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September, 2010

The September Roundup

Here are the photos I took in September 2010 that didn't end up in there own entry.

Wednesday, September 1st

me, meredith
Wednesday was our first wedding anniversary! We celebrated with a family portrait.
anniversary ˆ couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ us ˆ me ˆ meredith
maddy, me, meredith
It's hard to get the grimple to sit still and cooperate when she's wriggling to lick your faces.
anniversary ˆ us ˆ maddy ˆ me ˆ meredith

Thursday, September 2nd

john roche, meredith
On Thursday night, Mer and I went to dinner at John's!
kitchen ˆ loft ˆ john roche ˆ meredith
john roche, meredith
When I moved to New York in 1999, John was the first person I knew who'd converted a industrial space into a multi-person loft. He gave me all sorts of advice when we built out our loft space in Greenpoint in 2000! He'd since moved into a newer, bigger space and was in the process of building it out.
cooking ˆ kitchen ˆ john roche ˆ meredith
john roche, meredith
While these guys worked on dinner...
cooking ˆ john roche ˆ meredith
...I went off to explore the new space. Indoor greenhouse!
loft
Cool, right?
ladder ˆ loft
There's a whole 2nd floor too!
stairs
The place is enormous.
cat
Bedroom in progress.
loft
Back downstairs on the other side of the kitchen, I climbed out the open window...
loft
...went down a ladder...
ladder ˆ roof
...and found myself on their massive roof!
roof
Amazing.
roof
Past the skylight...
roof ˆ skylight
...are pallets of plants!
garden ˆ plant ˆ roof
NYC rooftop garden!
garden ˆ plant ˆ roof
john roche, meredith
Back inside...
kitchen ˆ loft ˆ john roche ˆ meredith
Dinner was shaping up.
food
Mmmmm!
cooking ˆ food
Dandelion greens.
salad
john roche
John opened another bottle of wine...
best ˆ wine ˆ john roche
...and it was time to eat!
food
meredith
The whole place is filled with interesting thing everywhere you look.
meredith
Healthiest meal I'd eaten in a while.
food ˆ salad
The NYT is just straight up yellow journalism these days, huh?
newspaper ˆ wtf
I spotted a photo comp of Dunmore, PA (where John grew up) hanging on the wall while wandering around that John used as the study for a painting he did that hangs in the living room (that I love dearly).
meta ˆ painting ˆ photo
Headed home.
walking

Friday, September 3rd

donald, marc sg
On Friday, a bunch of us went to the Olive Garden to celebrate something at work.
food ˆ olive garden ˆ yodle ˆ donald ˆ marc sg
YOLO-UNCH
food ˆ gross ˆ olive garden ˆ wtf

Friday, September 3rd

frank, liz, maddy
On Friday night Liz and Frank came over for dinner!
e9th apt ˆ frank ˆ liz ˆ maddy

Saturday, September 4th

Saturday was nice out! We ran some errands...
walking
meredith, quinn
...then met up with Quinn for brunch!
brunch ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
bruno, spike
Later, our neighbor Russell came by and dropped off his dogs Spike and Bruno!
dogs ˆ bruno ˆ spike
bruno, maddy, spike
Three-wiener gang!
dogs ˆ bruno ˆ maddy ˆ spike
bruno, maddy, spike
Hahaha.
best ˆ dogs ˆ bruno ˆ maddy ˆ spike
Meredith picked up this book for me on PaperbackSwap
book
I headed to the community garden across the street and found myself a quiet bench in the shade of the trees.
book ˆ garden
While I was sitting there, two guys showed up with upright basses and started playing together. They were both using bows and making haunting, mournful, beautiful sounds and a man wandered over holding his newborn son and was holding him up into the sound. All while reading a book about learning to let go and get lost in life moment to moment. Call it the reason I live here.
baby ˆ band ˆ best ˆ garden ˆ nyc ˆ strangers
Cool chair out on the curb on the walk home.
chair
Really liked the textured pattern vinyl.
chair
I spent the rest of the evening going through my tshirt drawer and getting rid of a bunch of shirts that I no longer wear.
shirt ˆ stuff i got rid of
I don't like giving things away because they serve as triggers for memories that I don't want to forget.
shirt ˆ stuff i got rid of
So I take a photo of stuff before I let it go.
shirt ˆ stuff i got rid of
My favorite t-shirt had finally gotten so hole-ridden I had to let it go.
shirt ˆ stuff i got rid of
Not before taking photos of my hand-sewn attempts at stopping some of the larger holes from getting any bigger. Haha.
shirt ˆ stuff i got rid of
And another shirt that Meredith made for me and sent out as a gift when I moved out to San Francisco! The outside was a iron of of a photo of fish I'd taken when we went to visit the Monterey Aquarium together...
gift ˆ shirt ˆ stuff i got rid of
...the inside of the shirt contained a hidden ironed-on message. Haha.
gift ˆ shirt ˆ stuff i got rid of
Honeymoon souvenir but it doesn't really fit me well.
shirt ˆ stuff i got rid of
Old Stuyvesant Town ID card.
id card ˆ stuff i got rid of
meredith, mike doyle, tanya
Mike and Tanya were in town visiting from San Francisco and came by to hang out!
meredith ˆ mike doyle ˆ tanya
maddy, mike doyle, tanya
They couldn't believe how many wiener dogs we had. Haha.
laugh ˆ maddy ˆ mike doyle ˆ tanya

