i keep a diary

September, 2013

The September Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in September of 2013 that didn't end up in their own entry.

Sunday, September 1st

amy b, aunt elaine, brett, grandma, mom, uncle bob
On September 1st, I was down in south Jersey hanging out with my family.
family ˆ kitchen ˆ nj ˆ amy b ˆ aunt elaine ˆ brett ˆ grandma ˆ mom ˆ uncle bob
amy b, aunt elaine, brett
This bouquet of flowers is hiding exciting news...
family ˆ amy b ˆ aunt elaine ˆ brett
...Congrats, Amy & Brett....
cake
amy b, brett
...t-minus eight-weeks until my nephew Max shows up!
cake ˆ preggo ˆ amy b ˆ brett
chad, eva c, jess c
Chad & Jess were also visiting with their adorable daughter, Eva!
baby ˆ chad ˆ eva c ˆ jess c
Nice to meet you, lovely Eva!
baby
amy b, brett
Taking the hounds for a walk through suburbia.
nj ˆ suburbs ˆ walking ˆ amy b ˆ brett
brett, teddy
Nap time with Teddy!
asleep ˆ couch ˆ dogs ˆ brett ˆ teddy

Monday, September 2nd

On Monday I was back in the neighborhood walking around the neighborhood with...
east village ˆ graffiti ˆ mattress
grant, norbert
...Grant and Aki's Uncle Norbert, who was in town visiting from BC, Canada. Posing with this mattress someone got artsy with on 10th street.
east village ˆ graffiti ˆ mattress ˆ grant ˆ norbert

Wednesday, September 4th

grant, maddy
Welcome to my living room on a Wednesday morning. Woke up to this like it's the most natural thing in the world.
coffee ˆ couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ undies ˆ grant ˆ maddy
nanny pam
Grant video-called Nanny Pam...
phone ˆ nanny pam
grant, maddy
...and Maddy was eager to show off...
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ phone ˆ grant ˆ maddy
grant, maddy
...just how adorable she can be when she has a fawning audience.
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ phone ˆ grant ˆ maddy
RIP HATERZ. (Car freshner on the OUTSIDE of the car is totally next level. Freshening the air for all the suckers that he's left behind!)
car ˆ east village

Monday, September 9th

grant, vin
Monday night bro-down
e9th apt ˆ guitar ˆ grant ˆ vin

Wednesday, September 11th

Up early on Wednesday to fly down to Atlanta so that I could have a face-to-face kickoff meeting with a big new client.
flux capacity ˆ phone ˆ work
Ordered this meal on an ipad and wondered how many more years until a robot will also cook and serve the food.
airport ˆ breakfast ˆ coffee ˆ egg ˆ flux capacity ˆ ipad ˆ work
rob sheffield
Rob's new book about karaoke! Our karaoking history goes back all the way to 2004! Congrats, Rob!
book ˆ karaoke ˆ rob sheffield
In the air...
clouds ˆ flying ˆ wing
...on my way home later that night.
driving ˆ taxi ˆ work

Thursday, September 12th

Cool, straight-edged shadows cast on the clouds...
clouds
..by the setting sun.
clouds ˆ sunset
Cleaned up my messy living room and sat for a while.
e9th apt ˆ living room
grant, me
Grant came over a little before midnight and we walked over to the football field at East River Park for an awesome session of night frisbee! One of my most favorite things in the world!
frisbee ˆ grant ˆ me
The fountain of youth? Late night shoo fly pie, yogurt and a beer before bed!
beer ˆ treats

Friday, September 13th

Friday morning took Maddy on her favorite long walk...
east river park
...over to the East River and back.
clouds ˆ east river
Got a fresh moz sandwich and sat in the La Plaza garden...
la plaza cultural ˆ sandwich
...and read Telegraph Avenue, the new Michael Chabon paperback.
book
maddy
Maddy tries so hard to stay awake and maintain eye contact...
sunbathing ˆ maddy
maddy
...but you can watch as the warm sunshine slowly melts her puppy resolve...
sunbathing ˆ maddy
maddy
...into sleep!
sunbathing ˆ maddy

Saturday, September 14th

theresa
Spent Saturday afternoon working with Grant to help our friend Theresa move a bunch of her giant paintings out of storage and over to her gallery for an upcoming show.
theresa
jeet, me
Gurj came over for a feast-over!
jeet ˆ me
jeet
That's where we feast on so much Thai food...
food ˆ thai food ˆ tv ˆ jeet
jeet, maddy
...that you have no choice but to hold a tiny dog and fall asleep on my couch.
asleep ˆ couch ˆ jeet ˆ maddy

Sunday, September 15th

grant, maddy
Grant came over Sunday morning to grab some breakfast.
grant ˆ maddy
While walking Maddy through Tomkins, we briefly paused to admire this hunk, you know, just hanging out in the dog park all casual. Probably waiting to meet an OKCupid date.

