frank

September 02, 2003

Clearly the breakaway star of the evening, here's Frank doing an impression of his very own "salute dance" that made its first appearance when he sang "The Stroke" at heavy metal karaoke two years ago.

September 02, 2003

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So every once in a while, one of my friends will pull an expression in a photo that just begs to be Photoshopped into something else. Case in point - Frank and Colin were joking around and were pretending to flip a table and and then the next thing you know...

September 02, 2003

Frank, me, and Grant.

September 02, 2003

And then he treated us to even more "Frank dancing." (You should probably take the above image and save it to your desktop - that way, the next time you're feeling down, happiness is only a double-click away.)

September 02, 2003

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As the night gained momentum, we abandoned our little table in the corner and took over the couch directly in front of the stage. Here's Frank, Seth, Colin and Tara.

September 02, 2003

Same goes for this one.

September 02, 2003

Yep, and this one too. (Although, now that I think about it, I think we all might have been singing the four-part back up bit to Aerosmith's "Love In An Elevator" in these last two.)

September 02, 2003

I don't even remember what Frank sang (which again, is why I either need to start taking notes or not wait 3 months before I try to caption these pics), but take a look at his face and you'll probably agree that the song is irrelevant.

September 02, 2003

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Frank and Seth, soaked from the rain - at our lil' table in the corner.

September 02, 2003

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At Grant's request, Frank treated us to a little demonstration of his very special style of "dancing."

boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc

September 02, 2003

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After BBQ goodness we gathered in Frank's room and took turns trying to name a song that he couldn't play on the vibes. In the end, we didn't stump him once and it ended up turning into a 45 minute impromptu karaoke session almost as much fun as the last time this happened (minus Tracy Morgan of course).

two bbqs and karaoke

August 16, 2003

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Here's Fatty telling his amazing story (complete with hand gestures) about a Russian girl he'd met through online dating who was only interested in getting her "rear emmissions checked" (if you know what I'm sayin'). Look at Frank's face, he's totally caught in the middle of saying "Duuuuude."

two bbqs and karaoke

August 16, 2003

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After Chris and Mandy's, we walked three blocks over to Frank and Colin's apartment to eat more food at their BBQ! Here's Grant, Liz and Frank.

two bbqs and karaoke

August 16, 2003

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Frank Picarazzi showed up late night to represent.

karaoke with brett

August 09, 2003

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That, my friends, is the look of defeat.

August 01, 2003

One last pic with the New York Four.

boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc

August 01, 2003

The Six of us looking surprisingly not-hungover (um, expcept for Fatty).

boys weekend in newport part four: race back to nyc

August 01, 2003

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Back at the hotel...

August 01, 2003

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Thumbs up from Bert. (This guy was awesome, earlier in the night when he drove us out we learned that he had graduated from MIT with a degree in theoretical math but lost his job, and was driving the bus on the weekends to earn a little extra money).

August 01, 2003

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This is hands down my favorite pic of the night. Bert N' Tha Boyz.

August 01, 2003

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When Frank started dancing on the bar, we knew it was time to head home.

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).

August 01, 2003

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Then the bartender, Frank, Colin and Seth sang the theme song to "The Jeffersons" (movin' on up...) in four-part harmony.

August 01, 2003

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As "last call" drew nearer, we bid the lovely ladies a fond farewell and hit the road to head over to some other bar where Seth and Frank knew the owner (If you look in the background behind my arm you can see Seth showing off the can of beer he snuck out of the bar by strategically hiding it in his asscrack. Sweet.)

August 01, 2003

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And here's another clutch shot of Frank's "tan." These guys are putting the "melon" in "melanoma."`

August 01, 2003

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So we chatted them up for a while, found out that they were down on vacation from Braintree, Mass (and Fatty made some more "Fatty" faces).

August 01, 2003

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Frank (also sporting a little, um, color) and me.

August 01, 2003

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We headed out to some restaurant on the water of dinner and some drinks. Yay, drinks!

