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May, 2011

The May Roundup

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

Tuesday, May 3rd

maddy, meredith
Nap buddies.
asleep ˆ couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
maddy
All tucked in, oh my.
sweater ˆ maddy
deb au-yeung, me
Later that afternoon I met up with Deb so that I could ask her a bunch of questions about how to bill clients as an independent consultant! Thanks, Deb!
deb au-yeung ˆ me
amanda, catrinel, cynthia, katie d
Later that night, we went to Casa de Wang for taco night!
taco ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia ˆ katie d
THIS X 5!
taco
amanda, donna
So many bowls of delightful fixins!
food ˆ taco ˆ amanda ˆ donna
astra, catrinel, donna, meredith
Serious taco talk!
astra ˆ catrinel ˆ donna ˆ meredith
carol
Carolita!
booze ˆ carol
astra, catrinel
Buddies
kiss ˆ astra ˆ catrinel
maddy, meredith
Back at the homestead later that evening, Meredith took some boring old pretzels...
treats ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
...and got all Nutella on them!
nutella ˆ treats

Wednesday, May 4th

craig
On Wednesday night, we went to Fontana's for Carol's going away party...
crowd ˆ karaoke ˆ craig
carol, cynthia, goldteeth
...at Karaoke Killed the Cat! Yay!
carol ˆ cynthia ˆ goldteeth
amanda, lord easy
Amanda!
karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ lord easy
jake
Jake!
karaoke ˆ jake
lord easy, meredith
Meredith giving her with a full suite of backup singers!
karaoke ˆ lord easy ˆ meredith
carol, cynthia
The word woo.
carol ˆ cynthia
Side-vent pants!
legs ˆ point
goldteeth, lord easy
We even got treated to a little Goldteeth & Lord Easy magic!
karaoke ˆ goldteeth ˆ lord easy
carol, cynthia, katie d
Shake it up!
dance ˆ karaoke ˆ carol ˆ cynthia ˆ katie d
carol, katie d
Hahaha.
carol ˆ katie d
amanda, craig, jake, katie d
As far as "this is my last night in NYC" photos go, this is a pretty good one. Bye, Carol! We'll miss you!
best ˆ karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ craig ˆ jake ˆ katie d

Friday, May 6th

On Friday, Vin and I went up to 81st Street...
subway platform
...and hit the American Museum of Natural History!
dinosaur ˆ museum
Even if you go all the time, there's always more to see.
elephant ˆ museum
Silverback.
gorilla ˆ museum
vin
Vinzelle.
museum ˆ vin
I could look at a zebra stripes all day.
museum
Ouch.
museum
Did you know that many human-form artifacts depict ritual body postures that induce trances & alternative states of consciousness?
art ˆ museum
Once you realize this, you start noticing it across all sorts of artifacts from civilizations all over the world.
museum
I like this one.
art ˆ museum
Slightly different variation on the right!
museum
Healing posture.
museum
Close up. If you'd like to read more, check out the work of anthropologist Felicitas Goodman. (I also found this really neat Pinterest board that shows examples of trance postures from around the world.
close up ˆ museum
The also have a great collection of other artifacts used to induce altered states, like this rattle.

" Like a shaman's drum, the rattle is used to aid in achieving the "altered state of consciousness," that brainwave frequency measured between 7-8 Hz which is the threshold to journey work, reportedly in the Theta/Alpha range. That is roughly the same as the Earth's natural frequency, known as part of the Schumann Frequency range..."

