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October, 2011

The October Roundup

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

Saturday, October 1st

fatty, meredith, siege
On Saturday afternoon we went over to The Boxcar...
fatty ˆ meredith ˆ siege
andy f, fatty, marina
...because Dave had planned a surprise birthday party for Marina! Who I caught here with a mouth full of...
birthday ˆ surprise ˆ andy f ˆ fatty ˆ marina
...birthday cupcake! Haha. Marina told us that she asked Dave way too many questions about why they were going to a bar at 1pm and ruined the surprise. "There's no way he could hold up under that kind of pressure."
birthday ˆ cupcakes
meredith
Make your own Bloody Mary fixins section!
bloody mary ˆ meredith
amanda, meredith, siege
Party crew!
amanda ˆ meredith ˆ siege
chuck, joann, meredith
Later that evening, we met up with Meredith's parents...
museum ˆ chuck ˆ joann ˆ meredith
...and headed to the MOMA.
museum
I love this era of design.
chair ˆ museum
Such neat stuff...
chair ˆ museum ˆ table
...all made out of plywood!
museum
Moving to the sixties.
museum ˆ record
Electric sitar!
museum
The original sketch...
museum
...that spawned the I heart NY logo!
museum
These glass objects are prototypes designed by Susana Soares...
bee ˆ museum
Then we went upstairs to check out TALK TO ME.
museum
I really liked Doug Rickard's prints made from images captured by Google streetview.
museum ˆ photo
chuck, meredith
Back at the Silverman house, we gifted Chuck some tequila...
birthday ˆ chuck ˆ meredith
chuck, meredith
...and then headed out to dinner to celebrate his birthday!
birthday ˆ chuck ˆ meredith
chuck, joann
Happy Birthday!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ chuck ˆ joann
Later that evening, I watched John Carpenter's totally amazing THEY LIVE.
movie
If you haven't seen it, you need to! It stars former WWF star Roddy Piper as a man who finds a special pair of sunglasses.
movie
Without the sunglasses, everything looks normal.
money ˆ movie
But when he puts them on, he's able to see...
movie
...a hidden reality!
best ˆ money ˆ movie
All advertisements have subliminally hidden messages as well. This movie was the inspiration for a lot of Shepard Fairey's work
billboard ˆ movie
maddy
Egg dog.
maddy

Sunday, October 2nd

meredith
Low key start to our Sunday.
e9th apt ˆ meredith
maddy
Hey, why's it getting so chilly? WTF?
cute ˆ maddy
me
Texting about Quantum Leap lunch!
phone ˆ me
East Village sky.
clouds ˆ walking
meredith
After lunch we stopped at a bakery to...
meredith
jeet
...score some cookies! I went to go see the movie 50/50 and Mer and Gurj went to Irving Plaza to visit Ellen at a Third Eye Blind DVD shoot. (No, seriously!)
best ˆ excited ˆ point ˆ treats ˆ jeet
leigh
Later that night, we watched a show on HBO called How to Make It In America because a little someone we know...
best ˆ people we know on tv ˆ tv ˆ leigh
leigh
...had a brief cameo! Awwww!
people we know on tv ˆ tv ˆ leigh

Wednesday, October 5th

More and more of my days only...
walking
...feature a few familiar things...
food ˆ thai food
maddy
...and I am totally alright with that.
maddy

Thursday, October 6th

On Thursday evening, Tyson invited Mer and I to Bowery Ballroom to see Petty Fest!
band ˆ bowery ballroom ˆ crowd
james iha
James Iha & Nora Jones.
band ˆ james iha
tyson
Tyson took the stage...
band ˆ tyson
tyson
...and slayed American Girl.
band ˆ bowery ballroom ˆ tyson
With each song, more and more people got on stage.
band ˆ bowery ballroom
posh tony
Will Forte & Posh Tony?
band ˆ posh tony
For the finale, EVERYONE was on stage!
band ˆ bowery ballroom ˆ crowd
The crowd was kind of Petty!
bowery ballroom ˆ crowd
Great show.
band ˆ bowery ballroom
gina bonjersey, meredith
Mer and Gina at the afterparty.
gina bonjersey ˆ meredith
meredith, posh tony
And a late night slice with Posh to close out the night!
pizza ˆ meredith ˆ posh tony

