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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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Kota's 1 year old!

September 3, 2007

This was a weekend of multiple birthdays and before we got to Micah’s , we were out on Long Island to celebrate our nephew Kota’s 1st birthday. Jeff, Chieko and The B’s really put together a stellar day. First off, there was an inflatable water slide and a badminton court setup. The culinary spread was [...]

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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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26.2 miles? No problem….

June 19, 2007

I actually don’t have much to add about the Need for Speed race aside that it was awesome fun. Getting up at 4:15 isn’t sweet, but hanging out with a group of old and new friends was definitely great times. Here Alex hands off the rfid “baton” bracelet to me. I love how serious he [...]

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Team Kane Street runs its first race

June 18, 2007

TOAD: June 10th, 2007: Karen and I participated in the Avon Need for Speed Relay last weekend. Karen’s an experienced runner but this was my first race and I had an excellent time. The photo above marked the starting line for the all the teams at Bear Mountain. About seven and a half hours later [...]

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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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Need for Speed

April 5, 2007

Team Kane Street and friends just signed up for the Need for Speed relay race up at Bear Mountain in June. It is a 50 mile race with 9 legs. We were supposed to run a 10 mile race in Philly in May, but thanks to some last minute family obligations, we had to cancel [...]

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Birthday Bowling

February 19, 2007

TOAD: February 18th, 2007: On Sunday, Karen and I headed out to Long Island to celebrate Kelly and Chieko’s birthdays with a little bowling and some baked goods. Karen’s awesome brownies were the first product of my Valentine’s Day present, The Baker’s Edge and judging by the reaction from the crowd, they were quite a [...]

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