See also Shamanic music.
museum
Shaman getting ready to do his thing.
museum
Wicker dancing suits! 210 BPM for 30 minutes and away you go!
dance ˆ jump ˆ museum
Did you know that...
mask ˆ museum
...the boogeyman is alive and well in West Africa?
mask ˆ museum
Different shaman outfit...
mask ˆ museum ˆ scary
...and different dancing suits (made of grass).
mask ˆ museum
So neat.
mask ˆ museum
Close-up of the headpiece. Looks right out of Dune.
mask ˆ museum
With Babuska lady for scale.
museum ˆ strangers
Mayaan calendar.
museum
What they think it looked like when it was painted.
museum
Headed into Native American territory.
museum
Diorama of a buffalo jump: "Hunters herded the bison and drove them over the cliff, breaking their legs and rendering them immobile. Tribe members waiting below closed in with spears and bows to finish the kills. The Blackfeet Indians called the buffalo jumps "pishkun", which loosely translates as "deep blood kettle"
museum
Look! It's a fish spear that has a little wooden fish-shaped holder to keep hold of the fish after you spear it! So smart!
museum
Looks like these guys were also years ahead on holding down that emo shit too.
emo ˆ museum
They have a really neat collection of traditional clothes.
museum
Beadwork closeup.
close up ˆ museum
Holding up the sky.
museum
Decorated arrow quiver.
museum
Swoop scoop!
bird ˆ museum ˆ ouch
Mouse lemur!
Oh, hai!
museum ˆ turtle
Proto shark!
museum ˆ shark
Placo derm = plate skin!
museum ˆ sign
Caveman wants to know what you think about his...
museum
...new Brazilian.
museum
After the museum, Vin and I headed back to the East Village to meet up with Mer, Cat and Dave...
cherry tavern
catrinel, dave g, maddy, meredith, vin
...at Cherry Tavern.
best ˆ cherry tavern ˆ catrinel ˆ dave g ˆ maddy ˆ meredith ˆ vin
maddy, me
(I talk with my hands)
maddy ˆ me
maddy
Maddy's first visit to C-Tav.
best ˆ cherry tavern ˆ maddy
dave g, vin
Later, we headed back to our apartment. We played around with white balance on our cameras...
e9th apt ˆ home office ˆ laugh ˆ dave g ˆ vin
...and listened to Metallica...
computer ˆ record
catrinel, meredith
Mer and Cat made homemade pizzas!
kitchen ˆ pizza ˆ catrinel ˆ meredith
dave g, vin
Living room bro-down.
e9th apt ˆ dave g ˆ vin
Fresh pies! Pineapple & Jalepeno and Veggie pepperoni!
pizza
catrinel
Cat slicer.
kitchen ˆ pizza ˆ catrinel
Manhattan dining room is...
e9th apt
catrinel, dave g, meredith, vin
...the living room!
e9th apt ˆ catrinel ˆ dave g ˆ meredith ˆ vin

Monday, May 9th

Tompkins tulips shaping up!
flower ˆ tompkins
On Monday night I went to General Assembly to meet up with Louis and see him present about a new company he was working with at the time.
crowd

Tuesday, May 10th

Up early on Tuesday morning. Decided to go for a run before my work-from-home day began!
car ˆ east river park
6th Street overpass.
east river park
me
Reluctant fitness posterboy.
east river park ˆ sunglasses ˆ me
Behold, gateway of the East River Park.
east river park
Tulips!
flower
Ran my first mile in a long, long time.
east river park ˆ track

Wednesday, May 11th

vin
On Wednesday afternoon, Vin and I met up for lunch in Madison Square Park.
vin
Bahn mi likey.
sandwich ˆ trees
After polishing off our sammiches, we headed uptown to see the Alexander McQueen show at the Met.
museum
Siren! (Ever wonder where they got the Starbucks logo?)
statue
Samurai masks.
art ˆ mask ˆ museum
Terrifying.
art ˆ mask ˆ museum
I wonder what kind of stuff of our will be in future-museums and blow peoples' minds.
armor ˆ museum
Biss, I'm trying to feather this letter.
art ˆ museum ˆ painting
Annoyed close up.
annoyed ˆ art ˆ close up ˆ museum ˆ painting
I love the cracked-paint patterns that are revealed when you view an old painting from an angle.
art ˆ close up ˆ museum ˆ painting
The Glorification of the Royal Hungarian Saints.
art ˆ museum ˆ painting
ANALOG PIRACY!
art ˆ museum ˆ painting
#NYFW
art ˆ museum ˆ painting
#NYFW #SickBangs
art ˆ hair ˆ painting
vin
Vin & Pollock.
art ˆ museum ˆ painting ˆ vin
I love this compound-eye polished mirror.
art ˆ mirror ˆ museum
Modern wing.
museum
Chuck Close's stuff needs to be seen in person.
art ˆ museum ˆ painting
Even when you're standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT, it still looks like a photo and it's HUGE.
art ˆ close up ˆ museum ˆ painting
Reflection on the glasses? Cmon!
art ˆ close up ˆ museum ˆ painting
Close Close.
art ˆ close up ˆ museum ˆ painting

