i keep a diary

May, 2013

The May Roundup

Wednesday, May 1st

These lovely red tulips bloomed in the park.
flower ˆ tompkins
The yellow and brown design inside the flower is so pretty.
flower
grant, maddy
Pizza party with these guys.
pizza ˆ tv ˆ grant ˆ maddy

Thursday, May 2nd

On Thursday, I biked over to Soho for my first day of consulting for ShopKeep. (They were a fantastic client and I ended up working with them every week for the next 9 months!)
flux capacity ˆ shopkeep ˆ work

Saturday, May 4th

Straightened up my office on Saturday...
e9th apt ˆ home office
...picked up my room a little bit.
Flyer to protest turning the community center on 9th St into another NYU door. (This will be the stake in the heart of Alphabet City)
east village ˆ flyer
apartment hunting
On the way up to my apartment, I stopped to check out an empty unit in my building.
apartment hunting
apartment hunting
Comparison is the death of happiness.
kitchen ˆ apartment hunting
apartment hunting
Unless you leave feeling like you've already got the better apartment!
bathroom ˆ apartment hunting

Sunday, May 5th

david k, grant
Met up with these guys in the morning for a coffee before they headed to the gym to pump iron.
david k ˆ grant
maddy, vin
Had a Sunday afternoon hang with this handsome gentleman.
couch ˆ living room ˆ maddy ˆ vin
We sat in the park and watched a Catholic parade.
church ˆ parade
vin
Then Vin took me to his favorite spinach burrito place. Mmmm.
burrito ˆ food ˆ mexican ˆ vin
Finished the evening with a late night showing of Mud at the Angelica.
movie

Monday, May 6th

maddy
This one passes out so hard in a sunbeam.
asleep ˆ couch ˆ maddy
maddy
I love her sun-snoozing face.
asleep ˆ couch ˆ maddy
maddy
I went for a run and surprised Maddy when I came home and plopped down next to her on the couch.
sleepy ˆ maddy
maddy
Cuddling a leg with face hanging off the couch. Haha.
asleep ˆ maddy
Later that evening, I met up with Grant for a drink at Tom & Jerry's and we ended up walking over to the West Village afterwards to get a late night...
food ˆ indian food
grant
...Kati roll. Mmmm.
food ˆ indian food ˆ grant

Saturday, May 11th

maddy
Spent Saturday morning exploring the community garden with Maddy.
garden ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ maddy
So many interesting things...
flower ˆ garden ˆ la plaza cultural
...in bloom.
flower ˆ garden ˆ la plaza cultural
Later that evening, I went to visit Matt's new apartment!
door

Sunday, May 12th

amanda, carla, grant, kostas, kristina
On Sunday evening, Grant cooked everyone dinner at Amanda's place.
thumbs up ˆ amanda ˆ carla ˆ grant ˆ kostas ˆ kristina

Monday, May 13th

New mural going up in the neighborhood.
art ˆ mural ˆ scaffold
me
Every 10 years or so...
me
...I decide to try something different with my hair.
me
Ta-da! New hair-do.
e9th apt ˆ flower of life ˆ metatrons cube ˆ me

Tuesday, May 14th

On Tuesday evening we gathered at the Blind Barber to celebrate...
bar ˆ party
david k, grant
...Grant getting his green card!
david k ˆ grant
alnoor, amanda, catrinel, david k, meredith
Congrats, Grant!
party ˆ alnoor ˆ amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ david k ˆ meredith

Wednesday, May 15th

Hangy things!
la plaza cultural

Thursday, May 16th

matt
On Thursday we went to the The Delancey to see an artist showcase.
band ˆ matt

Friday, May 17th

Lazy Friday afternoon after work. Jumped rope. Relaxed in the living room...
living room
...and listened to Radiolab.
laptop ˆ radio

