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August 08, 2016

My 40th Birthday

Whoa, I turned forty. Here are the pics from my 40th birthday party and my actual birthday a few days later!

Saturday, August 6th

Woke up feeling excited / anxious! I like attending parties, but get a little stressed when I'm the host!
bedroom ˆ e9th apt
Picture perfect day!
e9th apt
Good news as the party was outside in the garden across the street!
e9th apt ˆ la plaza cultural
jane anne, meredith
Meredith & Jane Anne came over early to hang out.
birthday ˆ couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ jane anne ˆ meredith
scott
Then Scott & Erika surprised me by turning up early to help set up!
green chair ˆ scott
erika, meredith, scott, vin
As of 7pm, the park was ours to start setting up.
birthday ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ erika ˆ meredith ˆ scott ˆ vin
erika, grant, jane anne
Instead of actually helping set up...
la plaza cultural ˆ erika ˆ grant ˆ jane anne
erika, grant, jane anne, scott
I get to run around and take photos of my friends setting up
la plaza cultural ˆ erika ˆ grant ˆ jane anne ˆ scott
grant, jane anne
Shout out to Grant and Jane Anne who helped make my party awesome!
grant ˆ jane anne
grant, jane anne
Love you both! Thanks for everything!
best ˆ grant ˆ jane anne
Things were popping by 830! I was so happy to see so many people I love in one place.
best ˆ birthday
david k, jane anne, maddy, meredith
Meredith, Jane Anne & David
la plaza cultural ˆ david k ˆ jane anne ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
david k, jane anne, maddy, meredith
Hey, Bacardi get the party started.
booze ˆ candles ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ david k ˆ jane anne ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
david k, matt lesser
Matt & David.
david k ˆ matt lesser
jane anne, john roche
Jane & John.
jane anne ˆ john roche
me, sarah h
Preggo Sharrison came through!
birthday ˆ preggo ˆ me ˆ sarah h
david k
David made the rouge and dangerous decision to try a few tokes off my primo jazz cabbage. You can actually see him get high...
doober ˆ joint ˆ lifted ˆ david k
david k
...in these four frames...
doober ˆ joint ˆ lifted ˆ david k
david k
...that span nine seconds.
doober ˆ joint ˆ lifted ˆ david k
david k
HOW ARE YOU THIS HIGH 9 SECONDS LATER ALREADY? (I heard from David the next day that it took him almost 90 minutes to walk the "15 minute walk" back to his Nolita apt.
doober ˆ joint ˆ lifted ˆ david k
I love having my party in this garden. Such a great space to have in the neighborhood!
best ˆ garden ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ party
maddy, meredith, santi
Maddy is excited anytime she gets to spend time with Meredith.
maddy ˆ meredith ˆ santi
maddy, meredith
LOL.
laugh ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
We only had the garden until midnight and before we knew it...
...it was time to clean up! Thanks so much for coming out, everyone! Turning forty wasn't as bad as I thought it would be (even though I'm still wondering what I'm doing with my life).
next lev kev, susti
Late night crew...
next lev kev ˆ susti
jane anne
...came back and hung out at my apt!
jane anne

Sunday, August 7th

maddy
Day after my party recovery day! Took Maddy for a long walk.
walking ˆ maddy
One of my fave cars in the hood. 73 Toyota still looks brand new!
car
Came home and opened my presents from my party!
birthday ˆ gift
David got me a gift certificate to my favorite perfumery in Soho. Thanks, David!
gift ˆ perfume
Wasn't sure what John got me...
gift
...turned out to be a melodica!
gift ˆ melodica
me
It's like a little piano that you blow into via a little mouth-tube!
melodica ˆ mirror ˆ me
Ellen gave me this beautiful crystal-filled geode. Thanks, Ellen!
crystal ˆ geode ˆ gift
maddy
Read a bit with my lap buddy.
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ maddy
maddy
Until the she moved off my lap to follow the sunbeam.
asleep ˆ sunbathing ˆ maddy
Destroyed an footlong sandwich while watching....
food ˆ sandwich
...The Little Prince. If you tame me my life will be filled with sunshine!
tv

Monday, August 8th

me
Monday was my ACTUAL FORTIETH BIRTHDAY! Rolled out of bed and snapped a pic. It's official - you're on the BACK NINE!
birthday ˆ mirror ˆ me
I'd taken the day off and I walked to Bond Street to pick up...
parking lot ˆ rental car
...Mini Cooper convertible I'd rented for the day!
driving ˆ nyc ˆ rental car
Across the Manhattan Bridge!
bridge ˆ driving ˆ rental car
Mini Cooper has a weird, giant speedometer in the middle of the dash!
rental car
See you later, Manhattan!
driving ˆ nyc
All of the mannequins on Flatbush Ave have awesome, fat asses.
booty ˆ brooklyn ˆ mannequin
Made it to Jacob Riis beach parking lot around noon!
beach ˆ birthday ˆ parking lot ˆ rental car
Little beach lotion-up and a pre-game!
beach ˆ beer
Love to spend my birthday at the beach (even if it's by myself on a Monday!)
Stayed up a little after four and then decided to head home!
Birthday beach pic!
beach ˆ fort tilden
maddy, me
Came home to a dachshund very excited to see me. Was trying to take a regal birthday photo of us together...
mirror ˆ maddy ˆ me
maddy, me
...but someone kept trying to slip me the baloney tongue! (Ewwww!)
kiss ˆ mirror ˆ tongue ˆ maddy ˆ me
max
Had a birthday video call with Max who wanted me to see his developing "lava ball" skills. (His favorite game that I made up).
max
Afterwards, I went over to Richie Baxt's famous East Village apartment (Richie's Guitars!) and bought myself this gorgeous birthday present! My first acoustic guitar!
birthday ˆ gift ˆ guitar
me
First 40 in the bag! Thanks to everyone I've met along the way who made me smile and laugh along the way. Here's hoping for another 40 half as good! ;)
birthday ˆ me