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July, 2014

The July Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in July 2014 that didn't end up in their own entry.

Tuesday, July 1st

Tuesday evening in July. Watching the sun through my living room window...
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ sunset
maddy
...and sitting with Maddy while she chew some rawhide.
living room ˆ maddy

Wednesday, July 2nd

On Wednesday my friend Lisa come over in the evening for reiki.
east village ˆ sunset
Another great sunset.
east village ˆ sunset

Thursday, July 3rd

catrinel, ellen
On Thursday night I went out to Brooklyn to celebrate Cat's birthday! We hung out on the roof deck...
roof ˆ catrinel ˆ ellen
...and watched ominous rain clouds roll in!
clouds
catrinel
I love when people aren't sure if they're in the photo frame or not...
catrinel
catrinel
...so they move closer to your middle. Love this one!
catrinel
catrinel, emily g, sarah h
Stuffed myself with Italian food and...
catrinel ˆ emily g ˆ sarah h
bruno, catrinel
...got to watch this one make a wish. Happy birthday, Catrinel!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ bruno ˆ catrinel
bruno, grant, me
Cat snapped this pic of me and Bruno bookending Grant in navy.
bruno ˆ grant ˆ me
catrinel, ellen, piper
Birthday kisses from Ellen & Piper.
kiss ˆ catrinel ˆ ellen ˆ piper
grant
Extreme Subway Insertions Vol XIV
subway platform ˆ umbrella ˆ grant
Keep on heading towards the light
stairs ˆ subway platform

Friday, July 4th

On Friday night I went over to Sarah's rooftop to watch...
4th of july ˆ roof
...the 4th of July fireworks.
4th of july ˆ fireworks ˆ roof
karen, sarah
It wasn't windy or anything. 2014 was all about messy hair.
4th of july ˆ roof ˆ karen ˆ sarah
ellen, hans
After the fireworks were over, we headed downstairs to 3A and enjoyed...
apt 3a ˆ ellen ˆ hans
hans, piper
...dogs and...
hans ˆ piper
ellen
...the weird commercials of soapy man-asses that you only see when the Robin Byrd Show is playing.
man ass ˆ tv ˆ ellen
maddy
Came home to find this one looking like this. Not a big fan of fireworks exploding constantly.
nervous ˆ maddy

Saturday, July 5th

maddy
Spent my Saturday hanging out with these two hounds.
couch ˆ edie ˆ maddy
me
A new book I ordered on Amazon arrived and when I noticed the cover I was delighted to see I'd worn the appropriate shirt. Mind Magic The Ecstasy of Freeing Creative Power by Bill Harvey
best ˆ book ˆ me
maddy, me
As soon as I laid down to read, I got two couch buddies.
edie ˆ maddy ˆ me
me
Good Saturday.
book ˆ me

Sunday, July 6th

Walked the hounds and then biked down to the F to the A to...
subway platform
grant, me
...Rockaway Beach with two flavors of Utz!
chips ˆ treats ˆ grant ˆ me
It was the first time I'd been out to Far Rock since Hurricane Sandy. Crazy to see that the entire boardwalk was completely gone and they had up fencing everywhere.
beach ˆ fence ˆ rockaway beach
matt
Later in the afternoon, we met up with Matt and a friend of his (who had the best Bay Watch-ish one piece!) and their beach picture was so good that it forced Grant and I...
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ matt
grant, me
...to up our beach-pose ante. (Hat-hold and tricep-flexdown FOR THE WIN!)
beach ˆ gay ˆ rockaway beach ˆ grant ˆ me

Tuesday, July 8th

maddy, meredith
On Tuesday Mer came over to spend some quality time with the hound ladies.
edie ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Wednesday, July 9th

