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May, 2012

The May Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in May 2012 that didn't end up in their own entry!

Tuesday, May 1st

NYC's bodegas are late-night oases of treats & fruit!
bodega ˆ fruit ˆ nyc
Kicked of the month properly with some Motorino Pizzas.
food ˆ pizza
So good.
food ˆ pizza
maddy
Foot snuggler!
feet ˆ socks ˆ maddy

Thursday, May 3rd

Bricked-up school archway on 10th Street.
graffiti
Later that evening, we went over to Cynthia's apartment for...
house party
...a BREAKFAST FOR DINNER PARTY!
biscuit ˆ waffle
amanda, astra, cynthia, katie d
So much fun.
best ˆ food ˆ house party ˆ amanda ˆ astra ˆ cynthia ˆ katie d

Friday, May 4th

Watching Seinfeld from the beginning. Made it to Season 3. YOU GOTTA COME SEE THE BAY-BEE!
seinfeld ˆ tv
While out walking around, I spotted a weird flying object and filmed this video of it. (I submitted it to EVGrieve - there were Occupy Wall Street marches going on and the consensus is that I probably filmed an NYPD drone)
occupy wall street ˆ police ˆ ufo ˆ video ˆ wtf
mike doyle, tanya, vin
Mike & Tanya were in town visiting! We went over to Royale and were soon joined by Meredith & Vin who were at a drawing class together!
mike doyle ˆ tanya ˆ vin
vin
Meredith's sketch of Vin!
art ˆ drawing ˆ vin
me, mike doyle, vin
Buds.
me ˆ mike doyle ˆ vin

Saturday, May 5th

vin
On Saturday night, I went out to meet this guy in Williamsburg for beers & pretzels.
coldlamp ˆ food ˆ vin
ian c
I ran into my former co-worker Ian who was up visiting from DC!
yodle ˆ ian c

Sunday, May 6th

maddy
LAZY SUNDAY! When timed correctly, a photo of Maddy yawning is basically Odie from Garfield. Haha.
best ˆ dogs ˆ yawn ˆ maddy

Monday, May 7th

me, meredith
After finishing up work in the morning, I had the afternoon free. Meredith and I decided to walk up Ave C...
sunglasses ˆ walking ˆ me ˆ meredith
...and take the ferry over to Randall's Island to check out the Frieze Art Fair.
sign
While waiting in line for the ferry, we spotted something slightly...
construction ˆ fence ˆ wtf
...disturbing. HELP ME!
boots ˆ construction ˆ wtf
All aboard!
boat ˆ ferry
While heading up the East River, we passed the ruins of the Renwick Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island.
buildings ˆ nyc
Getting ready to enter the huge pavillion.
walking
Here are some pics of things I liked!
art ˆ truck
I liked these hanging sculptures.
art
Especially, this one. As you approach it, you can see that the inside...
art ˆ mirror
...is made of mirrors!
art ˆ mirror
Whoa.
art ˆ mirror
I also really liked this sculpture that was stuck to the wall and looked like it was made out of...
art
...80lbs of lipstick.
art
Lutz Bacher
Big Boy, 1992
Fabric, stuffing, fake fur, paint
114 x 46 x 24 inches
Unique
art ˆ creepy ˆ doll ˆ wtf
Also liked this rack of tape cassettes...
cassette
...that featured this portrait. (Very similar to the V/H/S movie poster that came out just a few weeks later!) Gregor Hildebrandt?
art ˆ cassette
I loved these paintings which upon closer examination turned out to be...
art ˆ beads
...mostly made of BEADS!
art ˆ beads
Gorgeous.
art ˆ painting
Two motors on the floor with pieces of rotating oak tag attached...
art
...when they collided, they'd push each other up into the air.
art
Los Carpinteros
art
Close up.
Yarn, not paint!
art
Bench.
art
Alex Hartley
It was a long time ago, 2011.
art
Detail of the model boat in the foreground.
david c
The guy in this Alice Neel painting from 1971 looks just like David Cagiarri!
art ˆ doppleganger ˆ painting ˆ twins ˆ david c
Back at home that evening, I had vegetarian Vietnamese from Lan Cafe for dinner. Yes!
food ˆ sandwich ˆ vietnamese

