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On Saturday morning, Mer and I hopped in a cab and headed crosstown to meet up with...
dave and marina's wedding
May 30, 2009
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Wiener dogs on the move.
the april roundup: part two
April, 2009
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The trees had just bloomed.
the story of anvil movie premiere
April 09, 2009
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...in the back of a cab! For those of you who don't live in NYC, this is pretty hard to pull off. The strategy usually consists of three people hailing a cab while a fourth person hangs back from the group. After the cab has pulled over, the group of three distract the driver while the fourth ducks down, and climbs in the back ninja style!

We got out of the cab on 3rd St and got ready to perform another difficult photo stunt...
andrew's scavenger hunt and ryan's surprise birthday
April 04, 2009
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See? It was so unbelievable. This photo looks totally staged with her little paw draped over my shoulder, but this was how she wanted to ride right from the get-go. It was about this time that we realized we'd gotten a weirdo.
a puppy named maddy
February 27, 2009
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As soon as we got her into the warmth of a cab, she stopped with all the strange mewling noises she was making and immediately settled down. We were trying to hold her on our laps, but she kept climbing up and wedging her self between our backs and the seat. It seemed like she really wanted to sit perched up on our shoulders.
a puppy named maddy
February 27, 2009
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She arrived wrapped in a blanket inside a tiny crate. We took her out and she was cold, shivering and making adorable "mewling" noises. We took her out of the crate and she was delighted to be with us immediately. We couldn't get over how cute she was.
a puppy named maddy
February 27, 2009
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On Wednesday night, Ellen and I went to the UCB Theater to see...
the february roundup
February, 2009
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A little before midnight, we hopped in a cab with Lisa and Pauly and headed out to Williamsburg to attend...
the january roundup
January, 2009
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Walked to work on a rainy December Friday to try to clear up my hangover.
the december roundup: part two
December, 2008
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Meredith getting her DS game on.
san francisco work trip & driving to la
November 18, 2008
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Rush hour.
san francisco work trip & driving to la
November 18, 2008
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We can walk from here.
catrinel's birthday
July 03, 2008
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Splitting a cab.
catrinel's birthday
July 03, 2008
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Pauly is a knee-kisser.
the june roundup: part two
June, 2008
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Cab ride home.
the june roundup: part one
June, 2008
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Cab ride home in the day light. Good morning, New York.
taking back sunday at madison square garden
May 09, 2008
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...excited to be home!
egypt part five
March 27, 2008
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Hopped in a cab...
egypt part five
March 27, 2008
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I arrived back in Cairo around 11:30pm and hired a taxi to take me back to the neighborhood I'd stayed in when I arrived in Cairo!
egypt part four
March 23, 2008
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Here's me saying goodbye to Ahmed after we got back to my hotel around 4pm! This guy was the best! Despite only knowing a few words in each others' language, we managed to talk all day for an eight-hour road trip. Thanks again for driving, Ahmed!
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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After Memphis, Ahmed and I hopped back in the car and headed back to Cairo.
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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There she is, kids! Snofru's Red Pyramid, the oldest "true" (or "smooth-sided") pyramid in the world!
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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I met back up with Ahmed. We hit the road and set out for, Dahshur.
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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Bad ass. Ahmed and I had spent the hour-drive down doing our best to get to know each other. Despite the language barrier, we'd managed pretty well and I learned that despite having spent his entire life in Cairo, he'd never been to any of the sites we were visiting. It was cool to drive down the road with him and hear him having the same awed reaction as me.
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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This is the back of Djoser's Step Pyramid. It's from 2630 BCE (4,640 years ago!!!) and is considered one of the oldest stone monuments in human history.
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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Saqqara is a huge burial complex for the Old Kingdom of Egypt. We pulled off the lush green local roads and suddenly we were in the middle of a desert and there were two pyramids (well, one step pyramid and a pile of rubble!) rising out of the desert.

BTW, the pile of rubble is the remains of Userkaf's Pyramid! Guess that'll teach him to skimp on pyramid building supplies!
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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After finishing my breakfast, I grabbed my backpack and hit the streets of Cairo to try to find a driver! After a few failed attempts with drivers who spoke absolutely NO English, I finally met a driver who was willing to hear me out. Not that he spoke a single word of English either, he simply possessed enough patience to sit with me on the side of the road while I tried to communicate with a combination of phrases listed in the back of my guidebook and clumsy hand gestures.

