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March, 2018

The March Roundup Part2

Here are all the pics I took in the second-half of March 2018.

Monday, March 12th

On Monday morning I looked out my window....
east village ˆ movie set
...to see that the corner across from my apartment had been taken over for a movie shoot.
east village ˆ movie set
They'd even set up a fake subway entrance on the opposite corner!
east village ˆ movie set ˆ subway
Got home to find that Maddy had caught the baby mouse that had been driving her crazy the past few days.
dead ˆ mouse

Tuesday, March 13th

Had a double slice lunch with a cherry coke....
jane anne
...and met up with Jane Anne to get her a five year NYC anniversary gift at the Apple Store.
apple store ˆ jane anne
Later that night we went to see the movie Thoroughbreds.
movie
me
Loved it.
taxi ˆ me

Wednesday, March 14th

On Wednesday I went into Speakaboos (an app that helps kids learn to read)...
flux capacity ˆ speakaboos ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
...and helped them with some product strategy and go-to-market strategy.
flux capacity ˆ speakaboos ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
vin
Met up with Vin at the excellent Tile Bar.
jawbreaker ˆ shirt ˆ vin

Thursday, March 15th

On Thursday I went into Slice for the afternoon.
flux capacity ˆ slice ˆ work
marion
While riding the subway home, I spotted Marion in an ad on the subway! We were good friends in college and she appears in the very first I Keep A Diary entry EVER...Halloween 1996! Nice to see you, Marion! <3
people we know in magazines ˆ subway ˆ marion
Late night feast from Paquito's...
...while watching videos about 33rd-degree Mason Albert Pike.
masonic
Stayed up later reading this guy.
book
maddy
With my buddy at my feet.
couch ˆ foot ˆ maddy
me
Why can't I go to bed at normal people hours?
me

Friday, March 16th

They put up a new cell tower on a rooftop near me so I busted out my trifield meter to measure how badly my living room was getting microwave-blasted.
trifield
me, vin
Later that evening I met up with Vin and we headed to...
me ˆ vin
blake s, jonah
...the Brooklyn Knitting Factory to see Jonah's Going Off Track podcast with Blake Schwarzenbach!
podcast ˆ blake s ˆ jonah
blake s, me
I was standing against the wall waiting for the podcast to start and Blake was standing next to me. Took everything I had to not fan-girl at him about how much I love his music.
sorta famous ˆ blake s ˆ me
blake s, jonah
It was great to hear the story of what led up to him finally deciding to do a Jawbreaker reunion show <3
podcast ˆ blake s ˆ jonah
vin
After the show we got a Korean feast.
korean food ˆ vin

Saturday, March 17th

Odessa breakfast. Even got a cup of soup.
diner ˆ food ˆ odessa ˆ sandwich
maddy
Had a chill afternoon.
couch ˆ maddy
Started watching Wild Wild County (because I love Osho's books and have read most of them!)...
osho ˆ tv
...and got me a southern fried feast from Bobwhite Counter.
food
jake
Saturday night I met up with Amanda and we went to Bushwick...
jake
jake
...to see Jake's excellent band, VYLITS, play a show.
band ˆ vylits ˆ jake
jake
They were really good live.
band ˆ vylits ˆ jake
Bought their EP cassette...
cassette ˆ vylits
...and ripped it to mp3 as soon as I got home. (Still listen to this a few times a month).
cassette ˆ vylits

Sunday, March 18th

On Sunday afternoon I went out to Bushwick...
door
john roche
...to help John with some carpentry work at his incredible loft conversion. Hallway library.
library ˆ loft ˆ john roche
john roche
I love this place so much.
loft ˆ tools ˆ john roche
john roche
Even his bathrooms are pretty.
bathroom ˆ loft ˆ john roche
Sunday night I headed up to K-town...
door ˆ karaoke
...for a Gagopa karaoke night!
elevator ˆ karaoke
Gagopa is a Korean karaoke wonderland.
karaoke
amanda, danny, grant
Found my room!
karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ danny ˆ grant
cynthia, shawn m
Making the selections.
karaoke ˆ cynthia ˆ shawn m
grant
Grant started the night off.
karaoke ˆ grant
amanda, cynthia, shawn m
Love me a karaoke night!
karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ cynthia ˆ shawn m
amanda, me
Gotta do all the duets with Amanda.
duet ˆ karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ me
amanda, me
It's not a duet unless you look into each other's eyes.
duet ˆ karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ me
cynthia, shawn m
Shawn & Cynthia duetin.
duet ˆ karaoke ˆ cynthia ˆ shawn m
amanda, danny
Casual crooner
karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ danny
amanda, danny, grant, me
Suddenly Seymour closer.
best ˆ karaoke ˆ amanda ˆ danny ˆ grant ˆ me

