a thing in 222 photos tompkins Topmpkins blooming The bloom in Tompkins means I've made it through another winter! <3 Got cookies from C&B Bakery for dessert! Maddy being a little beggar. ...to meet up with Jane Anne. Got all bundled up and trudged up to... Got another dusting of snow. Oh....you know, just enjoying my egg & cheese croissant and enjoying a little Saturday sunshine in Tompkins....what are you up to? ...and there was a big group of people watching the red-tailed hawks and their babies. Later that evening, I met back up with Grant and Kristina who was in town from California... Love all the red-tailed hawk action in Tompkins. So nice to see all the green return during my morning dog walk. ...which is always eaten in Tompkins Square Park. Took Maddy for a walk and noticed the first signs that spring was on its way! Thank goodness! Later that afternoon I took a snowy walk through the park over to... Someone put up this great piece of anti-trump art in Tompkins. By the time the snow stopped we'd gotten quite a bit! Walked through the park on my way up to LeagueApps. ...making snowmen! Tompkins was full of people... I like when they dedicate benches to their homeys. RIP Josh Watched one of the red-tailed hawks land on the cross of a church. Met up with Grant at the Tompkins crescent of benches (The Crez) Spotted one of the red-tail hawks while walking Maddy. Tuesday night, stopped to listen to these guys play in the park. Maddy seemed uneasy and when I looked up I noticed one of the red-tailed hawks was watching us! Eeeek! Met up in Tompkins for a summer park hang with Gurj and Jared. Evening stroll with Maddy through Tompkins. So glad summer has officially arrived! A pretty regular occurrence; I almost tuned it out but then as I was passing I noticed... ...Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld and realized they were shooting the the first post-web-series High Maintenance episodes for HBO! Was walking through Tompkins on Thursday afternoon on my way to work and noticed they were filming something. Sunday clean-up volunteers in the park. Was walking Maddy through the park and saw that 1st Ave was completely lined with firetrucks. ...and watched this guy walk his CAT ON A LEASH in a tree! Haha. Took Maddy for her afternoon walk through Tompkins... Seven Squirrel Party! Took them on a walk through the park. Love watching strangers in Tompkins Park line up and wait their turn to challenge the winner at table tennis. While walking the dog on Thursday morning, I saw these posters up to commemorate the life of Ian Jones. (I went home and looked it up and learned that he drowned in the Hudson River while kayaking with his girlfriend. Sad). Perfect Friday summer weather. Walked these two characters... Art someone bolted to a street sign in my neighborhood. Read in the park. Tompkins in bloom! ...then walked through snowy Tompkins... Walking down to a client in the snow on Friday morning. They were filming a movie in Tompkins... ...and had rolls of white felt everywhere to hide the wires. Got some snow on Tuesday. Neat sunset. Thursday was my last day with the hound before... Hung out in the park with Grant and Catrinel... Van Gogh Tompkins Tompkins on Sunday Appropriately seated at the Tompkins Square Park table. Rev Billy Talen putting batteries into his megaphone a few moments before he was arrested by police. On Friday evening there was a big gathering of people protesting the park's decision to cut down the "Bendy Tree." Tompkins sunset Rare Tompkins reunion with these guys! Pretty gradient leaves of the American Smoketree (Cotinus) Full bloom. Tompkins looking lovely. Walking through Tompkins, one of the baby hawks was hanging on a lampost. Only a little bigger than a pigeon (they get a lot bigger when they're fully grown). Passing through the park, I spotted this envelope... ...taped to a bench. For Elle Had to Go. Late afternoon walk through the park. Walked the dog on Saturday morning... ...and Tompkins was empty and looking extra springtime magical. Took Maddy and... Took Maddy for a late night walk... Walked through Tompkins to meet up with Brian and help him look at potential new office spaces. Decent snowman considering the limited coverage. Cut through the park walking over to the Sunshine Theater to see a movie and noticed they lit the tree! ...to film another scene with Heather Graham. Walked home through the park and checked out another big, weird movie set they'd put up... On the walk through Tompkins Square park there was all sorts of a movie lighting gear everywhere. ...starring Heather Graham. Some basic internet sleuthing revealed this is a movie called My Dead Boyfriend , to be released later this year (2016). On the walk home through the park, I had to stop and wait for them to finish filming a scene... Dog park filth print! ...along with the trees in Tompkins. We usually only get a few days of fall colors before everything turns brown. I took Maddy for an evening walk through the park and on the way home spotted... So fun to watch them! Every time I thought someone was about to get a broken neck, they'd swing into a new position and everything was fine. Went to the park to eat bagels with Grant. Watched a group of people do acro together! ...and then had ourselves a Big Gay Icecream in the park. Ok, on to October proper! Perfect fall Tuesday. Late night lap through the park with the hound back in Manhattan. While walking through the park, Maddy got her head stuck in this box while trying to catch a squirrel! This feels so wrong to me. Walked Maddy around her favorite loop in Tompkins Park. It's exciting because... ...you never know what you're going to find when you come around the curve. Hit the jackpot this evening with some Chinese women doing a synchronized dance routine to a song blasting on a nearby boombox. While walking Maddy through Tomkins, we briefly paused to admire this hunk, you know, just hanging out in the dog park all casual. Probably waiting to meet an OKCupid date. Took these ladies for their evening stroll. Husky chilling in the dog park like. Maddy loves to roll around in the huge piles of mulch they dump in Tompkins. Pink and purple. All kinds of new fast-growing plants in Tompkins. On our walk through the park we stopped to listen to a marching band having a dance party in the middle of this crowd. Our life is basically Peep Show but with two of Jeremy.
