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October, 2010

The October Roundup

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

Saturday, October 2nd

I was out walking Maddy when I spotted a livery car with an awesomely confusing license plate.
license plate ˆ limo
If they make a mistake with your license plate number, the ticket doesn't stick! Haha. Good luck with this one!
license plate ˆ wtf
I like shoes that you can send to the laundromat! They look almost new.
shoes
Later that Saturday afternoon, Meredith and I had to go out to Brooklyn to attend Marina & Fatty's baby shower. We decided to walk it. Down Ave C to Pitt Street.
nyc ˆ walking
Bonus street carnival.
nyc ˆ walking
Down to Bowery and over...
bridge ˆ nyc ˆ walking
meredith
...the Manhattan Bridge.
bridge ˆ nyc ˆ walking ˆ meredith
Peeping down into Chinatown.
chinatown
Long walk up.
bridge ˆ walking
I love this view.
bridge ˆ walking
Graffiti and laundry.
bridge ˆ roof ˆ walking
When we got to the Brooklyn side, we stumbled upon...
bridge ˆ brooklyn ˆ walking
...a wedding photo shoot.
bridge ˆ brooklyn ˆ walking ˆ wedding
meredith
Almost there.
bridge ˆ meredith
amanda, fatty
We arrived at their apartment just in time to see Dave wish Marina an early...
amanda ˆ fatty
fatty, marina
...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
birthday ˆ laugh ˆ fatty ˆ marina
amanda, meredith, siege
Mer, Siege and Amanda.
amanda ˆ meredith ˆ siege
katie, liz
Katie and Liz.
katie ˆ liz
andy f, asher, jaden
Andy and Pepper were there with their two boys...
andy f ˆ asher ˆ jaden
andy f
...and their brand new, two-week-old baby girl!
baby ˆ first time i met ˆ andy f
amanda, meredith, pepper
Amanda, Mer and Pepper.
baby ˆ amanda ˆ meredith ˆ pepper
fatty, marina
Shout at the Devil onesie! Haha.
onesie ˆ fatty ˆ marina
As an activity, they had all the guests create a custom onesie.
onesie
marina
There was also a NASTY MAGIC onesie in the mix!
nasty magic ˆ onesie ˆ point ˆ marina
meredith
Meredith made a BIG CHEESE...
onesie ˆ meredith
meredith
...complete with a rat on the front.
onesie ˆ meredith
meredith
Adding it to the clothesline.
onesie ˆ meredith
My personal fave was sparkle vest and hairy baby chest.
onesie
ellen
After the shower, a bunch of us came back to our apartment...
dogs ˆ ellen
amanda, katie, siege
...and we played a card game...
cards ˆ e9th apt ˆ amanda ˆ katie ˆ siege
called Apples to Apples.
cards
amanda
There was also pizza. Mmmmm.
pizza ˆ amanda

Sunday, October 3rd

maddy
Only October and this one already has to wear clothes outdoors. Pathetic.
maddy
When the berries come off..
plant
..the little berry holders are revealed to be flowers.
plant
Sunny living room.
e9th apt ˆ living room
When we got one of those Sodastream machines, Mer got a little overzealous in her estimation of how much "flavor" we'd need. Haha.
syrup

