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April, 2012

The April Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in April of 2012!

Sunday, April 1st

maddy, pauly
On Sunday evening Pauly came over...
birthday ˆ cake ˆ ice cream ˆ maddy ˆ pauly
pauly
...and we celebrated his birthday with an ice cream cake!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ ice cream ˆ pauly
meredith
Ready?
cake ˆ candles ˆ meredith
pauly
Make a wish!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ pauly

Monday, April 2nd

People Against Goodness and Normalcy! (P.A.G.A.N)
movie ˆ tv

Tuesday, April 2nd

Spent the lovely spring day riding my bike around town to meet with two different consulting clients.
nyc ˆ walking
Blooming trees in Tompkins.
bloom ˆ tompkins
meredith
Later that night, I finished our taxes. Woo!
e9th apt ˆ meredith

Thursday, April 5th

maddy, meredith
Afternoon nap buddies.
asleep ˆ couch ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Friday, April 6th

chuck, meredith
On Friday evening we went up to Mer's parents house for...
passover ˆ chuck ˆ meredith
...Passover dinner.
book ˆ passover
Dem seder plate ingredients.
passover
tracy
Tracy & Phil z'roain it up!
passover ˆ tracy
Veggie matzoh ball soup! Sooo good!
food ˆ matzo ˆ passover ˆ soup
joann, meredith
Jo & Mer.
passover ˆ wine ˆ joann ˆ meredith
Dessert party!
dessert ˆ food

Monday, April 9th

This is what an...
matzo ˆ soup
...excellent Monday looks like in my book.
frisbee

Tuesday, April 10th

Police (very nosily) escorting a protest through our neighborhood.
nyc ˆ police ˆ protest
Oh you know, just buying some magnetic sand...
magnetic sand ˆ sand ˆ wtf
...magnetizing my own water. The usual.
magnetic sand ˆ sand ˆ wtf

Wednesday, April 11th

erika, scott
On Wednesday evening, Scott & Erika came over for dinner...
e9th apt ˆ erika ˆ scott
abbey, liam, lil michael
...and brought their 3, almost grown-up kids! We blew their tiny minds by letting them get food delivered from THREE DIFFERENT restaurants! Haha.
e9th apt ˆ abbey ˆ liam ˆ lil michael

Thursday, April 12th

On Thursday afternoon, I biked over to this guy's apartment to photograph a room that he'd listed as available for rent. Grant was getting ready to move back to NY from Vancouver and I was helping him scout a new apartment. (That's what friends are for...)
strangers
jeet
Later that evening, Gurj came over for a sleepover in preparation for our day of hooky celebrating her birthday at GREAT ADVENTURE!
pajamas ˆ jeet
biggy, meredith
Mer and Biggy.
dogs ˆ biggy ˆ meredith
biggy, maddy
Biggy & Maddy! Haha.
dogs ˆ hump ˆ biggy ˆ maddy

Friday, April 13th

We lucked out and got perfect hooky weather!
bloom
jeet, me
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GURJEET! I love you! We scored some ice coffees, walked up the street, scored our Zipcar...
birthday ˆ sunglasses ˆ jeet ˆ me
...and we hit the open road!
driving
jeet, me
Great Adventure, here we come!
driving ˆ excited ˆ roadtrip ˆ sunglasses ˆ jeet ˆ me
jeet
We arrived to find the parking lot COMPLETELY MOBBED. Look how far away we had to park! We'd forgotten that this was the week of Spring Break for most high schools. Noooooooo!
great adventure ˆ jeet
We waited online for Superman for almost three hours and then it broke down when there were 2 people in front of us in line! We waited for a while to see if they could get the ride working, but I had to pee so badly that we had no choice but to leave the line! Hahaha.
great adventure
jeet, me
Almost four hours after arriving and we still hadn't managed to ride a ride. FAAAACK!
great adventure ˆ thumbs down ˆ jeet ˆ me
We decided it was time for a lunch break. I tried to buy "two pizzas" and the woman working at the concession stand said to me "Two pizzas and two fries?" Me, "No, two pizzas." Her, "I'm sorry sir, we don't serve pizza without fries." After clarifying that it was actually not possible to purchase justafuckingpizzawithoutfries, we decided to go with something totally different: the breadsticks.
great adventure ˆ pizza ˆ treats
But you know what? That's just the kind of shit you can get away with when...
great adventure ˆ roller coaster
jeet
...you has rides. We love them.
birthday ˆ great adventure ˆ laugh ˆ jeet
jeet, meredith
Back at home. Happy birthday, Jeet!
e9th apt ˆ jeet ˆ meredith

