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October, 2016

The October Roundup

Here are all the photos I took in October 2016 that didn't end up in their own entry

Saturday, October 1st

On Saturday I took the NJ Transit bus from Penn Station down to the Jersey Shore. Guy in front of me was rocking Steel Reserve in the morning!
beer ˆ bus
amy b, brett, dad, mom
My parents had rented family beach house in LBI!
amy b ˆ brett ˆ dad ˆ mom
max
Max was excited to show me his superhero costumes.
mask ˆ max

Sunday, October 2nd

max
On Sunday morning we Amy, Emily and I loaded Max up...
max
amy b, emily b, max
...and headed to a nearby mall.
mall ˆ amy b ˆ emily b ˆ max
One of the window displays had "ironic" 80s metal looks. Holy shit, getting old is weird.
mall ˆ mannequin ˆ metal ˆ wtf
Interesting to see people creating alternative businesses within empty retail spaces!
mall ˆ museum ˆ sign
amy b, max
The mall store turned into a weird hands on playground for kids. They had a grocery store section.
museum ˆ amy b ˆ max
max, me
Police & fire dept section.
fireman ˆ helmet ˆ max ˆ me
Leaving New York, it was surprising to see all the signs everywhere in support of Trump.
election ˆ sign

Monday, October 3rd

Monday morning! Grabbed a cup of morning coffee...
coffee
...and headed out to enjoy the lovely back deck view...
beach house ˆ boat
me
...and puff a little morning doober.
doober ˆ sunglasses ˆ me
A little later that morning...
jersey shore
...I walked over...
beach ˆ jersey shore
...the beach...
beach
dad
...with my dad.
beach ˆ jersey shore ˆ dad
max, mom
Mom & Max playing in the sand.
beach ˆ jersey shore ˆ max ˆ mom
After, we hit a nearby diner for lunch.
breakfast ˆ diner ˆ food ˆ pancakes ˆ waffle

Thursday, October 6th

Back in the city on Thursday and went out for veggie ramen!
food ˆ japanese food

Friday, October 7th

matt
St Marks donuts and a dog walk with Matt.
donut ˆ thumbs up ˆ matt

Saturday, October 8th

On Saturday I made fast friends with this bodgeda cat. Sometimes I'm wary of cats....If I pet you, are you going to scratch me? But when they're wearing a bowtie, you know they're cool. lol
bodega ˆ bowtie ˆ cat
ellen, maddy, meredith, the dude
Went north out of the city to visit Ellen and Hans at their new home for the first time! Congrats, you two! Meredith was there and was one day away from leaving for her trip to Myanmar to visit Jack.
dogs ˆ ellen ˆ maddy ˆ meredith ˆ the dude
Before heading home, Ellen made us cotton candy with her fancy cotton candy machine! What?
cotton candy
maddy, me
Maddy like to lay on my biomat heating pad with me.
biomat ˆ maddy ˆ me
maddy, me
When that fall weather hits it always helps to cuddle your ween!
cuddle ˆ maddy ˆ me

Monday, October 10th

Was designing a desk / murphy bed sideways pulldown!
bed ˆ drawing
me
Spent the afternoon catching up with frenz. I has some.
phone ˆ me

Tuesday, October 11th

Morning La Plaza sunshine...
la plaza cultural
maddy
...and chicken chasing with Maddy.
la plaza cultural ˆ maddy

Wednesday, October 12th

On Thursday my new Apec Reverse Osmosis 5-stage water filter arrived! No more water bottles everywhere.
filter ˆ water
Unpacking!
filter ˆ water
As soon as I started trying to install it, I broke my rusty-ass drain pipe! Just one more thing to do!
broken ˆ sink

Friday, October 14th

flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ whiteboard ˆ work

Saturday, October 15th

grant, me
Met up with Grant at the Tompkins crescent of benches (The Crez)
sunglasses ˆ tompkins ˆ grant ˆ me
jane anne
I took a picture of this because watching people watch things is Jane Anne's fave.
tv ˆ jane anne