Wednesday, May 9th

Tompkins Park afternoon dogwalk.
tompkins ˆ walking
me
Later that afternoon, I busted out my NeuroSky BCI headset...
best ˆ brain computer interface ˆ flux capacity ˆ home office ˆ me
...and played around with a new program called Dagaz that represents your brainwaves in real time as different patterned mandalas. Neat stuff.
brain computer interface ˆ videogames
Had a windowsill visit from my dear friend, Mr. Moth.
butterfly ˆ e9th apt ˆ police
Meredith went shopping for Bachelorette Party favors (I forget whose party they were for!).
bachelorette ˆ crafts
She also picked up all kinds of stuff for decorating cookies!
bachelorette ˆ crafts
Including a penis-shaped cookie mold that came with this incredible helpful booklet of dick-icing suggestions!
cookie ˆ crafts ˆ penis
jeet
Gurj was scandalized! Hahaha.
best ˆ cookie ˆ penis ˆ reading ˆ jeet

Thursday, May 10th

There's a lady who spends her days looking for four leaf clovers in Tompkins Square park!
neighbors ˆ strangers ˆ tompkins
Brick linoleum!
brick ˆ buildings
I take a lot of photos to jog my memory and remind me what I was up to on that day. Sometimes though, I take photos and have NO IDEA what they are about. Like this one. Ummm, heating up some water at 6pm?
wtf
katie, meredith, siege, spencer tunick
Later that evening, we went to a gallery opening in the Lower East Side to see some of Clayton's art work. On the way out we ran into Spencer Tunick (who took a naked group portrait at Emma's birthday party in the Chinatown loft way back in 2003!
katie ˆ meredith ˆ siege ˆ spencer tunick

Friday, May 11th

I volunteered to help staff a weekend meditation retreat and headed over to the Shambhala Center on Friday evening...
shambhala meditation center
...to meet with the other volunteers and set-up the main shrine room for the morning.
shambhala meditation center ˆ sign

Saturday, May 12th

Back at 7am the next morning!
shambhala meditation center
gurj
Later that evening, we celebrated Gurj's 30th birthday! Happy birthday, Gurjeet! Here's a 30th birthday selfie she took with my cam.
gurj
jared, maddy
She and Jared came over to hang out before heading out into the neighborhood for birthday drinks!
jared ˆ maddy
Meredith was at her bachelorette party, but left a note!
bachelorette ˆ note
jeet
Gurj's birthday cookie...
birthday ˆ note ˆ refrigerator ˆ jeet
jeet
...turned out to have decorative BALLS!
birthday ˆ cookie ˆ penis ˆ jeet
jeet
GURJ IS 30!
best ˆ birthday ˆ cookie ˆ thumbs up ˆ jeet
Meredith was also kind enough to leave us a second box containing all the dick-reject cookies!
cookie ˆ penis
ellen, jeet
Later, we headed over to B-Side to celebrate!
birthday ˆ excited ˆ ellen ˆ jeet
jared, krystyna, penta
Jay was there with his new girlfriend, Krystyna. Since then, Krystyna and her friend Corinne have started doing a really funny podcast called GUYS WE FUCKED: The Anti Slut-Shaming Podcast. They have 500k followers on SoundCloud in like 4 months! Congrats!
jared ˆ krystyna ˆ penta
jeet
Foosball.
foosball ˆ jeet
ellen, hans
The show-stealer of the evening was most definitely Hans' BRUTAL sunburn. Haha.
best ˆ embarrassed ˆ get a load of this guy ˆ laugh ˆ point ˆ sunburn ˆ ellen ˆ hans
ellen, hans, jeet, quinn, sarah
SUPER HANS!
best ˆ birthday ˆ coldlamp ˆ ellen ˆ hans ˆ jeet ˆ quinn ˆ sarah

Sunday, May 13th

Back in Flatiron on Sunday for the last day of staffing!
buildings
Had my favorite bi bim bab lunch at Manna Express Kitchen during the break for lunch...
bi bim bab ˆ food ˆ korean food
...and admired the surrounding buildings.
buildings ˆ nyc
Gothic revival? Why is there a pine cone on top? ;)
buildings ˆ nyc
Detail from 30 Rock.
tv
Spinach burrito. Mmm.
food ˆ mexican

