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I like vans with messages.
the october roundup
October, 2015
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Somehow my camera got wet
fingerlake friend trip
September 04, 2015
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Coffee break in Clark Summit, PA.
fingerlake friend trip
September 04, 2015
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Van team assemble
fingerlake friend trip
September 04, 2015
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Love me a good econoline.
the may roundup
May, 2015
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Had the day off of work on Friday and took a trip out to Queens to go to Spa Castle!
the september roundup
September, 2014
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Watching firemen work always makes me feel proud to be a human. I want to buy them all drinks all the time. Nicely done, guys!
the february roundup
February, 2014
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Took less than ten seconds to squelch the situation once they got the water flowing.
the february roundup
February, 2014
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Just chilling while waiting for the guys across the street to finishing connecting the hydrant to the engine pump. So awesome to see these guys being all casual and routine next to a raging fire.
the february roundup
February, 2014
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...and stepped back a few steps to hang out and just watch the car burn.
the february roundup
February, 2014
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After the smoke had grown into an open blazing inferno, the fireman seemed pleased...
the february roundup
February, 2014
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...the fire got way more intense.
the february roundup
February, 2014
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...but as soon as they pried the hood open....
the february roundup
February, 2014
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...and we stopped to watch NYPD respond to a van engine fire. It's interesting to watch experts work expertly at a job that you don't know anything about. At first it seemed like just a lot of smoke...
the february roundup
February, 2014
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Time to unpack...
jared's bachelor party weekend
August 23, 2013
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Sick custom paintjob on this van that's always parked around the corner from me.
the april roundup
April, 2013
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I enjoyed the Mayan site of Xunatunich so much, that I got up early on Thursday and signed up for a trip into Guatemala to see the much larger Mayan site of Tikal.
belize part 2
January 24, 2013
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Reflection portrait of me and the hound.
the november roundup
November, 2012
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Laughed about this van parked on my block while I was out walking Maddy. (After being underwater, Avenue C = Avenue Sea)
the november roundup
November, 2012
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After the show, we piled into a van to drive over to a restaurant that was still serving food.
on tour with all-american rejects
September 21, 2012
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...and Leigh picked us up in a rental van and we headed over to the west side to drop it off.
the july roundup
July, 2012
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Changing into our rafting gear.
whitewater rafting: dam release
June 23, 2012
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Coffee break on our way home.
fateman jam v
June 16, 2012
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Chris picked Grant and I up and we headed north to Andy & Pepper's house. Dreamcatcher leads the way.
fateman jam v
June 16, 2012
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Our trusty trans-suburban steed.
the june roundup
June, 2011
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Back in town walking home later that evening, I spotted this amazing van along with a free mattress give-a-way
gurj's great birthday adventure
May 12, 2011
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Out of state plate. 5 POINTS!
andrews 5th scavenger hunt
April 09, 2011
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Out walking the hound...
mer's 31st and siege's mardi gras birthdays
March 05, 2011
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Stand-out graffiti on the back door of a heavily tagged van in my neighborhood: Rest in Peace Rick James.
the march roundup
March, 2011
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Jason had a church bus!
halloween in florida
October 29, 2010
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All packed up and ready to head home! Thanks again to Jenny for suggesting the trip and organizing the weekend!
cutchogue weekend
September 10, 2010
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All packed up and ready to go!
cutchogue weekend
September 10, 2010
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Later that afternoon, the seven of us loaded ourselves into the family van we'd rented for the weekend...
cutchogue weekend
September 10, 2010
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...and met up with Chris who was in town touring with his friends band from the UK!
the september roundup
September, 2010
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...and piled back into the van to head home!
fateman jam iii
June 12, 2010
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Van full of awesome.
fateman jam iii
June 12, 2010
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Driving home with bellies full of nighttime breakfast. Happy 40th, Katie!
katie's rollerdisco 40th birthday
February 06, 2010
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Pack em in.
katie's rollerdisco 40th birthday
February 06, 2010
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Designated Wang.
katie's rollerdisco 40th birthday
February 06, 2010
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Elisabeth. (Check out Carol in the background. Haha.)
katie's rollerdisco 40th birthday
February 06, 2010
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Crossing the bridge! Officially in Staten Island...
katie's rollerdisco 40th birthday
February 06, 2010
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...Katie raised the roof for us.
katie's rollerdisco 40th birthday
February 06, 2010
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Around 9:30, we headed outside and piled into the 13-person "church bus" rented for the occasion!
katie's rollerdisco 40th birthday
February 06, 2010
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Shrimpy's "shrimp wearing a Hawaiian shirt and fedora" mascot is really realy creepy.
the august roundup: part one
August, 2009
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Returning the van.
dave and marina's wedding
May 30, 2009
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All dressed up!
dave and marina's wedding
May 30, 2009
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We loaded up the family party van...
dave and marina's wedding
May 30, 2009
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A little over an hour later, we'd reached our Upstate New York hotel destination. I parked the family van...
dave and marina's wedding
May 30, 2009
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...rent a van and drive up to the wedding together! Roadtrip!
dave and marina's wedding
May 30, 2009
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Awesome, blacked-out A-Team style van that's always parked right by the boardwalk.
the august roundup: part two
August, 2008
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What was I loading up on carbs for? To climb Mount Sinai at night so that I could be at the summit of the mountain in time for sunrise! We boarded a minibus at 11:30pm...
egypt part four
March 23, 2008
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After all the best men finished getting their tuxes on, we piled into Kent's van and headed over to the church.
scott and erika's wedding: part one
June 30, 2007
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And thank you, maroon rental van! The end!
taking back great adventure
June 22, 2006
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On Tuesday I decided to play hookey from work and head to Six Flag's Great Adventure with Dennis, Karen and Natasha! They were filming Across the Universe (the forthcoming Beatles musical) in our neighborhood and a bunch of the vehicles from the movie were parked on the corner of Dens' block! (BTW, not only is Dennis' web site the inspiration for this web site, he's also a much more responsible blogger than I am. Case in point, he posted his diary entry about this day like 2 years ago when it happened.)
the october roundup
October, 2005
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Grant and Rachel were all the way in the back seat...
gay pride at fort tilden
June 27, 2004
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Meredith as (pants-less) navigator.
gay pride at fort tilden
June 27, 2004
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Despite only getting a few hours of sleep, we managed to pick up the van and be heading beachward before noon. Here's me, Meredith, Grant, Rachel and David and Miye in the back! Rented van, wooooooo!
gay pride at fort tilden
June 27, 2004
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Friday morning I helped Fatty and the guys in the band load up their gear into their van. They were moving to a hotel that was closer to where they'd be playing their first of two shows in town.
sxsw part one: bands in austin
March 18, 2004
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After hitching a ride to the new hotel (a little closer to town) I bid the band farewell, hopped a cab and headed into town to meet up with Sarah...
sxsw part one: bands in austin
March 18, 2004
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There's God's address. You know, just in case those prayers aren't working out for you.
the march roundup
March, 2004
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If your furnace ever goes out - you gotta call up these guys. Why, you ask?
the march roundup
March, 2004
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After we finished unpacking, we locked the girls in the back and drove to Kate's on B for some lunch.
the january roundup
January, 2004
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Sunday I was summoned by Emily to help Rachael (my high school sweetheart, awww) move from Hoboken to her new apt in the East Village! Yay!
the january roundup
January, 2004
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And also checked out a whole bunch of vehicles outfitted with monster tires.
european vacation part 2: reykjavik, iceland.
October 21, 2003
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Early on Thursday evening, my friend Bev Chase decided that she had too many errands to run before leaving town early the next morning on a trip and had to give up her Radiohead ticket. Being the amazing friend she is, she suggested to Emily that I take her ticket. So I get a call from Emily out of the blue and she's like "What are you doing tonight?" Me: "Nothing. I'm tired. I'm staying in." Emily: "No, you're not! You're actually going to go see Radiohead with me at Madison Square Garden." (I'll omit the part where I jumped around and started screaming like Grant at a Backstreet Boys concert...but suffice it to say, I was excited).

