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April, 2015

The April Roundup

Here are an assortment of photos I took in April 2015

Wednesday, April 1st

On Wednesday I rode my bike to Union Square to have my first meeting with LeagueApps as a prospective client. (The meeting went great and I ended up helping them with Product & Sales growth for the next 2 years!)
first time i met ˆ flux capacity ˆ leagueapps ˆ work
Garbage cans in the garbage = MIND BLOOOOOWN!
garbage ˆ meta
Gurj came to my aikido class with me and then afterwards we came back to my place for a Wednesday night sushi party...
food ˆ sushi
jared, jeet, meredith
...with this winning team!
sushi ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ meredith
When you get a ticket that tells you that the law and the devil are the same.
tickets
A bunch of the elm trees in my neighborhood got Dutch Elm's disease and were all spraypainted to be removed!
paint ˆ sign ˆ tree
So sad. See ya later trees!
east village ˆ trees ˆ truck
While out for our morning walk...
...Maddy spotted and had her daily standoff with one of the neighborhood chickens.
I know what you are and you taste delicious!
Got my favorite sandwich, the "2013" from Sunnie & Annie's deli...
...best eaten with two packs of wasabi seaweed!
Spent the evening running my guitar...
...through my new Jambox....
...and recorded a few of my songs in Garageband.

Wednesday, April 8th

Man-cooking breakfast...
...with a frozen fruit shake.
Wednesday night I went to aikido class...
...and my sensei gave me a book of essays on martial arts that he likes.

Thursday, April 9th

Thursday, 2:25am. Eating a mac & cheese right out of the pot, on the floor, in my underwear. Now this, is living.
Washed down the cheesy excellence with some mind-bending math talks from Michael Schneider, author of the wonderful book, A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe
math ˆ sacred geometry
Ancient Egyptian maths and the powers of two.
math ˆ sacred geometry ˆ video
"The essence of the numbers are not cultural, it's inherent to what the number is." MIND EXPLODES.
math ˆ sacred geometry ˆ video

Friday, April 10th

When I visited my brother and Amy in DC, I tried someone's slackline in the park and really enjoyed it so I ended up buying one on Amazon.
Took me a while to figure out how to set it up!
Also scored a little pocket version of The Art of Peace written by Ueshiba, the founder of aikido.
Later Friday afternoon, I biked over to Hell's Kitchen and picked up...
...this handsome new plant....
me
...and after going to aikido for a few weeks in gym clothes, I finally liked it enough to invest in a gi. Ta-da.
aikido ˆ gi ˆ mirror ˆ me
Got a drill to put up new shelves in my office.
drill
amanda, next lev kev
Later Friday evening, I met up with Kevin, Amanda....
korean food ˆ amanda ˆ next lev kev
jane anne, me
...and Jane Anne and we went to Boka for a Korean feast!
korean food ˆ jane anne ˆ me
Four-cheese dukbokki is the best mac n' cheese dish I've ever had. OMG!

Saturday, April 11th

On Saturday I took a cab up to Leigh's...
dog in a bag ˆ dogs ˆ edie
...and grabbed an Edie for a little dog-sitting adventure!
dog in a bag ˆ dogs ˆ edie
jane anne
Jane Anne likes to pick up my camera and leave me secret, ugly-face selfies to discover later on. Hahaha. So good.
ugly face ˆ jane anne

Sunday, April 12th

me
Went out to an Indian brunch with my aikido dojo after our early Sunday morning class.
aikido ˆ brunch ˆ indian food ˆ me

Monday, April 13th

I went out with the aikido gang again after Monday's evening class in order to say farewell to Subodh who was moving to CA!
aikido ˆ beer

Tuesday, April 14th

grant
Grant returned from his trip to Argentina and stopped by my place bright and early on Tuesday morning. He was crashing in my extra room for a few days until his apartment that he'd rented was free.
grant
Later that evening, I brought an unsuspecting Grant over to Amanda's...
...and we surprised him with an impromptu WELCOME BACK party!
Gang's all here!
amanda
Amanda even pulled together a make your own taco situation!
kitchen ˆ taco ˆ amanda
Don't mind if I do!
food ˆ taco
david k, jane anne, me
A rare picture of me not holding a camera!
david k ˆ jane anne ˆ me
carla, grant, leah
After dinner, there was even a surprise welcome back cake!
cake ˆ carla ˆ grant ˆ leah
astra, carla, siege
Welcome back dear...
cake ˆ astra ˆ carla ˆ siege
...Bell End! Haha.
cake
carla, david k, jane anne
DKNY, Carla & Jane Anne!
carla ˆ david k ˆ jane anne

Wednesday, April 15th

grant, maddy
Grant is in denial about liking dogs, but they sure like him. Hahah.
couch ˆ dogs ˆ e9th apt ˆ edie ˆ grant ˆ maddy
grant, maddy
Edie hops up onto his lap every chance she gets.
couch ˆ dogs ˆ e9th apt ˆ edie ˆ grant ˆ maddy
penelope
Penelope came over...
penelope
...and we Indian Feasted!
food ˆ indian food

Wednesday, April 15th

me
Post aikido-class elbow injury inspection.
aikido ˆ bruise ˆ ouch ˆ me
When you get flipped a hundred times a class, ouches tend to happen.
aikido ˆ bruise ˆ ouch

Thursday, April 16th

Enjoyed Edie's magic anti-grav ears.
dogs ˆ edie
Installed a new Brita filter that attaches to the sink. (Results, eh - it's ok).
DIY ˆ kitchen ˆ water
Edie is love with my Vornado space heater and plops down right in front of it every chance she gets. Haha.
dogs ˆ edie