Sunday, October 16th

me
Sunday evening I used a face mask that Jane gave me.
mask ˆ me

Monday, October 17th

me
DO I LOOK ANY PRETTIER?
me

Tuesday, October 18th

Watched one of the red-tailed hawks land on the cross of a church.
church ˆ hawk ˆ tompkins

Wednesday, October 19th

maddy
October cuddle buddy.
maddy
Headed out to Coney Island with Grant!
beach ˆ coney island ˆ ferris wheel
grant, me
We have a tradition each year where we like to see how late in the year we can go to the beach.
beach ˆ beer ˆ boardwalk ˆ coney island ˆ sunglasses ˆ grant ˆ me
It only counts if you swim! October 19th was a new record!
beach ˆ coney island
grant
It's the end of the season so you have to get a beer AND an ice cream, ok?
ice cream ˆ truck ˆ grant
I like this logo.
ice cream

Thursday, October 20th

Got me a soft spot for neighborhood RIP flyers.
east village
See you around, Jimmy!
RIP ˆ east village ˆ flyer
Went into LeagueApps and they got a new fancy logo on the wall.
flux capacity ˆ leagueapps ˆ sign ˆ work

Friday, October 21st

On Friday I went to the MiN perfume store and picked out a fragrance with the gift card that David had gotten me for my 40th birthday. Thanks, David I smell real good.
gift ˆ perfume
Ate a fancy beet infused burrata all by myself on the way home.
food

Saturday, October 22nd

jeet, karen
On Saturday I met up with Karen and Gurj and we saw Phantogram.
jeet ˆ karen
I also ate a burger with an egg on it.
burger ˆ egg ˆ food

Tuesday, October 25th

On Tuesday night I went to a benefit party at the LES Girls Club. This piece of art is entirely made out of paper plates!!!!
Awesome mosaic bathroom.
art ˆ bathroom ˆ mural
maddy
Came home to find this sleepy snoozer with her paws crossed under the blanket.
asleep ˆ blanket ˆ maddy

Thursday, October 27th

Spent Thursday afternoon at LeagueApps helping them plan to hire more staff! My favorite kind of work.
flux capacity ˆ leagueapps ˆ whiteboard ˆ work

Friday, October 28th

maddy
Headed to the train station on Friday morning.
bag ˆ maddy
Took the train down to DC to celebrate Max's birthday!
river ˆ train
maddy, me
Laughing at Maddy always needing to put her head out the window in the taxi.
driving ˆ taxi ˆ maddy ˆ me
max, me
Max is always excited to see me!
mask ˆ max ˆ me
We did a little bit of painting and then we headed...
...to a nearby playground for a joint-kids birthday party!
max
Lol, so excited about cake.
birthday ˆ cake ˆ max
max
Happy birthday, Max!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ max
Also scored a pretty sweet....
max
...fireman outfit!
birthday ˆ fireman ˆ max
brett, max
That swingset feeling.
swings ˆ brett ˆ max

Saturday, October 29th

brett
On Saturday morning I helped Brett assemble Max's birthday bike.
bike ˆ brett
amy b, max, teddy
Max outside waiting for his gift.
amy b ˆ max ˆ teddy
max
He was pretty excited!
bike ˆ birthday ˆ max
amy b, brett, max
The inaugural ride!
bike ˆ birthday ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ max

Sunday, October 30th

After breakfast...
...Max wanted to head back out and ride his bike some more.
brett, max
Haha. Love this pic!
best ˆ bike ˆ brett ˆ max
maddy, max, me
I also love Max's serious expression about his seed-podling sword I'd fashioned for him in the yard as he wished me and Maddy farewell.
best ˆ sword ˆ maddy ˆ max ˆ me

Monday, October 31st

Went into Voray on Monday afternoon.
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
Monday night I went to a new hotel in Tribeca to meet up with...
leigh
...Leigh who was 8 months pregnant at the time and dressed like a bottle of whiskey. Lol.
booze ˆ halloween ˆ preggo ˆ leigh
mike n
Happy October 2016!
halloween ˆ mike n