Monday, May 14th

maddy
Watching some Monday night tv with my buddy. What a grimple!
maddy
My favorite thing about re-watching Seinfeld was spotting all the sneaky Larry David appearances!
seinfeld ˆ tv

Wednesday, May 16th

grant, meredith
On Wednesday morning Grant came back to New York. He came straight to our place and we ate bagels in the park.
e9th apt ˆ grant ˆ meredith
Later that afternoon, I had a meeting with a new client.
flux capacity ˆ work
Airplanes going to..
airplane
...and leaving LGA.
airplane
Wispy skies.
clouds

Thursday, May 17th

Finished my work up by 2pm and headed to Tompkins beach...
tompkins
matt
...to meet up with this guy. We ended up playing frisbee in East River Park for two hours.
tompkins ˆ matt
grant
Later that night, Grant cooked dinner.
cooking ˆ e9th apt ˆ kitchen ˆ grant
Bruschetta and...
food ˆ italian food
...fettuccine al funghi!
italian food ˆ pasta
ellen, meredith, piper
Ellen came over to get in on the feast.
ellen ˆ meredith ˆ piper
Thanks, Grant!
food ˆ italian food ˆ salad

Friday, May 18th

siege
Friday afternoon I had lunch with Siege.
walking ˆ siege
Two of my fave treats!
cookie ˆ ice cream ˆ treats

Saturday, May 19th

I was out running errands on Saturday and ran smack into the middle of the Dance Parade on my walk home.
dance ˆ parade
Great outfits.
dance ˆ parade
At the time I was obsessed with filming everything using my new camera's slow motion capture. Once of these days I'm going to edit together a video of dancing and face-shaking slowed-down goodness!
dance ˆ parade
Got a new video game called Witcher 2 that had nudity in it!
dive ˆ naked ˆ videogames
Can't it believe it took this long for me to see videogame boobies!
boobs ˆ videogames
david k, ellen, grant, jared, jeet, matt, meredith
I don't remember if there was a special occasion or if this was just a spring friend hang, but check out the solid Saturday night crew that rolled up into our place!
e9th apt ˆ david k ˆ ellen ˆ grant ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ matt ˆ meredith
david k, ellen, grant
Story time!
e9th apt ˆ david k ˆ ellen ˆ grant
david k, jared, maddy
Dog smooch time!
dogs ˆ kiss ˆ lick ˆ david k ˆ jared ˆ maddy
jared
Jared and I went across the street and returned triumphant with MULTIPLE dollar-pizza pies.
pizza ˆ jared
grant
Grant classed-up our dollar pies with some fancy hand-grated Parmesan.
cheese ˆ pizza ˆ grant
ellen, grant
It makes an $8 dollar pizza taste like a $20 pizza!
cheese ˆ pizza ˆ ellen ˆ grant
ellen, grant, jeet, meredith
Silent grazing.
e9th apt ˆ green chair ˆ living room ˆ pizza ˆ ellen ˆ grant ˆ jeet ˆ meredith
ellen, piper
Look at that smile! So full of pizza and happiness and getting ready to nap out on a dog-pillow!
best ˆ couch ˆ dogs ˆ e9th apt ˆ ellen ˆ piper

Sunday, May 20th

grant, meredith
On Sunday morning I went running with Grant. He slowed down considerably to accommodate my beginner's pace.
grant ˆ meredith
Running errands around the neighborhood caught this guy snoozing in front of his garage sale.
asleep ˆ nyc ˆ strangers
Electronics for sale.
tv
maddy, meredith
Sun snoozers.
couch ˆ cuddle ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Monday, May 21st

grant, maddy
Morning coffee with my buddies.
coffee ˆ green chair ˆ grant ˆ maddy
me
With Grant temporarily staying in the home office, I moved my computer into our bedroom so that I'd have a quiet place to get some work done for the remainder of Grant's stay.
coffee ˆ computer ˆ mirror ˆ me

