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June, 2012

The June Roundup

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

Sunday, June 3rd

grant
After the drive back from Sarah & Ben's wedding in New Hampshire, Grant cooked dinner for us! He was halfway through staying with us for a month while searching for a new NYC apartment and so we were treated to meals in exchange for board.
cooking ˆ kitchen ˆ grant
Freshly-baked orange-almond cookies for crumbling on top of a...
cooking
...arugula & beet salad with blue cheese and a reduced-balsamic dressing. Soooo good.
food ˆ salad

Monday, June 4th

maddy, meredith
On Monday morning Ryan dropped off an Edie with us. Double weinerage!
edie ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
grant, meredith
Monday evening hang. Watching documentaries.
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ grant ˆ meredith
Money is a weapon but the world is catching on.
money ˆ tv

Wednesday, June 6th

Finished this guy.
book
Picked this one up again.
book

Thursday, June 7th

amanda, cynthia, katie, meredith, siege
On Thursday evening, a bunch of us got together to see...
walking ˆ amanda ˆ cynthia ˆ katie ˆ meredith ˆ siege
...Moonrise Kingdom.
movie

Friday, June 8th

dad, grandma, mom
On Friday we headed down to south Jersey to visit my family.
family ˆ dad ˆ grandma ˆ mom
brett, meredith
Mer and Brett enjoying the grass.
grass ˆ brett ˆ meredith
My mom goes all out to support our vegetarianism. Haha.
food

Saturday, June 9th

Borrowed my mom's library book. This was the first thing that I'd read by the Dalai Lama. Loved it.
book
Later that evening, we drove through the twilight just a few miles down to the street to...
house ˆ suburbs ˆ sunset
..see a bunch of bluegrass music at Albert Music Hall
albert hall ˆ walking
The hall is run by The Pinelands Cultural & Historical Preservation Society and is always crowded on a Saturday night.
albert hall ˆ porch
Saturday night line up.
albert hall ˆ sign
Apparently Feech La Manna traveled back in time to prevent 1950s New Jersey from being overrun by wolves.
albert hall ˆ photo ˆ wolf ˆ wtf
The stage is designed to look like a porch!
albert hall ˆ band
Overseen!
albert hall ˆ owl

Sunday, June 10th

dad, grandma, meredith, mom, teddy
830am view of the family.
family ˆ living room ˆ tv ˆ dad ˆ grandma ˆ meredith ˆ mom ˆ teddy
grandma, mom
Mom & Grandma waving us farewell as we headed off to catch the...
wave ˆ grandma ˆ mom
...2pm bus back to NYC where our nearby seatmate demonstrated some serious home-brewed innovations in iPad glare-reduction!
bus ˆ strangers ˆ wtf
ellen, grant, meredith
That evening Ellen came over to join us for the Mad Men season finale and Grant's puttanesca pasta with garlic bread and salad.
e9th apt ˆ food ˆ living room ˆ ellen ˆ grant ˆ meredith
Mmmmmm.
food ˆ italian food

Monday, June 11th

grant, meredith
On Monday night after dinner...
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ grant ˆ meredith
me
...I was trying different kinds of niacin (experimenting to see which kinds increased my ability to remember dreams!) and the new kind I'd just purchased made my face immediately swell up and get all puffy.
ouch ˆ me
me
I took an antihistamine and about thirty minutes later I'd almost returned to normal.
ouch ˆ me
My favorite Lincoln in the neighborhood.
car

Wednesday, June 13th

maddy, me
Meredith captured a little bit of my post morning-walk cuddle time with the grimple.
cuddle ˆ maddy ˆ me
Later that afternoon I went to the Chrysler Building building for the very first time to meet with a new client who has offices there.
airplane ˆ art ˆ flux capacity ˆ mural

Thursday, June 14th

Had a morning meeting with a client near Grand Central...
grand central ˆ nyc
grant
...then met up with this guy to catch the...
boat ˆ east river ˆ ferry ˆ sunglasses ˆ grant
...free ferry that runs from southern Manhattan...
buildings ˆ east river ˆ nyc
...over to the new Ikea in Red Hook. Grant was shopping to furnish his new apartment in Soho.
ikea ˆ shopping
What's a trip to Ikea without sampling the exotic Swedish delicacies in the cafeteria. C'mon, don't pretend you're also not interested in finding out what Elderflower juice tastes like!
food ˆ ikea ˆ weird foreign food
I was in the home office up late editing photos and I heard Maddy all kinds of strange honking noises. I figured she was throwing one of her toys around like she sometimes does. I came out fifteen minutes later to get some water and found her happily wagging her tail and chewing on an unfamiliar toy, which, upon further examination, turned out to be a mouse that had foolishly dared to run through a Maddy-patrolled hallway. She was so proud of her catch.
dead ˆ gross ˆ mouse

