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April 09, 2011

Andrews 5th Scavenger Hunt

On Friday afternoon, we headed out to Williamsburg to attend Andrew's 5th (and final), birthday scavenger hunt.

See also:
Andrew's 2nd Annual Scavenger Hunt - April, 2008
Andrew's 3rd Annual Scavenger Hunt - April, 2009

Saturday, April 9th

ellen, meredith, piper
Ellen couch-crashed on Friday night! We awoke to the very first sunny, spring-like day of the year. Couch-crew awaiting our delivered Thai feast!
ellen ˆ meredith ˆ piper
ellen, me, meredith, quinn
A little after 1pm, Quinn came over and then we all headed out together!
walking ˆ ellen ˆ me ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
andrew b, karen, meredith
Scavenger hunt birthday boy!
mccarren park ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ andrew b ˆ karen ˆ meredith
amanda, katie, meredith, siege
Discussing how to split up our friends into teams.
scavenger hunt ˆ amanda ˆ katie ˆ meredith ˆ siege
siege
It was Clayton's first scavenger hunt ever!
grumpy ˆ siege
karen
Shy Karen!
bloom ˆ shy ˆ tree ˆ karen
andrew b
Serious crowd.
birthday ˆ crowd ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ andrew b
jacquie
At 2:30 sharp, Jacquie gathered the group, explained the rules and then handed out...
mccarren park ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ jacquie
...the scavenger hunt sheets! There is a list of THINGS TO COLLECT and...
scavenger hunt
...and list of THINGS TO TAKE PHOTOS OF! Additionally, each team must send a team-member to McCarren park at 4:30pm to compete in a MYSTERY CHALLENGE!
scavenger hunt
Hey, what's the lady with the tray handing out to everyone?
jello ˆ shots
Jello shots? Oh, worms?
jello ˆ shots
amanda, catrinel, siege
Supposedly science has proved that scavenging proficiency is slightly increased when you're a little bit daytime drunk.
jello ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ siege
katie, meredith
Finger-dig that jello out!
jello ˆ tongue ˆ katie ˆ meredith
andrew b
Now rip the cup open and use your teefs to scrape the inside clean.
jello ˆ shots ˆ sunglasses ˆ andrew b
ellen, ian h
Hartspawn!
ellen ˆ ian h
amanda, catrinel, siege
Our team was Amanda, Clayton, Catrinel and me!
amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ siege
ellen, ian h, katie, meredith
Good luck, other team.
mccarren park ˆ ellen ˆ ian h ˆ katie ˆ meredith
Here we go!
mccarren park
catrinel
Before we'd even left the park, Cat managed to charm a stranger into letting her push a baby in stroller. 10 POINTS!
baby ˆ best ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ strangers ˆ stroller ˆ catrinel
catrinel
If you've got to talk to strangers and ask them to do weird things, you want Catrinel on your team! Not even a block later, jazz hands with a stranger! 10 POINTS!
best ˆ jazz hands ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ strangers ˆ catrinel
When we stopped by Siege's apartment, we noticed a Virgin Mary Statue. (Mmmm, cheating) 5 POINTS!
scavenger hunt ˆ statue
We made up for a chintzy virgin Mary score by finding a genuine stranger's pick-up truck...
pickup truck
amanda, catrinel, me, siege
...and got this pic of our whole team in the back! 25 POINTS!
best ˆ pickup truck ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ sunglasses ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ me ˆ siege
MANDATORY: At least one team member must create a profile on Grindr and post their bio message as "Happy Birthday, Andrew!" I took this one for the team. Haha.
gay ˆ phone
catrinel
We split into mini-groups to collect different stuff! Bar backyard. 5 Points!
scavenger hunt ˆ thumbs up ˆ catrinel
catrinel, me
My hunt buddy!
catrinel ˆ me
Out of state plate. 5 POINTS!
license plate ˆ van
Nail art! 5 points!
nails
amanda, catrinel, siege
We met back up for a little stroll over to McDonalds...
walking ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ siege
me
...to snag a Shamrock shake! 5 points!
mcdonalds ˆ milkshake ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ me
catrinel
Team member on a bus (15 points) with alcoholic beverage (+5 POINTS!). Nothing like risking arrest for those extra five points!
bus ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ catrinel
me
Playing Ms Pacman! 10 POINTS!
arcade ˆ strangers ˆ videogames ˆ me
sarah
Cone-pole Sitta.
sarah
ellen, jacquie, nick m