On Wednesday morning I walked over to City Hall. When this guy calls your number, that means...
city hall
brian b
...IT'S TIME TO GET MARRIED!
city hall ˆ brian b
We all gathered to watch...
wedding
brian b
...Christopher & Brian (my reiki teacher) get married!
wedding ˆ brian b
brian b
Congratulations!
wedding ˆ brian b
After the ceremony, we headed east towards Chinatown.
chinatown ˆ walking
Groom flowers.
flowers ˆ wedding
I love the pattern on these blocks.
brian b
After about a ten-minute walk, we arrived at GOLDEN UNICORN Dim Sum Restaurant.
best ˆ dim sum ˆ wedding ˆ brian b
brian b
Great place for a wedding reception!
dim sum ˆ party ˆ wedding ˆ brian b
brian b
It was nice to meet some of Brian's friends. I ended up chatting with the guy next to me who told me that he'd started a small punk rock label back in day that we wasn't sure if I'd heard of it or not...
dim sum ˆ party ˆ wedding ˆ brian b

Wednesday, July 9th

Jellyfish clouds.
clouds
Walking through Tompkins, one of the baby hawks was hanging on a lampost.
hawk ˆ tompkins
Only a little bigger than a pigeon (they get a lot bigger when they're fully grown).
hawk ˆ tompkins
This was a really busy time in my life but I was also making time to practice mindfulness meditation for at least 20 minutes every day. I have written in my diary that this was my 50th consecutive day without missing. (I didn't make it to a 100 days) Pick yourself up and start over again! ;)
flower ˆ plant
ellen, hans, jared, jeet, karen, matt, meredith, peter g, quinn, sarah, the ktb
Later in the evening I went to La Palapa party room to celebrate Karen's birthday!
best ˆ birthday ˆ ellen ˆ hans ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ karen ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ peter g ˆ quinn ˆ sarah ˆ the ktb
matt, meredith, the ktb
Post-ordering outdoor shenanigans.
matt ˆ meredith ˆ the ktb
matt, meredith, the ktb
That face ladies make when they're touching man boob!
tit squeeze ˆ matt ˆ meredith ˆ the ktb
Happy birthday, Karen!
Glad to know ya!
With each year that passes, it's harder and harder for everyone to get together and celebrate all the little milestones in life. Very thankful for all of you! ;)
matt, the ktb
What? How do you eat cake?
best ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ matt ˆ the ktb
ellen, meredith, sarah
This night was really funny all around. I definitely remember that Meredith and Sarah got into an argument about "how many other holes are there INSIDE a vagina. (3?) Quote of the night: "Do, I count my asshole as part of my vagina because it's also 'down there?' "
ellen ˆ meredith ˆ sarah
meredith, quinn, the ktb
Patterned Dress Gang.
meredith ˆ quinn ˆ the ktb

Thursday, July 10th

Watched a bunch of religion lectures recorded at Yale.
laptop

Friday, July 11th

I love these flowers.
flowers
Perfect.
flowers
Clouds and...
clouds
...fuzzy-focused construction lights.
buildings ˆ construction

Saturday, July 12th

Bury me, underneath.
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ sign
grant, penelope
Saturday for the books! Biked down to meet Grant and get breakfast sandwiches at Dimes. Penny and Jared came to meet us...
beach ˆ laugh ˆ rockaway beach ˆ grant ˆ penelope
...and we got frozen pina coladas from Connolly's!
beach ˆ girly drinks ˆ rockaway beach
jared
The best.
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ jared
grant, penelope
Right when we were about to get another round of Pina Coladas, someone walked by us on the beach selling especially potent locally-made alcoholic beach drinks called which are colloquially called Nutcrackers!
best ˆ nutcracker ˆ rockaway beach ˆ grant ˆ penelope
They are tiny and devastating. It's always a good idea to split it with a few people because you really have no idea how much alcohol is even in the thing. Probably not enough to kill four adults, right? Of course not, that's why you split it up!
beach ˆ booze ˆ nutcracker ˆ rockaway beach
grant, penelope
They should call them Bikini Peelers!
beach ˆ grant ˆ penelope
jared
Jared had a slightly different reaction to the Nutcracker.
asleep ˆ beach ˆ passed out ˆ jared
grant, penelope
Visor tastic.
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ visor ˆ grant ˆ penelope
jared, penelope
Stopped off to smash a few slices...
food ˆ pizza ˆ rockaway beach ˆ jared ˆ penelope
jared, penelope
...before catching the subway home. Awesome beach day, guys!
rockaway beach ˆ subway platform ˆ jared ˆ penelope