Friday, October 7th

On Friday morning I worked from home on the Yipit 4SQ project...
flux capacity ˆ home office ˆ work
maddy, me
...hung out with the grimple for a bit (and borrowed Meredith's glasses!).
maddy ˆ me
tyson
Then later that afternoon I had lunch with Tyson who had to take a break to listen to mixes that he'd just been sent for his band's forthcoming record.
diner ˆ headphones ˆ odessa ˆ tyson
tyson
Fork in the socket.
diner ˆ odessa ˆ tyson
East Village window peeping!
window
jeet
Later that night Gurj came over...
jeet
meredith
...for a mellow Friday night in.
meredith

Saturday, October 8th

maddy
Nap buddies.
asleep ˆ maddy

Monday, October 10th

meredith
Gruppo's with pineapple & jalepeno for the win.
pizza ˆ meredith

Tuesday, October 11th

siege
On Tuesday evening I met up with Clayton and we headed down to the financial district to check out...
nyc ˆ siege
...the third consecutive week of the Occupy Wall Street protest at Zucotti Park.
nyc ˆ occupy wall street
Despite being characterized by the mainstream media as a bunch of whining hippies, we saw a huge diversity of intelligent and clean people.
best ˆ nyc ˆ occupy wall street ˆ sign
Live streaming video feed.
laptop ˆ nyc ˆ occupy wall street
Well organized food supplies...
nyc ˆ occupy wall street
...and then even had a cooperative library!
library ˆ nyc ˆ occupy wall street
It was really interesting to walk around and see such a diversity of things being protested.
occupy wall street
Lots of police, but they for the most part seemed amused / interested.
nyc ˆ nypd ˆ occupy wall street ˆ police
Full-sized model of a Predator attack drone.
drone ˆ nyc ˆ occupy wall street
I came home to a delicious homemade Thai dinner courtesy of Mer...
food ˆ thai food
kristi, stacy
...and then went out to Chelsea to grab drinks with my cousins Kristi & Stacy who came back and crashed at our place afterwards!
family ˆ kristi ˆ stacy

Wednesday, October 12th

maddy
Puh-thetic.
maddy
This is Maddy's favorite deli cat.
bodega ˆ cat ˆ treats
Awesome window decorations. Halloween is coming!
skeleton ˆ window
jared, jeet, quinn
Later that night, Mer and I went out to Brooklyn Bowl to meet up with these guys!
jared ˆ jeet ˆ quinn
me, meredith
They were playing Dark Side of the Moon & The Wizard of Oz together on the movie screen.
me ˆ meredith
Before bowling, we went to Blue Ribbon and got our feast on.
food
jared, jeet, quinn
Pretty nice little Wednesday.
jared ˆ jeet ˆ quinn

Thursday, October 13th

On Thursday afternoon I went over to General Assembly to work with Yipit!
flux capacity ˆ general assembly ˆ work ˆ yipit
It was their last day before moving out of the workspace at General Assembly...
flux capacity ˆ general assembly ˆ work ˆ yipit
...and into a brand new office around the corner!
flux capacity ˆ general assembly ˆ work ˆ yipit

Sunday, October 16th

ellen, piper
On Sunday Ellen came over! Here she is enthusiastically cheering on Meredith's decision to try to be a...
couch ˆ ellen ˆ piper
meredith
...sexy fireman for Halloween. Hahahah.
best ˆ costumes ˆ fireman ˆ halloween ˆ meredith
ellen, meredith
Odessa brunch! Blueberry blintzes, blueberry muffins...
brunch ˆ diner ˆ odessa ˆ ellen ˆ meredith
...and chocolate chip pancakes! Mmmmm.
diner ˆ food ˆ pancakes
maddy, me, meredith
Family portrait courtesy of Ellen! Later that night we all cuddled up on the couch...
best ˆ maddy ˆ me ˆ meredith
...and watched a bunch of Breaking Bad on Netflix.
tv

Monday, October 17th

On Monday I biked into Flatiron for my very first meeting with Yipit...
sign ˆ yipit
...at their brand new offices! Congrats on graduating out of General Assembly, guys!
flux capacity ˆ work ˆ yipit
After work, I spend the afternoon reading in the park!
tompkins

