i keep a diary

August, 2017

The August Roundup Part1

Tuesday, August 1st

grant
Started August off strong with a ferry ride out to Rockaway Beach with Grant.
ferry ˆ grant
grant
Grabbed lunch at Rippers...Grant brought his own fancy gym diet meal.
food ˆ rockaway beach ˆ grant
grant, me
Beach buddies.
rockaway beach ˆ tent ˆ grant ˆ me
jane anne, jeibi
Hung out with Jane Anne and Jeibi in the evening.
living room ˆ jane anne ˆ jeibi

Wednesday, August 2nd

ezra, next lev kev
On Wednesday night I went over to Josie's a few blocks away to celebrate Kevin's birthday!
birthday ˆ ezra ˆ next lev kev
jane anne, vin
Vin & Jane.
jane anne ˆ vin
ezra, me, next lev kev
Happy birthday, Kev! Love you lots!
birthday ˆ ezra ˆ me ˆ next lev kev

Thursday, August 3rd

On Thursday afternoon, I headed uptown to Summer Stage...
band ˆ crowd
jane anne, jeet, meredith
...with these three lovely ladies...
jane anne ˆ jeet ˆ meredith
tyson
...to see the All American Rejects play a set.
band ˆ tyson
matt, me, tyson
Late night drinks with Ty & Matt. <3
matt ˆ me ˆ tyson
Picked up a 3am sammich at Sunny & Annie Deli. The best.
sunny annie

Saturday, August 5th

Spent Saturday morning watching Michael Tsarion's excellent series on youtube...
propaganda ˆ video
...The Subversive Use of Sacred Symbolism in the Media.
propaganda ˆ video
Headed to a mountaintop to think about never having had an original thought.
propaganda ˆ video
mike doyle, tanya
Met up with Tanya & Mike D for late night drinks!
mike doyle ˆ tanya

Sunday, August 6th

jane anne, me
Photo of Jane singing in my car as we headed upstate to the cabin.
driving ˆ sing ˆ jane anne ˆ me
Nice to be out of the city in the summer.
cabin ˆ driving
Right on the Vermont border!
cabin ˆ driving
Loaded up the Wolverine with some recent Amazon deliveries...
jane anne, maddy
...all buckled up...
wolverine ˆ jane anne ˆ maddy
...and headed up the mountain!
cabin ˆ driving ˆ wolverine
Time to cut the lawn!
cabin ˆ scenic overlook
jack
We brought my neighbor Jack up the mountain to visit the cabin and he tried on a pair of googly eyes.
eyes ˆ jack
Picked up a late night dinner at Man of Kent.
food ˆ man of kent
Place is so yummy.
food ˆ man of kent

Monday, August 7th

maddy
Early morning hike on the mountain with Maddy...
hiking ˆ mt battjer ˆ maddy
jane anne, me
...and Jane.
hiking ˆ mt battjer ˆ jane anne ˆ me
Pretty purple wildflowers.
flowers ˆ hiking ˆ mt battjer
maddy
After our walk, we loaded up the ween...
driving ˆ maddy
...and drove to my favorite nearby Lumberjack's...
lumberjacks
jane anne
...for a maple syrup sweetened ice coffee and a breakfast sammy.
food ˆ lumberjacks ˆ jane anne
jane anne
After a lumberjack's breakfast, we headed back up to the cabin to start unboxing all the cabin-warming gifts my friends had sent!
cabin ˆ chair ˆ jane anne
jane anne
Ta-da! Two chairs built!
cabin ˆ chair ˆ fire ˆ jane anne
maddy
Maddy approves. lol
chair ˆ fire ˆ maddy
gifts, me
Opened a few more gifts on the Cabin Housewarming Wishlist that Grant put together and sent around to all our friends. Still one of the nicest things that anyone has done for me! Thanks, Grant! In this box was a set of Tick Tweezers and a coffee pot.
cabin ˆ gifts ˆ me
gifts, me
Second box had set of tools and enamel coffee mugs! Thanks everyone!
cabin ˆ gifts ˆ me
jane anne
Later in the evening, we made a run to the camping section of Walmart.
bed ˆ shopping ˆ jane anne
jane anne
Picked up a pizza from BYTE on the way home.
cabin ˆ pizza ˆ jane anne
We were too lazy to build another outdoor fire so we had some candle-based...
candles ˆ smores
...INDOOR SMORES.
smores