Sunday, July 13th

Walked to the Kmart at Astor Place and bought me very first real vacuum cleaner! Up until this point, I had always used wet cloths and a dust buster to vacuum. I got a Shark vacuum that is awesome...
vacuum
...I had to dump the canister out like 10 times while vacuuming my tiny apt! Gnarly!
gross ˆ vacuum
Rewarded all my cleaning hard work with a 2013 sandwich from Sunny & Annie's Deli. I feel like incredible bodega sandwiches are a pretty solid winning counter-argument to any kind downside to living in NYC.
sandwich
Well, sandwiches like that and bars like Lucy's!
bar ˆ east village ˆ lucys
Grant was leaving the next day to spend the rest of the summer in Vancouver...
bar ˆ lucys
grant, me
...so we decided to grab a few drinks and say farewell.
bar ˆ lucys ˆ grant ˆ me
East Village 12:22am on a Monday.
lucys ˆ pool
me
Got caught in the pouring rain on the walk home but it was nice.
rain ˆ me

Monday, July 14th

amanda, craig, cynthia
On Monday night I went to a TACO PARTY at Casa de Wang! I was reading a meditation book written by the HeartMath Institute and I have written down in my diary that I was practicing their technique on the subway ride to Brooklyn.

My notes: "With each in-breath, feel GRATITUDE IN YOUR HEART, with each out-breath, feel LOVE IN YOUR SOLAR PLEXUS.
(From: The HeartMath Solution)
house party ˆ taco ˆ amanda ˆ craig ˆ cynthia

Thursday, July 17th

Biking home from my 5th consecutive week of working for SinglePlatform I watched these crazy VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) V-22 Ospreys coming in for a landing at the heliport on the East River.
airplane ˆ helicopter
Pretty sure Obama was in town.
airplane ˆ helicopter

Friday, July 18th

Was so happy about my vacuum, that I decided to get a new steam cleaner vacuum (after my old one broke).
vacuum
For dinner on Friday I tried ordering a vegetarian meal from the new Ethiopian restaurant that opened nearby.
ethiopian food ˆ food
The meal was five different kinds of veggies all wrapped up in a giant piece of sourish flatbread. Mmmmmm.
ethiopian food ˆ food
If you're wondering where I am I'm probably listening to TAL and rolling around stretching on my floor.
podcast

Saturday, July 19th

rachael
On Saturday afternoon I went out to a picnic in Prospect park to celebrate Rachael's birthday!
birthday ˆ picnic ˆ rachael
rachael
Nice to drink beers on the lawn...
baseball ˆ birthday ˆ rachael
rachael
...and take turns playing whiffle ball! Happy birthday, Ray!
baseball ˆ birthday ˆ rachael
I walked home under these weird powdery clouds...
clouds
...and got myself a two-tone.
ice cream

Sunday, July 20th

jane anne
On Sunday afternoon Jane Anne came over for a mid-summer pizza party!
pizza ˆ jane anne
That strawberry, pecorino, truffle oil & honey crostini, still haunts me. FUUUUUU.
food ˆ pizza

Tuesday, July 22nd

maddy, me
Buddy time.
maddy ˆ me

Thursday, July 24th

Chilling.
New camera arrived.
Test selfie. Seems to be in working order.
maddy
Yes, but can you shoot plants with it?
la plaza cultural ˆ maddy
maddy
Took Maddy for a walk through the La Plaza garden and around the block.
garden ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ maddy
On the way home we ran into my neighbor Theresa and her mom and her baby, Sparrow.
theresa
Cutest kid ever. He was super-interested in Maddy.
baby ˆ sparrow ˆ theresa
maddy, theresa
Theresa's mom snapped this great pic of the four of us.
baby ˆ best ˆ sparrow ˆ maddy ˆ theresa
maddy
Tompkins looking lovely.
tompkins ˆ maddy
Full bloom.
bloom ˆ flowers ˆ tompkins
smoke tree
Pretty gradient leaves of the American Smoketree (Cotinus)
tompkins ˆ smoke tree

Friday, July 25th

me
I'm not very good at doing basic chores or anything to do with fashion. So it was a double-whammy when I found out Leigh's upcoming 30th birthday would require me to wear "Nautical Attire." After full two hours of looking around in 4 or 5 different stores (a serious nightmare-scenario for me) where I had to ask other humans "Hi, do you have anything someone might where on a boat?" I settled on these bad boys. Nautical enough? (There are very few people I like enough to do something like this!)
mirror ˆ me