Friday, May 13th

Saw this hearse in the East Village on Friday.
flower ˆ hearse
RIP Disco Donnie?
best ˆ hearse ˆ record ˆ tompkins

Saturday, May 14th

Tiny cans = GIANT hand.
cans ˆ hand
sarah
On my way out to Queens for brunch, I chased this Sarah doppleganger down and then I go close and, oh shit! had to play it off like, whoops, nbd.
doppleganger ˆ walking ˆ sarah
ellen, jeet, jenny and lauren, karen, meredith, quinn
Turns out that the Real McCoy Sarah had purple hair!
brunch ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ jenny and lauren ˆ karen ˆ meredith ˆ quinn
jeet, jenny penny, karen
Brunch glamor shots!
jeet ˆ jenny penny ˆ karen
Mmmmm.
brunch ˆ food
jeet, karen, quinn
Happy brunch!
clap ˆ jeet ˆ karen ˆ quinn
jeet, jenny penny, karen
I think Gurj is showing off the paper work that says Sarah can be the officiant and Jenny & Josh's upcoming wedding!
point ˆ jeet ˆ jenny penny ˆ karen
jeet, meredith
Even the ATM got in on the love-fest.
atm ˆ hug ˆ jeet ˆ meredith
Just strolling along admiring the gardens...
walking
...and flowers.
flower
Oh, hey! Anybody wanna mattress I usedta sleepon ora bike I usedta pedal on in my living room?
bike ˆ mattress
Yah! I know! You can pedal as hard as you want! If you slip off the seat, you won't hurt your hoo-ha because I fashioned a protector out of an old piece of foam that I happened to have lying around and some twine!
bike
me
The main difference between younger me and older me is that older me leaves clutch vintage store finds like these unpurchased for other fashion-forward falcons to find!
shopping ˆ me
piper
BEWARE!
best ˆ dogs ˆ piper

Saturday, May 14th

meredith, vin
Vin came over for a little Saturday night pre-gaming at our apartment...
meredith ˆ vin
kristen t, miye
...then we went over to B-Bar to dance at Miye's and Kristen's dance party.
dance ˆ dj ˆ kristen t ˆ miye

Wednesday, May 18th

Odessa lunch is the best part of my new work-from-home schedule.
food ˆ odessa ˆ pancakes
Sha-pow!
food ˆ odessa
faisal, maddy, meredith
Faisal was in town and came by on Wednesday night!
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ faisal ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
faisal, maddy, meredith
Buddies!
faisal ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
maddy, meredith
So hunchy.
asleep ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Thursday, May 19th

On Thursday I went to DUMBO to meet up with...
buildings
...How About We to discuss some freelance work.
flux capacity ˆ work
leigh
DIY AC LOL!
hiding ˆ leigh

Saturday, May 21st

Up early on Saturday morning and rode my bike up to Flatiron...
buildings ˆ clouds
I ate a sandwich outside during the lunch break and watched Tom & Zach pass me on a float celebration their marriage.
parade ˆ walking ˆ wedding
Awesome.
parade ˆ walking ˆ wedding
Congrats!
parade ˆ walking ˆ wedding
Later that evening we went to Casa de Cubitt...
meredith
...to photograph a bunch of pretty ladies wearing earrings that Cynthia designed.
meredith
amanda, siege
Outfit inspection PASS! Amanda was all over that see-through clothing trend YEARS ago.
panties ˆ xray ˆ amanda ˆ siege
amanda, astra
Astra & Amander.
laugh ˆ amanda ˆ astra
catrinel, siege
Clayton & Catrinel.
get a load of this guy ˆ catrinel ˆ siege
A Perfect Chickle.
amanda, astra, caiti, catrinel, heather d, meredith
So much goodness!
best ˆ amanda ˆ astra ˆ caiti ˆ catrinel ˆ heather d ˆ meredith
amanda, astra, caiti, catrinel, heather d, meredith
UGLY FACE VERSION!
best ˆ ugly face ˆ amanda ˆ astra ˆ caiti ˆ catrinel ˆ heather d ˆ meredith
astra
Schnack break!
treats ˆ astra
Retrospective.
astra
Hey, look it's...
astra
siege
...Peekor McPeepers!
bandana ˆ best ˆ siege
Goodnight!