Saturday, April 14th

On Saturday, I found an old, undeveloped film camera stashed away in a drawer!
camera
The East Village has not-so-subtly changed.
bros ˆ close up ˆ nyc ˆ roof
Look, Murray Hill!
bros ˆ nyc ˆ roof
caiti, kai, meredith
Later that evening we went over to Hans' apartment...
caiti ˆ kai ˆ meredith
...for a feast he'd prepared!
food
caiti, kai
Mariokartin!
videogames ˆ caiti ˆ kai

Sunday, April 15th

We spent Sunday spring cleaning our apartment and deciding to get rid of a lot of stuff!
drums ˆ rockband ˆ stuff i got rid of ˆ videogames
All these games...
stuff i got rid of ˆ videogames ˆ xbox
...DS and games...
nintendo ds ˆ stuff i got rid of ˆ videogames
...and a whole lotta...
crafts ˆ stuff i got rid of
...crafting supplies and brought it over to the Lower East Side Girls Club.
crafts ˆ stuff i got rid of

Monday, April 16th

First really warm spring day. I worked in the park.
tompkins ˆ tree
Dinner!
food ˆ salad

Tuesday, April 17th

More working in the park and later that evening...
clouds
catrinel
...I met up with Cat and we went to a class at Life Labs NY on...
catrinel
...how to notice and interpret micro expression!
classroom
Handout on the seven universal micro-expressions.
flyer

Thursday, April 19th

Jared came over on Thursday afternoon...
jared
...and we had an awesome day of riding our bikes around.
biking ˆ jared
One of the Freedom Towers going up near Battery City.
buildings ˆ nyc
maddy
Greeted back at home by not one...
dogs ˆ maddy
jagger
...but two, handsome hounds.
dogs ˆ jagger
jared, jeet, matt, meredith, michael day
Later that evening, we went out for drinks at HiFi!
jared ˆ jeet ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ michael day

Friday, April 20th

jagger, maddy
Work buddies. Later that afternoon, we dropped Jagger off...
dogs ˆ jagger ˆ maddy
maddy, meredith
...and smuggled Maddy aboard a bus and headed down...
baby ˆ crosswalk ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
...to Washington, DC to visit Brett & Amy.
train station ˆ washington dc
maddy, teddy
WieneRenion.
maddy ˆ teddy
amy b, brett
Brett & Amy preparing our bed!
bed ˆ amy b ˆ brett

Saturday, April 21st

After a delicious breakfast...
breakfast ˆ food ˆ waffle
...we walked over to the White House...
washington dc
...and then on to the Smithsonian to check out their special exhibit...
museum ˆ washington dc
It was like a museum of my childhood.
museum ˆ videogames
They had an exhibit on Phantasy Star! This was the first RPG I ever played and it had a bigger impact on me than any other game I played growing up!
museum ˆ videogames
Phantasy Star was also the first videogame to feature dungeons with a first-person view. I can still hear the music from 1987 in my mind.
museum ˆ videogames
Speaking of music I can hear in my mind, it was fantastic to watch little kids play Super Mario Bros for the first time and see that it still totally holds up to fresh eyes.
museum ˆ videogames
Woah, this guy!
museum ˆ videogames
This entire room was filled with TVs that are making crazy patterns. Megatron Matrix by Nam June Paik. Not for the epileptic.
art ˆ museum ˆ tv
Cranes!
buildings
brett, meredith
Later that evening, we went to dinner at the Living Social space...
brett ˆ meredith
...that was catered by Founding Farmers!
menu
brett, teddy
Brett with Teddy all tucked in.
dogs ˆ brett ˆ teddy

