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...which means BLAMO!, she's instantly asleep ten minutes later on the ride back north. My mom will get drunk from only a sniff of the barmaid's apron. Hahaha.
christmas with the fam
December 23, 2003
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...and packed in the car to go to south Jersey for our annual Christmas Eve with my great uncle and aunt Walt and Ann (You know the drill by now, we do it every year (. Here's the backseat crizzew: me, mom and Brett's girlfriend Amy.
christmas with the fam
December 23, 2003
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On the ride home we were glad to see that they finally installed a word of warning for any ladies that might be following us back to our place for a romp.
christmas with the fam
December 23, 2003
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Leaving the ranch.
trip to cali part 5: back to la
December 19, 2003
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Fatty crashed the fuck out on the ride. Hahah.
trip to cali part 5: back to la
December 19, 2003
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After I'd finished documenting our facial hair, we headed back to the house, showered (and I shaved, thank god), packed up and hit the road to head back down to Los Angeles (to attend the surprise birthday party that Jordana had put together for him. Shhhh!).
trip to cali part 5: back to la
December 19, 2003
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After food we went back to the ranch and relaxed. Then later that night we drove to the nearest theater (like 45 minutes away) to see the midnight showing of the third installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. (Bonus points to Grant for flipping the bird while pulling a Pomodoro Guy face! Noice!).
trip to cali part 3: sf to northfork
December 15, 2003
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Same goes for all the pics from our drive from San Fran to North Fork: gone, gone, gone. (Expect for this one pic I snapped with my tiny cam).
trip to cali part 3: sf to northfork
December 15, 2003
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Saturday morning we woke up late and had to rush to get Charlene to LAX so she could catch her flight back to London. (She'd been up at the ranch visiting Grant for ten days prior to coming down to LA with him to meet me).
trip to cali part two: la to san francisco
December 13, 2003
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LA's all palm trees...and four lane highways.
trip to cali part two: la to san francisco
December 13, 2003
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I was was waiting on the curb for a cab when a livery car pulled up and agreed to take me to JFK on the cheap (suh-weet!). This guy was a character, because he picked me up near Chinatown, he kept wanting to talk to me about Chinese people. He asked me "Hey, didja ever notice how Chinese ladies don't really have any butts?" Before I could answer, he launched into this story about how a relative of his worked for some jean company and when they wanted to sell their jeans in asia, they had to redesign them. "See, I'm not trying to be racist," he saw me laughing at his story, "I'm just trying to say that it's scientifically known...they have different butts!"
trip to cali part 1: nyc to la
December 10, 2003
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Thursday afternoon, I hopped in the car with my parents (minus little brother Brett, who lives out in Indiana and went to his girlfriend's parent's house in Ohio for Thanksgiving) and headed to my Aunt Elaine and Uncle Wayne's house in Clark, NJ.
thanksgiving vacation
November 26, 2003
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With Frank's drum kit taking up the entire rear half of his car, Fatty and I were forced to share the front seat.
em and lo's book reading
November 25, 2003
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Saturday morning we woke up, double checked our packed bags, thanked Grant's parents for their hospitality, and hit the road for Heathrow.
european vacation part 21: heading home!
November 01, 2003
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On the way home, we stopped for a little McDonalds drive thru action.
european vacation part 20: halloween in bas vegas, baby!
October 31, 2003
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...and headed for the nearby shore town of Leigh-on-Sea. (Beyond the lovely scenery, the best part of the trip was the Abott & Costello-esque conversation between Grant and the Fatty where Fatty thought the town was called "Leon's Sea.")
european vacation part 19: a day in essex
October 31, 2003
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After a 90-minute, white-knuckled drive in the rain (on the wrong side of the road)...
european vacation part 18: leaving crete.
October 30, 2003
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Bye-bye turquoise water *sniffle*
european vacation part 18: leaving crete.
October 30, 2003
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We bid our lovely condo a fond farewell and piled into our sweet, lil' rental one last time.
european vacation part 18: leaving crete.
October 30, 2003
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After a few kilometers of dirt roads, we hit another beautifully paved backroad.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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Prettier! After Grant gave up on trying to catch a peacock (we were actually rooting for him - we figured if he actually did manage to catch one, we'd be able to get some great shots of him getting the living shit pecked out of him), we hopped in the car and drove westward back to Rethymnon.
european vacation part 12: knossos ruins.
October 27, 2003
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Aw, yeah. Let's hear it for culture.
european vacation part 12: knossos ruins.
October 27, 2003
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However, Crete is crazy mountainous in the middle and what we figured would be a 45 minute drive, turned into a hour and forty-five minute epic.
european vacation part 10: agia gahlini.
October 26, 2003
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With the Fatty at the wheel, we hit the road.
european vacation part 10: agia gahlini.