Tuesday, October 5th

On Tuesday night I went over to Apartment 3A for a homecooked meal.
apt 3a ˆ food
catrinel, katie d
Later that night I went out to Brooklyn for drinks.
catrinel ˆ katie d
astra, cynthia, katie
Katie, Cynthia and Astra.
tongue ˆ astra ˆ cynthia ˆ katie
amanda
KT launched a surprise "dimples of Venus" investigation in the middle of Amanda and Missy's conversation.
dimples ˆ surprise ˆ amanda
These two both has them.
dimples
amanda, astra, me
Astra, me and Amanda.
kiss ˆ amanda ˆ astra ˆ me
amanda, missy
Hahah.
the bird ˆ amanda ˆ missy
amanda, carol, jess m, josh l, missy
I like how molesty my friends are when they get a few drinks in them.
amanda ˆ carol ˆ jess m ˆ josh l ˆ missy
carol, missy
Especially Carol.
molest ˆ carol ˆ missy
josh l, katie d, missy, siege
What comes around goes around. Everyone I know is...
laugh ˆ molest ˆ squeeze ˆ josh l ˆ katie d ˆ missy ˆ siege
carol, katie d, siege
...down.
best ˆ point ˆ carol ˆ katie d ˆ siege
katie, katie d
Katie trying out KT's "drink a glass of water upside-down" hiccup remedy.
hiccups ˆ katie ˆ katie d
katie, siege
Chimping!
katie ˆ siege
cynthia, jess m, josh l, katie d, missy
Late night class portrait.
cynthia ˆ jess m ˆ josh l ˆ katie d ˆ missy
katie, missy, siege
Goodnight, my lovelies!
leg in the air ˆ katie ˆ missy ˆ siege

Wednesday, October 6th

On Wednesday evening, Meredith and I received an email confirming that we'd been selected as contestants to appear on The Newlywed Game!
the newlywed game ˆ tv
We had never really seen the show, so we DVRed a bunch of episodes and took notes about the kinds of questions they ask!
the newlywed game

Wednesday, October 6th

meredith
Morning!
bed ˆ bed head ˆ meredith
donald, marc sg, mark d, patrick k, sanju
Tech team lunch parade waiting for the elevator at Yodle.
work ˆ yodle ˆ donald ˆ marc sg ˆ mark d ˆ patrick k ˆ sanju

Saturday, October 9th

Office.
computer ˆ e9th apt ˆ home office
October means the beginning of Oktoberfest at Zum Schneider.
nyc ˆ walking
On our walk west to get something to eat, we had to wade through this Broseph line up.
nyc ˆ walking
Went to Hummus Place on St. Marks for a light lunch!
food
meredith
Mint tea!
meredith
Sheen Brothers (on 10th & B) is my favorite Bodega. I like their mirror-backed produce shelves.
fruit ˆ shopping
Healthy choices.
food
maddy
Filthy grimple.
maddy
fran, jeet, quinn
Late night I went over to Karen's for a hang.
fran ˆ jeet ˆ quinn
sarah, tyson
Sarah and Tyson.
sarah ˆ tyson
josh adcock
Moves like Jagger.
dance ˆ josh adcock
Afterwards, Ty and I went to East River Park and played frisbee...
east river park ˆ frisbee
tyson
...UNTIL OUR FINGERS BLED!
blood ˆ frisbee ˆ hand ˆ tyson

Sunday, October 10th

maddy
When it starts to get chilly Maddy refuses her morning walk. "No, thanks. I'll just stay here in my vest nest."
jacket ˆ vest ˆ maddy
meredith
Forced walk at 2:30pm.
kitchen ˆ meredith
Afterwards, Mer and I went to Odessa for Sunday diner breakfast!
breakfast ˆ food ˆ odessa
Blueberry muffin, cut in half and warmed on the griddle. Oh my.
muffins
Josh gave this to me after he'd finished reading it on our long weekend out in the not-Hamptons and I couldn't put it down. Soooo good.
book
Still pretty out.
tompkins ˆ walking
Neighbors got new flower window boxes.
flower ˆ window
Later that night I went out to dinner with Siege and Dwight in Williamsburg.
brooklyn ˆ walking
New high-rise condo building going up on their corner.
brooklyn ˆ buildings ˆ construction
Their new local pizza place is the jam.
pizza
Dwight and his boyfriend has an all-black bathroom with matching HIS and HIS urinals. So awesome.
bathroom