After getting the gist that I wanted to hire him for the day, he told me that "We see friend with English." I agreed and he drove me to a hotel to visit a friend of his working as a security guard. His friend spoke great English and asked me where I wanted to go and how much I wanted to pay. I named the three cities and told him that I was offereing 200 EP (~$38 USD). He told me "Ahhhh! That is a very good and fair price!" He translated what I had just said for Ahmed, the driver, who happily agreed. After sitting in Cairo's morning traffic for close to an hour, we hit the highway and were on our way!
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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On the loooong ass flight over I'd had plenty of time to read up good places to stay in Cairo and had decided to head to an area called Shariff Adly where there were lots of places to choose from. After clearing customs uneventfully, I got into a cab and got a nerve-wracking two minutes of blank stares as I tried every possible pronunciation of "Shariff Adly" before finally stumbling upon "SHAR adley." And the dude laughed and was like "Oh, sure. No problem 80 EP" (80 Egyptian Pounds like $15 USD).

As we pulled away from the airport, the cabbie asked me where I was from. He told me he liked New York, but not George Bush. I agreed. He told me he liked American music and turned the radio on. Right as he flipped it on, the song that goes "Caught between the moon and New York Ci-it-it-taaaay...the best that you can do" was on and we both had a laugh.
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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Sitting in mid-day afternoon Egyptian traffic after almost 20 hours of travel = feeling like this.

After getting dropped off, I wandered around and checked out a few hotels and hostels before deciding on a room at the Carlton Hotel on 26th of July Street (just a few blocks away from the Nile River!).
egypt: part one
March 16, 2008
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So Pauly and I walked her out, made sure she got in a cab safely...
the february roundup
February, 2008
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The only other thing of note that happened was Meredith and I took a cab back from somewhere and our cab driver's name was Diallo Amadou! (Any chance any Fulbe people read this? Is that a really common name or is this pretty rare?)
the december roundup: part two
December, 2007
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...meaningful-video-game-release-date! In this case, ladies and gentleman, the game in question was ROCKBAND! My brother and I are huge Guitar Hero fans and we'd been waiting on it for months!
the november roundup: part two
November, 2007
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...and this one! So glad to be back in NYC!
the september roundup
September, 2007
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Early morning cab eastward with these two (Nice "drink for the road" you got yerself there, Tinz!)...
the september roundup
September, 2007
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Here's where we left off! Meredith in a cab smiling about picking up our two pet rats that Mandy was nice enough to look after for us while we took a month-long trip to the United Arab Emirates and then Thailand!

We spent Saturday afternoon getting settled back into our apartment. Meredith was jet-lagged and called it a night...
the september roundup
September, 2007
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We dropped off our bags and immediately went uptown to Mandy's apartment to pick up our two rat ladies that she was nice enough to take care of in our absence. (Thanks again, Mandy!)
thailand part nine: koh tao to bangkok to nyc
August 29, 2007
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The view of our neighborhood (the Lower East Side and the East Village) while crossing over the Williamsburg Bridge. Almost home!
thailand part nine: koh tao to bangkok to nyc
August 29, 2007
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Happy to be home!
thailand part nine: koh tao to bangkok to nyc
August 29, 2007
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Happy to be home!
thailand part nine: koh tao to bangkok to nyc
August 29, 2007
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We didn't have any luggage checked, so as soon as we got off the plane, we hailed a taxi and asked to be taken right to Khao San Road - which is pretty much the jumping off point for all backpackers looking for cheap accommodations.
thailand: part one - bangkok and my 31st birthday
August 06, 2007
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No seat belts! Welcome to Thailand, you over-concerned for your safety American!
