i keep a diary

July, 2017

The July Roundup Part1

Saturday, July 1st

On Friday afternoon I met up with Matt, Jane and Meredith...
...and we took the subway out to Cynthia's. We emerged from underground to find a gorgeous rainbow...
...framing the 99 cents store: the modern-day pot o gold.
jane anne, meredith
Meredith and Jane Anne posed under the rainbow. Nice girls version.
rainbow ˆ jane anne ˆ meredith
jane anne, meredith
Tough girl version!
rainbow ˆ jane anne ˆ meredith
jane anne, meredith
The walls in the entrance to Cynthia's building have this weird 3d pattern and look like a ship from Star Trek. Nerds.
gang signs ˆ nerd ˆ star trek ˆ jane anne ˆ meredith
amanda, astra, cynthia, danny, jane anne, meredith
Big crew at Cynthia's...
amanda ˆ astra ˆ cynthia ˆ danny ˆ jane anne ˆ meredith
astra, danny, graham, kari, meredith, shawn m
...having some apertifs getting ready for a...
astra ˆ danny ˆ graham ˆ kari ˆ meredith ˆ shawn m
...TACO PARTY! Peep alllll the fixins.
house party ˆ taco
cynthia, graham, kari, shawn m
Time for tacos!
taco ˆ cynthia ˆ graham ˆ kari ˆ shawn m
amanda, cynthia, danny, jane anne, meredith, shawn m
Post taco sutffin hangs.
amanda ˆ cynthia ˆ danny ˆ jane anne ˆ meredith ˆ shawn m
cynthia, jane anne
Polka dot twinsies.
twins ˆ cynthia ˆ jane anne
Cat in a box.
box ˆ cat
Thanks for having us all, Cynthia!
house party ˆ party ˆ taco

Saturday, July 1st

amy l, grant, jane anne
On Sunday a bunch of us met up at Rockaway.
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ amy l ˆ grant ˆ jane anne
gaby, matt
This day was the first time we met Gaby! She was at the beach with her friends and Matt brought her over to say hi.
beach ˆ first time i met ˆ gaby ˆ matt
amy l, grant, jane anne, matt, me
She took this group photo of us all!
beach ˆ rockaway beach ˆ amy l ˆ grant ˆ jane anne ˆ matt ˆ me
jane anne, me
Waiting for the subway home.
beach hair ˆ sunglasses ˆ jane anne ˆ me

Monday, July 3rd

matt, the ktb
On Monday morning I met up with Matt, Kim...
diner ˆ menu ˆ matt ˆ the ktb
karen, me
...and Karen for a holiday weekend brunch at Big Daddy's.
diner ˆ karen ˆ me
jane anne
Later that afternoon, I went out to Brooklyn to have lunch with Jane Anne's parents who were in town visiting from Iowa.
jane anne
me
On the way home I stopped at a vintage store to get a "tropical" shirt for Siege & Katie's Hawaiian-themed Fourth of July party.
shirt ˆ me
Late night I ordered my favorite chicken sandwich from Georgia's Eastside BBQ (with mac & cheese, baked beans and cornbread) Uggggh. Miss this place so much.
bbq ˆ chicken ˆ food ˆ sandwich