Monday, March 19th

Monday night I headed out to the Williamsburg School of Music for my adult drums class!
drums
Craig and I got into talking about excellent, nerdy sci-fi books and he recommended this series that was a favorite of his.
book

Tuesday, March 20th

They're turning a parking lot in the neighborhood into a new building.
construction ˆ east village
Cool to see all the stuff that was buried dug-up by the backhoe.
construction ˆ garbage

Wednesday, March 21st

Snowy day in midtown at Speakaboos.
flux capacity ˆ snow ˆ speakaboos ˆ work
Lil Frankie's late night delivery.
italian food

Thursday, March 22nd

me
It's me. In a cab!
taxi ˆ me

Friday, March 23rd

maddy, me
Friday morning snuggles with the sleepiest ween.
bed ˆ sleepy ˆ maddy ˆ me
Hot news! New sandwich alert at Sunny Annie deli!
menu ˆ sunny annie
Spent the afternoon practicing with my throwing knives indoors. I'm getting good enough that I can get all 5 knives to stick into a narrow board from about 15 feet away (I was standing in my bedroom to throw them).
e9th apt ˆ knife ˆ living room ˆ wtf
Had a late-night Korean feast from the new joint in the neighborhood.
korean food

Saturday, March 24th

me
Got a haircut on Saturday
haircut ˆ me
maddy
Maddy hurt her back really bad jumping off of the couch and I had to take her to the emergency vet.
vet ˆ maddy
maddy
Spent the night at home with my convalescing ween.
ouch ˆ maddy

Sunday, March 25th

jeet, meredith
Meredith and Gurj came over for a Sunday brunch hang!
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ jeet ˆ meredith
jane anne
Met up with Jane Anne that night and we got crazy...
jane anne
...cheese covered food at Loverboy's.

Monday, March 26th

maddy
Neck still hurts. Think I'll stay here all day.
maddy
me
Monday morning living room workout...
gun show ˆ me
...and then made a breakfast sammy with green chili sauce and Colombian chorizo.

Tuesday, March 27th

Helped build a Salesforce lead gen / sales funnel for one of my clients on Tuesday.
flux capacity ˆ whiteboard ˆ work
books
Decided to get back into some formal lucid dreaming practice and dusted off some books from my library.
lucid dreaming ˆ books
Alex Grey is still so ahead of the times. Crazy that he was painting these in the early 80s.
chakras ˆ painting

Friday, March 30th

emma, me
On Friday afternoon I met up with Emma for a coffee! It had been 6 years since I'd last seen her upstate in 2012!
emma ˆ me
jeet, me
Later that night I met up with Gurj for dinner in the LES.
jeet ˆ me
I forget the name of the place we went to but it was fancy and delicious. Breadbowl of meatballs covered in cheese? Yes, please.
cheese ˆ food
jeet
After dinner we headed to Sunshine Bakery...
cupcakes ˆ jeet
jeet
...for a cupcake dessert!
cupcakes ˆ dessert ˆ jeet
me
Ok, maybe I ate too much.
me

Saturday, March 31st

On Saturday, I headed up to Hell's Kitchen...
door
jane anne
...and took Jane Anne out to celebrate her moving day...
escalator ˆ jane anne
jane anne
...at the TIME'S SQUARE OLIVE GARDEN!
olive garden ˆ jane anne
Can't go wrong with the parm.
italian food
jane anne, jeibi
After our feast, we went back to her apartment to help her finish packing up all her stuff...
moving ˆ jane anne ˆ jeibi
jane anne
...for the movers!
moving ˆ jane anne
jane anne
All packed up!
excited ˆ moving ˆ jane anne
jane anne
You did it! Congrats on moving to Brooklyn, Jane! Happy March 2018!
moving ˆ jane anne