thailand: part one - bangkok and my 31st birthday
August 06, 2007
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And this one!
united arab emirates part one: nyc to dubai
July 31, 2007
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On Tuesday evening, we grabbed our bags (one bag each!) and hopped a cab to JFK. Look who's so excited about vacation! This one!
united arab emirates part one: nyc to dubai
July 31, 2007
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...and then headed home giddy like a schoolgirl knowing that tomorrow we'd be leaving for vacation!
vacation preparation
August, 2007
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...and headed uptown to drop them off at her friend Mandy's house who'd graciously agreed to take care of our vermin while we were away.
vacation preparation
August, 2007
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My train ride back home was uneventful. But I decided to catch a cab from Penn Station cross-town and my drivers name was Harriram Supersad! Awwww! Cheer up buddy!
father's day down at the shore
June 17, 2007
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After the show was over, I went to MisShapes for a little while, stole little Ms. Leigh Lezark, and dragged her back east in a cab...
the may roundup: part two
May, 2007
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A little past noon, I left work and hopped a taxi to the airport.
business trip to orlando
March 26, 2007
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Then I made sure I could use my new camera to take pictures of myself where you can't really tell that I'm the one holding the camera. (Which is important when you travel by yourself!)
business trip to orlando
March 26, 2007
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...and the Fatty. We took a cab crosstown to the Port Authority so that we could...
the september roundup
September, 2006
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On Saturday afternoon, Meredith and I met up with Vinay (seen here holding a disposable camera that I found that was from back when he and I were in college!)...
the september roundup
September, 2006
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The girls dropped me off first before heading up to their hotel. Thanks for such a fun night, ladies. And Michelle, I hope to see you again before another twelve years sneak by!
the june roundup
June, 2006
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4:38am. Here we are covered in sweat from our dance floor work out, sharing a cab back east.
the june roundup
June, 2006
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...while Grant, Amanda and I hopped in a cab. They headed home and afterwards I took the cab to see if MisShapes was still going on.
new year's eve 2005
December 31, 2005
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Later Sunday night, me, Meredith, John, Ellen and Leigh all shared a cab to go Smith's night. In order to sneak all five of us into the same cab, Leigh had to lay down on everybody's lap and hide from the driver. Here's the sneaky "Look! Four people in the backseat!" photo I took from the front seat. Hahah.
the december roundup
December, 2005
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November was a good month.
the november roundup
November, 2005
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When even Josh is embarrassed to be around you, you know something's gotta be majorly wrong.
the november roundup
November, 2005
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I ended up meeting up with Mikie (who used to live in Japan but has since moved to NYC) and we all left the party to go dancing at MisShapes. Mikie ended up bringing some douchetard along with her from the party who refused to take off his blue-tinted aviator glasses.
the november roundup
November, 2005
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Landed at SFO and took a cab into San Franciso to...
business (and guns!) in san francisco
September 26, 2005
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Early morning cab ride out to JFK to catch my flight. My eyes feel like tired!
business (and guns!) in san francisco
September 26, 2005
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Ok, this sounds made up, but I swear it's the truth: In South Korea, building numbers and street addresses are not sequentially ordered! Normally, you can guess where a building is in relation to other buildings based on the number - but in Seoul, the building next to "2 Main Street" (not that there is a Main Street) might be "2356 Main Street" and the one next to that might be "400." (I swear to I'm not making this up!)