Saturday, May 18th

ellen, michael
I don't remember what we were celebrating, but on Saturday night I went to a nice little get-together at Sarah's...
apt 3a ˆ ellen ˆ michael
ellen, faran, jeet, quinn, sarah, shruti
...and we all reminisced about basically everyone we know has at some point...
apt 3a ˆ ellen ˆ faran ˆ jeet ˆ quinn ˆ sarah ˆ shruti
ellen, faran, jeet, quinn, sarah, shruti
...lived in Apt 3A.
apt 3a ˆ hand heart ˆ ellen ˆ faran ˆ jeet ˆ quinn ˆ sarah ˆ shruti

Sunday, May 19th

Walked Maddy in the rain...
rain ˆ sidewalk
...and admired the budding smoke trees.
tree
Later that night I went to a community dinner at the Shambhala Center.
shambhala meditation center

Tuesday, May 21st

grant, katie, siege
On Tuesday night Grant and I went out to Williamsburg to hang with Clayton and Katie.
grant ˆ katie ˆ siege

Thursday, May 23rd

Admiring the continued bloom in Tomkins on our morning walk.
Cleaned my apartment with a fierceness...
...and then got new stuff from Amazon in the mail. I ordered this book on jumping rope because I figured maybe I'd learn a bunch of cool new jumping roping tricks or tips. But nope. Turns out that I'd pretty much figured out most of the things you can do while jumping over a rope without the aide of a book. So, yeah, I've got that going for me.
My new croton petra plant is thriving. Such pretty colors.
This was my other Amazon delivery. This...
...mixed with this....
me
...leads to this!
mask ˆ me
That night I went over to Theresa studio...
theresa
...to look at three paintings of hers from a series I was interested in buying.
art ˆ painting ˆ theresa
theresa
She makes these paintings using water, ink and strands of her hair!
art ˆ painting ˆ theresa
theresa
I bought all three of them!
art ˆ painting ˆ theresa

Friday, May 24th

maddy
On Friday night, I took the train down to South Jersey...
train ˆ maddy

Saturday, May 25th

brett, dad
...to spend Memorial Day with the family. Bretty playing tug-o-war with Maddy while my dad takes orders for the grill.
nj ˆ brett ˆ dad
amy b, brett, dad, grandma
Grandma came down on Saturday to BBQ and hang with the family.
nj ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ grandma

Sunday, May 26th

amy b, dad, grandma, mom
On Sunday morning, we all piled in my dad's truck and headed over to the beach on Long Beach Island.
driving ˆ amy b ˆ dad ˆ grandma ˆ mom
Memorial Day flags on the high school lawn.
flag
On our way to the bridge, we stopped off in Manahawkin to drive through our old neighborhood there and see how the houses faired during Hurricane Sandy.
driving ˆ nj ˆ suburbs
dad
We pulled up to our old house...
hurricane sandy ˆ nj ˆ dad
...and were greeted with only an empty lot! Our old house was completely destroyed!
house ˆ hurricane sandy ˆ nj
East Bay Ave Bridge...
bridge ˆ driving
...over to the beautiful beach at LBI.
beach ˆ nj
amy b, brett, me
Family beach picture.
beach ˆ sunglasses ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ me
amy b, brett
Later that night, we hit the Sonic drive-in for some tots and ice cream...
ice cream ˆ treats ˆ amy b ˆ brett
...and then we settled in to watch the long-anticipated new episodes of Arrested Development on Netflix.
tv

Monday, May 27th

Spit into this tube and mailed it into 23andMe so they could analyze my DNA and tell me stuff about my health and ancestry.
DNA

Wednesday, May 29th

Watched a few late night episodes of Seinfeld and realized that one of George's epic bad dates is supposed to take place at Po in the West Village!
seinfeld ˆ tv

Thursday, May 30th

Straightened up my office on Thursday in anticipation of Grant coming to spend a week at my place.
e9th apt ˆ home office
Clean kitchen!
e9th apt ˆ kitchen
Got a new toy in the mail!
vapor
maddy, me
Took Maddy for a walk and snapped a few selfies of my new haircut so I could update the photos on my online dating profile.
maddy ˆ me
me
Dear Ladies of the internets, I has a new hair-do!
me

Friday, May 31st

Spent Friday enjoying plant care and sunshine! Happy May 2013!
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ plant

1 comment

  • adecember 30, 2015

    So good to see you and grant back together :)