday was a little cloudy and overcast. In the afternoon we went over to Matt's apartment to hang out on his roof.
nyc ˆ roof ˆ skyline
meredith
Bad monkey.
point ˆ roof ˆ sign ˆ smoke ˆ meredith
Later that night I met up with Miye, Kristen and Max on their awesome little roof deck on Bleecker.
pool ˆ roof
kristen t, miye
We were talking about funny stuff we did when we were in high school and "make me faint" came up. Haha. Here's Kristen getting ready to try to make Max faint. Step 1: Lean over and hyperventilate for 60 seconds.
roof ˆ kristen t ˆ miye
kristen t
Step 2: Take a deep breath and hold it.
roof ˆ kristen t
kristen t
Step 3: While holding your breath, stand up and fall back into the person behind. The person behind you will pick you up and squeeze you and for some reason, this will usually instantly make you lose consciousness.
roof ˆ kristen t
Step 4: MOLEST THE FAINTED! Happy May 2010!
best ˆ butt ˆ laugh ˆ squeeze