a thing in 148 photos in 2012 best showing 2012 only · show all years ...we ran into pack of beach puppies! Pulling away from Malapascua. Picture perfect. Meredith, in her safari dress, sailing the blue Visayan Sea. (This is one of my favorite photos of Meredith.) Unloading luggage. ...make a new travel buddy! Like this sleepy little abuela who spent most of the bus ride bouncing her tiny snoozing noggin against my shoulder. Haha. Adorable. One of the prettiest sunsets I've ever seen! Spicy Thai food and girly drinks on white sand beaches are all things I like. What a shithole! Meredith and Amanda out in the unreal, bath-warm water. Later that evening, we went out for a late night dinner on the strip. Fun motorcycle sidecar taxi ride. Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel for an early night jammy party. ...over to the hotel to meet up with Amanda! Amanda had been in Hong Kong and when she'd heard that we were going to be in the Philippines, we'd planned to meet up! Happy birthday, friend. I feel lucky to have had you in my life all these years. ...to this! Which is just the sort of thing that happens when you go to someone's party who knows aerialists, I guess. ...she abruptly fell over into Sal's lap! Haha. ...sing along. Eight minutes later! Ta-da! Jenny and her friends ended the night with an awesome I Want to Dance with Somebody (who loves me) closer. I look like a tiny, terrifying dinosaur when I sing this song. All finished! Private room at Sing Sing on a Saturday night. Prime time! Group shot! That sake stuff sure works! Thanks, Amanda. Bye, guys! Thanks for having us! Hope to see you again soon! ...take a group picture with the auto timer! Perfect! ...and Dennis! Seen here with Grant doing a "I can't believe you wrote this sex-book / built this Foursquare app" mutual-admiration sesh. Piled so high! ...with a huge platter of birthday doughnuts for Katie! And then before we got our game on, Cynthia briefly disappeared and then made a grand entrance... First we started things off by ordering WAY TOO MUCH sushi. ...you all are way more fun than Skyrim! Ok, I'll admit it... Pile on! On Tuesday evening I was walking Maddy through Tompkins when I happened to have a chance encounter with The Dark Lord. ...AND, my personal favorite, BANANA KETCHUP! This stuff is so good on french fries. I think we used-up this bottle in under a month. Haha. By the early afternoon, we were back in NYC and crossing over the bridge on our way over to Caiti's apartment to pick up Maddy ! We got up bright and early on Thursday to catch our flight. Here's my parents waving us goodbye. Adorable. For our last evening in town, we went out to an awesome Mexican dinner with my parents and Bruce and Elyse! ...nine-and-a-half hour drive through the desolate and hauntingly lovely pine barrens of Florida! We made it back to my parents place a little before 1am and went right to sleep. The host with most. Thanks again for all the hard work and planning you put into the party, Ty! We had an amazing time! Lucy drew a crowd getting her forearm. ...New Year's resolution! ...and then gave the tattoo gun to Zack! Clear, starry skies and a full moon Oliver put the stencil on Tyson... ...Rubano's masterful sound-dampening technique. Nice.
This video of the band warming up on the bus before their show in Charlotte is one of my favorite things from tour.
