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May, 2014

The May Rounup

Here are all the photos I took in May 2014.

Thursday, May 1st

Went shopping at the south american bodega around the corner and in addition to my usual fruits and veggies, I picked up this giant aloe vera leaf.
aloe ˆ plant
When you cut a slice of it, the inside is...
aloe ˆ plant
...almost see through!
aloe ˆ plant ˆ window
jane anne, maddy
On Thursday evening Jane Anne came over...
jane anne ˆ maddy
jane anne, maddy
...after she and Maddy were done with their love-fest...
jane anne ˆ maddy
jane anne, maddy
...we had a pizza party!
pizza ˆ jane anne ˆ maddy

Friday, May 2nd

On Friday I took Maddy on a walk over to East River Park.
east river park
maddy
Loves trotting across the bridge.
walking ˆ maddy
The big new on Ave D is there's a new deli opening up to challenge Sergio Deli Superette's longstanding deli-hegemony. What did they choose to call this new deli?
bodega ˆ east village
"American Deli of Superior Quality." Them's fighting words.
bodega ˆ east village ˆ sign

Saturday, May 3rd

On Saturday afternoon, I put a new plant hook in the ceiling near my office window.
flux capacity ˆ home office ˆ plant
Ta-da! Now with plant!
flux capacity ˆ home office ˆ plant
me
Mr. Fix-it!
mirror ˆ me

Monday, May 5th

On Monday I put my bowl of breakfast pineapple down for a minute and then stopped to take a photo of all the yellow things.
hammer ˆ pineapple ˆ yellow

Friday, May 9th

Breakfast. My man-cooking is getting totally next level. (Living alone means that "mixing bowls" are now just regular bowls. Haha).
breakfast ˆ food ˆ fruit

Sunday, May 11th

jeet
Spent Sunday getting in a pre-birthday hang with this lovely and talking about the ever-present feeling of "OK, NOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WITH MY LIFE" over tomato soup and grilled cheeses at the short-lived BIKINIS on Ave C.
food ˆ soup ˆ jeet

Monday, May 12th

On Monday night a bunch of us went out to Pylos in the EV to...
jeet, jenny penny
...celebrate Gurj's birthday!
birthday ˆ jeet ˆ jenny penny
karen, me, quinn
Karen & Quinn!
karen ˆ me ˆ quinn
jeet, meredith, peter g
Jeet, Peter & Mer
jeet ˆ meredith ˆ peter g
jeet, jenny penny, josh adcock, juliette
So fun when Josh & Jenny bring Juliette out to party.
jeet ˆ jenny penny ˆ josh adcock ˆ juliette
jeet
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GURJEET!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ surprise ˆ jeet
juliette
Peek a boo with Juliette.
baby ˆ juliette
jeet, jenny penny, josh adcock, juliette
Time for bed!
jeet ˆ jenny penny ˆ josh adcock ˆ juliette

Tuesday, May 13th

Got a houseguest on Tuesday!
dog ˆ edie
maddy
Maddy is like...
dog ˆ maddy
maddy
...so over it.
dog ˆ maddy

Friday, May 16th

Friday was a crappy day and while sitting alone at Odessa looking at the menu, it occurred for me to order a beer there for the first time.
beer ˆ diner ˆ odessa
I read a book and felt like a genius. Beer at Odessa!
beer ˆ book ˆ odessa

Saturday, May 16th

On Saturday I went on a bike ride and explored around Battery Park.
buildings
Then I came home and spend the afternoon reading. I loved this book! But it's really hard...
book
maddy
...to read and stay awake when you've got a sleepy cuddler between your legs.
sleepy ˆ maddy
maddy
Eventually, I had to get up off the couch and do stuff, but I made sure to replace myself with a pillow before leaving. Haha.
pillow ˆ sleepy ˆ maddy
maddy
Little, propped-face fugger.
pillow ˆ sleepy ˆ maddy
Took Maddy and...
tompkins
maddy
...and Edie for their evening walk...
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
...and Tompkins was empty and looking extra springtime magical.
tompkins