In this pic our cabdriver is setting up a speakerphone so that the cab dispatcher can tell him, turn by turn, how to get us back to our hostel! Totaly insanity!
teaching english in korea: part five
August 20, 2005
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Sarah had flown in earlier, so I hung around the airport waiting for Josh's flight to come in and then we took a cab into town together to meet up with....*drumroll*
sxsw south by southwest 2005
March 16, 2005
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So fresh and so clean! After Sarah and Josh had recovered from the trauma my nizzuts had inflicted, we hopped into a cab and headed over to Stubb's for...
sxsw south by southwest 2005
March 16, 2005
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My eyes feel like sleepy.
sxsw south by southwest 2005
March 16, 2005
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Newark bound.
sxsw south by southwest 2005
March 16, 2005
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On our way to the airport where we almost got arrested. (Remember that, Sar? Hahahaha.)
sxsw south by southwest 2005
March 16, 2005
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And on Thursday, Sarah and I rode somewhere in a cab. That is all!
the march roundup
March, 2005
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Then I usually take a picture of myself chilling in the back while I've got the camera out. Yup. Here's me, just chilling.
baltic vacation part two: traveling solo in estonia
January 29, 2005
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I'm always so paranoid about losing my passport or something important in a cab that I always take a picture of cab's ID plaque.
baltic vacation part two: traveling solo in estonia
January 29, 2005
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The distant Manhattan skyline always looks so puny in pics taken on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
baltic vacation part two: traveling solo in estonia
January 29, 2005
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Last minute decision = Sarah getting ready in the taxi.
visiting dave upstate and snowstorm misshapes
January 22, 2005
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After a few (piss-poor) hours of sleep, I hopped in a cab and headed for the airport. Instead of going back to SF, I was heading to NYC for a few business meetings, my friend Bev's wedding and finally, Thanksgiving with the fam in NJ before heading back to SF.
las vegas business trip for adbrite
November 15, 2004
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Since we were all pretty much recovering from my going away party earlier in the week (and also since I'd used "Hey, I'm moving" as an excuse to party pretty much every single night for the past five weeks) we decided to play it low-key and have a mellow last night at Misshapes. Here's Fatty, Amy and I on the cab ride over.
last night in nyc
August 28, 2004
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...going...
last night in nyc
August 28, 2004
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Going...
last night in nyc
August 28, 2004
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Cab ride from the Lower East Side to JFK.
last night in nyc
August 28, 2004
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A week earlier Leigh had asked me if I'd be one of the DJs at her party. I was like "Uh, I don't know how to DJ, remember?" She was all "You don't have to beat-match and shit. Just bring a bunch of songs that you think will get people dancing. I'll take you over early and show you how to use the decks. It'll take twenty minutes." True to her word, she picked me up in a cab a few hours before her party was set to start, took me over to Luke and Leroy's (Here's the bday girl pulling a face)...
leigh's birthday parties
July 24, 2004
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Splitting a cab home with Sarah.
siren festival at coney island and misshapes
July 17, 2004
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After dinner, the Cravens hopped a cab and headed back to New Jersey. (Thanks for dinner, guys!)
the july roundup: part two
July, 2004
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Goodnight!
another night at misshapes
June 05, 2004
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Because of the delay, I totally ended up missing Many's show, but I called her when I got into town and I ended up catching her just as she and her bandmates were hopping in a cab to go to some private afterhours party outside of town that Joan Jett was rumored to be playing at. When Mandy graciously extended an offer to join them, I ran my tiny ass down the street and hopped in their cab. Here's our rock and roll driver - I actually managed to catch him in the act of cranking the volume dial so we could all better enjoy the Van Halen song that had just come on the radio.
sxsw part one: bands in austin
March 18, 2004
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Bye-bye, winter!
aruba vacation part 1: leaving nyc and first night in aruba
January 22, 2004
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michael t's birthday and karaoke with scott
January 15, 2004
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michael t's birthday and karaoke with scott
January 15, 2004
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We had to get two taxis for the ride back to Charlene's. Dani and I snuck away from the group and hopped in our own cab. Grant spent the entire 20 minute cab ride leaning out his cab's window (that was behind our cab) trying to capture pics of Dani and I making out.
european vacation part 5: reunited with grant.
October 22, 2003
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On the train we voted against bringing our luggage to the concert for fear that there'd be no place to put it (As much as we wanted to catch the ACDC concert in it's entirety, the thought all of our luggage getting lost in the fray was too much of a risk, even for us). So we hopped a quick cab back to Charlene's flat (that's fancy British talk for "apartment") to drop off our bags.
european vacation part 4: london & ac/dc
October 21, 2003
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I've been in hundreds of NYC yellow cabs, but I'd never been in one that had...
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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We spent our cab ride discussing tricks and traps we could employ to scare the crap out of Grant and capture it on tape.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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...fucking hot-rod dice on the door locks. This was clearly a good omen.
european vacation part 1: leaving nyc
October 20, 2003
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The next night, a whole bunch of us headed over to Sin Sin for the Happy Birthday / Goodbye Forever Party Spectacular. Here's me and my co-worker Zara in the cab on the way over.
tara's 21st birthday and goodbye party
September 30, 2003
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Momentarily safe whilst stopped at a traffic light, Grant captured this picture of me reflecting upon the "nugget of fear" I'd just involuntarily deposited in my shorts.
cake party part four
August 27, 2003
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First off, I'd like to record in this diary that due to our certifiably-insane driver on the cab ride over, we almost didn't make it to the party alive. Here's Grant holding on for dear life as the driver executes one of his many fast-corner, tire-chirping turns.
cake party part four
August 27, 2003
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Grant had just broken up with his girlfriend Erica (for the 8th time, but really, who's counting, right?) and wanted to stay home and mope. Instead, Vin and I managed to convince him to go to our friend Kusum's rollerdisco brithday party at the Roxy. After a little bit of Vin-nuzzlin' failed to cheer him up...
the july roundup
July, 2003
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MLE upped the ante but breaking out a pair of CHiPs shades to go with it.
emily visits nyc
May 29, 2003
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....could make a stupider face with it on.
emily visits nyc
May 29, 2003
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Hey lover of "Pietro,"
emily visits nyc
May 29, 2003
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I put the hat on, the shades on and then I did the robot. Top that! Top that! Top that-th-th-that, th-that, that!
emily visits nyc
May 29, 2003
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After Iggy's, Bev and Matt left and Emily and I popped into Pianos, but it was pretty gay so we left. (But not before some hipster kid put his "mesh hat" down on the bar and when he turned around, we swiped it and ran out the door.) We immediately took turns trying it on seeing who...
emily visits nyc
May 29, 2003
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Hailing a cab back to Manhattan. A couple weeks later someone I know got permanently disfigured when an elderly woman ran a stop sign and t-boned him riding his motorcycle...and I never bothered to reschedule my test.
motorcycle lessons
May 22, 2003