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August, 2010

The August Roundup

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

Sunday, August 1st

meredith
On Sunday afternoon, Meredith and I took the train out to NJ to visit Scott and Erika. (Reading Stumbling on Happiness )
train ˆ meredith
Marshlands.
nj ˆ train
me, meredith
<3
best ˆ train ˆ us ˆ me ˆ meredith
I love the weird waterways and overpasses as you head into NJ.
bridge ˆ nj ˆ train
Scott picked us up at the train station. We made a quick pit stop at Pat's Bar...
flag ˆ nj ˆ pats bar ˆ sign
...and then took us to their new home!
house
scott
After getting a tour of the house, we went to check out the garage!
scott
Jeff's MG!
car
Little Toot off in the yard behind the barn!
boat
erika, meredith
My dad's old couch is the garage party couch!
couch ˆ erika ˆ meredith
erika, scott
Starting on dinner.
erika ˆ scott
Stuffed eggplant.
food
scott
And for dessert...
cooking ˆ scott
...angel food cake and fresh-whipped cream!
cake ˆ food
meredith
Back at the homestead, Meredith spent the rest of the evening inventing different kinds of home-made ice pops.
freeze pop ˆ meredith
We have a treat-tastic summertime freezer.
freeze pop ˆ ice cream ˆ treats

Wednesday, August 4th

fatty, marina
On Wednesday night we visited Marina and Dave and they proudly showed off the matching NASTY MAGIC t-shirt and onesie someone had given them as a gift.
best ˆ nasty magic ˆ preggo ˆ fatty ˆ marina
marina
Hahaha. Soooo good.
best ˆ nasty magic ˆ preggo ˆ marina
meredith
Back at the homestead, I had a relaxing night on the couch with these two.
meredith
maddy, meredith
Once it nuzzles in, it's instantly sleepy.
cute ˆ sleepy ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Thursday, August 5th

maddy, meredith
Saying goodbye to these two on my way to work in the morning.
couch ˆ laptop ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
maddy
Head in a blanket.
blanket ˆ maddy
meredith
Two men were arguing loudly the entire time it took us to eat our falafels. AWKWARD!
food ˆ restaurant ˆ meredith

Friday, August 6th

maddy, meredith
Late Thursday night, Leigh came by and dropped off Edie!
edie ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
On Friday evening, Meredith's parent's invited us over for dinner...
joann
...to celebrate my birthday.
joann
Birthday sorbet!
joann, me
Birthday wish!
birthday ˆ candles ˆ joann ˆ me
joann
Cooper was a big fan of the candle...
joann
...so he got his very own candle sorbet!
Chuck & Cooper.
Bonus points for matching outfits!
Back at home I took a look at my office and decided that I really needed to get rid of some stuff.
You have to be careful to not let the fun pile up too much.
Installed new cork boards on my office wall so I have a place to pin up fun / interesting / useful things.

Saturday, August 7

7am summer morning walk with my tiny dingo.
Early-morning sunshine peeking through the willow leaves.
I love my neighborhood.
Trash & trees.

Monday, August 9th

Nothing like a birthday to get you thinking about death! On the Monday afternoon after my 36th birthday I took a long lunch and walked down the street to the Rubin Museum of Art to see a exhibit called Remember That You Will Die.
The elevator opened up on the 6th floor to reveal a 20-foot tall memento mori.
sign
"...reminding them that these earthly pleasures are ephemeral."
sign
Painted memento mori skulls.
art ˆ skull
The had all sorts of reminders that people used to carry to remind them of their own mortality. Skull and crossbone rings. (Europe; 1692)
art ˆ memento mori
Necklaces.
art ˆ memento mori ˆ skeleton
Lockets.
art ˆ memento mori
YOUR MIGHT WILL BE BROUGHT LOW AND DISPERSED BY WORMS.
sign
Coffin keychain?
coffin ˆ memento mori ˆ skeleton
meredith
Later that evening, I hung out with this one...
meredith
maddy
...and this one.
maddy
Any watched After Hours. Haha. Any time Griffin Dunne shows up in a movie, you know you're in for a treat.
bite ˆ movie ˆ shark ˆ tv

Wednesday, August 11th

On Wednesday night we went out to Brooklyn to hang with Siege and Katie. High rises starting to go up near Frost Street!
brooklyn
katie, siege
Pleasant August evening.
katie ˆ siege
meredith
Meredith in eye liner!
meredith

Thursday, August 12th

patrick k
On Thursday afternoon Patrick, Mark and I went out to lunch to before heading out on the streets to try to find local businesses willing to give us feedback on a beta website-building product we were prototyping for Yodle.
food ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ patrick k
patrick k
Pounding the pavement and trying to meet with small business owners is HARD WORK. We spent four hours walking around and returned to the office exhausted.
asleep ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ patrick k
meredith
Later that night, Mer and I went for Italian on 4th street.
street ˆ meredith
Usually flyers make me SO ANGRY but I find it very hard to get angry at Dumpling Man because he is adorable. (And then that makes me angry).
menu
davo, the ktb
Super-late that evening (3am!) we ended up at Odessa with KTB and Davo who had just recently arrived from London!
diner ˆ odessa ˆ davo ˆ the ktb
Our sleepy diner neighbor got blintzed!
drunk ˆ passed out ˆ strangers

