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July, 2017

The July Roundup Part2

Here are photos from the second half of July after I got back from my trip to Finland for Doug & Anni's wedding!

Friday, July 21st

On Friday evening I took the train down to DC to visit my brother and family.
train ˆ washington dc
max, me
Max always chooses me to do tuck in and story time.
bed ˆ book ˆ reading ˆ max ˆ me
brett
After Max was asleep, Brett busted out his VR set up and we took turns playing.
virtual reality ˆ brett

Saturday, July 22nd

max
Max is an early riser and is always wanting me to hurry up and get out of bed.
bed ˆ max
sam
I also got to meet my 2nd nephew Samson for the first time!
baby ˆ first time i met ˆ sam
brett, sam
Proud papa with number two!
first time i met ˆ brett ˆ sam
kristi, sam
Kristi was also in town and excited to meet him.
kristi ˆ sam
sam
Nice to meet you, Sam! <3
baby ˆ first time i met ˆ sam
brett, max
Max likes to help dad with things.
brett ˆ max
max
In the afternoon we headed to the stairs to play Max's favorite game that I made up...
lavaball ˆ stairs ˆ max
max
...LAVA BALL!
lavaball ˆ stairs ˆ max
craig k, kristi, shannon
Melissa, Shannon & Craig...
craig k ˆ kristi ˆ shannon
amy b, brett
....came over for dinner.
amy b ˆ brett

Saturday, July 22nd

teddy
Took Ted for a walk around the block in the morning.
house ˆ washington dc ˆ teddy
sam
Got to wake this guy up from his nap.
baby ˆ first time i met ˆ sam
sam
Haha. Such a Battjer.
baby ˆ best ˆ first time i met ˆ sam
max
Max was hot for some more Lava Ball action!
lavaball ˆ max
max
Scooter gang with his lava ball "bat" in his pocket. lol
lavaball ˆ scooter ˆ max
brett, sam
Brett & Sam.
first time i met ˆ brett ˆ sam
Cool spider that was hiding out on the baseboard.
spider
brett
Once the kids were asleep, we had another VR party!
virtual reality ˆ brett

Monday, July 24th

On Monday afternoon I headed to...
train station ˆ washington dc
...the train station.
flag ˆ statue ˆ train station
Sunny train ride home.
train
jane anne, jeibi
Hung out with Jane and Jeibi when I got home.
jane anne ˆ jeibi

Tuesday, July 25th

amanda, danny
On Tuesday night we met up with Amanda and Danny near Hell's Kitchen...
amanda ˆ danny
...to hit a big new international food court type of place...
food ˆ shopping
amanda, danny
...in celebration of Amanda's birthday!
amanda ˆ danny
After we ate, we headed downtown for karaoke at Baby Grand!
birthday ˆ crowd ˆ karaoke
amanda, danny
Birthday girl loves karaoke!
birthday ˆ amanda ˆ danny
amanda, cynthia, jane anne, meredith, shawn m
Love seeing my favorite peoples out and about.
amanda ˆ cynthia ˆ jane anne ˆ meredith ˆ shawn m
Sometimes the best way to get a group photo of your friends is to offer to take a group photo of ANOTHER group.
karaoke ˆ strangers
amanda, amy l, cynthia, danny, grant, jane anne, me, sarah h, shawn m
Karaoke birthday gang!
best ˆ birthday ˆ karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ amy l ˆ cynthia ˆ danny ˆ grant ˆ jane anne ˆ me ˆ sarah h ˆ shawn m
amanda
Birthday girl on the mic!
birthday ˆ karaoke ˆ amanda
meredith
Serious Meredith is intense about karaoke!
karaoke ˆ meredith
jane anne, meredith
We wrapped up karaoke at Baby Grand at 12:30, but still wanted to sing more.
taxi ˆ jane anne ˆ meredith
amanda, amy l, grant, meredith
So we hopped in a cab and headed over to Sing Sing for round 2!
karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ amy l ˆ grant ˆ meredith
In the blink of an eye we had 10 more songs queued up.
karaoke
meredith
Baby Come Back - Meredith likes the 70's deep cuts.
karaoke ˆ meredith
amanda, grant, meredith
Lol. I love karaoke faces when people are really givin er.
karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ grant ˆ meredith
amanda
Birthday girl closed out the night!
birthday ˆ karaoke ˆ amanda
amy l, grant, jane anne
We closed out karaoke round two...
amy l ˆ grant ˆ jane anne
amanda, danny, meredith
...a little after 2am and then walked over to...
amanda ˆ danny ˆ meredith
amanda, danny
...Stromboli for a late night slice! Yessss! Happy birthday, Amanda! I love you so much!
birthday ˆ pizza ˆ amanda ˆ danny