Tuesday, October 18th

I thought it was The Onion at first.
newspaper ˆ wtf
More desks showing up at Yipit!
flux capacity ˆ work ˆ yipit
maddy
As Maddy's gotten older she's less interested in other dogs in the dog park and much more interested in chasing squirrels. We go now?
dog park ˆ maddy
Veggie chicken, veggies...
food
...veggie pepperoni mini-pizzas...
food ˆ pizza
...and a little Breaking Bad.
pizza ˆ tv

Thursday, October 20th

After a morning of working from home...
clouds ˆ walking
vin
...I met up with this guy and we got delicious spinach burritos at Puebla. So good.
food ˆ mexican ˆ vin

Friday, October 21st

On Friday morning, I opened the door to my office and was hit in the face by a wall of steam! The radiator valve had somehow gotten turned and the tiny room was like being inside of a cloud.
home office ˆ steam ˆ wtf
Opened the window to let things air out...
steam ˆ window
...everything I had pinned to my corkboard was wet and wilted!
steam

Sunday, October 23rd

Sunday was the second day of my fourth meditation weekend at the New York Shambhala Center. In all the other weekend classes I'd done, you spent all your time indoors...
shambhala meditation center
...but this time they sent us out into the wild to practice walking meditation on the mean streets of New York.
walking
I spent my time walking around Hudson River park.
walking
As always, I couldn't help but snap a few pictures of the things I thought were beautiful...
walking
...and interesting. Really neat plaster work...
walking
...and gargoyles!
gargoyle ˆ walking

Monday, October 24th

me
Every time I see these in the store...
shopping ˆ me
leigh
...I think of Leigh! Haha.
doppleganger ˆ wtf ˆ leigh

Wednesday, October 26th

meredith
On Wednesday mer got a new laptop...
laptop ˆ meredith
...and I got a new videogame.
videogames
Ok, maybe I spoke too soon about not being that interested in videogames. Batman looking pretty good.
videogames
Homemade veggie-pepperoni bread for dinner...
food
...with a tasty salad!
food ˆ salad
caiti, jagger, maddy
Later that evening, Caiti and Jagger came over for a hang.
caiti ˆ jagger ˆ maddy
jagger
Jagger has his adult teeth AND his baby teeth! DOUBLE FANG!
puppy ˆ teeth ˆ tongue ˆ jagger

Thursday, October 27th

On Thursday morning I sat down to test the ninth build of the Yipit app courtesy of the Two Toasters team. Getting closer!
flux capacity ˆ work ˆ yipit
Ninja sword as...
videogames
...secret door key. Pret-ty, pret-ty good.
videogames

Friday, October 28th

On Friday, I uninstalled our air conditioners...
air conditioner ˆ e9th apt
...and then made some room in the kitchen by bringing Meredith's short-lived bike from her parent's basement over to Continuum Cycles.
bike
Indian for dinner! I like to think I'm partially responsible for the continued escalation in the 1st Ave / 6th St "TWINKLE WARS!" There are always barkers on the street trying to steer you into their restaurant and I always explain my choice by saying "I'm going with the one that has THE MOST LIGHTS!"
indian food

Sunday, October 30th

ellen, hans, jeet, jenny penny, karen
After Saturday's big Halloween night out, on Sunday we went to Lillie's for a Spooky Brunch.
brunch ˆ ellen ˆ hans ˆ jeet ˆ jenny penny ˆ karen
ellen, hans, jenny penny
Nobody takes a selfie like Jenny!
brunch ˆ self portrait ˆ ellen ˆ hans ˆ jenny penny
Pear & apple pancakes. Mmmm.
food ˆ pancakes
This Heimlich chart sorta skirts the rated-R line, no?
gay ˆ sign ˆ wtf
After brunch, I edited down the Halloween photos I'd taken the night before.
computer ˆ photo
Empanada-fest for dinner!
empanadas ˆ food

Monday, October 31st

Ended the month with a pizza dinner...
pizza
grant, meredith
...with these two! Happy October 2011!
grant ˆ meredith