a person in 807 photos amanda ...AUDITIONING AT PUMPS! 50 POINTS! Jared getting ready to do the mozzarella momma bird. ...pizza party! Closing time. Later that night, Pauly and I met up with Amanda and we went to... Amanda came over on Friday. Double-dog armrests! Happy birthday, brother! A little after midnight, Amanda came over and Mer got dressed up for the party (holy moly!). Back at the apartment there was party texting. Walking back to our apartment; arms laden with presents. (PS - Babes!) Happy birthday, Meredith! Make a wish! Box o' birthday cupcakes! I like when Amanda does the lean-in. Amanda was my cooking partner. She worked some blender magic... On Wednesday night a bunch of us went over to apt 3a for a cooking class that Quinn was hosting! Quinn had set up a bunch of portable burners so there were lots of pots in action. All bundled up and ready to head out into the cold... Later that night Gurj, Ellen, Amanda... Amanda & Missy. I like how molesty my friends are when they get a few drinks in them. Hahah. KT launched a surprise "dimples of Venus " investigation in the middle of Amanda and Missy's conversation. Astra, me and Amanda. There was also pizza. Mmmmm. ...and we played a card game... Amanda, Mer and Pepper. Mer, Siege and Amanda. We arrived at their apartment just in time to see Dave wish Marina an early... Last drop of the day! Meredith, Astra and Amanda. There wasn't really a line so as soon as we got off, we got back in line for another go! Me and Mandymoo. $600 lunch. But first, churro break! Cat, Astra and Amanda! Everyone was accounted for and we were ready to hit the road by 8:45! After the Gaylords party, we adjourned back to our apartment for a late-night screening of... The photographer's lips pursed in an empathic smash. Haha. Siege's neighbors and lovely party co-hosts! We got shit-hammered and ended up going back to Matt's place! I had such an amazing weekend. Thanks, everyone! I love you! ...our apartment and ordered food! Siege, Amanda and Astra came together! Amanda, Katie and Siete. Instead of ice cream cake, we just had an Ice cream soup party! Knit bikini! Cynthia, Clayton, Astra, Katie and Amanda! Amanda came back to our place to hang. Subway home Make a wish! Cupcake Birthday Cake! Later Sunday night we went out to Cynthia's house to celebrate Amanda's birthday with a... ...and piled back into the van to head home! Tecate float? Andy & Pepper's backyard is massive! They had set up two tents to provide shade and built a stage for the band. The entire street was lined with the cars of party attendees. Van full of awesome. Action shot walking over to the van. On Saturday we finally felt settled into our new place enough to invite people over for a little Saturday night boardgame get-together. ...to celebrate Mardi Gras! Happy birthday, Ellen! I had a great time at your party! As we discussed the performance afterwards, Amanda became the primary target for bronsky re-enactments. Haha. Squeeze the birthday girl. I got to Lit around 1am and things were in full swing! Here's Rachel and Amanda with the ringmaster/birthday girl. ...and Katie couldn't keep her hands out of there! Haha. I love this photo. Amanda has these pants that lace up in the back... This group photo makes me so happy. Hahaha. ...and handed them out so we could kick the night off with a festive streamer explosion! On Wednesday evening, a bunch of people met up at our place... A little after one, we decided to head back into Manhattan to try to catch up with Apt 3A. Jake and Amanda. Someone gave Meredith a little fur-collared dog-jacket for Maddy that also doubled as a hand puppet... So fun. I got right down to business and handing out the special "party favors" I brought... Amanda! Amanda and Siege. Later that night Pauly and Amanda came over. Buds and snacks. We even had family night when we got home! Amanda. Winding down. Sarah and Amanda. (PS - Every time I see Amanda make this expression I hear a Japanese school girl giggle in my mind.) Dance floor recovery zone. Feel pretty lucky to know these two. Oh man, I love this photo. Amanda, Marina, Dave and me. Amanda, Marina, and Fatty (get a load of this guy-ing me!) Quick recovery... Matt, Mandy, Ellen and Amanda! Thanks for coming out on such short notice every one! Yay! Let's hear it for all the last minute cancellations that led to a this table of awesomeness! On Sunday a whole bunch of people came over for Family Night. Pauly, Amanda, Kaitie... Walking home! Thanks for coming into town to visit guys! We had a great time. Erika and Amanda. So we ended up heading back down town to the Sly Fox where we secured one of the big booths in the back! We ran into Candy at karaoke! We didn't end up staying all that much longer because the place didn't really have a sound system, er, or a place to really even sing karaoke. ...Erika and Scott took the train in from NJ to visit! Amanda came over and met up with us and we all headed out in the drizzling rain... Babes. ...and Amanda came over to hang. Astra, Amanda & Seva.