Friday, June 15th

East Village sky.
clouds
ellen, maddy, meredith
Ellen came over on Friday evening.
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ ellen ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
maddy, piper
Maddy and Piper chased each other around.
dogs ˆ maddy ˆ piper
me, meredith
New game! Who can hold a coin with their face the longest!
coins ˆ me ˆ meredith
me, meredith
Even when you win, you lose. (Incidentally, the face I'm making here is the same one I made each year when the elementary school photographer told me to "smile" for my class photo. Haha).
bet ˆ coins ˆ wtf ˆ me ˆ meredith
maddy
Judging us so hard
maddy
ellen, maddy, meredith
I'm alway asking Meredith to walk or kneel on muscle knots in my back and over the years she's gotten real good at it. Ellen had a sore mid-back and so Mer went to work.
backwalk ˆ laugh ˆ living room ˆ massage ˆ ellen ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
ellen, maddy, meredith
Maddy flopped down next to Ellen to coach her through the burn.
backwalk ˆ living room ˆ massage ˆ ellen ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
Veggie sushi and treats!
food ˆ ice cream ˆ japanese food ˆ treats
siege
After dinner, Clayton came over and we went for a night bike ride...
bike ˆ biking ˆ siege
siege
...all the way down East River Park.
bike ˆ biking ˆ bridge ˆ siege
The bridges are lovely at night.
bridge ˆ east river ˆ east river park
siege
New wheel lights.
bike ˆ east river park ˆ siege

Sunday, June 17th

Grant moved out on Sunday morning. I was excited to have my home office back and work on my creative outlets like this website...
...and other important things like this sketch for a Halloween "cape" that hides a sneaky disguise on the inside. The wearer can squat down, reach their arms behind and pull the cape apart to reveal a hidden disguise secreted away inside that allows them to pull a garbage bag around and over themselves transforming the wearer into what looks like a giant Hefty bag filled with trash! Then when someone walks by, you can jump up and scream "I'M NOT TRASH!" Urban ghillie suit!
drawing ˆ wtf

Monday, June 18th

Ordered two new Flashflights. If you want to play frisbee at night, get one of these. They are the best! (And at 185g, really fun to huck).
flashflight ˆ frisbee
Stopped to snap a little bike porn while I was out running errands.
bike
Milk crate.
shadow
Wings in the sky.
clouds
Dragon or phoenix?
clouds

Thursday, June 21st

meredith
Meredith and I hid out from the 100+ degree heat at Odessa.
diner ˆ odessa ˆ meredith
My change included a dollar with a message. Proverbs 3:7 - Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
art ˆ graffiti ˆ money
Four times a year, the sunset lines up with Manhattan's grid.
nyc ˆ sunset

Friday, June 22nd

piper
On Friday morning Ellen dropped off Piper with us so we could look after her for the next week and a half.
dogs ˆ piper
Later that evening I headed over to 27th Street all the way over on the west side in the pouring rain.
rain
chris a, me
Met up with this guy...
umbrella ˆ chris a ˆ me
aki, grant
...and Aki and Grant to check out Sleep No More at the McKittrick Hotel.
mask ˆ sleep no more ˆ aki ˆ grant
If you're in NYC, this is worth doing. Enough said.
sleep no more
aki, grant
And like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself - Yea, all which it inherit - shall dissolve, And like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
best ˆ sleep no more ˆ aki ˆ grant

Saturday, June 23th

Woke up early the next morning to go white water rafting and found my pockets filled with strange souvenirs from...
cards ˆ sleep no more
...our amazing evening at Sleep No More.
note ˆ sleep no more

Sunday, June 24th

Office wall boards.
home office
I dropped my main camera so had to dip into a pile of my old cameras...
broken ˆ camera
...to see if I could tinker one into working order.
camera ˆ screwdriver
me
Selfie test-shot success!
me

Monday, June 25th

On Monday afternoon, I went up to midtown...
buildings
...and spent the afternoon working with a client.
flux capacity ˆ sign ˆ work
Decorative window on the way home.
window
Twilight
clouds

Tuesday, June 26th

piper
Hey, you seen my mom?
dogs ˆ kitchen ˆ piper
Enjoyed watching this guy paint at the dog park.
art ˆ dog park ˆ painting ˆ tompkins