Her: "The dog park? Sure! That would be a great first place for us to meet. How will I find you there?" Him: "Oh, you'll see me."
best ˆ dog park ˆ gun show ˆ strangers ˆ tompkins
grant, kristina, marissa
Sunday with these lovelies.
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ grant ˆ kristina ˆ marissa

Monday, September 16th

Watched a colorful sunset!
clouds ˆ east village ˆ sunset
Having just been giving some magic chocolates by a friend, I spent the morning stretching and listening to the very excellent Terence Mckenna lecture on psychedelics from 1994.
computer ˆ magic
Most definitely worth a listen.
video
Spent my evening delving into my first few books on western ceremonial magick. This one is very dense and hard to follow (on purpose!)
book ˆ magic
I found this one a lot more interesting and straightforward.
book ˆ magic

Tuesday, September 17th

Airplanes in the air slowly connecting buildings...
airplane
...with cloud-tightropes.
airplane ˆ cabbage
Not-chocolate! On Tuesday evening, Grant came over and we decided to split a psilocybin "magic mushroom" chocolate to see how strong they were!
magic ˆ mushrooms ˆ treats
I like to take a photo of time when I eat mind-altering things - that way when things start to not make sense later, you've got some kind of reference to puzzle over.
clock
We walked to the East River to be around nature...
east river ˆ moon
grant
...and to watch all the joggers go by with all their crazy, varying strides and feel like we were watching some wild, cartoonish parody of animals interacting around a watering hole in the African veldt.
east river park ˆ magic ˆ wtf ˆ grant
I always enjoy looking at the pictures I take and trying to see what I was seeing.
buildings ˆ east river ˆ moon
We were in total awe of the slowly-deepening colors...
buildings ˆ east river ˆ moon
...and the lovely full moon still low in the sky.
moon
Modern life is weird.
airplane ˆ moon
I really enjoy looking at the photos that I take when I'm on mushrooms. Somehow the different mental vantage-point is apparent to me in these pics.
me
Like in this photo Grant took of me back in my apartment after the sun set and it started getting chilly. It looks like me, but also somehow, different!
magic ˆ mushrooms ˆ me
grant
Time flies when you're having fun!
couch ˆ phone ˆ grant

Wednesday, September 18th

On Wednesday night I went to one of Defy Venture's awesome events.
defy
grant
Later that night I met up with Grant in his new apartment...
grant
mike doyle
...then we met up with Mike and his brother for drinks at Dudley's and then late night latke's at Odessa!
best ˆ diner ˆ latkes ˆ odessa ˆ mike doyle

Thursday, September 19th

maddy
Caught Maddy napping in the sun so hard. After she was done squinting at me...
sleepy ˆ maddy
maddy
...she slowly turned around...
green chair ˆ maddy
maddy
...and went back to sleep like this. Ha!
asleep ˆ green chair ˆ maddy

Friday, September 20th

Friday morning work calls from home.
computer ˆ laptop
Picked up some weird pink-brain looking flowers at the corner shop.
flower
Weird!
flower
I went to the dermatologist and in the waiting room they had a tv showing a promotion on loop advising me to get a GOLDEN FACIAL. That must cost extra, right?
tv ˆ wtf
Later that evening, I took the subway out to the new...
...Yankee Stadium...
...to watch the Yankees...
baseball
me, mike doyle
...lose to the Giants! That's ok, though. I was mostly there...
baseball ˆ number one ˆ me ˆ mike doyle
...for the cheese fries!
food ˆ french fries
brandon d, me, mike doyle
Great seeing you guys!
baseball ˆ brandon d ˆ me ˆ mike doyle

Saturday, September 21st

maddy
Hey, dad! Squirrel!
maddy
grant, mike d
On Saturday afternoon, Grant and I met up with the Doyle brothers for one last meal together at Bowery Diner before they left town.
diner ˆ grant ˆ mike d
lauren flax
Later that evening I met up with Vin and we went to an awesome outdoor BBQ party at Lauren Flax's new house in Bushwick.
fire ˆ house party ˆ lauren flax
lauren flax
Had so much fun.
fire ˆ house party ˆ lauren flax
lauren flax
Good vibes backyard!
fire ˆ house party ˆ lauren flax