Sunday, September 5th

bruno, spike
It's really funny having these two as guests.
dogs ˆ bruno ˆ spike
bruno, maddy, spike
Three dogs is a little much when they're all going crazy and are excited to go on a walk. But when all three of them are tired out...
dogs ˆ bruno ˆ maddy ˆ spike
bruno, maddy, meredith, spike
...and feeling cuddly, there's really nothing better. I came home from the store to find this going on in the living room.
dogs ˆ reading ˆ bruno ˆ maddy ˆ meredith ˆ spike
bruno, maddy, spike
Hahah.
dogs ˆ bruno ˆ maddy ˆ spike
maddy, spike
Lucky!
dogs ˆ sleepy ˆ maddy ˆ spike
maddy
Maddy loves playing with this ball, but she also enjoys...
maddy
maddy
...using it as a tail-rest. Haha.
maddy
Siege & KT invited over their house for a Labor Day picnic! On the way over we stopped to pick up some treats. How about some delicious Kakdooki?
weird foreign food ˆ wtf
meredith
Quick congregation in the kitchen...
meredith
amanda, dwight
Siege's neighbors and lovely party co-hosts!
amanda ˆ dwight
cynthia, meredith
..before heading up to the roof.
cynthia ˆ meredith
matt
Fruit!
fruit ˆ matt
astra, dwight
So much food!
astra ˆ dwight
And six flavors of ice cream for dessert! WHAT?
ice cream ˆ treats
matt, siege
Love these two.
doppleganger ˆ sunglasses ˆ twins ˆ matt ˆ siege
cynthia, siege
I came downstairs just in time to catch Clayton making it clap for Cynthia.
best ˆ lapdance ˆ cynthia ˆ siege
amanda, siege
The photographer's lips pursed in an empathic smash. Haha.
meta ˆ smoosh ˆ amanda ˆ siege
Gold-toothed memento mori.
skull
amanda, cynthia
After the Gaylords party, we adjourned back to our apartment for a late-night screening of...
e9th apt ˆ amanda ˆ cynthia
...YES!
movie ˆ tv

Monday, September 6th

I started off Labor Day taking the three dogs to the dog park
dog park
Later that afternoon, I went up to Matt's amazing pool roof!
pool ˆ roof
caiti, cynthia
Cynthia, Mer and Caiti.
caiti ˆ cynthia
josh m, tyson
Josh and Tyson...
roof ˆ josh m ˆ tyson
...watching the birthday party below on the street.
buildings
caiti, meredith
By 5:30, it hadn't gotten too chilly to stay by the pool...
caiti ˆ meredith
cynthia, matt, meredith
...so we rounded up all the snacks and headed back downstairs.
laugh ˆ treats ˆ cynthia ˆ matt ˆ meredith
josh m, mark hannah, matt, tyson
Later that evening, a whole bunch of people met up at our place...
e9th apt ˆ josh m ˆ mark hannah ˆ matt ˆ tyson
...and we headed over to East River Park...
east river park ˆ walking
Amazing!
josh m, mark holmes
Afterwards, we got SLICES & ICES!
josh m ˆ mark holmes
cynthia, matt
I love early September when everyone's still gung-ho about squeezing the last bit of nice-weather fun out of summer.
cynthia ˆ matt