August 01, 2003

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After months of getting people to willingly pose with my balls, it was time to try something new: getting unsuspecting people to unknowingly pose with my balls. I discreetly whipped out my bag, and grabbed one of our new friends for a picture. I handed off the cam to Seth who totally shit the bed by not managing to get my balls in the pic. Doh! The rest of the guys in the pic (Check out Grant and Franks' faces) were laughing so hard that the girl in the black shirt was totally confused...

August 01, 2003

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After dinner, we once again failed miserably to integrate with the fellow Newportians...

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

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...backup arrived in the form of Seth, fresh outta the car from Boston. (Bonus points to Frank for pulling that shit-eating grin.)

August 01, 2003

After the beach, Fatty made the mistake of trying to catch a quick nap amidst a roomful of rowdy guys. Check out Big Daddy calling in for back-up while Frank gives Fatty a lil' "hot dog in the bun through the sheet" action...

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

Thumbs up!

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

During our delicious continental breakfast at the hotel in the morning, we saw this 80 year old woman who had on a big, ol' chain-link necklace. When overheard her (indiscernable from a distance) foreign accent, we started wondering if maybe she was one of the Sex Pistols' Nana. So we enlisted Frank to go up and get her pic, just in case. Once again we employed our fool-proof "you look just like my Great Aunt So-and-So, can I please take your picture?" Works like a charm.

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

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Earlier in the evening, we had spotted the guy in the middle, sporting a blonde molester-moustache and a BFLB (Bald Front, Long Back: pronounced beffle-bee), and we wanted to take his pic too. Turns out he was best friends (wouldn't you know it) with the leather vest guy and he soon joined are tight-knit group of outcasts.

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

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From L to R: Fatty, me, Colin, Frank and Grant.

boys weekend in newport part two: friday night and the beach

August 01, 2003

I know I bring this up everytime I post pics of this place - but seriously, look at this pic. Can you believe this is about 10 miles from Manhattan?

the august roundup

August, 2003

Ah, yet another day trip out to the lovely Ft. Tilden with Frank, Colin, Liz and Grizzle.

the august roundup

August, 2003

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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Late, late in the day, Fatty showed up with some Russian girl that'd he'd met earlier on the week, but he didn't hang out with us becuase he was on a "date." We all left together, though. From L to R: Liz, Grant, Erica, Fatty, his Russian date, and there's Seven Layer down at the bottom.

fort tilden and sarah's roof party

July 20, 2003

Later on in the afternoon, Frank and Liz came out and met up with us. Here's Frank striking "sexy beach pose #482."

fort tilden and sarah's roof party

July 20, 2003

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While we all squared off in two-person team competition...

badminton in brooklyn

July 12, 2003

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Afterwards, it was time for Seth to go solo with a little "New York State of Mind" action.

impromtu karaoke with tracy morgan

July 11, 2003

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Frank can pretty much play any song you can name on the vibes (and Antonio Di Lullo's the same on guitar) so it wasn't long before Frank started inviting people up for some impromptu karaoke accompaniment. Here's Amanda cutting loose.

impromtu karaoke with tracy morgan

July 11, 2003

Then out of the blue, Steve Hayes, Jetsetera's long-lost fourth member showed up...

June 28, 2003

Here's the lesser-seen "sideways DLR (that's David Lee Roth, playa) kick."

June 28, 2003

...and the original Jetsetera line up took the stage for the first time in over three years for a four-way karaoke re-enactment of the seminal Van Halen song, "Hot For Teacher." (In order to really appreciate that last caption, you have to hear me say it in my Casey Kasem voice.)

June 28, 2003

A night of karaoke ecstasy was had by all.

June 28, 2003

Here's Frank Picarazzi (in a tuxedo shirt, no less) who insisted the prompter be turned off while he was singing because he was, "going 'off book'" for her schmoking version of Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long."

June 28, 2003

Frank was telling stories about how when he was heavier back in college he used to be able to lick his own tit. It only took a tiny bit of prompting before Seven Layer busted out ye old titty to see if he still had "it" in him (he came up about five inches shy. Drat!).