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June, 2017

The June Roundup

Here all all the pics I took in June 2017 that didn't end up in their own entry.

Wednesday, June 7th

me
Oh hi there. June already? Wednesday was my first morning back in NYC after spending a week up at the cabin by myself in the woods for the first time .
messy hair ˆ me
Sad sign posted in La Plaza about Hyacinth, one of the chickens, being killed!
chicken ˆ la plaza cultural

Thursday, June 8th

The are always building cool weird things in La Plaza.
la plaza cultural ˆ pyramid
There is also a few new beds of medicinal plants for everyone to use.
la plaza cultural
maddy
We explored the new plants on our walk.
la plaza cultural ˆ maddy
There were also getting ready to plant a bunch of fruit trees! Moon glow pear trees!
Two months later after I last spotted it out for the trash at the end of April, the cursed clown art wood carving made a haunting reappearance in La Plaza. Please someone burn this already!
art ˆ clown ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ scary ˆ wtf
grant, jeet
On Thursday night we met up on the West Side because for Gurj's birthday last month I'd surprised her with tickets to see...
birthday ˆ food ˆ grant ˆ jeet
derren brown, jeet
...Derren Brown's new show SECRET!
birthday ˆ derren brown ˆ jeet
derren brown, grant, jared, jeet
I was really excited to surprise her with the fact that I'd scored FRONT ROW seats! (Snaps suspenders)
theater ˆ derren brown ˆ grant ˆ jared ˆ jeet
derren brown
The show was AWESOME!
stage ˆ theater ˆ derren brown
grant, jared, jeet, me
Happy birthday, Gurj! I love you! <3
grant ˆ jared ˆ jeet ˆ me

Friday, June 9th

derren brown
Found this souvenir from the show in my pocket the next morning.
derren brown

Saturday, June 10th

vin
Vin randomly texted me that he was walking over the bridge and asked if I wanted to meet up for a bite.
breakfast ˆ vin
That face when you are looking for love and...
...wah wah. Takes a whole lot of swiping to reach the bottom of the Tinder dating barrel in NYC!

Monday, June 12th

On Monday I took the subway out to the beach to meet up with Grant. Passing the giant cemetery is always a reminder that it's always worthwhile to make time for a beach day!
cemetary ˆ subway
grant, kristina
Later that evening, I met back up with Grant and Kristina who was in town from California...
tompkins ˆ grant ˆ kristina
grant, kristina
...and we went to a movie in Kip's Bay...
movie ˆ grant ˆ kristina
...where we had the theater to ourselves!
movie ˆ theater
Afterward's we hit Lucy's for a few late night drinks.
bar ˆ east village ˆ lucys
Besides a guy playing pool by himself...
lucys ˆ pool
...we were the only people in the place.
bar ˆ east village ˆ lucys ˆ mirror

Tuesday, June 13th

me
Took some tasteful mirror fitness progress nudes on Tuesday. In my depression over the winter I had lost a ton of weight and gotten really skinny and was working hard to beef back up.
mirror ˆ naked ˆ me
maddy
WHERE ARE YOUR PANTS THO?
maddy

Wednesday, June 14th

Wednesday evening in Tompkins...
clouds
...and there was a big group of people watching the red-tailed hawks and their babies.
tompkins

Thursday, June 15th

Friday, June 16th

police ˆ sandwich ˆ tompkins
Spotted this one on my way up to visit Leigh on the Upper East Side. Love me an occupational vanity plate! Heart surgeon, I'm guessing?
license plate
lukas
Hung out with adorable baby Lukas...
baby ˆ bandana ˆ cute ˆ lukas
lukas
...giving me doe-eyes in his cute lil bandana.
baby ˆ bandana ˆ cute ˆ lukas
Lukas was so sweet and shy and cute and then when we took him out onto to the street to see other people...
lukas
...he instantly went to "Throwing shade" LEVEL 1000! Definitely takes after mom! Lol
baby ˆ best ˆ lukas

Saturday, June 17th

Had a...
...rainy Saturday afternoon at home!
Spent the afternoon in my weirdo living room...
e9th apt ˆ living room
...playing my guitar and...
guitar
...going through all my recorded song sketches from the previous month...
notes ˆ songwriting
...and giving the different sketches working titles...
notes ˆ songwriting
...and grouping together the recordings that were related.
notes ˆ songwriting
I took all these pictures so I'd have a backup of all my hard work in case I lost my little song workbook
notes ˆ songwriting
The working titles that I highlighted in orange...
notes ˆ songwriting
...are the songs that I think show the most promise and that I should keep working on. I need a process to be creative and it's been fun taking a similar process that I've used to make this site for years and try to transport it over to songwriting.
notes ˆ songwriting
Later that afternoon I watched a bunch Buckminster Fuller videos about vector equilibrium....
e9th apt ˆ home office
...then I did some work on this website!
computer ˆ ikad ˆ meta