Tuesday, May 22nd

Yes.
food ˆ italian food ˆ tomato
amanda, grant, meredith, siege
Tuesday night movie and WAY too many snacks at Siege and Katie's.
amanda ˆ grant ˆ meredith ˆ siege

Wednesday, May 23rd

grant, meredith
East 9th Street has a new gang with matching jackets! Haha.
twins ˆ grant ˆ meredith
catrinel
Cat was there to document the historic beginning.
camera ˆ catrinel

Thursday, May 24th

grant, nanny pam
On Thursday morning we had a Facetime video chat...
grant ˆ nanny pam
nanny pam
...with Grant's Nanny Pam!
phone ˆ nanny pam
Then later that night, I went to the Landmark to see the outstanding Norwegian movie, Headhunters with Grant, Clayton and Katie. Definitely worth seeing. The movie got out just in time to...
movie ˆ poster
amanda, grant, meredith
...head to a bar right down the street to meet up with these two to see..
best ˆ amanda ˆ grant ˆ meredith
...Frank's gig with, Led Blimpie, a really, really good Led Zep tribute band.
band
frank
I expected Frank to be on kit, but we showed up to find him on the keys instead! Always impressed either way.
band ˆ frank
I spent the rest of the evening reading on the internet. Wikipedia does an impressive job summarizing really complicated things. Simulacra and Simulation blew my tiny mind. Required reading for armchair ontologists!

Friday, May 25th

amanda, david k, grant
Afternoon ice cream at Lula's! (Bonus points for the the thumbs up from a stranger in the background. Haha)
strangers ˆ thumbs up ˆ amanda ˆ david k ˆ grant
amanda
Amanda admiring the Creative Garden.
garden ˆ amanda

Saturday, May 26th

grant
Morning routine.
e9th apt ˆ laptop ˆ grant

Sunday, May 27th

Setting up for a Sunday street fair.
e9th apt ˆ street food
ellen, hans
Ellen and Hans came by a little before 11am and picked us up!
driving ˆ ellen ˆ hans
hans
Hans' brother Ulie was in town from Germany and wanted to see Rockaway Beach.
car ˆ rockaway beach ˆ surf ˆ hans
Skate park.
rockaway beach
Excellent day at the beach. After we'd gotten our fill of swimming...
beach ˆ ocean ˆ rockaway beach ˆ surf
...we drove over to Jacob Riis so Ulie could see the more remote areas of the island.
flag
hans, ulie
Brothers!
fort tilden ˆ sunglasses ˆ hans ˆ ulie
meredith
Treedith.
fort tilden ˆ tree ˆ meredith
hans, meredith, ulie
We walked all the way over to Fort Tilden beach and checked out the sandy pathways...
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ hans ˆ meredith ˆ ulie
...and the pillbox bunker!
bunker ˆ fort tilden
ulie
All tuckered out for the drive home.
asleep ˆ ulie
Lots of little things for dinner!
food

Monday, May 28th

Baby pigeon, no! Spring time in NYC mean baby pigeons falling out of their nests onto the sidewalks all the time.
dead ˆ pigeon

Tuesday, May 29th

grant, vin
On Tuesday afternoon, Grant and I met up with Vin to grab lunch and get some papers notarized.
grant ˆ vin
maddy
I spent the rest of the day reading with my buddy.
asleep ˆ book ˆ maddy
maddy, me
Maddy likes to nuzzle up in your nooks.
maddy ˆ me
East Village twilight.
clouds ˆ twilight

Wednesday, May 30th

Afternoon skies over Flatiron.
clouds
Later that evening, I went to Meditation in Everyday Life, a weekly class at Shambhala.
shambhala meditation center
The class put me in just the right frame of mind to watch Total Recall with Grant when I got home. Haha.
dvd ˆ movie
"Here is the plan: get your ass to Maas."
movie

Thursday, May 31st

Tasteful dickage on a payphone billboard wishes you a happy May 2012!
graffiti ˆ penis

3 comments

  • julianseptember 6, 2014

    Aw, Little Michael was my local deli when I lived at 29th & Lex back in the day.

  • bseptember 11, 2014

    Mmmmm...every IKAD entry should have some Vin! ;)

  • ellenseptember 30, 2014

    Hahahahahahahah forever pointing and laughing at that picture :)