Tuesday, September 7th

On Tuesday evening we enjoyed a Curly's Vegetarian Lunch feast...
food ˆ tv
meredith
...and watched some show.
e9th apt ˆ meredith
Later that night, I walked down to Bowery Ballroom admiring the 9/11 memorial lights they'd just turned on...
nyc
chris nelson
...and met up with Chris who was in town touring with his friends band from the UK!
van ˆ chris nelson
chris nelson, me
I met this guy when I was on a hill-trek in Thailand in 2005 and we've seen other a few times since!
chris nelson ˆ me

Wednesday, September 8th

mark d
On Wednesday at work, the company congratulated Mark and his wife on their forthcoming baby with a company onesie!
yodle ˆ mark d
mark d
Personalized on the back with name and the number of babies born to Yodle employees! Hahah.
yodle ˆ mark d
maddy, meredith
On Wednesday night, our neighbor Russel came by and claimed his two hounds. Maddy was pretty excited to have us all to herself again.
maddy ˆ meredith

Thursday, September 9th

Thursday at work, my team worked on establishing customer success metrics for a new prototype we were building.
whiteboard ˆ yodle
Later Thursday night Tyson invited me to the Sunshine Landmark...
sign
jon danovic
...where I met Jon Danovic for the first time and saw a screening of the movie he did for the Airborne Toxic Event called All I Ever Wanted.
first time i met ˆ jon danovic

Monday, September 13th

On Monday night Meredith and I took a taxi up to...
taxi
...the blinding alienation of Times Square...
times square
...because Sarah had graciously managed to get me a press pass to...
backstage
...the release of Halo Reach.
crowd ˆ videogames
Coming up for air.
escalator

Tuesday, September 14th

mandy, meredith
On Tuesday night, Mandy and...
mandy ˆ meredith
matt
...Matt and Ty came over!
edie ˆ gang signs ˆ matt
We had pie and ice cream and then....
ice cream ˆ pie ˆ treats
...walked east...
walking
meredith
...crossed FDR over to East River Park...
frisbee ˆ walking ˆ meredith
me, tyson
...and played light up frisbee for hours!
me ˆ tyson

Wednesday, September 15th

janice, mark holmes, matt, meredith
On Wednesday night we went to Freeman's for dinner to celebrate Mark's birthday!
janice ˆ mark holmes ˆ matt ˆ meredith
Mmmmm!
food
mark holmes
Happy birthday, Mark!
mark holmes
mark holmes
Here's why you shouldn't fuck with your WB levels right before they bring out the lit candle!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ mark holmes
danny bensi, mark holmes, tyson
Afterwards, we went to a handsome contest.
birthday ˆ danny bensi ˆ mark holmes ˆ tyson
me, rachel b
Ran into Rachel there.
me ˆ rachel b
matt
The night culminated with Matt nipple-touch-serenading this couple into gentle, lap-collapsing sleep.
drunk ˆ nipple ˆ passed out ˆ strangers ˆ matt

Friday, September 17th

mark d, me, patrick k
Not enough hours later, I had to be at work the next day! I arrived to our team's office to find that Patrick had drawn awesome caricatures of us. Haha.
best ˆ drawing ˆ whiteboard ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ mark d ˆ me ˆ patrick k

Saturday, September 18th

Woke up early on a sunny Saturday...
walking
maddy
...and took this little champ for a walk.
walking ˆ maddy
maddy
It's only mid-September and Maddy already requires a sweatshirt to stave off the shivers. Pathetic.
maddy
liz
Later Saturday night, we headed out to Frank & Liz's apt in Brooklyn! Liz decided to make KNARFs (Just "Frank" spelled backwards - Frank's way of taking a whole pizza and folding it in a half into a giant calzone) but their oven was on the fritz...
bbq ˆ grill ˆ liz
...which meant we had to cook the KNARFs out back ON THE GRILL! Hahaha.
bbq ˆ grill
frank, liz
Frank entertained while Liz tended...
grill ˆ frank ˆ liz
...to the knarfs on the grill.
bbq ˆ grill
frank, liz, meredith
BON APPETITE!
food ˆ frank ˆ liz ˆ meredith
Knarflicous!
food
frank, meredith
After we'd filled our bellies, Frank suggested we celebrate the luxury of having a backyard with a few humble 'WORKS!
excited ˆ fireworks ˆ frank ˆ meredith
frank, meredith
Liz was trying to put the brakes on things...
fireworks ˆ frank ˆ meredith
frank
...but once Frank's got a 'work in hand, it's go time.
fireworks ˆ frank
frank
The neighbor's upstairs lights came on immediately after the first explosion and we all ran into the house for some dessert!
fireworks ˆ frank
frank, liz
Who wants an ice cream sandwich? (This photo makes me scream with laughter every single time I look at it)
best ˆ ice cream ˆ tit squeeze ˆ treats ˆ frank ˆ liz