Sunday, June 18th

maddy, me
Celebrated Father's Day on Sunday with my favorite lil daughter. Such a happy fuzzworm!
bed ˆ cuddle ˆ maddy ˆ me
grant
Grant came over to give me this housewarming gift for my cabin!
cabin ˆ gift ˆ grant
Took this cherry photo of some berries in La Plaza that weren't actually cherries.
cherry ˆ plants
jane anne
Jane Anne came over for a visit after she got out of church.
jane anne

Monday, June 19th

maddy
Had a nice lazy afternoon hanging with Maddy.
couch ˆ maddy
meredith
Went up to have dinner at Meredith's. It rained and afterwards...
window ˆ meredith
...there was a gorgeous rainbow.
buildings ˆ nyc ˆ rainbow
major, meredith
Good to see you, buddy!
major ˆ meredith

Tuesday, June 20th

cynthia
On Tuesday evening Shawn lured Cynthia over to a bar on the East River under the auspices that she was there to help with a catering event....and we were all waiting there to surprise her for her birthday!
birthday ˆ surprise ˆ cynthia
craig, cynthia, graham, jennifer, shawn m
SURPRISE! Happy birthday, Cynthia!
craig ˆ cynthia ˆ graham ˆ jennifer ˆ shawn m
grant, me, siege
We had been requested to wear stripes! Handsome man navy!
sailor ˆ grant ˆ me ˆ siege
kerri, shawn m, soli
Lovely place to celebrate Cynthia's birthday and watch the summer sun set!
kerri ˆ shawn m ˆ soli
amy l, katie
Grant had brought his new friend Amy along.
amy l ˆ katie
catrinel, siege
Clayton & Cat.
catrinel ˆ siege
jennifer
Cake time!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ jennifer
cynthia, jennifer, shawn m
Make a wish!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ cynthia ˆ jennifer ˆ shawn m
cynthia, shawn m
After cake it was time for presents! Shawn had gotten her...
birthday ˆ cynthia ˆ shawn m
cynthia, shawn m
...a chef's coat and an apron!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ gift ˆ cynthia ˆ shawn m
cynthia, shawn m
Happy birthday, Cynthia! We love you! <3 Thanks for planning a great surprise, Shawn!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ cynthia ˆ shawn m

Tuesday, June 20th

grant
Classic texts from G Sto. Grant's reply when I told him it was nice to meet the new gal he was dating. (Maybe a bit of an overshare but made me laugh so hard when I saw this in my photo-stack that I couldn't not include it.)
TMI ˆ text ˆ grant
leigh, lukas
On Tuesday afternoon I went up to Central Park to hang out with these two.
leigh ˆ lukas
Circle leaf!
flowers ˆ plants

Wednesday, June 21st

bev, me
On Wednesday evening Vin & I went out to Brooklyn to attend Bev Chase's birthday!
birthday ˆ bev ˆ me
Walked home across the bridge.
nyc ˆ walking
Stopped at the East Village's jankiest bodega on the way home.
bodega
Stayed up late playing guitar...
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ guitar
...and organizing my song snippets.
notes ˆ songwriting

Thursday, June 22nd

Saw this great flyer while out and about on Thursday.
east village ˆ flyer ˆ nyc ˆ wizard
Nothing makes me happier than seeing Western Union locations close. These places have really high fees and make it their business to prey on immigrants and the unbanked. I hope over time Bitcoin helps people everywhere safely store the fruits of their labor and allows them to send it over borders for much less money!
bitcoin ˆ closed
Went into Voray for the afternoon and helped them whiteboard their sales process so they could set up Salesforce to better understand their sales pipeline.
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
next lev kev
Had a reiki and southern BBQ feast from Georgia's East Side BBQ (RIP!) with Kevin in the evening!
bbq ˆ food ˆ next lev kev

