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New Year's Eve 2008-2009 in Park Slope, Brooklyn

January 3, 2009

This year Karen and I hatched a brilliant New Year’s Eve plan that would allow us to eat, drink and dance, while never having to leave our beloved borough. Here’s a quick recap: We started off the evening with some excellent sushi from the folks across the street at Geido (highly recommend if you’ve never [...]

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Ya-Ya-Sisterhood-Joy-Luck-Club-Weekend in Chicago

July 19, 2008

Last weekend I met up with my three college roommates, Marisa, Lindsey and Julie, in Chicago. Aside from the occasional wedding, this is the first time we have all gotten to spend a full weekend together since 2002. Here we are eight years after graduation in Chicago. Old ladies, with dogs, and kids and jobs [...]

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Memorial Day Weekend Adirondack Chair Smackdown!

June 1, 2008

Continuing the tradition of weekend backyard improvement, we ordered a pair of Adirondack Chairs from, where else, adirondackchairs.com of course! They arrived earlier in the week and we set out to put them together on Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend (hence the name of the event). To keep with the spirit of how we [...]

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Team Kane Street in Barcelona

May 26, 2008

Hola Readers! We promise we haven’t been ignoring you, we’ve simply been traveling! TKS took off for Barcelona in late April and then spent much of last week (or two or three…) catching up on life. We started this post a number of weeks ago and it’s been started and finished by two different writers, [...]

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Some Garden Renovations

May 20, 2008

This past weekend was one of those amazing weekends in which you are productive from beginning to end. Almost to the end I guess. Ending at the Dram Shop after the 5th avenue street fair probably wasn’t super productive for a Sunday afternoon, but we did get to catch up with some friends and watch [...]

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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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SXSW 2008

March 27, 2008

We’ve been back from SXSW for two weeks now and haven’t had a chance to post anything about the week in Austin. We had a great time this year, much due to the fact that many of our ITP friends joined in the fun this year so it was a nice reunion of some of [...]

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North Slope Oscar Potluck

February 25, 2008

With each passing year, our annual Oscar party becomes less about the movies and more about the competitive nature of our friends, particularly when it comes to making food. This year we tasked our friends with bringing a dish inspired by one of the Oscar nominees. The following are some of the entries: Juno’s SunnyD [...]

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Quick Trip to Tulum, Mexico

February 18, 2008

Last week Alex and I headed to Tulum, Mexico for a quick trip before he started his new job. I’ve never planned a trip like that in less than two weeks from the departure date, but it worked out really well. It felt like we booked it and then we were off! Tulum is about [...]

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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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