a person in 807 photos amanda Casual crooner Suddenly Seymour closer. It's not a duet unless you look into each other's eyes. Gotta do all the duets with Amanda. Love me a karaoke night! Found my room! A VERY PICARAZZI CHRISTMAS! Amanda and Dave. ...was waking up to stretch and have some coffee. Everyone that camped outside in tents... Lovely outdoor dinner! Then we had a jam sesh together. So much fun! 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. On Monday evening I went out to Greenpoint with Amanda to visit Jeremy's office... Later that night I went to Bowery Electric to see Amanda and Jeremy's band play! 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.) Jane & Amanda 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. On Wednesday evening I headed out to Bushwick for Amanda's birthday part 2... Birthday girl on the mic! ...Stromboli for a late night slice! Yessss! Happy birthday, Amanda! I love you so much! ...a little after 2am and then walked over to... Lol. I love karaoke faces when people are really givin er. So we hopped in a cab and headed over to Sing Sing for round 2! Birthday girl closed out the night! Karaoke birthday gang! Birthday girl loves karaoke! Love seeing my favorite peoples out and about. ...in celebration of Amanda's birthday! On Tuesday night we met up with Amanda and Danny near Hell's Kitchen... Post taco sutffin hangs. Big crew at Cynthia's... On Friday afternoon Amanda and I met up and got Aura photos in Chinatown. She's on the left! Then we went to Book for a KOREAN FEASTING. Went to Vietnamese with Amanda in Chinatown. Maddy likes to sit in multiple laps... Met up with this gang to head up to Ellen and Hans'! ...and snuggles before calling it a night. Amanda, Ellen & Piper. Amanda even put on her festive holiday heels! <3 ...and do live band karaoke singalongs until the wee hours! ...A VERY PICARAZZI CHRISTMAS at Frank & Liz's house! Later Sunday afternoon I went to Greenpoint to see Amanda play in a new band. Amanda's melted make-up from the no-air conditioning club. We went back to my place for a srrrrious late night party session with the Volcano. Went out to Brooklyn with Amanda, Grant and Cheeky... Her friend painted her a mouth-portrait On Wednesday night I went over to visit Amanda in her new (old) Midtown apartment! Went over to Amanda's for Sunday night hangs with David & David! It's like karaoke but you're singing along with a piano accompanist. So much fun (but so much harder than karaoke!) Happy birthday, Amanda! Thanks for 20 years of friendship! ...to celebrate Amanda's birthday! Dueting for over 20 years. ;) Last song! ...he's a magic maaaaaaaan. Adorable. Cynthia's friend Allen was in town! ...our own private karaoke room! We got the FOUR-CHEESE duk bok ki. (Soooo good) Later that night I walked over to St Marks and met up with Amanda for Korean food at Boka. Beach crew portrait! Excellent Rockaway Beach Saturday! Amanda & Katie. It's oh, so quiet. Sush, sush. I <3 Amanda's karaoke move FOREVER! Sarah got the baby in the king cake! Happy Mardi Gras, everyone! Rooftop ladies. Went to Siege & Katie's in the evening for a Mardi Gras party! On Wednesday evening, Ellen, Hans, Amanda and I went to the Rubin Museum of Art to see... Matt, Amanda & me. All dressed up for the holidays! But quickly devolves into karaoke where you can just name a song and the band will look up the chords (or Frank probably already knows them and will just shout out the changes!) ...and we were transported to... After the show... So nice to see you, Charlene! Amanda and I hopped in a cab afterwards and... Brought my new Cube camera along! On Tuesday evening I went over to Amanda's... Went to Siege and Katie's on Friday night. ...she was a good sport about listening to all my songs I played for her and my deep, insightful realizations about how maybe I'm not so young anymore. Maybe . Haha. Had a lovely visit from Glamourmanda! I let her try my new foam-rolling balls and... Amanda putting a sleepy Maddy. On Sunday evening I was reunited with Maddy (and Amanda) after being out in LA for a few days ...directly to Brooklyn to a garden party celebrating Meredith & Dylan moving in together. Late night... Happy birthday, Amanda! On Saturday afternoon I went out to Rockaway Beach to celebrate Amanda's birthday! Beach birthdays are the best! Happy Birthday, Cat!