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After a crazy-ass night celebrating Karen's
birthday at MisShapes, on
Sunday a bunch of us got up bright and early, rented a van
and decided to have a beach day at Ft. Tilden in Brooklyn.
Despite only getting a few hours of sleep, we managed to
pick up the van and be heading beachward before noon. Here's
me, Meredith, Grant, Rachel and David and Miye in the back!
Rented van, wooooooo!
Crossing the Manhattan bridge into Brooklyn.
Meredith as (pants-less) navigator.
Flatbush Avenue, baby.
At the end of Flatbush, you cross the Rockaway bridge and
you're almost there.
Voila! From Manhattan to the beach in less than thirty minutes.
Meredith, David, Grant, Rachel and Miye.
Once we hit the beach, it was portrait time!
Miye took a picture of me taking a picture of her. And then I took a picture...
...of her sweet, brown bum.
Rachel eating a sandwich. Grant, I know you really liked
her, but a belly chain to the beach? C'mon, now!
Meredith, being of the fair-skinned persuation, lotioned
up with full-on sunblock (including a little dollop for where
her hair parts so that her scalp wouldn't burn).
David and Miye on the other hand, actually brought a jar
of coconut cooking oil and slathered themselves up in it.
As their bodies heated up in the sun, I couldn't stop thinking
about how badly I wanted a piña colada.
The end of Meredith and Grant's mad-dash into the water.
David getting some sweet back-walking action.
After an hour in the sun, some of the (many) treats we'd
purchased on the car ride out, especially the chocolately
ones, had gotten gooey. Rather than having to squirt it
out of the wrapper like toothpaste, Grant decided to chill
that motherfucker out in the ocean
to return it to a more solid state. (Mmmmmmm....delicious
Fastbreak).
In a crazy-ass coincidence, later that afternoon Colin
and Heather showed up! They parked their set up a good 25
yards from us (so they could cannoodle in peace).
Grant caressing the bellychain.
June 27th is Gay Pride Day! David borrowed Miye's beach hat
to show a little solidarity.
Yay, pride!
ChelseaBoy flexdown!
Meredith showing off her rainbow keyster
Squinty David and Winky Miye.
Around five, we decided to pack it up and head to the car.
Meredith and me.
Grant and Rachel were all the way in the back seat...
...and then suddenly, they weren't. I
handed David my camera for a sneaky, over-the-seat reconaissance
mission and he discovered...
...Grant and Rachel working hard to out-do their previous
night's "performance."
We headed back into Manhattan so that David could take their
dog Tally for a quick walk...
...and then we drove our rent-a-van out to Queens for another
delicious Thai meal at Sripraphai.
Sooooooo tasty. Happy Gay Pride Day everyone!
(added
on 01.09.2005)
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