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August, 2017

The August Roundup Part2

Here are all the pics I took in the second half of August 2017

Wednesday, August 16th

duncan
On Wednesday morning, Duncan picked the Voray exec team up in his hot new Audi SUV and we headed up to Connecticut for an Executive Offsite and Yearly Planning Session!
truck ˆ duncan
david olk
Stopped off to pick up provisions on the way.
grocery store ˆ shopping ˆ david olk
David's friend let us stay at their excellent lakehouse.
house ˆ lake
brianna, david olk, duncan
We had a 3-hour quarterly planning...
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna ˆ david olk ˆ duncan
...and whiteboarding session...
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
...with a lovely view of the lake!
flux capacity ˆ lake ˆ voray ˆ window ˆ work
brianna, david olk, duncan
After we wrapped things up, we grabbed the boat and hit the lake to enjoy some sunshine!
boat ˆ flux capacity ˆ lake ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna ˆ david olk ˆ duncan
brianna, david olk, duncan
Not a bad lil work day.
boat ˆ flux capacity ˆ lake ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna ˆ david olk ˆ duncan
brianna, duncan
Lake was the perfect temperature...
boat ˆ voray ˆ brianna ˆ duncan
me
...for a swim!
lake ˆ swim ˆ voray ˆ me
After docking the boat, I watched in horror / amazement as I saw this water snake catch a fish and drag him out of the water to eat him on the grass. Crazy!
fish ˆ gross ˆ snake ˆ wtf
Sunset on the lake!
lake ˆ sunset
me
Later that evening, some of the lake water had gotten into my sinuses and I had a strange allergic reaction and my whole face swelled up.
allergy ˆ camera ˆ me

Thursday, August 17th

me
By the next morning, I was able to breathe better, but my face and nose were still swollen!
allergy ˆ me
We had a nice afternoon work session...
lake
brianna, duncan
...outside on the deck.
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna ˆ duncan
brianna
And then for lunch we cooked up all the extra groceries we'd brought for our short trip.
burger ˆ grill ˆ voray ˆ brianna
Anyone want 6 eggs? lol
egg
brianna, david olk, duncan
And then we hit the lake again, this time to do some tubin!
boat ˆ flux capacity ˆ tube ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna ˆ david olk ˆ duncan
brianna
Brianna went first!
boat ˆ flux capacity ˆ tube ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna
brianna, david olk
Pretty great, off-site! Thanks for having me along, Voray!
boat ˆ flux capacity ˆ lake ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna ˆ david olk
arm
Arm burn update. Day 9. Getting a lil crusty, but the lake water seemed to help it heal well.
burn ˆ gross ˆ ouch ˆ arm

Friday, August 18th

Had a bomb burrito from Paquito's...
...and watched an excellent video of astronaut Edgar Mitchell talking about Quantum Holography as a model for the universe and how it explains so facets of ESP.
video

Saturday, August 19th

me, vin
On Saturday I saw that Vin posted a drawing of me from a photo of me sitting on the beach!
cat ˆ drawing ˆ me ˆ vin
jane anne, jeibi
Hung out with Jane Anne and Jeibi on Sunday evening.
jane anne ˆ jeibi

Monday, August 21st

Wispy clouds on Monday.
clouds ˆ east village ˆ nyc
While out walking Maddy...
bulletin board ˆ east village ˆ la plaza cultural
...I noticed someone had put up a passive aggressive generation burn note on the La Plaza community bulletin board. Spicy!
bulletin board ˆ east village ˆ la plaza cultural ˆ note
On the subway spotted this guy wearing nearly transparent white bike shorts to showcase the absolute button mushroom of a smenis he was rocking. Well, alllllright ladies!
strangers ˆ subway
On the walk home spotted a neighborhood flyer alerting people to death of Eddie. I think it's sweet when people do this.
RIP ˆ east village ˆ flyer
On my walk home spotted *GASP* a Starbucks in the East Village. The neighborhood has always been changing, but this was a weird milestone.
east village ˆ wtf
matt, tyson
Tyson was in town and I met up with him and Matt to hit the Russian Baths!
russian baths ˆ matt ˆ tyson
matt, tyson
We wandered around and grabbed a bite after.
east village ˆ walking ˆ matt ˆ tyson
cynthia, maddy
Later that evening Cynthia came over for a hang.
e9th apt ˆ cynthia ˆ maddy
maddy
Maddy's face when someone is playing with her ears. Lol.
maddy

Wednesday, August 23rd

On Wednesday morning, I walked out my building and noticed that someone had turned one of the willow tree stumps into a giant sculpture of Groot from Avengers.
art ˆ east village ˆ statue
max
Afternoon video call with Max during his lunch.
computer ˆ facetime ˆ max
brett, max
His dad popped on to say hi also!
computer ˆ facetime ˆ brett ˆ max
gaby, matt
On Wednesday night I went to see Matt's UCB show and sat with Gaby in the audience. We got Two Boots slices afterwards...
pizza ˆ gaby ˆ matt
matt
And stopped at the bodega next door that has...
bodega ˆ matt