Friday, May 23rd

On Friday afternoon I went up to Republic Records...
office space
fancy, jeet
...to see Gurj's fancy new office!
fancy ˆ jeet
fancy, jeet
Girl's got a couch in her office like WHAT! After luxuriating in her space, we headed over to the Hayden Planetarium together!
couch ˆ fancy ˆ jeet

Saturday, May 24th

Walked the dog on Saturday morning...
flowers ˆ tompkins
amanda, grant, hana
...and then biked over to Astor to meet up with Amanda, Grant and Hanna, who was in town visiting from Toronto.
subway platform ˆ amanda ˆ grant ˆ hana
amanda, grant, me
We went up to Grand Central and caught the Metro North train up to...
train ˆ amanda ˆ grant ˆ me
....Croton to visit...
train station
fatty
...Fatty & Marina! Fatty picked us up at the train station...
car ˆ fatty
...and on the way to the house, we stopped off at a neato nature park so Grant could see one of his friend's painting that were on display. They had turtles there!
turtle
fatty, marina
Back at the house, we got to meet Viotet...
baby ˆ violet ˆ fatty ˆ marina
henry
...and see how big Henry had gotten since we'd last seen him!
henry
amanda, fatty, grant
Schnacks!
treats ˆ amanda ˆ fatty ˆ grant
amanda
Dave & Marina's new baby Violet is adorable and doesn't seem to mind be held by strange adults.
violet ˆ amanda
me
So we took turn passing her around and enjoying her delightful baby goodness.
violet ˆ me
grant, marina
She even managed to win over Grant's tiny, child-hating heart!
best ˆ violet ˆ grant ˆ marina
grant
Hahaha. Buddies!
violet ˆ grant
amanda, henry
Henry modeled his line of superhero costumes...
superman ˆ amanda ˆ henry
amanda, henry
...and showed us some of his favorite books!
superman ˆ amanda ˆ henry
grant, henry, spiderman
Grant even reprised his role as a Times Square Spiderman for Henry.
grant ˆ henry ˆ spiderman
On the drive back to the train we stopped to check out the lovely Croton Falls.
waterfall
Sunset and clouds over the Hudson while waiting for the train.
clouds ˆ train station
maddy
Reunited with Dingus!
maddy

Sunday, May 25th

On Sunday afternoon, I woke up to a street fair going on outside my window on Avenue C.
parade ˆ street food
I went out to investigate-up a suitable carnival-food breakfast. Found these veggie street fair empanadas. Jackpot!
empanadas ˆ street food

Monday, May 26th

grant
Monday was Memorial Day. I helped Grant install his window AC unit and then we walked over to Forget Me Nots for a late lunch!
brunch ˆ grant
maddy
Later that afternoon, I was hanging out with Maddy and Edie on the couch and accidentally captured this action shot of Maddy jumping up onto the couch!
action shot ˆ jump ˆ maddy
maddy
I enjoyed the last evening of two whole weeks of two-dog goodness, before Randy came by in the evening to take Edie back home. Miss you, Edie!
maddy

Tuesday, May 27th

On Tuesday, I went to see the amazing Jodorowsky's Dune. (See this movie if you haven't!)
movie ˆ sign

Friday, May 30th

Smoke trees in Bloom!
jane anne, maddy
I feel like Maddy's selfie-game is really strong lately.
jane anne ˆ maddy

Saturday, May 31st

Late afternoon walk through the park.
tompkins
I went out to Siege's with Grant and we watched the excellent Beware of Mr. Baker. Crescent moon and rooftop antennae on the walk over.
moon ˆ roof
It was a nice night out, so Grant and I decided to walk home. We spotted this raccoon on our walk over to the bridge.
brooklyn ˆ nyc ˆ raccoon ˆ walking
Brooklyn raccoon!
brooklyn ˆ nyc ˆ raccoon ˆ walking
Space warp to Manhattan. Happy May 2014!
bridge ˆ nyc ˆ walking