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Manlio is in town? Let's go ride some bulls!

December 30, 2007

Friday night Manlio was in NYC so we grabbed some dinner with him before heading into town. In the cab ride, he mentioned a bar that Dennis had recommend. This bar, he said, had a mechanical bull. That was all he needed to say before Alex and I were requesting the location and directing the [...]

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Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2007

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! Enjoy the food, gift giving and family time today. We hope you get everything you asked for from Santa. Love, Team Kane Street

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Holiday Cocktails

December 10, 2007

Karen and I had a few people over last weekend for some holiday cocktails. We picked up bunch of things from fresh direct, Karen baked some cookies, I made some mulled cider and we were on our way. Over the summer I picked up a Lite-Brite at a local stoop sale. What better way to [...]

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Watch Your Balls!! goes down in the first round.

December 10, 2007

We wrapped up our most lackluster bocce season with a prompt first round exit. This season was marred by a lack of Matt on our team along with Sasha not making it to any of our matches. Though we lost the match, we still proceeded with our team dinner at our local Hibachi (get it?) [...]

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TOAD Catchup: Dec. 1- Dec. 11th

December 10, 2007

TOAD: Dec. 1st, 2007 TOAD: Dec. 2nd, 2007: Our Bocce team, Watch Your Balls!!, snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in the playoffs this season. This was the first season where Sasha didn’t make it to any matches. Coincidence? I think not. Sasha will be back and so will WYB. (Stay tuned for some [...]

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TOAD Catchup Nov. 13th-25th

November 25, 2007

TOAD: Nov. 13th, 2007: A street photo/art collage that someone put up right near our apartment. See it in closer detail here. Neat. TOAD: Nov. 14th, 2007: On Wednesday mornings, two women sell freshly made doughnuts to the many people from Park Slope who make their way to/from Flatbush Avenue. You can find them sitting [...]

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Random updates

October 15, 2007

Since I have been a delinquent with this blog as of late, I am going to try an update Manlio style. So here goes! In the last few weeks we have: – Ran 18 Miles to Coney Island and back in 88 degree weather. It was terrible. Terrible. Terrible. – Ran 16 Miles and then [...]

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No longer 30…

October 2, 2007

Last weekend was my 31st birthday and Karen and I started off the celebrations by running 14 miles (longest run ever!). After a little afternoon recovery nap, we headed down to the old neighborhood for some food and drinks at Sidecar. (TOAD: Sept. 22nd, 2007) After a slew of drinks and some really delicious food [...]

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It's the Jon and Holice Weekend

May 18, 2007

My friend Jon from college and his fiancé, Holice, are in town for the weekend from Atlanta. I lived with them for a few months when I was in grad school (along with my brother and Chieko) and they would make delicious dinners for themselves and then always make me an extra plate and put [...]

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Spring 2007 Bocce Finals

April 30, 2007

Team Kane Street had a super busy weekend between two days of the spring bocce tournament at Floyd in Brooklyn and a baptism for Kota out on Long Island. Saturday afternoon we kicked off the first day of the tournament. First game: Watch Your Balls!! v. the Mamalukes. We took them down, though I honestly [...]

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