Thursday, August 24th

brianna, duncan, eugene
On Tuesday afternoon, we had a Voray offsite with the whole team!
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna ˆ duncan ˆ eugene
gaby
...ALL THE MAGAZINES. (I love this pic of Gaby <3)
best ˆ bodega ˆ gaby
brianna, cass, david olk
Well-catered spread from Virgils.
flux capacity ˆ food ˆ voray ˆ work ˆ brianna ˆ cass ˆ david olk
Yassss.
flux capacity ˆ food ˆ voray ˆ work
Nice to take the team through...
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
...all of the hiring and growth planning we'd talked through at our offsite earlier in the month.
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
After our day session, Mark Gerson, one of Voray's main investors, had everyone over to his apartment for dinner.
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work
After dinner, Mark passed cigars out to everyone!
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work
Smoky goodness.
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work
Thanks for having us, Mark!
flux capacity ˆ voray ˆ work
cass, eric c, me
Elevator goodbye with Cass, Jen and Eric!
elevator ˆ cass ˆ eric c ˆ me

Friday, August 25th

jane anne, maddy, meredith
On Friday I hung out with Jane and Meredith.
jane anne ˆ maddy ˆ meredith
maddy
Maddy loves a fake grass mat.
maddy

Saturday, August 26th

jared
Saturday afternoon I drove out to Jared's Lakehouse in PA ...
jared
maddy
....to watch the McGregor / Mayweather fight.
maddy

Sunday, August 27th

jared
On Sunday, I said farewell to Jared and his crew of PA homeys...
jared
maddy
...loaded up the ween into her travel basket....
driving ˆ maddy
me
...and headed back east in my zip car.
driving ˆ sunglasses ˆ me
Perfect day for a drive.
driving
maddy, scott
On the way home, I stopped off in my hometown to visit Scott and his family!
house ˆ maddy ˆ scott

Monday, August 28th

amanda, originals jeremy
On Monday evening I went out to Greenpoint with Amanda to visit Jeremy's office...
amanda ˆ originals jeremy
...which doubles as an art gallery!
art gallery
Cool to see his paintings.
art gallery ˆ painting
amanda, meredith, originals jeremy
Meredith came and met up with us and Jeremy took us next door to a commercial kitchen he rents to his friend who makes homemade kombucha.
kitchen ˆ amanda ˆ meredith ˆ originals jeremy
amanda, originals jeremy
Then we had a jam sesh together. So much fun!
band ˆ guitar ˆ keyboard ˆ amanda ˆ originals jeremy

Tuesday, August 29th

Found this cat lady action figure out for the trash on my block.
cat ˆ east village

Wednesday, August 30th

maddy, next lev kev, susti
On Wednesday night, Susti and Kevin came over for reiki...
couch ˆ e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ maddy ˆ next lev kev ˆ susti
jane anne, jeibi
...and then Jane and Jeibi joined us to hang after.
jane anne ˆ jeibi

Thursday, August 31st

leigh, lukas
Leigh was downtown Thursday morning for a haircut, and asked if I minded watching Lukas for an hour or so.
baby ˆ leigh ˆ lukas
Mom, you're really going to leave me alone with THIS guy?
david k, grant, lukas
And his friends??? (Lukas' face in this pic! lol). I ended up getting a text from Grant and David who where nearby getting ice cream so I brought Lukas over for a man-hang.
baby ˆ best ˆ david k ˆ grant ˆ lukas
grant
Later that evening I met up with Grant to grab a zip car...
grant
...and we drove up to the cabin...
eunice, jane anne
...with Jane and Eunice.
cabin ˆ eunice ˆ jane anne
Loaded up the woodstove before bed!

Friday, September 1st

me
Woke up early to get the fire going again. (Ooops, these pics are technically from September, but I'm too lazy to move them to the next entry and republish! Shhhh!)
cabin ˆ fire ˆ stove ˆ me
eunice, grant, jane anne
Everyone was still conked out.
bed ˆ cabin ˆ eunice ˆ grant ˆ jane anne
grant
Grant and I hopped in the Wolverine...
wolverine ˆ grant
...and headed down the mountain...
driving ˆ wolverine
grant
...to grab breakfast sandwiches and coffee.
driving ˆ wolverine ˆ grant
After a nice breakfast on the porch...
grant
...we headed over to my neighbor's garage where all my Amazon cabin-housewarming presents had been delivered!
garage ˆ gift ˆ grant
So many presents! Thanks again to Grant for organizing my surprise housewarming and thanks to all my friends who sent a gift. Totally overwhelmed with gratitude.
cabin ˆ gift
First of many trips up and down the mountain to haul gifts! Happy August 2017!
gift ˆ wolverine