Tuesday, October 12th

meredith
After work on Tuesday, I met Meredith at Penn Station...
train ˆ meredith
...and we took the train out to Nassau Coliseum...
crowd ˆ train station
...to see Roger Waters perform The Wall.
band
I was a HUGE Pink Floyd and Roger Waters fan when I was younger and this was the first time I ever got to see him in concert.
band
The production was incredible. Complete with thirty-foot tall marionettes!
band ˆ puppet
And a huge wall that they built up brick by brick. As the show progressed, the wall got larger and turned into a giant back-drop projection screen.
band
Slots would open up in the wall revealing little mini sets that Roger would sing in. Wonderful.
band
There were rumors that David Gilmore was going to turn up and play a show, but he didn't show up at ours.
band ˆ guitar
Pig blimp.
band
Goodbye cruel world.
band
As we were walking out of the stadium to catch a cab to the train, a helicopter appeared out of nowhere and quickly landed. As soon as it touched down, Roger came out of a side door of the stadium, ran across the parking lot into the helicopter and it lifted up as soon as he was in it. Pretty stellar exit.
helicopter
me, meredith
Back at home, we celebrated with Nutty Buddies...
ice cream ˆ treats ˆ me ˆ meredith
...YES!...
ice cream
...and science TV shows showing reconstructions of aquatic dinosaurs! Ten out of ten as far as days go.
tv

Wednesday, October 13th

Noticed that the leaves across the street are just starting to change color on my walk to work in the morning.
walking
meredith
Later that night...
meredith
...Meredith cooked an Indian feast!
food
Oh yes.
food ˆ indian food
ellen, maddy, meredith, piper
Later that evening, Ellen came over for a hang. We fed her lots of home cooked food and then settled in for...
ellen ˆ maddy ˆ meredith ˆ piper
...some Tracy Morgan hosting Scare Tactics!
tv

Wednesday, October 13th

meredith
Someone fell asleep on the couch. Wakey, wakey!
meredith
I came home from work to a delicious dinner of pizza rolls, salad and homemade CHEESECAKE CUPCAKES!
cupcake
ellen, meredith
Ellen came over later that night to hang (and to help eat the cupcakes!).
hoodie ˆ ellen ˆ meredith

Thursday, October 14th

maddy
Maddy bidding me farewell on my way to work in the morning.
cute ˆ maddy
mark d, patrick k
I arrived at the office to find Patrick all dressed up in preparation for taking his girlfriend out to dinner and proposing marriage after work! Eeeek! Congrats, Pat!
engaged ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ mark d ˆ patrick k
I left work a little early and biked down to NYU's ITP program to see...
...Douglas Rushkoff give a lecture about his new book (which I highly recommend) Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age (He makes the argument that basic literacy always includes the ability to READ and WRITE. Most people that use computers are only HALF literate in that they know how to use computers (READ ability) but they don't know how to program them (WRITE ability). Those who have trouble understanding how programs work are less likely to notice that their reality is being mediated by programs that limit their choices to things that are included in the program...)
book
jeet
Later that evening, Gurj came over and we played with a bunch of Brian Eno-designed music-making apps on the iPad.
green chair ˆ ipad ˆ jeet
jeet
Making musik, I does it!
ipad ˆ jeet
maddy, meredith
Snuggle buds.
cuddle ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Monday, October 18th

bruno, spike
On Monday we had Bruno and Spike over!
dogs ˆ bruno ˆ spike
On my walk through Flatiron that afternoon to pick up lunch. Building fucking.
buildings
Reflection penetration.
buildings
Had me a veggie banh me sandwich for lunch.
food ˆ sandwich
ross m
Later that afternoon I went up to MTV to catch up with Ross Martin. Check out the view on Ross!
best ˆ clouds ˆ work ˆ ross m
kristen t, maddy, miye
Later that night Miye and Kristen came by and took turns receiving hound love.
kitchen ˆ lick ˆ tongue ˆ kristen t ˆ maddy ˆ miye
kristen t, maddy, miye
Now your turn.
kitchen ˆ lick ˆ tongue ˆ kristen t ˆ maddy ˆ miye
me
Later on that evening I busied myself creating various hook-like tools to unclog the vacuum cleaner. Blech!
gross ˆ vacuum ˆ me
meredith
Jaffles! When Meredith's driving on Netflix...
remote ˆ sandwich ˆ meredith
...you're probably going to be watching a B-movie!
movie ˆ tv