Saturday, September 18th

books
Slowly but surely I've been working on reducing my number of possessions. On Sunday I went through what remained of my books (I'd already given hundreds away) and made another culling!
books
books
Stacked up in the hallway ready to be given away.
books

Tuesday, September 21st

mark d, patrick k
When I came back from lunch on Tuesday afternoon, Mark was busy coding and hadn't noticed that Patrick had slowly slumped down in his chair and fallen asleep; the victim of a post-lunch food coma. Rather than wake him up...
asleep ˆ best ˆ yodle ˆ mark d ˆ patrick k
mark d, me, patrick k
...we quietly took this photo and let him wake up on his own pretending we hadn't noticed. About 20 minutes later, we emailed him this picture. Hahahaha.
asleep ˆ best ˆ get a load of this guy ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ mark d ˆ me ˆ patrick k
mark d, me, patrick k
Mark updated the whiteboard drawing. Haha.
drawing ˆ whiteboard ˆ yodle ˆ mark d ˆ me ˆ patrick k
meredith
Back at the homestead, Meredith was making corn on the cob...
cooking ˆ kitchen ˆ meredith
...and I received my new license in the mail confirming that I am now an organ donor.
license
Delicious pizza rolls for dinner...
food
...and zucchini muffins for dessert! Mmmmmm!
muffins
Super later on that night, Matt and I played frisbee!
frisbee

Thursday, September 23rd

maddy
The only problem with having a pet this adorable is that you always feel the need to...
dogs in outfits ˆ maddy
maddy
...abuse it. SHOW ME YOUR TINY TEETH!
baby teeth ˆ maddy

Friday, September 24th

me, meredith
I took the day off on Friday! Ran errands with this one.
sunglasses ˆ us ˆ me ˆ meredith
Dropped off my bike for a tune up...
bike
...and a brand new cassette and chain! So clean and shiny!
bike
Ok, my other errand might have been the purchase of Halo Reach!
tv ˆ videogames
When I play videogames, I like to pull up my green chair right in front of the tv for the full nerd-immersion.
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ tv ˆ videogames
maddy
Maddy likes to nap on my lap while I play. Haha.
asleep ˆ videogames ˆ maddy
meredith
Mer showing off a freshly-baked cherry pie!
cooking ˆ pie ˆ meredith

Sunday, September 26th

me
On Sunday I ate an apple.
apple ˆ me

Monday, September 27th

More healthy eating on Monday!
food ˆ salad
Stuffed pears!
food
A different pie for dessert!
pie
meredith
Thank you, Piemaster!
meredith
maddy, me
After a long evening of eating pie, Maddy and I put on our matching shirts...
cuddle ˆ maddy ˆ me
maddy, me
...and cuddled on the couch.
best ˆ cuddle ˆ maddy ˆ me

Wednesday, September 29th

jeet
Gurj came over after work on Wednesday so we could watch the new season of Eastbound & Down.
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ tv ˆ jeet
astra, matt, meredith, tyson
Astra, Tyson & Matt came over later!
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ astra ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ tyson
astra
Mobile micro-penis flex down?
gun show ˆ astra
matt
The Panty Bandit...
panties ˆ matt
me
...and his trusty sidekick, The Gusset!
panties ˆ me

Thursday, September 30th

On Thursday night, Meredith kept our healthy dinner streak going!
Maddy likes to chew her bone with us while we eat dinner.
miye
Later that evening, Miye stopped by to visit!
threading the needle ˆ miye
maddy, miye
She cuddled Maddy into zombified eyes-open sleep. So long September!
asleep ˆ zombie ˆ maddy ˆ miye

2 comments

  • aajanuary 18, 2013

    saw the picture of Josh and thought, "WAIT! I know that guy! But from where...?..?" and then I realized that I just recognized him from this blog, but that he hasn't been around in awhile. Pretty sad that I confuse people from this blog with people from real life.

    • brian battjerjanuary 18, 2013

      But why? The people on this blog ARE IN real life! ;)