Friday, June 23rd

On Friday morning I met up with Hannah! We picked up a to-go pizza lunch...
...and hopped onto the ferry to Rockaway Beach!
Smell ya later, Manhattan.
ferry ˆ nyc ˆ skyline
Awesome to eat a pizza and salads and enjoy the boat ride!
On the way to the beach, we stopped at Connolly's Bar to grab some to-go Pina Coladas...
...and then we hit the beach! They are planting new dune grass.
beach ˆ rockaway beach
New boardwalk and beach ramps they put in after Hurricane Sandy looks nice.
beach ˆ rockaway beach
hannah d
Sky cleared up and we got a few hours of sunshine!
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ hannah d
hannah d, me
Post-beach smiles!
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ hannah d ˆ me
Caught the ferry back around 5pm
ferry ˆ rockaway beach
hannah d
What's more New York than drinking beers on a boat at a table with a stranger?
beer ˆ ferry ˆ hannah d
me
Didn't even get sunburnt!
beach hair ˆ me
Had an Ethiopian feast for dinner.
ethiopian food ˆ food
meredith
Took a picture of this show on Amazon Prime to send to Meredith because of her soap making passions of the past.
soap ˆ tv ˆ meredith

Saturday, June 24th

Oh....you know, just enjoying my egg & cheese croissant and enjoying a little Saturday sunshine in Tompkins....what are you up to?
east village ˆ gross ˆ man ass ˆ nyc ˆ tompkins
me
Saturday afternoon reading...
couch ˆ me
maddy
...with my bone-chewing, ankle-warming companion.
bone ˆ couch ˆ maddy
jane anne
On Saturday night I met up with Jane Anne and we went to her friends' house...
jane anne
...for a game of Cards Against Humanity.
cards against humanity

Sunday, June 25th

mike doyle, tanya
On Sunday I met up with Mike & Tanya who were in town visiting from San Francisco! We hit the ferry for Rockaway Beach!
ferry ˆ mike doyle ˆ tanya
Did you know the NYC ferry has beers and wine on tap?
beer ˆ ferry ˆ wine
mike doyle, tanya
Excellent day at the beach!
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ mike doyle ˆ tanya
The beach was crowded on a weekend and we had to wait in line a bit...
crowd ˆ ferry ˆ rockaway beach
...to catch the ferry home.
ferry

Sunday, June 25th

jane anne, me
On Sunday, I headed up to the cabin with Jane Anne for the first time.
asleep ˆ driving ˆ jane anne ˆ me
Perfect day for a drive upstate.
driving
jane anne
We stopped off for lunch along the way.
jane anne
So much fun to go up and down the mountain in the Wolverine
wolverine
Tearing up the hill on this thing never gets old.
wolverine
We made it to the top of the mountain and got unpacked...
cabin ˆ wolverine
...just in time to enjoy the sunset.
cabin ˆ scenic overlook ˆ sunset

Monday, June 26th

jane anne
Enjoying the view on Monday morning.
cabin ˆ jane anne
me
We headed into Hoosick Falls to grab some lunch...
phone ˆ me
...and got caught in the pouring rain.
rain
jane anne
After waiting out the rain, I gave Jane Anne a quick lesson in driving the Wolverine!
wolverine ˆ jane anne
jane anne
Haha. All smiles.
wolverine ˆ jane anne
Made it to the top!
cabin ˆ scenic overlook ˆ wolverine
Later that evening, we packed everything up...
jane anne, me
...and headed back down the mountain to drive back to NYC.
cabin ˆ wolverine ˆ jane anne ˆ me

Wednesday, June 28th

next lev kev
Had reiki and another culinary adventure with Kevin on Wednesday. After weeks of going BBQ, Kevin called a wildcard and we got Halal Guys.
food ˆ next lev kev
Gotta get lots of white sauce and hot sauce...
food ˆ hot sauce
...and mix it all together. Lamb chicken combo on rice. Mmmmm.
food

Thursday, June 29th

Thursday morning's ominous tarot card. COMPROMISE! (This is the 6 of Pentacles for all you Tarot nerds out there!)
tarot
vin
Biked up to Voray and chatted with Vin for a bit (who I'd helped land a job at Voray).
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ vin
vin
Haha. Love these pics of carefree, Risky Business Vin.
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ vin
Can't stop fucking with that Georgia's East Side BBQ Nashville Chicken sandwich. Mmmmm.
bbq ˆ food ˆ sandwich
Spent the evening watching the epicly good/bad David Lynch adaption of DUNE. "A beginning is a very delicate time."
movie

Friday, June 30th

me
Happy June 2017 from me and my glasses!
glasses ˆ me

2 comments

  • jazz mangmarch 31, 2022

    please never stop. up on your ally since 2003....

    • pussywhiskersjuly 10, 2022

      me also since 2003! I remember you, Brian, seemed so old when you turned 30! who would've thought I'd be 42 and still caring!