Sunday, April 22nd

maddy, meredith
On Sunday we got caught trying to bring Maddy onto the bus back to NY (NO DOGS ALLOWED!) and we ended up having to wait 2 hours and spend a lot of money to take the train home. (And we still had had to hide her because dogs weren't allowed on the train either!).
dog in a bag ˆ train ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
My favorite vegetarian sushi is made with avocados and honey-roasted peanuts!
food ˆ japanese food ˆ sushi

Tuesday, April 24th

caiti, jon danovic, matt, tyson
On Tuesday night I went out for drinks with these guys!
caiti ˆ jon danovic ˆ matt ˆ tyson
maddy, me
I like to fall asleep holding Maddy like a smash-nosed football. Haha.
asleep ˆ couch ˆ maddy ˆ me

Tuesday, April 24th

On Tuesday afternoon, I wrapped up my fifth and final project helping Yipit with product development! I attended my last company meeting...
flux capacity ˆ work ˆ yipit
...and got to watch Yipit's co-founder Vin present the results of the two experimental products I'd helped design MVPs for!
flux capacity ˆ whiteboard ˆ work ˆ yipit
me
Even their t-shirts are good! They were my very first long-term client and really helped me launch my product consultancy! Thanks for an awesome ten months, everyone!
flux capacity ˆ work ˆ yipit ˆ me
Later that afternoon while taking Maddy for a walk, I spotted two of my neighbors all dressed up and asked if I could snap their pic. (I'm pretty sure the guy on the right is THE DEVIL OF TOMPKINS PARK!)
stairs ˆ strangers

Wednesday, April 25th

sarah
Found these guys in a drawer.
pins ˆ sarah
We received an awesome invitation to Sarah & Ben's wedding.
mail ˆ wedding
maddy, meredith
Did some napping.
blanket ˆ couch ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
East Village skies.
clouds
posh tony
Ended the night with Posh Tony at the Merc.
band ˆ posh tony

Thursday, April 26th

dave g, josh, vin
On Thursday night I met these guys at Cherry Tavern. I KNOW ABOUT BUSINESS, OK?
cherry tavern ˆ thumbs up ˆ dave g ˆ josh ˆ vin
Ctav bathroom is sticker gnarly.
cherry tavern ˆ graffiti ˆ sticker
One of these guys is doing his own thing!
sign ˆ wtf
Three specials later we were magically transported to Bowery Ballroom to see Archers of Loaf!
archers of loaf ˆ band ˆ bowery ballroom
The crowd was pretty indie.
archers of loaf ˆ bowery ballroom ˆ crowd
Awesome show.
archers of loaf ˆ band

Saturday, April 28th

amanda, fatty, katie, marina
On Saturday afternoon we met up with Marina & Dave at Back Forty.
brunch ˆ amanda ˆ fatty ˆ katie ˆ marina
I will eat at any place that has both donuts and biscuits!
biscuit ˆ donut ˆ food
The LifeStraws I ordered arrived.
stuff ˆ wtf
Later that evening, we met up with Meredith's parents to celebrate her mother's birthday at Daniel.
restaurant
Flowers.
flower
chuck, joann
This was probably the fanciest restaurant I've ever dined in.
restaurant ˆ chuck ˆ joann
fancy
Slice of jalepeno in my giant ice cube.
drink ˆ fancy
fancy
Here's what one of our vegetarian courses looked like.
food ˆ fancy
Dessert, OMG.
dessert ˆ food
chuck, fancy, joann
Happy birthday, Joann!
restaurant ˆ chuck ˆ fancy ˆ joann
Last course!
dessert ˆ food

Sunday, April 29th

leigh, randy
On Sunday afternoon I visited Leigh & Randy in their new apartment!
leigh ˆ randy
leigh, randy
Congrats on moving in together!
painting ˆ leigh ˆ randy
On the way back home, I found a whole box of these cassettes!
garbage
hans
Later that evening, I went to a ping pong benefit party at SPiN. Getting ready to square off against Hans!
ping pong ˆ hans
mat devine, sarah
Sarah and Mat Devine
ping pong ˆ mat devine ˆ sarah
catrinel, cynthia
Cat & Cynthia! Happy April 2012!
ping pong ˆ catrinel ˆ cynthia