Tuesday, August 8th

jane anne
Tuesday was my 41st birthday! Got up early, started cleaning up the cabin and getting ready to head back to NYC to celebrate with my friends.
cabin ˆ jane anne
Another load of Amazon packages had arrived...
cabin ˆ wolverine
...so we had to make a few more trips up and down the mountain! While I was loading up packages, I noticed there was...
...some kind of mystery hose that had come disconnected and was dragging on the ground. When I reach underneath to try to find out where it connected...
wolverine ˆ wtf
arm
...I touched my bicep to the red-hot muffler and instantly burned off all the skin! Ouch!
burn ˆ ouch ˆ arm
One more pic of the pretty mountains before heading back to NYC
mountain
me
Got home and showered (and checked for ticks!) and got ready for my birthday party! Naked pic for posterity. This is 41!
birthday ˆ mirror ˆ naked ˆ me
next lev kev
Kevin came over to my place and headed across the street with me to Loverboy for my party!
next lev kev
amanda, catrinel, ellen, matt, sarah h
Birthday gang! ( Oh man, I'm writing this 4.5 years later in late December of 2021 in the midst of the Omicron wave of covid and seeing all these people I love in one place makes me long for this to all be over and to be in a room with so many people I love again.)
amanda ˆ catrinel ˆ ellen ˆ matt ˆ sarah h
ellen, karen, lizzy
Lizzy was there and brought over my copy of her book so she could sign it for me!
birthday ˆ book ˆ ellen ˆ karen ˆ lizzy
ellen, karen, lizzy
Thanks, Lizzy! Congrats on the book! <3
birthday ˆ book ˆ laugh ˆ ellen ˆ karen ˆ lizzy
ellen, jane anne, me, meredith
Love all these ladies.
birthday ˆ ellen ˆ jane anne ˆ me ˆ meredith
fatty, jared
Jared and The Fatty.
fatty ˆ jared
grant, jane anne, jeibi
Sad that Loverboy is closed now. I really liked this bar. :(
birthday ˆ grant ˆ jane anne ˆ jeibi
frank, liz
Frank & Liz!
birthday ˆ frank ˆ liz
amy l, grant
Grant and Amy.
birthday ˆ amy l ˆ grant
astra
Astra and someone she briefly dated that was really nice.
astra
ellen, jane anne, meredith
Late night somehow the bag...
ellen ˆ jane anne ˆ meredith
jane anne
...of googly eyes ended up getting passed around.
eyes ˆ jane anne
me
Sorta just looks like my normal eyes.
birthday ˆ eyes ˆ me
grant
Lol.
eyes ˆ grant
ellen
I kind of love all these pics.
eyes ˆ ellen
meredith
Googly eyes is the new ugly face
eyes ˆ meredith
amy l, ellen, jane anne
There's always that one person...
amy l ˆ ellen ˆ jane anne
amy l
...that does things a little extra!
eyes ˆ amy l
amy l, grant, jane anne
Late night closers! Thanks for coming to my birthday, everyone! I love you!
birthday ˆ amy l ˆ grant ˆ jane anne

Wednesday, August 9th

arm
Arm burn status, day 2
burn ˆ ouch ˆ arm
Had a meeting to go in and meet with the MyPizza team, who had recently renamed the company to Slice!
flux capacity ˆ mypizza ˆ sign ˆ slice ˆ work

Thursday, August 10th

grant
Stopped by Allen Street to visit Mr Stoddard and he was showing off two free watches he'd just been given.
watch ˆ grant

Saturday, August 12th

cynthia
On Saturday afternoon I met up with Cynthia in the West Village and we went to Dojo for a Japanese lunch.
food ˆ japanese food ˆ cynthia
david k
On the way home I stopped by Mott Street and paid these two distinguished gentlemans a visit.
david k
amanda, originals jeremy
Later that night I went to Bowery Electric to see Amanda and Jeremy's band play!
band ˆ amanda ˆ originals jeremy

Sunday, August 13th

maddy
My majestic sunbather.
sunbathing ˆ maddy
akiko, maddy
On Sunday night Akiko came over for a visit and I gave her some Atoma a reiki treatment.
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ reiki ˆ akiko ˆ maddy

Monday, August 14th

maddy
Had a Monday morning snooze with this speckled cuddle buddy.
cuddle ˆ maddy
david k
Met up with this guy to help him with some tech stuff.
east village ˆ david k
Sandwich, smoothie, salad lunch.
food ˆ smoothie
maddy, me
Maddy kept me company while I did some work in my office.
home office ˆ maddy ˆ me
Late night dinner! Mmmm, Georgia's East Side BBQ. I still think about this sandwich almost every week.
bbq ˆ food

Tuesday, August 15th

Tuesday afternoon session of Product Strategy whiteboarding over at Slice
flux capacity ˆ mypizza ˆ slice ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
maddy, meredith
Brought Maddy over for a hang at Meredith's
maddy ˆ meredith
jane anne, me
Went to a late night screening of Atomic Blonde with Jane Anne. Happy first half of August 2017!
escalator ˆ movie ˆ jane anne ˆ me