i keep a diary

March, 2011

The March Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in March of 2011 that didn't end up in their own entry

Tuesday, March 1st

Stand-out graffiti on the back door of a heavily tagged van in my neighborhood: Rest in Peace Rick James.
graffiti ˆ van

Wednesday, March 2nd

amanda, quinn
On Wednesday night a bunch of us went over to apt 3a for a cooking class that Quinn was hosting!
apt 3a ˆ cooking ˆ kitchen ˆ amanda ˆ quinn
amanda, meredith
Quinn had set up a bunch of portable burners so there were lots of pots in action.
apt 3a ˆ cooking ˆ amanda ˆ meredith
amanda
Amanda was my cooking partner. She worked some blender magic...
cooking ˆ amanda
...while I added to the pot what she told me.
cooking
In addition to the dinner, Meredith and Quinn showed off a whole bunch of different flavors of their Natural Foodie "meal in a jar" product they'd developed together!
food ˆ meal in a jar
quinn
Thanks for having us over, Quinn!
quinn
amanda, me, meredith
I like when Amanda does the lean-in.
amanda ˆ me ˆ meredith

Wednesday, March 2nd

On Wednesday Meredith got a letter from T-Mobile explaining that they were discontinuing support...
phone
...for her Sidekick! When you buy a device, use it to death!
broken ˆ phone ˆ sidekick

Sunday, March 6th

ellen
Ellen came over on Sunday afternoon and we ordered...
excited ˆ ellen
...Thai food!
food ˆ thai food

Tuesday, March 8th

Still light out after 6pm means spring is on that way. *whew*
trees
maddy
This one up to no good in the ivy.
walking ˆ maddy
Sunset in Tompkins.
sunset ˆ tompkins

Wednesday, March 9th

I think pineapple is the friendliest fruit.
fruit
maddy
Maddy at the door excited to greet...
maddy
jeet
...the Jeet!
jeet
maddy
Later that night I while I was working on this website, Maddy fell asleep on my lap with her chin on my chair's armrest.
asleep ˆ maddy
maddy
Side-view of the sleepiest pooch.
best ˆ sleepy ˆ maddy

Thursday, March 10th

karen, sarah
On Thursday night a bunch of us went to somewhere in the West Village (?) at the invitation of Sarah and Karen.
dj ˆ karen ˆ sarah
caiti, cynthia, siege
Cynthia, Clayton and Katie.
caiti ˆ cynthia ˆ siege
meredith, quinn
It was like a Tarts of Pleasure reunion.
dj ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
karen, sarah
Haha.
dj ˆ karen ˆ sarah
karen
Play the hits...
dj ˆ karen
cynthia
...let's have some high kicks.
kick ˆ cynthia
caiti, cynthia, meredith
We'll touch each other's faces.
caiti ˆ cynthia ˆ meredith
Class portrait take one had a finger over the lens.
best ˆ group
caiti, craig, cynthia, karen, matt, me, meredith, quinn, sarah, siege
Solid showing for 2am.
best ˆ group ˆ caiti ˆ craig ˆ cynthia ˆ karen ˆ matt ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ quinn ˆ sarah ˆ siege

Friday, March 11th

me
The next morning I woke up with a super swollen lymph node in my jaw. I had a hard time chewing and was in a ton of pain.
ouch ˆ sick ˆ me
Bike ride to see a doctor. Turned out to be inflammation of my TMJ. Got better two days later.
biking

Saturday, March 12th

brandon k
On Saturday evening I met up with Brandon who was in town visiting from Budapest. We got drinks and caught up!
brandon k
Later that evening, I went to the Sunshine to see the midnight showing of...
tickets
...Monty Python and The Holy Grail!
movie

Sunday, March 13th

I take notes when I read non-fiction. Some of my scribbles from reading We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in the Age of Excess
book ˆ note
hank
Later that evening, we went out to sushi with Meredith's cousin Hank who was in town visiting from LA. Shakeface!
shake face ˆ hank
Hank's dinner companions were not excluded....
shake face
...from the shake-face fun!
shake face
meredith
Meredith's placid shakeface.
shake face ˆ meredith
me
Me, on the other hand...
shake face ˆ me