Wednesday, June 27th

Woke up early on Wednesday morning to perfect weather and headed out to Brooklyn to meet up with...
walking
caiti, cynthia, meredith
...Cynthia and celebrate her birthday at the beach (instead of at the zoo).
birthday ˆ elevator ˆ caiti ˆ cynthia ˆ meredith
Pretty butterfly.
butterfly ˆ shadow
caiti, craig, cynthia, meredith
We picked up Craig and made it out to Jacob Riis before 1130!
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ caiti ˆ craig ˆ cynthia ˆ meredith
cynthia, me
Happy birthday, Cynthia!
beach ˆ birthday ˆ fort tilden ˆ sunglasses ˆ cynthia ˆ me
There was a guy fishing from the shore and he hooked a good-sized sea robin.
beach ˆ fish ˆ fishing ˆ fort tilden ˆ sea robin
The bark like dogs when they're out of the water. Look at his gorgeous fin.
beach ˆ best ˆ fish ˆ fishing ˆ fort tilden ˆ sea robin
caiti, cynthia
He ended up drawing a crowd. Haha.
beach ˆ best ˆ crowd ˆ fish ˆ fishing ˆ fort tilden ˆ sea robin ˆ caiti ˆ cynthia
meredith
Sandyblanket Silverman
beach ˆ fort tilden ˆ meredith
caiti, cynthia
Cynthia & Caiti
beach ˆ caiti ˆ cynthia
caiti, craig, cynthia, meredith
Before heading home...
caiti ˆ craig ˆ cynthia ˆ meredith
...we stopped for some ice cream.
beach ˆ ice cream ˆ treats
Hard to tell from this photo, but in-person you can see the Manhattan skyline from Rockaway.
driving ˆ nyc ˆ rockaway beach ˆ skyline
cynthia
Perfect day for a drive.
driving ˆ nyc ˆ cynthia
Took the backroads home.
clouds ˆ driving ˆ nyc
Hardly any traffic on a Wednesday.
driving ˆ nyc
This! I'll bet male-attendance at this church has dramatically increased since the jerk BBQ restaurant opened next door.
driving ˆ nyc
caiti, meredith
Cynthia dropped us off at Broadway Junction and we took the subway the rest of the way home.
subway platform ˆ caiti ˆ meredith
Later that evening I went to Shambhala to attend a class.
shambhala meditation center
fatty, grant
Met up with these guys late night for a drink and a slice!
pizza ˆ fatty ˆ grant

Thursday, June 28th

fatty, maddy
Fatty crashed at our place and got to cuddle with Maddy.
fatty ˆ maddy
Went up to a fancy midtown building to meet with a new client.
buildings ˆ flux capacity ˆ nyc ˆ work
Noticed a church with an interesting decagram window on the walk home.
buildings ˆ church ˆ nyc
Neato.
church ˆ close up ˆ window

Friday, June 29th

Weird lung cancer awareness campaign they ran in my neighborhood.
amanda, caiti, cynthia, katie, katie d, siege
Later that evening I met up with Caiti and we went over to Cynthia's for a birthday taco party!
food ˆ house party ˆ party ˆ taco ˆ amanda ˆ caiti ˆ cynthia ˆ katie ˆ katie d ˆ siege
astra, caiti, craig, kai, katie f
food ˆ taco ˆ astra ˆ caiti ˆ craig ˆ kai ˆ katie f
amanda, craig, cynthia, katie f, siege
Happy taco birthday!
birthday ˆ food ˆ house party ˆ taco ˆ amanda ˆ craig ˆ cynthia ˆ katie f ˆ siege
amanda, caiti, craig, kai, katie, katie f
For dessert, we had assorted birthday donuts from the Donut Plant.
birthday ˆ donut ˆ amanda ˆ caiti ˆ craig ˆ kai ˆ katie ˆ katie f
OMFG.
birthday ˆ donut ˆ treats
Cab ride home with Amanda.
bridge ˆ driving ˆ nyc

Saturday, June 30th

On Saturday, I resigned our lease for another year and dropped it off in the mail. Woo.
maddy
Honkfest.
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
Later that evening, I went to the Sunshine to see Bernie. (Richard Linklater is one of my favorite directors!)
movie ˆ poster
Admired my neighbor's new storefront window on the walk home. Happy June, 2012!
lamp ˆ walking ˆ window

1 comment

  • kmeghanoctober 7, 2014

    I always want to visit NYC when I read your posts.