Saturday, October 23rd

me, meredith
On Saturday afternoon we walked a block over to Tompkins Square Park...
sunglasses ˆ me ˆ meredith
maddy
...to go to the Halloween Dog Parade. Meredith sewed Maddy this "bug" outfit.
costumes ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ halloween ˆ maddy
Our beloved, trash-decorated 9th St fence.
We ran into two other winged-dogs on the short walk!
costumes ˆ dogs ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ halloween
Costume convention.
costumes ˆ dogs ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ halloween
leigh, ryan m
In other homemade costume news, Ryan and Leigh were there...
dog park ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ tompkins ˆ leigh ˆ ryan m
leigh
...with EDIE AS A CAN OF DIET COKE!
best ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ leigh
leigh, meredith
Costume buddies.
best ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ leigh ˆ meredith
me
Edie's cheeks were getting smooshed by her spandex headpiece. Haha.
edie ˆ sad ˆ me
ryan m
At 1pm, Edie's number was called and Ryan took her on her costume parade lap.
dog park ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ edie ˆ tompkins ˆ ryan m
maddy, meredith
We packed up our bug and headed home.
maddy ˆ meredith
Not before admiring these two helmeted cuties on the way out. Awwww.
cute ˆ dogs in outfits ˆ helmet
Later that afternoon we took a taxi...
...up the FDR...
buildings ˆ driving ˆ east river
meredith
...and over to the theater district...
walking ˆ meredith
dad, mom
...to meet up with my parents. They were coming into town and wanted to see a Broadway show, so we got tickets to see Billy Elliot. My mom was super excited because...
broadway ˆ excited ˆ dad ˆ mom
...Meredith had picked tickets that were really close to the stage and she'd never sat close to the stage! It was bananas to get to see all the dancers' footwork up close.
broadway ˆ stage
dad, me, meredith
Blink.
blink ˆ dad ˆ me ˆ meredith
meredith, mom
Lady chat.
walking ˆ meredith ˆ mom
dad, mom
After the show my parents came back downtown with us and we went to a new Italian place on 4th st.
pizza ˆ dad ˆ mom
meredith
Pizza.
pizza ˆ meredith
dad, maddy
Bug / Dad reunion.
dad ˆ maddy
sarah
Later that night Sarah came over bearing crazy juice.
sparks ˆ sarah
me
I think I've seen something like this before. Different drank, same krunky flavor (and head-sized cans).
sparks ˆ me
We watched Dexer.
tv
sarah
Seeing Sarah manage to fall asleep despite drinking 64 ounzes of something with the word LOCO on it was impressive!
asleep ˆ sarah

Sunday, October 24th

On Sunday afternoon I admired Manhattan's changing leaves in all their monotone-glory...
meredith
...on the way to Quantum Leap in the East Village for lunch.
brunch ˆ excited ˆ food ˆ syrup ˆ meredith
Then we walked all the way over to the west side to check out The Highline for the first time.
Neat clouds. New York is neat because sometimes visiting another neighborhood you haven't been to in a while feels like you're visiting a whole other city.
clouds ˆ highline ˆ nyc ˆ walking
The High Line is really neat. It's an old elevated subway platform turned into a public park. "The vegetation was chosen to pay homage to the wild plants that had colonized the abandoned railway before it was repurposed."
highline
"The vegetation was chosen to pay homage to the wild plants that had colonized the abandoned railway before it was repurposed." (see also hyperreality)
flower ˆ highline
meredith
Neato cut-out lines up with all the buildings if you use the eye piece to stand in just the right spot.
art ˆ highline ˆ meredith
Night walk.
walking

Monday, October 25th

maddy
Doesn't even get out of bed in the morning when I leave.
sleepy ˆ maddy
meredith
On Monday night Mer borrowed Sarah's bike...
bike ˆ meredith
...and we went for a bike ride in East River Park.
bridge
Made it to the Brooklyn Bridge before turning around.
bridge
Potato pancakes!
food

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