Saturday, April 18th

maddy
Morning walk through the garden!
la plaza cultural ˆ maddy
maddy
Play opera while looking at this photo and I guarantee you will crack up.
dogs ˆ yawn ˆ maddy
maddy
Pretty much any sound effect works, actually.
dogs ˆ yawn ˆ maddy
maddy
Oh, I amuse you? Like a clown? Some kind of clown to you?
dogs ˆ maddy
funlap, rina
Later Saturday night I walked down to The Magician for a 2004 REUNION party put together by Dens, Rina & Jen! So much fun!
funlap ˆ rina
matt, tyson
Later in the evening, I stopped by the secret woods-house in the East Village that Ty was renting...
matt ˆ tyson
matt, tyson
...and hung out by the fire until the wee hours!
camping ˆ fire ˆ matt ˆ tyson

Sunday, April 19th

Strange, wispy hazy spiderwebby clouds over NYC all day on Sunday.
clouds
Obviously NYC has a lot of air traffic...
clouds
...but on some days the trails the planes leave seem to quickly expand....
clouds
...into a hazy fuzziness... 12:50pm
clouds
...that later turns into dense cloud-coverage in less than an hour (Solar Radiation Management)
clouds
maddy
Laid down for a little Sunday couch nap, and was quickly joined by Maddy...
couch ˆ dogs ˆ e9th apt ˆ maddy
maddy
...AND Edie! Hahah. Such cuddle buddies.
couch ˆ dogs ˆ e9th apt ˆ edie ˆ maddy
maddy
They are hilarious to walk together. They are always trying to race ahead in front of each other. I'm the leader of the pack. No, I'M the leader of the pack!
dogs ˆ edie ˆ walking ˆ maddy
Tompkins in bloom!
bloom ˆ flowers ˆ tompkins
catrinel
Went out to Brooklyn for a lovely dinner with Catrinel!
catrinel
maddy
Nice, lil Sunday.
dogs ˆ maddy

Monday, April 20th

Yaaaas.
On Tuesday morning, they were shooting a movie across the street from me.
They'd converted Esperanto into a fictional restaurant called PANCAKE PARADISE!
The movie was "How to Be Single."
Thai lunch with my sun-snoozing ladies.
ellen, grant, matt, meredith
Later that evening, Matt, Meredith & Ellen came over! Mer was getting ready to take a trip with Dylan for the first time!
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ ellen ˆ grant ˆ matt ˆ meredith
ellen, meredith
Ellen cracking up because she arrived at my apartment after they had packed up filmed for the day, and she was so excited about the prospect of getting to eat at PANCAKE PARADISE! (Awww, you mean it's not real? No pancakes?)
couch ˆ laugh ˆ ellen ˆ meredith
ellen, piper
Aww, Piper!
dogs ˆ ellen ˆ piper
In the wee hours of the evening, Matt and I walked over to 3rd Street...
matt, tyson
...for another evening of East Village campfire!
matt ˆ tyson

Wednesday, April 22nd

maddy
The looks Maddy gives me are very specific. This one: Got more bone? This one finish.
dogs ˆ maddy
Edie's love affair with my exotic space heater Vornado continues. When you call her name...
dogs ˆ edie
...she just look at you but can't be torn away.
dogs ˆ edie

Friday, April 24th

On Friday afternoon, I biked downtown to meet a prospective client.
flux capacity ˆ work
No dice, but nice views!
flux capacity ˆ skyline ˆ work

Saturday, April 25th

On Saturday afternoon....
band
...I tagged along to watch the Rejects play a quick show!
band
Fun to be able to watch side-stage...
band
tyson
...and then go out into the crowd!
band ˆ phone ˆ tyson
Fin!
band
maddy
Stopped back at home to hang with the monkeys (Edie's butt on the pillow! Ha!)
dogs ˆ edie ˆ maddy
Then met up with Vin in Brooklyn...
...to see a bunch of screamo bands at Brooklyn Night Bazaar! The bands were great, but I felt like a parent waiting for my kids at the roller rink; the smell of fried goodies and hormones thick in the air.
On my way home, I stopped by Ty's....
...for a post-show campfire hang.
Oops Berries & Poodles!
matt, tyson
Got drunk as a skunk and talked about life with these two lovelies.
camping ˆ east village ˆ fire ˆ matt ˆ tyson

Tuesday, April 28th

New growing boxes in the La Plaza plots!
maddy
Maddy growling at the chickens in their coop.
chickens ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ maddy
Been pretty obsessed with songwriting lately. Getting there.
chords ˆ guitar ˆ song
Had an excellent afternoon of meetings with the awesome team at LeagueApps (my favorite new client!)....
...came back home to discover that my frozen wheatgrass juice had been delivered from Canada.
They send you wheatgrass juice ice cubes...
...put then in a glass and add water! Voila, instant terrible!

Wednesday, April 29th

Had Wednesday off! Cleaned my apartment and took care of all my plants.
me
Nature boy! Tee-hee-hee.
mirror ˆ naked ˆ me
Riding my bike wore-out the ass of my favorite shorts! Noooo!
Walked over to the Russian Baths to sweat and plunge!
grant
And then met up with Grant at the Big O for a late lunch. Clean plate club!
diner ˆ odessa ˆ grant

Thursday, April 30th

More weird wispy clouds on Thursday!
clouds
Weird.
clouds
Gently caught a huge bumblebee that had somehow found his way into my apartment.
So pretty! Took him over to the garden and set him free!
maddy
Squinty Shortlegs.
squinty ˆ maddy
jane anne
Ended the month wooing Jane Anne with a Nutella dessert-pizza! ;) Happy, April 2015!
pizza ˆ treats ˆ jane anne

1 comment

  • ellen hartdecember 6, 2017

    LOLOL PANCAKE PARADISE (a girl can dream).