So Emily and I headed uptown to Bev's apartment to pick up her ticket and then we ate delicious Quizno's subs. (mmmm). Right before hopping a cab to MSG, Emily and I spotted this bitching-ass, chopped, custom mini-van. Check that shit out, yo. If the A-Team had been dwarves, this would've been their vehicle of chizzoice.

02.04.2004 - Addendum: So tonight I got the bestest email ever:
"I live in the same apartment building with the owner of that black van. The owner of this van looks like eerily like Fabio: long blond hair, constant tan and constantly wears the long beach tank top. His two tiny "hot dog" dogs, that he walks with everywhere, constant yelping wake the apartment. Anyway, FYI."

That's so great. I was totally hoping it was owned by a family of dwarves, but picturing the tan guy driving it with his long blond hair blowing out the driver-side window and his two weiner dogs hanging out the passenger side, that's almost as good.
the october roundup
October, 2003
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Teixeira, Stoddard (and me).
teen loft party
May 11, 2002
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Van shennanigans. From left: Malko, Midore, Holubek (driving), Pellegrin, Ganapathy...
teen loft party
May 11, 2002
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So Nina (Grant's girlfriend) invited us to go to her friends' loft party in Brooklyn. After hearing our story about the last time we partied with girls from Sarah Lawrence, all eight of us piled into Brian H's van (yep, he's got a big, white, molester-van) and decided to go check out the party.
teen loft party
May 11, 2002