Monday, May 23rd

meredith, vin
On Monday Vin came over and proceeded to...
meredith ˆ vin
maddy, vin
...prove it actually IS possible to look tough while holding Maddy.
best ˆ tough ˆ maddy ˆ vin

Wednesday, May 25th

Every time I practice meditation I use the Neurosky to record my brainwaves and then you can chart how your brain is changing (if at all) over time! Pretty neato, right?
brain computer interface ˆ computer ˆ neurosky
maddy, meredith
Maddy favorite place is Leg Alley.
couch ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
grant, meredith
TWINSIES! Later that afternoon, we walked to IFC in the West Village...xx
doppleganger ˆ twins ˆ grant ˆ meredith
grant, meredith, siege
...to meet up with Clayton to see Cave of Forgotten Dreams in 3D!
3D ˆ best ˆ grant ˆ meredith ˆ siege
maddy
Afterwards, we grabbed this frisky lady...
maddy
grant, maddy, meredith, siege
...and took her to the dog park. Maddy was in awe...
dog park ˆ sunglasses ˆ grant ˆ maddy ˆ meredith ˆ siege
siege
...of Siege's post-movie park treat selection!
treats ˆ siege
ellen, emily t
Later that night, Ellen and Emily came over!
ellen ˆ emily t

Thursday, May 26th

niki
On Thursday night a bunch of us met up at Heathers...
niki
grant, niki
...to officially welcome Grant back to NYC!
grant ˆ niki
grant, jen c
Grant & Jen!
grant ˆ jen c
david k, meredith
DK & Mer!
david k ˆ meredith
grant, vin
Vin & Grant.
grant ˆ vin
grant, jessica j, me, meredith
After party at our place!
laptop ˆ grant ˆ jessica j ˆ me ˆ meredith

Friday, May 27th

grant
Not even all this...
lifted ˆ grant
...could help with this. Shameful
movie
maddie, meredith
Power nap.
maddie ˆ meredith
Later that night, we went to Lucy's to say hi to Meredith who was in town from Wisconsin with her friends to celebrate her bachelorette party!
bachelorette ˆ lucys ˆ strangers
grant, me, meredith
Congrats, other Meredith! Let's hear it for internet strangers!
bachelorette ˆ lucys ˆ strangers ˆ grant ˆ me ˆ meredith

Friday, May 27th

Don't come!
flyer
maddy, meredith
On Saturday morning, we packed up the snooch, hopped in a cab to the Port Authority...
best ˆ taxi ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
me, mom
...and took the bus down to south Jersey to visit my folks for Memorial Day weekend.
me ˆ mom
maddy, teddy
Wiener dog reunion!
dogs ˆ maddy ˆ teddy
amy b, aunt elaine, brett, dad, grandma, meredith, mom
Lunch on the back porch with the fam.
family ˆ amy b ˆ aunt elaine ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ grandma ˆ meredith ˆ mom
The vegetarian option. Mmmm.
food ˆ sandwich
maddy
Maddy in the wild.
fence ˆ maddy
brett, maddy
A brief post-sandwich nap...
asleep ˆ brett ˆ maddy
aunt elaine, brett, grandma, meredith
...before the next sandwich!
aunt elaine ˆ brett ˆ grandma ˆ meredith
meredith
Hiding out upstairs!
best ˆ pretty ˆ meredith

Sunday, May 29th

brett
On Sunday Brett and I went for a bike ride!
bike ˆ suburbs ˆ brett
When we got back, no one was sure where Meredith had disappeared off to!
suburbs
meredith
I found her stashed away in the closet upstairs with a book and some cheese and crackers! Haha.
book ˆ hiding ˆ meredith
Lazy afternoon at the pool.
pool
dad
Later that evening we went out for a Chinese feast!
driving ˆ dad
amy b, meredith
Meredith & Amy.
amy b ˆ meredith
dad, teddy
Back at home that evening, dad cradled a dog-nugget!
dad ˆ teddy
Healthy lunch!
food

1 comment

  • meredithnovember 8, 2013

    Yay, my years-long dream of appearing on this website has been realized! Thanks for meeting up with us, it was great! And my friends and I look surprisingly normal here which is a relief. FYI I am still married and am currently 1.5 weeks overdue with first baby.
    -Other Meredith