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I'm 30!

April 24, 2008

I turned 30 last weekend! Friday to be exact. Despite turning what seems to be very old, I had an excellent weekend. We kicked off the festivities on Thursday evening with a last minute plan to go to the Yankee/Red Sox game at Yankee Stadium. Thanks, Mo! Dennis and Matt were up for the last [...]

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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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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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North Slope Classic BBQ

September 2, 2007

Ok… we’re WAY behind on these so I’m just going to get the up there. So as you know we moved to a new apartment back in July and a few weeks later we had a BBQ to answer the following question: Is the North Slope is as good a place to have a BBQ [...]

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Red Hook Music Session

August 11, 2007

TOAD: August 4th, 2007: A few weekends ago, Gabe invited us to go see his band, Monuments, perform at an event called The Echo Sessions. The setup was as follows: it takes place in a loft-like studio space in Red Hook where the band performs in the main room. The audio is being recorded and [...]

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Rehearsal Dinner: Chestnut

September 24, 2006

Karen and I chose our favorite local restaurant, Chestnut, as the location for our rehearsal dinner. From the first time we ate there in the late Spring, we wanted to devise a way to hold the event there. Working with chef Daniel Eardley and sommelier Michael Connolly was great from the beginning. They invited us [...]

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Gabe’s Birthday + DS Lite and Elijah Wood: what a weekend!

June 12, 2006

Gabe’s 30th Birthday Party at Loreley was a rollicking good time and Sunday was spent being hungover, playing my brand new delicious Nintendo DS Lite and hosting an open house at our apartment. Saturday night Karen, Kevin, Oliver and I went out for some French food at Bar Tabac and then headed into the city [...]

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Yanks getting worked

May 16, 2006

Our good friend Jason (back from the Gotham Broadband days) is moving to China next week with his wife, Mariam. Prior to his departure, he wanted to get to a Yankee game and got together a bunch of people (including karen b., carin g., sara l., gabe b., brian m., andy k., robb s., matt [...]

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Dinner, Drinks and Air Guitars

May 6, 2006

Friday night Karen and I met up with Gabe and Carin for dinner, drinks and a movie (Air Guitar Nation screening @ the Tribeca Film Festival) We arrived at Three of Cups for dinner around 8pm and Gabe and Carin had already secured a table outside – very well done as it was a beautiful [...]

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Air Guitar Fever. Catch it!

April 26, 2006

Apparently Spring is Air Guitar season. After Dennis and I caught Air Guitar Nation (quick synopsis: a documentary following the first US entrants into the Air Guitar World Championships which are held yearly on a tiny Finnish island.) while we were at SXSW. The movie was a blast so when I found out it was [...]

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