Tuesday, March 15th

mark d
On Tuesday afternoon, I went out with one of Yodle's dev teams to say goodbye to Eric who was moving on to another job.
work ˆ yodle ˆ mark d
hank, meredith
Later that evening, Hank came over and he and Meredith geeked out on the couch next to each other playing Words With Friends.
phone ˆ hank ˆ meredith
hank, meredith
We are living in the future.
phone ˆ hank ˆ meredith
meredith
Later that evening, Meredith worked on her Scratch lesson plans while...
laptop ˆ meredith
hank
...Hank took a little nappy nap.
asleep ˆ couch ˆ hank
hank
Laptop pillow.
asleep ˆ computer ˆ laptop ˆ hank

Thursday, March 17th

ellen, piper
On Thursday night Ellen came over for a home cooked meal (and to drop Piper off with us for a few days!)
ellen ˆ piper
ellen, piper
Piper supervised the eating process.
food ˆ ellen ˆ piper

Friday, March 18th

amanda, maddy, piper
Amanda came over on Friday. Double-dog armrests!
amanda ˆ maddy ˆ piper
maddy
Grimple chin.
maddy

Saturday, March 19th

pauly, piper
Pauly was back in town visting and stopped by on Saturday.
pauly ˆ piper
me
I tried on Amanda's future shades.
sunglasses ˆ me
karen, pauly
Later that afternoon, we met up with Karen for Odessa brunch!
brunch ˆ diner ˆ odessa ˆ karen ˆ pauly
Grill cheese with waffle fries (also with cheese) and an order of potato pancakes to split with Pauly! Holy moly.
diner ˆ food ˆ odessa
meredith, pauly, siege
Grey shirt gang! Later that night Siege and Annie came over...
twins ˆ meredith ˆ pauly ˆ siege
...and we all walked across FDR to the East River Park to check out the super moon.
east river park ˆ moon ˆ walking
Payphone.
payphone
They're building these cool bridge-walkways that extend out over the river in East River Park! Exciting to see what they're going to look like when they're finished.
east river park
Back at the apt, Siege heated up the mini taco snacks he'd gotten on our snack run.
taco
siege
Tiny taco enthusiast.
taco ˆ siege
catrinel, meredith, siege
The ladies can't get enough.
painting ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith ˆ siege
amanda, me, pauly
Later that night, Pauly and I met up with Amanda and we went to...
amanda ˆ me ˆ pauly
leigh, ryan m
...Bedlam to meet up with Leigh and Ryan.
leigh ˆ ryan m
amanda, leigh, pauly, ryan m
Closing time.
amanda ˆ leigh ˆ pauly ˆ ryan m
leigh
Leigh showing off a an early protoype of a shoe she designed (I think?).
shoes ˆ leigh
leigh
Neato.
shoes ˆ leigh

Sunday, March 20th

Best pet ever.
On Sunday we went to lunch at Kate's Joint with Pauly...
...and Arpan.
7th Street's shit-protesting has escalated into homemade sign-making!
sign
meredith
Meredith did some more work on Scratch lesson plans.
laptop ˆ meredith
pauly
I busted out the Wii and showed Pauly how to play...
videogames ˆ wii ˆ pauly
...World of Goo and we totally got sucked into playing it.
videogames ˆ wii
pauly
Later that night, Pauly bid us farewell to head to Brooklyn for a few nights...
phone ˆ pauly
me, piper
...and I gave our remaining houseguest a bath!
towel ˆ me ˆ piper

Wednesday, March 23rd

meredith, pauly
Pauly came back to our place on Wednesday and we...
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ meredith ˆ pauly
...binged on a bunch of the exotic new Ben & Jerry ice creams that apparently aren't available in Canada. (Take that, free healthcare!) While he and I gorged ourselves...
ice cream
meredith
...Meredith was dehydrating carrots!
cooking ˆ dehydrator ˆ kitchen ˆ meredith
Pretty!
dehydrator