October 26, 2003
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Ah! We made it! The elusive southern shore of Crete!
european vacation part 10: agia gahlini.
October 26, 2003
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At one point, we were driving with the windows down laughing and talking and all of sudden a pack of (incredibly loud) motorcyles screamed past us doing well over 130 MPH. I managed to get my camera out in time to catch the tail end of the last rider as he sped past us.
european vacation part 10: agia gahlini.
October 26, 2003
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So. Tired. Must. Sleep. Soon.
european vacation part 7: first day in crete!.
October 24, 2003
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The road we were traveling ran through the mountainous, northern coastline of the island. Out the left window all we could see were mountains with rows of olive trees haphazardly planted. Out the right window were more scraggly mountains that dropped off right into the sea.
european vacation part 7: first day in crete!.
October 24, 2003
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Being that all the road signs were in Greek, we elected Chris to drive. We packed up the car, busted out the map, and started the 80 kilometer drive from Heraklion to Rethymnon.
european vacation part 7: first day in crete!.
October 24, 2003
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6:40am (local time and still pitch black out). We spent the hour-long drive into Reykjavik betting on what time the sun would rise. Price Is Right rules in effect: the one who managed to come closest, without going over would be declared the winner. It was then agreed upon that the winner would get to make out with Gemma, Grant's hot little sister, (mmmmmm....Gemma) when we stopped at Grant's parent's house in Essex on the last leg of our trip. But then we all remembered that Gemma had a boyfriend. (Booooo).
european vacation part 2: reykjavik, iceland.
October 21, 2003
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When we got out of meeting we had some time to kill before we had to head back to the airport and I remember that my good friend (and former ModemMedia co-worker) John McHale lives in Atlanta. I called him and found out that he his work was just a few blocks away from where we were calling from. He hopped in his car and five short minutes later, Johnny was on the spot.
the october roundup
October, 2003
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After a quick and delicious McBreakfast (mmmmm) here we are on the West Side highway tearing out of town. West Side, boyeeee.
day off upstate
September 12, 2003
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After finishing the entire CONQUISTIDOR, I made the mistake of thinking that it would be a good idea to get dessert. Just my suggestion made everyone else start burping. But then when I saw there was a Cinnabon place, I couldn't resist. I ended up getting a large Cinnabon and a hot chocolate, thinking that we could all share it. Everyone else was too full to even touch the Cinnabon - so I just ate the whole thing (whoops!).

Oh my god - I don't think I've ever been so full in my life. I overate to such a degree that I actually broke into a sweat (My stomach was quickly beginning to understand why my dinner was called "The Conquistidor"). I spend the car ride home trying not to throw up everytime Nina's car hit a bump in the road.
day off upstate
September 12, 2003
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Reunited and it feels so right!
boys weekend in newport part one: the drive up
August 01, 2003
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We hopped in Fatty's Probe and headed to Newport to meet up with the rest of the crew. (Frank drove in solo from NYC, Colin drove in solo from visiting his parents in CT, and Seth was coming in the next afternoon from Boston).
boys weekend in newport part one: the drive up
August 01, 2003
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Look, it's, um, a brige.
boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc
August 01, 2003
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After breakfast we said our goodbye and hopped in our respective rides. Colin, shown here in his Ford Focus SVT (only 7,000 made yaknow!), headed back to Brooklyn solo and Seth headed back up to Boston solo. Grant, Frank, Fatty and myself decided we were going to go back to Manhattan and see "American Wedding." We split up into two cars (me with Fatty, Grant with Frank) and decided we'd have a race back to NYC. First team to make it to the movie theater wins. Aw, yeah.
boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc
August 01, 2003
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I was trying to take a video of us rocking out but took a picture instead and managed to capture us in the midst of some pretty serious MetalFaces (check out Fatty pretending to play kit in the background with his DrummerFAce in full effect. Hahaha).
boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc
August 01, 2003
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But we weren't ready to go home just yet...we stopped at 7Eleven to stock up on treats. Aw yeah, Bert.
boys weekend in newport part three: saturday night
August 01, 2003
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We summoned Bert, our driver, and piled into the van for the big 3 mile trip home (bonus points to Frank for picking his nose).
boys weekend in newport part three: saturday night
August 01, 2003
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Frank (doing what he calls) driving on the way back home.
fort tilden and sarah's roof party
July 20, 2003
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Nevertheless, we somehow managed to pack up the car and hit the road well before 6am.
fishing with pappi part 2
June 9, 2003
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This photo's called "Taking A Picture While Driving a Motorcycle." Make sure you spend some time appreciating it as it almost cost me my life to take it.
motorcycle lessons
April 22, 2003
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...gorgeous New Jersey landscape.
trip to philly
April 19, 2003