Tuesday, July 4th

jane anne, matt
On Tuesday evening I met up with Jane and Matt and we took the subway out to Brooklyn to...
4th of july ˆ subway ˆ jane anne ˆ matt
cynthia, soli
...Siege & Katie's Hawaiian-themed Fourth of July Party.
kitchen ˆ cynthia ˆ soli
cynthia, soli
We arrived to find lots of food being prepared!
4th of july ˆ melon ˆ cynthia ˆ soli
jane anne, siege
The host himself.
jane anne ˆ siege
grant, jane anne, matt
Matt, Jane & Grant
4th of july ˆ sunglasses ˆ grant ˆ jane anne ˆ matt
astra
Headed up to the roof to find...
4th of july ˆ stairs ˆ astra
astra, shawn m
....so much food!
4th of july ˆ bbq ˆ food ˆ astra ˆ shawn m
me
Shawn was manning the grill and the BBQ ribs were OUT OF CONTROL.
4th of july ˆ bbq ˆ me
Shawn firing up the coals for...
bbq
...a whole nother grill.
bbq ˆ food
akiko, astra, grant, shawn m
Nice to see so many people I love in the same place.
4th of july ˆ bbq ˆ akiko ˆ astra ˆ grant ˆ shawn m
astra, craig, katie, siege, soli
AND in costume. Lol. Katie!
astra ˆ craig ˆ katie ˆ siege ˆ soli
siege
After we stuff ourselves, we headed down to Siege's photo studio for a group portrait.
4th of july ˆ best ˆ meta ˆ photo shoot ˆ siege
Then around 8:30 we headed up to the roof to watch the fireworks.
4th of july ˆ fireworks
astra, jane anne, katie, matt, siege
Hawaiian fireworks gang.
roof ˆ astra ˆ jane anne ˆ katie ˆ matt ˆ siege
We had a great view of the fireworks peeking over the tops of neighboring buildings.
4th of july ˆ fireworks
katie, siege
Thanks for having us over for a such a fun party, Siege & Katie! <3
4th of july ˆ roof ˆ katie ˆ siege
9pm subway L train chaos.
subway platform
jane anne
Jane Anne was excited to show off her...
e9th apt ˆ fidget spinner ˆ jane anne
...fidget spinner lol.
fidget spinner

Wednesday, July 5th

maddy, meredith
On Wednesday afternoon Meredith came over to pick up Maddy...
maddy ˆ meredith
...and I grabbed my suitcase and headed to the airport for Ten Days in Finland to attend Doug & Anni's wedding.
suitcase

Sunday, July 16th

maddy, meredith
Ten days later I was back in NYC and headed over to Meredith's apt to pick up the ween.
maddy ˆ meredith
me, meredith
We hung out and had a lazy Sunday together.
me ˆ meredith
meredith
Later that evening, she came over to my apartment...
guitar ˆ songwriting ˆ meredith
...and wrote some lyrics for some songs I was working on.
lyrics ˆ songwriting
Melodies come to me in abundance but I always struggle to put words to them so it was fun to collaborate with her!
lyrics ˆ songwriting
candy
I got this Jim candybar in Finland and I am dying to make friends with a Jim now.
candy

Monday, July 17th

jane anne
Jane Anne's morning skin care routine involves repeatedly sticking and peeling Scotch tape in order to remove dead skin. Now you know!
tape ˆ jane anne
me, pine pollen
I tried a pine pollen face mask.
mask ˆ me ˆ pine pollen

Tuesday, July 18th

maddy, me
Tuesday afternoon reading with my cuddle buddy.
couch ˆ cuddle ˆ maddy ˆ me

Wednesday, July 19th

grant
Wednesday lunch with Grant at Yucca Cafe.
food ˆ grant
books
On the way home I picked through a bunch of awesomely shitty sci books that someone had chucked.
east village ˆ garbage ˆ books
books
Grabbed some choice cuts for Meredith who loves bad sci fi!
books
major, meredith
Later that night I went over to Meredith's for dinner and a hang.
dogs ˆ major ˆ meredith

Wednesday, July 19th

brianna, cass, eugene
On Wednesday evening I went out for drinks with the Voray team to celebrate Brianna's birthday!
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna ˆ cass ˆ eugene
maddy
Evening reading with Maddy.
couch ˆ cuddle ˆ maddy

Thursday, July 20th

next lev kev
On Thursday night Kevin came over to trade reiki.
next lev kev
maddy, next lev kev
And then we ate too much BBQ and smoked too much weed. (Maddy's fave place to be is between someone toasty legs.)
couch ˆ maddy ˆ next lev kev
Stayed up late listening to all my song sketches for the past few weeks and highlighting the ones that I liked and wanted to keep working on.
notes ˆ songwriting

Friday, July 21st

jane anne
Jane Anne sans glasses looking pretty in the morning. Happy July 2017!
couch ˆ jane anne