Thursday, March 24th

pauly
On Thursday morning, I said farewell to this guy...
laptop ˆ pauly
...and walked through the snow dusted garden across the street on my way to work.
snow
Green grass is a coming.
snow
The Con Edison plant up the street venting steam
con edison ˆ steam
Crazy.
con edison ˆ steam
After arriving at work...
work ˆ yodle
...I consulted my sneaky list hidden under the corner of my monitor...
computer ˆ work ˆ yodle
...to check up on how many weeks I have left to finish transitioning all my projects! 5 weeks to go!
work ˆ yodle
brandon k
Grabbed lunch with Brandon who was in town from Budapest!
brandon k
We received an invite to...
engaged ˆ flyer
jenny penny, josh adcock
...Jenny & Josh's wedding!
engaged ˆ jenny penny ˆ josh adcock
maddy
Meredith made delicious pizza rolls for dinner...
food ˆ maddy
meredith
Manhattan kitchen table.
e9th apt ˆ food ˆ meredith

Thursday, March 24th

maddy
Meredith's mom bought Maddy a new sweater! (It came with a giant flower made out of yarn that was stiched to the side. Snip-snip, voila!).
sweater ˆ maddy
maddy, meredith
It's pink and brown with spots (just like Maddy!). Haha.
sweater ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
Late night snack experiments!
food ˆ treats
meredith
Homemade granola + yogurt + maple syrup = delicious.
treats ˆ meredith

Friday, March 25th

me
Waiting for the elevator at 50 W 23rd.
elevator ˆ work ˆ yodle ˆ me
maddy, meredith
Back at the homestead, I found these two canoodling. Hey Maddy, can you look over here?
maddy ˆ meredith
maddy, meredith
Thanks!
best ˆ dogs ˆ tongue ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
iPad indy game: SUPERBROTHER SWORDS AND SWORCERY
ipad ˆ videogames
Later Friday night, a bunch of us went up to the planetarium to see laser light show.
Place is so neato looking at night.
Feels like the inside of a spaceship in there.
Moon stuff.
jeet
Remix!
meta ˆ jeet
After the show, we hailed a cab...
nyc ˆ walking
...and snuck a definitely-illegal-number of people into it (shhhh!) and headed back downtown to our place for a...
taxi
amanda, jeet
...pizza party!
kitchen ˆ pizza ˆ amanda ˆ jeet
amanda, jared, jeet
Jared getting ready to do the mozzarella momma bird.
kitchen ˆ pizza ˆ amanda ˆ jared ˆ jeet
Found this beaut from 1982 on Netflix.
movie ˆ tv
Everything you need...
movie ˆ tv
...to know about this movie can be surmised...
movie ˆ tv
...in just a few photos.
movie ˆ tv
meredith
Missed the exciting conclusion.
asleep ˆ meredith

Saturday, March 26th

On Saturday I did our taxes. But, hey, breakfast burrito!
Head in a blanket.
Harvey Nose-dent.
Tomato dehydratin
jared, jeet, meredith
Later that night we went out to visit Gurj and Jared and had a feast!
jared ˆ jeet ˆ meredith

Sunday, March 27th

Meredith getting ready to cut up some...
...jalapeños!
You gotta wear something to protect your hands or you'll be sorry two-hours later when you itch your eye!
me
If you're reading this site, you probably know that I carry my camera with me everywhere and use it to take pictures of stuff I want to remember. Sometimes I take selfies of myself so that later I'll remember how I was feeling about something. Usually, I'm pretty good about remembering what my expressions are about this. This one had me stumped so I went back into my diary and looked up the entry for this date. The only thing written is "Didn't smoke any weed." Hahaha.
grumpy ˆ me
I got a new file box and finally started organizing my home office.
home office
I spend the rest of the day working on my presentation for PechaKucha in Whistler, BC!
computer

Monday, March 28th

Tax refund = new cell phone. Finally replaced the G1 I'd gotten in Oct '08 with a G2.
phone

Tuesday, March 29th

steve hulme
On Tuesday night I went out to Benny's Burritos with Grant's friend Stevie who was in town visiting from Ibiza. Janet & Steve laughing because Steve is about to eat his second burrito! Haha.
food ˆ steve hulme

Wednesday, March 30th

On Wednesday, I rescanned a bunch of old photos.

Wednesday, March 30th

jeet, jenny penny, josh adcock
On Wednesday night, Gurj, Jenny & Josh came over after work and we had an ice cream party. Haha. Happy March 2011!
ice cream ˆ jeet ˆ jenny penny ˆ josh adcock

1 comment

  • chris blackseptember 6, 2014

    "Didn't smoke any weed."