I volunteered to head to McCarren Park at 4pm to be my team's representative in the Mystery Challenge! Jacquie was on hand to explain the challenge.
scavenger hunt ˆ ellen ˆ jacquie ˆ nick m
You start the timer by drinking a hearty shot of Early Times!
scavenger hunt ˆ shots ˆ whiskey
ellen
Ellen's reaction to finding out that the Mystery Challenge required her to get seriously daytime-drunk.
sad ˆ shots ˆ whiskey ˆ ellen
ellen
After you've managed to gulp that warm three fingers in a solo cup down, you've got to...
scavenger hunt ˆ shots ˆ ellen
ellen
...run a 100 yard dash, run around a cone 10 times until you're dizzy, run all the way back...
run ˆ ellen
ellen
....and then stop the clock by shotgunning a beer at the finish line!
beer ˆ ellen
ellen
Go go go!
beer ˆ shotgun ˆ ellen
ellen
TIME!
ellen
Delish!
shotgun
karen, quinn, sarah
Hahaha.
best ˆ laugh ˆ karen ˆ quinn ˆ sarah
karen
Love that Early Times flavor!
shots ˆ tongue ˆ karen
nick m
Run!
nick m
A refreshing finish line!
beer ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ shotgun
It burns so good.
beer ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ shotgun
Style points!
scavenger hunt ˆ shotgun
(Style points taken back for faking a back cramp to pour out the second half of your beer...boooo!)
beer ˆ shotgun
me
Ellen manned my camera to capture my efforts for my team to see.
scavenger hunt ˆ shots ˆ me
Hey, was the cone this far away for everyone?
scavenger hunt
me
Dizzy!
run ˆ me
nick m
Action shot!
run ˆ nick m
Chug!
beer ˆ pbr ˆ shotgun
I reunited with my team who had just returned from...
walking
amanda
...AUDITIONING AT PUMPS! 50 POINTS!
best ˆ pumps ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ stripper ˆ amanda
amanda
50 points for each team member! Awwww, yeah! Amazing.
best ˆ pumps ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ stripper ˆ amanda
Stranger passed out in a park! 10 POINTS!
drunk ˆ passed out ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ strangers ˆ wtf
Too many bicycles locked up together. 5 POINTS!
bike
On our way back to the bar, we ran into this girl on the street who looked like my sister from another mister!
doppleganger ˆ strangers ˆ thumbs up ˆ twins
We made it to the finish-line bar 10 minutes early so we got to see all the other teams come in. With parking cones.
bar
karen
And Metrocards!
karen
Lots of MetroCards! (Collecting 30 of them was worth 25 POINTS!).
metrocard
andrew b
Haaaaaaay....
birthday ˆ andrew b
....happy birthdaaaaaaaaaaaay.
birthday ˆ sign
ian h, meredith
Taking over the bar.
ian h ˆ meredith
amanda, me
I bought a victory freeze pop!
freeze pop ˆ amanda ˆ me
amanda, catrinel, cone, siege
For team portrait #1 they used the trashbag/cone combo as a stand-in for me.
garbage ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ cone ˆ siege
amanda, catrinel, me, siege
Let's hear it for MISSUS PEEPER'S CREEPERS!
scavenger hunt ˆ thumbs up ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ me ˆ siege
jacquie, sarah
Judging a scavenger hunt as awesome as this one TAKES FOREVER! So while the other teams spent time taking the judges through their photos and collections....
scavenger hunt ˆ jacquie ˆ sarah
...we got to check out all the other wacky finds the other team had found!
gay ˆ magazine
amanda, meredith, siege
Yes about everything in this photo.
awkward ˆ gay ˆ magazine ˆ amanda ˆ meredith ˆ siege
karen, siege
Hahaha.
eyes ˆ lick ˆ magazine ˆ karen ˆ siege
Someone one another team actually found someone wearing a kilt! A crucial thing we couldn't find!
baby ˆ kilt ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ stroller
andrew b
Andrew's Ass! 15 POINTS! (+10 points if bare!)
best ˆ birthday ˆ man ass ˆ scavenger hunt ˆ andrew b
Another hour later and they were still four or five teams that hadn't gotten scored yet!
scavenger hunt
But from what we gathered, we'd gotten our ass handed to us by AT LEAST two other teams so we handed our sheets in for scoring...
scavenger hunt
...not too shabby, though!
scavenger hunt
amanda, siege
Psssst, wake up!
asleep ˆ amanda ˆ siege
It's time to go home! Happy Birthday, Andrew! Thanks for all the great fun! Congrats to the winning team!
bridge ˆ driving ˆ nyc ˆ skyline

3 comments

  • catrineloctober 18, 2013

    Let it be known, i had air-time on that pole.

  • ellen hartoctober 18, 2013

    hahah. one of the best days of my life!

  • samoctober 25, 2013

    I don't know how creepy it is to have a crush on someone you've never met, but man do I have an Internet crush on Ellen.