Sunday, September 22nd

Sunday evening I went to North Brooklyn Farms right near the Williamsburg Bridge...
...to attend a dinner party that Quinn had invited us all to.
jeet, josh adcock, juliette, karen
Passing baby Juliette around the table.
farm ˆ jeet ˆ josh adcock ˆ juliette ˆ karen
hans, jeet, josh adcock, karen, the ktb
Trying to enjoy the last bit of outdoor evening weather!
farm ˆ hans ˆ jeet ˆ josh adcock ˆ karen ˆ the ktb
After dinner, we drank cold beers held in sleeve-covered hands...
...and crowded around the fire to keep warm!
jeet, jenny penny, josh adcock, meredith
Just when I thought the night couldn't get any better...
jeet ˆ jenny penny ˆ josh adcock ˆ meredith
...they brought out chocolate cake covered in melted chocolate.
ellen, jeet, jenny penny, josh adcock, meredith, piper, quinn, the ktb
FAM! Thanks for inviting us all out, Quinn!
best ˆ ellen ˆ jeet ˆ jenny penny ˆ josh adcock ˆ meredith ˆ piper ˆ quinn ˆ the ktb
jenny penny, juliette
Mmmmm...baby smell.
baby ˆ bridge ˆ brooklyn ˆ jenny penny ˆ juliette
ellen, me
<3
ellen ˆ me
I can see my house from here.
bridge ˆ driving ˆ nyc ˆ skyline

Tuesday, September 24th

Wednesday, September 25th

clouds ˆ nyc
clouds ˆ nyc ˆ wtf
Walked Maddy around her favorite loop in Tompkins Park. It's exciting because...
tompkins
...you never know what you're going to find when you come around the curve. Hit the jackpot this evening with some Chinese women doing a synchronized dance routine to a song blasting on a nearby boombox.
dance ˆ strangers ˆ tompkins

Thursday, September 26th

maddy
This feels so wrong to me.
tambourine ˆ tompkins ˆ wtf ˆ maddy
Jared came over for a hang in the afternoon. We went for a long bike ride along the East River.
Came across a really excellent installation on Pier 42...
jared
The installation had three different pods. An open, geodesic dome-framed tent for living, a storage / greenhouse, and a garden with bike-pedal-powered electricity. Jared peeking into the tent.
art ˆ east river park ˆ tent ˆ jared
jared, me
Neat to be able to walk around and explore such a cool project!
tent ˆ jared ˆ me
Shed / green house and garden beds.
Walls of the shed were made of corrugated-plastic 4x8 roof-sheets.
jared
We stumbled on the Manhattan outpost of Smorgasburg and stopped to get our treat on.
excited ˆ food ˆ sandwich ˆ jared
Met up with Grant for late night outside snacks...
...at Dudleys.

Friday, September 27th

Pink cloud dragon!
heidi
Went to Heidi & Robin's going away party to wish them well in Florida!
heidi
Walked home feeling like.

Saturday, September 28th

Saturday morning at Odessa.
book ˆ breakfast ˆ odessa
Interrupted Maddy's afternoon sunbathing...
...with a walk through her favorite garden across the street and stumbled across...
...a group of kids & adults working together...
..to build a giant, paper mache tyrannosaurus rex!
Excellent! The tail view.
dinosaur ˆ la plaza cultural
Enjoyed the sun through the trees in Tompkins. Pretty nice little Saturday.
jeet, me
Gurj came over a little after midnight, and in contrast to our asleep-on the-couch by midnight Saturday night a few weeks ago...
best ˆ jeet ˆ me
...this time we headed over to Cielo to go dancing at 1am...
crowd ˆ party
lauren flax
...because Lauren was DJing.
dj ˆ lauren flax
jeet, karen, lauren flax
Like old times.
jeet ˆ karen ˆ lauren flax
jeet, karen
best ˆ dj ˆ jeet ˆ karen
lauren flax, me
Stayed until they closed the place!
lauren flax ˆ me
lauren flax, me
Thanks for inviting us out, Lauren.
lauren flax ˆ me

Sunday, September 29th

I fell asleep on the couch after getting home from dancing super late. Grant came in and woke me up...
...showed me an internet video featuring ladies butts, and then we went to the park to eat egg sandwiches.
maddy
While walking through the park, Maddy got her head stuck in this box while trying to catch a squirrel!
best ˆ dogs ˆ tompkins ˆ wtf ˆ maddy
maddy
Contemplating the error in her ways before sleeping off the perils of squirrel chasing. (Don't worry, her resolve was only strengthened by the incident.) Happy September 2013!
sleepy ˆ maddy

1 comment

  • miajune 2, 2016

    Thanks for sharing all your joy in the small moments and friendship :) this blog is awesome, always makes me happy and i appreciate its honesty so much