Saturday, August 14th

meredith
Lazy Saturday morning...
e9th apt ˆ window ˆ meredith
davo, karen, posh tony, the ktb
...and then we met up for brunch!
brunch ˆ davo ˆ karen ˆ posh tony ˆ the ktb
matt, me, meredith, sarah
Wonderful!
brunch ˆ matt ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
davo, meredith, posh tony, sarah, the ktb
On the way to the dog park, I made everyone stop and pose. Haha.
best ˆ davo ˆ meredith ˆ posh tony ˆ sarah ˆ the ktb
biggy, maddy
Double sniff.
dog park ˆ dogs ˆ biggy ˆ maddy
Hahaha. Remember this place and their Lady Gaga pizza sign? THE WORST.
sign ˆ wtf
My sunglasses reflecting the cool chandelier in Matt's lobby.
pauly, sarah, the ktb
We stopped off in Matt's apartment so that people could change into shorts and swim wear.
best ˆ pauly ˆ sarah ˆ the ktb
And so that people could pose for pictures with Biggy.
Aw, fuzz face!
Then we headed up to the roof! The clouds were amazing!
Happy host.
Roof lawn!
We staked out an area on the grass near the picnic tables
Karen and Davo.
We hung around the table...
meredith, pauly
...and had a couple of snacks while we waited...
best ˆ grapes ˆ meredith ˆ pauly
davo
...for all the pizzas that we ordered to show up! WOOOO!
food ˆ pizza ˆ davo
I like to put arugula on my pizza.
After we finished our pizza, we were treated to...
...a wonderful moonrise.
On the way back downstairs...
...we marveled at the building's pool-related signage.
sign
karen, the ktb
Haha.
best ˆ shock ˆ sign ˆ karen ˆ the ktb
Post-pizza digestion party.
So seductive...
...and giggly.
Giggly Manwich!
meredith, the ktb
Head-bonk hello!
e9th apt ˆ meredith ˆ the ktb
matt, me
Later that evening, we all met back up to do a late-night walk over the Brooklyn Bridge.
matt ˆ me
davo, jessie lee, matt, meredith, the ktb
Kim, Jessie & Matt.
thumbs up ˆ walking ˆ davo ˆ jessie lee ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ the ktb
meredith
OOOOOOATS.
excited ˆ shopping ˆ meredith
davo, jessie lee, matt
We took the 6 train...
subway ˆ davo ˆ jessie lee ˆ matt
meredith, the ktb
...out to Brooklyn...
subway ˆ meredith ˆ the ktb
davo, jessie lee, matt, meredith, the ktb
...and got off at Brooklyn Bridge
best ˆ stairs ˆ subway platform ˆ davo ˆ jessie lee ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ the ktb
matt, meredith
Matt jumped so high he was out of frame!
jump ˆ stairs ˆ matt ˆ meredith
matt
Haha.
jump ˆ matt
After we were finished running around the empty building steps like monkeys, we headed over to the bridge...
blurry ˆ bridge ˆ nyc
...and started our walk back to Manhattan.
sign
davo, the ktb
I love this picture so much!
bridge ˆ davo ˆ the ktb
Amazing every time.
blurry ˆ bridge
davo, the ktb
After the bridge, we headed up to Veselka...
davo ˆ the ktb
...for some late night pierogies and milkshakes! Eeep!
diner ˆ pierogies
jessie lee, matt
French toast and pancakes!
diner ˆ jessie lee ˆ matt

Sunday, August 15th

Sunday afternoon movie.
meredith
Adorableness.
best ˆ meredith
maddy, me
As soon as you lay down on our couch, this tiny visitor jumps up to say hi.
couch ˆ maddy ˆ me
maddy, me
I'm usually big spoon.
best ˆ couch ˆ maddy ˆ me

Monday, August 16th

Whiteboard notes from our Yodle product-prototype.
whiteboard ˆ work ˆ yodle
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind I had my tiny mind split open by this book. It ignited an interest in consciousness that still hasn't abided two years (and many more books) later.
best ˆ book
maddy, meredith
These two fuggers were conked out before 8pm...
asleep ˆ couch ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
...so I geeked out and spent the evening rooting my G1 and installing Cyanogen Mod 4.2 (allowing me to run the latest version of Android on old hardware). Wooo!
DIY ˆ nerd ˆ phone

Wednesday, August 18th

maddy
We have the same favorite chair. Oh, your turn now?
green chair ˆ maddy
I've had the same bike for 6 years, but I still like snapping pics of other peoples' snazzy bikes so that when I finally get a new one, I'll have some reference-photos. Haha.
bike

Tuesday, August 24th

On Tuesday night we met up with the Fatty to see...
movie ˆ sign
fatty, meredith
... PIRANHA 3D!
best ˆ scary ˆ fatty ˆ meredith

Thursday, August 26th

On Thursday at work I met with a small group of developers for a lunch time presentation on Kant's Deontology put together by (future Glos.si co-founder) Dan Goldin.)
work ˆ yodle
Sweater gift!

Thursday, August 26th

pauly
On Thursday night I went to the Sly Flox to meet up with Pauly...
pauly
pauly
...and his then-girlfriend who was down visiting from Toronto!
best ˆ pauly
amanda, amber, matt, meredith, pauly, tyson
We got shit-hammered and ended up going back to Matt's place!
first time i met ˆ amanda ˆ amber ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ pauly ˆ tyson
amber, matt, tyson
Amber met up with us and it was also the first time I met Tyson.
first time i met ˆ the bird ˆ amber ˆ matt ˆ tyson
Elevator up!
Camera self-timer party-portrait on the TV top.
Dog talk!

Sunday, August 29th

On Sunday Ellen came over for family night!

Tuesday, August 31st

sarah, tyson
On Tuesday evening, Sarah and Ty came over. Sarah tried our favorite pineapple and jalepeno pizza...
pizza ˆ sarah ˆ tyson
sarah
...and showed-off her latest handbag design.
bag ˆ sarah
Hahah.
bag
Midnight means that it's officially...
anniversary
me, meredith
...our one-year wedding anniversary! I love you, good one! Thanks for spending my life with me! (I'll try to not take so many photos of you while you're eating!)
anniversary ˆ kiss ˆ us ˆ me ˆ meredith