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January, 2011

The January Roundup Part One

Here's the first half of the photos I took in January 2010. On to Part Two

Wednesday, January 5th

jeet, maddy, meredith
After we got back from our New Year's Eve trip down in Florida, Gurj came over on Wednesday night for a hang.
e9th apt ˆ food ˆ jeet ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
Homemade pizza & jelly (?) SNACKS!
food ˆ pizza ˆ treats
We had ourselves a little store-bought treat-fest...
ice cream ˆ treats
...complete with two new flavors of Ben & Jerrys. (whoa).
ice cream ˆ treats
maddy
Maddy likes to burrow under the blankets and then stick out her little brown snout like a fuzz-snorkel.
blanket ˆ maddy

Thursday, January 6th

maddy, meredith
On Thursday evening, we threw the dog in a bag...
dog in a bag ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
sarah
...and walked over to Apt 3a for a TV-watching get together!
tinfoil hat ˆ sarah
ellen, quinn
Where everyone was required...
tinfoil hat ˆ ellen ˆ quinn
meredith
...to put on...
tinfoil hat ˆ meredith
jared, jeet
...their tinfoil hats in preparation for...
jared ˆ jeet
jared
...our big Thursday night screening of...
tinfoil hat ˆ jared
me, sarah
...DRUMROLL PLEASE...
apt 3a ˆ tinfoil hat ˆ me ˆ sarah
sarah
...the ANCIENT ALIENS DVD that Sarah had recently purchased!
dvd ˆ tinfoil hat ˆ sarah
ellen, jared, jeet, meredith, quinn, sarah
Here we go! (PS - Jared's expression in this photo makes me laugh so hard).
apt 3a ˆ best ˆ tinfoil hat ˆ ellen ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ meredith ˆ quinn ˆ sarah
With hair like that, you know you're getting THE REAL story.
tv ˆ wtf
They also had Rodney Dale, co-author of The Manna Machine and breast-illustrating extraordinaire.
tv ˆ wtf
Sarah had just been given a Sailor Jerry calendar that had Laydi Marie (who we'd just met down in Florida) on the cover.
people we know in magazines
ellen, jared, jeet, meredith, sarah
Good times.
apt 3a ˆ tinfoil hat ˆ ellen ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ meredith ˆ sarah

Friday, January 7th

Slushy walk to work.
walking
AMY IS MY SUNSHINE!! :) Chris is the milk in my Fruit Loops!
graffiti ˆ walking

Saturday, January 8th

ellen, karen, meredith, nicky, peter g
On Saturday morning Quinn & Sarah invited a bunch of people over to 3A...
apt 3a ˆ brunch ˆ ellen ˆ karen ˆ meredith ˆ nicky ˆ peter g
quinn, sarah
...to cook us all brunch!
apt 3a ˆ cooking ˆ kitchen ˆ quinn ˆ sarah
quinn, sarah
Overhead view of the action.
apt 3a ˆ cooking ˆ egg ˆ kitchen ˆ quinn ˆ sarah
While Quinn and Sarah were cooking, I went on a little photo snapping spree to capture the ever-changing apt 3a.
apt 3a ˆ bed
Rasterized.
apt 3a ˆ art
The finished huevos! They were delicious!
brunch ˆ food
ellen, karen, peter g
Peter, Karen & Ellen.
apt 3a ˆ brunch ˆ food ˆ ellen ˆ karen ˆ peter g
meredith
Afterwards, Ellen & Gurj came back over to our place to hang out. We took turns trying to teach Maddy to play fetch!
meredith
maddy
Just a matter of doing it over and over and over, but eventually she catches on. (Sort of. Dummy)
maddy
ellen, me
Saturday afternoon buds.
ellen ˆ me
ellen, jeet
Later that evening, we went out to Brooklyn...
walking ˆ ellen ˆ jeet
ellen, jeet, meredith, siege
..for game night at Siege and Katie's!
cards ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ meredith ˆ siege
We played this neat French card-based game called Dixit
cards ˆ dixit
siege
Hidden apron puppet show?
cards ˆ siege
katie, siege
Katie & Siege. :)
best ˆ cards ˆ katie ˆ siege
ellen
When you're walking along and you see something beautiful and shiny, don't just stand there and gawk at it...
ellen
ellen
...jump as high as you can and try to grab hold of that fucking thing!
jump ˆ ellen

Tuesday, January 11th

grant
On Tuesday night, Grant came in from Canada! He arrived with the newest issue of The Walrus (which is like the Canadian version of The Atlantic that contained a feature he wrote questioning why Candians should have loyalty to the Royal Queen. Congrats!
magazine ˆ people we know in magazines ˆ walrus ˆ grant
We stayed up late catching up and watching Peep Show. By 3am, the snow had started sticking.