Wednesday, July 26th

me
Hungover and catching up with mom the next day. <3
couch ˆ phone ˆ me
amanda, astra, danny
On Wednesday evening I headed out to Bushwick for Amanda's birthday part 2...
birthday ˆ sushi ˆ amanda ˆ astra ˆ danny
...the sushi dinner!
sushi
So much tasty food!
sushi
grant, meredith, rachel p
Meredith, Grant & Rachel.
grant ˆ meredith ˆ rachel p
fatty, me
Me & Fatty!
fatty ˆ me
amanda, grant
At the end of dinner, Grant serenaded Amanda with his own re-written lyrics to the song "Mandy" by Barry Manilow. It was so funny. "We shared a rock and roll dream and that Gold Street apartment because you didn't say no when I moved in without asking." Lol.
birthday ˆ gift ˆ lyrics ˆ amanda ˆ grant
After Amanda's dinner, I headed to the LES...
roof ˆ skyline
leigh
...to celebrate Leigh's birthday on a fancy hotel roof!
birthday ˆ roof ˆ leigh
leigh, me
Happy birthday, Leigh!
birthday ˆ leigh ˆ me
alexis, greg k, leigh
Shy about her birthday cake, awww.
birthday ˆ cake ˆ shy ˆ alexis ˆ greg k ˆ leigh
alexis, greg k, leigh, scott m
Lol.
birthday ˆ cake ˆ candles ˆ roof ˆ alexis ˆ greg k ˆ leigh ˆ scott m
alexis, leigh, sophia l
Happy birthday, darling! Glad to know you!
birthday ˆ alexis ˆ leigh ˆ sophia l

Thursday, July 27th

Thursday afternoon...
east village ˆ la plaza cultural
maddy
...exploring La Plaza with Maddy.
east village ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ maddy
Gorgeous, huge, "luna white" hibiscus flowers were in bloom
flower ˆ la plaza cultural
jane anne, me
Siege sent me this cute pic from his 4th of July party.
4th of july ˆ best ˆ jane anne ˆ me
me
Tried out a hydration mask that Jane gave me.
mask ˆ me
maddy, next lev kev
Kevin came over later for a reiki trade, some BBQ and big ol honking bag of thick, white Volcano vapor.
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ volcano ˆ maddy ˆ next lev kev

Friday, July 28th

jane anne
Jane's parents were in town visiting from Iowa...
dim sum ˆ jane anne
jane anne, me
...and I met up with them for dim sum.
dim sum ˆ jane anne ˆ me

Saturday, July 29th

danny, grant, maddy, meredith
On Saturday, a bunch of us met up to take the train up to Croton for Fatty's birthday!
train ˆ danny ˆ grant ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
amanda, jane anne
Jane & Amanda
train ˆ amanda ˆ jane anne
fatty
Happy birthday, Fatty Dave!
birthday ˆ cake ˆ fatty
Sorry I don't have any pictures of you from your party! WTF?
birthday ˆ candles
jane anne, maddy, meredith
Meredith tries on a suburban hat.
hat ˆ jane anne ˆ maddy ˆ meredith

Sunday, July 30th

On Sunday I was walking through the park and arrived just in time ...
la plaza cultural ˆ theater
...to catch the beginning of Much Ado About Nothing.
la plaza cultural ˆ theater
Love living in NYC and randomly lucking my way into seeing things I wasn't planning on.
la plaza cultural ˆ theater

Monday, July 31st

maddy, next lev kev
Ended the month with a reiki trade and a hang with Kevin. Happy July 2017!
best ˆ couch ˆ david brent ˆ maddy ˆ next lev kev