Saturday, July 26th

amanda, astra, naomi
Amanda, Leigh & Kim all have the same birthday! This mega-birthday extravaganza kicked off with Amanda's birthday out at Rockaway! Here's the birthday girl along with fellow beach heartbreakers, Naomi & Astra.
beach ˆ best ˆ birthday ˆ rockaway beach ˆ amanda ˆ astra ˆ naomi
catrinel
Beach picnic!
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ catrinel
catrinel, fatty
Got to see this guy (whose birthday is just 4 days later!)
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ sunglasses ˆ catrinel ˆ fatty
amanda
Happy birthday, Amanda!
al ˆ birthday ˆ rockaway beach ˆ amanda
me
Made it back to my apartment, washed the beach out of my hair, slipped on my recently purchased nautical ensemble...
mirror ˆ me
...and headed over to a pier on the Hudson for a sunset cruise around Manhattan to celebrate Leigh's 30th birthday!
boat
alex d
A-hoy!
andy s ˆ boat ˆ alex d
ryan m
Ryan & Amy
boat ˆ sunset ˆ ryan m
jon c, sarah
Sarah & Jon.
jon c ˆ sarah
Sunset behind the Jerz.
buildings ˆ sunset
On a course for the Statue of Liberty
boat
Close encounter with the FDNY fire boat. I'd never seen one of these before.
boat ˆ nyfd
may k, mike n
May & Mike.
may k ˆ mike n
It's weird to think that just a few years ago no one else had a camera. Hahah.
statue of liberty
jon c, sarah
Twilight under the Manhattan.
bridge ˆ jon c ˆ sarah
leigh, sarah
After the sun had set, everyone came below deck...
leigh ˆ sarah
...for cupcakes.
cupcakes
After we'd finished the cupcakes, it was time for cake.
leigh
Wishin!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ leigh
leigh
Spraaankles.
birthday ˆ cake ˆ leigh
ian bradley, leigh
Happy 30th, Leigh!
cake ˆ ian bradley ˆ leigh
leigh
A league of Lezarks.
leigh
leigh, scott m
Let's hear it for roommates in the naughties!
leigh ˆ scott m
leigh
Happy birthday, Leigh!
best ˆ birthday ˆ boat ˆ leigh
leigh
Birthday girl returned safely to the land!
birthday ˆ boat ˆ leigh
alex d, ryan m
These charming men.
andy s ˆ alex d ˆ ryan m
alex d, leigh
Happy 30th, Leigh!
birthday ˆ flowers ˆ alex d ˆ leigh
After a day at the beach, and a full booze cruise, I still somehow managed to rally...
boat
matt, the ktb
...and head out to Brooklyn to raise a glass to Kim!
birthday ˆ matt ˆ the ktb
Caught a cab back to Manhattan with Matt and made it back home to my living room by 2am!
living room

Sunday, July 27th

Spent Sunday recovering from Saturday. Pretty Queen Anne's Lace I snapped...
flowers ˆ plant ˆ sacred geometry
maddy
...while walking Maddy by the East River.
east river park ˆ maddy
There's a big locker where they store the equipment to teach people how to ride bikes and it's covered in awesome chalk drawings.
chalk ˆ drawing
Hand-sized hibiscus!
flowers ˆ plant
ellen
Met up with Ellen for lunch at Sidewalk Cafe.
brunch ˆ ellen

Tuesday, July 29th

Love these.
leaf ˆ plant
On Tuesday afternoon, I took the ferry out to Governor's Island...
boat ˆ ferry
...for a team outing with the SinglePlatform tech & product teams. We got our frisbee on.
flux capacity ˆ picnic ˆ singleplatform ˆ work

Wednesday, July 30th

If you're ever wondering why I'm not posting photos here so much anymore, it's because a few years ago I got lost in the world of music. Now instead of working on this site, a lot of nights I just end up playing guitar until my eyes don't stay open. Happy July 2014!
garageband ˆ guitar ˆ headphones ˆ laptop ˆ living room