Wednesday, January 12th

I snuck off to work on Wednesday...
catrinel, grant, meredith, pomodoro jack
...and later that evening, Cat came over dinner.
e9th apt ˆ catrinel ˆ grant ˆ meredith ˆ pomodoro jack
catrinel, grant, me, meredith
Right around midnight, we got our winter gear on...
catrinel ˆ grant ˆ me ˆ meredith
matt, me, meredith
...and met this guy out for a few drinks.
matt ˆ me ˆ meredith

Thursday, January 13th

On Thursday we headed out to hang at Siege and Katie's.
The conjurer's cauldron.
matt, meredith
Inner courtyard.
matt ˆ meredith
Wood wind chines
tree
Mmmm, cookies.
cookie ˆ treats
grant, meredith
Red bathroom portraits.
bathroom ˆ grant ˆ meredith
grant, matt, siege
Action re-cap.
grant ˆ matt ˆ siege

Friday, January 14th

maddy, meredith
On Friday night Mer and I stayed in and...
maddy ˆ meredith
...got our Dune on.
movie
Such a romantic Friday night.
movie
Haha.
movie
I like to re-watch this movie at least once every two years. Wow.
movie

Saturday, January 15th

Fish is everywhere in the Alphabet City cement.
graffiti
Aw, yeeeeeee-ah, calling all tha ladies! Randomly taped to a wall in my neighborhood.
flyer
fatty, uncle ira
Later on Saturday afternoon, I went out to Dumbo to meet up for brunch. Fatty's Uncle Ira was in town visiting!
bridge ˆ fatty ˆ uncle ira
fatty, grant, sascha
Sascha, Grant and Dave.
brunch ˆ fatty ˆ grant ˆ sascha
Another Saturday, another huevos.
brunch ˆ food
frank, uncle ira
Uncle Ira & Frank.
frank ˆ uncle ira

Sunday, January 16th

Sunday pancake breakfast at home!
food ˆ pancakes
maddy
Big fan of pancakes.
maddy
Payphone!
payphone
ellen, jeet, meredith
On Sunday afternoon Ellen and Gurj came over...
wine ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ meredith
ellen, jeet, meredith
...we went over to the West Village...
best ˆ elevator ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ meredith
tyson
...for Ty's apartment-warming party!
cookie ˆ tyson
jeet
Chili pots on the stove!
cooking ˆ jeet
matt, meredith
Mer refreshes Matt on his way to drop off coats.
drink ˆ matt ˆ meredith
Despite not being in the apt very long, Ty had gotten his decoration on quite nicely.
fox
He also has a pretty awesome collection of original Elvis snapshots. Sexy Elvis.
elvis ˆ meta
Pudgy Elvis.
elvis ˆ meta
Tired Elvis. Aw.
elvis ˆ meta
I hadn't even been fully-cooked yet!
elvis ˆ meta
cynthia, ellen, jeet, tyson
Tyson is pretty much my favorite decorator.
cynthia ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ tyson
cynthia, meredith
He made an entire bed canopy out of string and fallen tree branches he found while walking around. Big dreamers need jumbo dream-catchers.
best ˆ dreamcatcher ˆ cynthia ˆ meredith
amanda a, jeet
Once everyone had gotten a few drinks...
drunk ˆ amanda a ˆ jeet
matt
...in themselves...
matt
...it was time to play Cranium!
cranium
amanda a, cynthia, ellen, meredith, tyson
High stakes.
cranium ˆ amanda a ˆ cynthia ˆ ellen ˆ meredith ˆ tyson
ellen
Mime face.
cranium ˆ ellen
cynthia, ellen, matt
Big yucks.
cynthia ˆ ellen ˆ matt
matt, me
Oh, word?
coldlamp ˆ matt ˆ me
ellen, tyson
Count your teeth!
cranium ˆ teeth ˆ ellen ˆ tyson
Our sculpting clay dried up so Tyson provided us with a shredded cheese alternative. Haha.
cheese ˆ cranium
Ready?
cheese ˆ cranium
cynthia, jeet, matt
GUESS MY CHEESE SCULPTURE!
cranium ˆ cynthia ˆ jeet ˆ matt
cynthia, ellen, jeet, tyson
Puppet off.
cranium ˆ puppet ˆ cynthia ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ tyson
tyson
Thanks for having us over, Ty! Congrats on your first New York apartment!
piano ˆ tyson
bruno, maddy, spike
Three-wiener walk before bed.
dogs ˆ bruno ˆ maddy ˆ spike

1 comment

  • dfafajuly 18, 2013

    Sorry to hear about you and Meredith. Best of luck to both of you. But....keep posting!