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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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Rock and Roll L Train

June 5, 2007

TOAD: June 1st, 2007: On Friday, Karen and I hit up The Elephant in the East Village for some Thai food. We came away impressed. We had mussels steamed in a light curry sauce, some pring rolls, mu shu chicken (the best I have ever seen/tasted) and a grilled pork chop with mixed vegetables. After [...]

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South Slope Oscar Party

March 2, 2007

Not people to let a tradition die, we decided to host a second annual Oscar Potluck party again this year. Alex and I prepared by staying in on Saturday night so we could watch Babel before the big event and make better Oscar picks for the pool the following day. On Sunday we cooked, marinated, [...]

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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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Bachelor Party Weekend at Mt. Snow

August 9, 2006

On the weekend of Aug. 3rd, a bunch of us (Dennis, Gabe, Kevin, Nuti, Oliver, Matt and Manlio) went up to Vermont to celebrate my Bachelorness. After work on Thursday, 6 of us met up in midtown to pack up the Pilot and the Rover and head up to Dennis’ parents’ house in Mt. Snow. [...]

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Smells like winning

August 1, 2006

At least now I know what to get Gabe and Manlio for Christmas.

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