Here are all the pictures I took in February 2008 that didn't end up in their own entry.
Friday, February 1st
On Friday afternoon Posh Tony called me and told me that he and Adam were shooting a new video for Antony's band for a song called Alice. When I asked what the video was about, he told me that they were going around to different places, putting the song on a boombox and having random strangers dance to it. I told them to pack up their camera and come to my work and that I'd get a bunch of my co-workers to dance for them. tags:adam n
posh tony
meetup
Hahaha. Mission Accomplished! tags:adam n
posh tony
meetup
Later Friday night, I went to Hanger Bar to celebrate... tags:crowd
hanger bar
...SARAH'S BIRTHDAY! Happy Birthday, wonderful! Here's the birthday girl showing off the TWO DRINK HAT that someone got her as a gift. Classy! tags:sarah
hat
And how about these birthday gems from good old brother Lawrence: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Judaism and Why Marry Jewish?. Subtle, Lawrence. Very subtle. tags:sarah
birthday
book
gift
WAH-WAH! tags:sarah
birthday
book
gift
thumbs down
Ellen was there with Piper (who looks like she's trying to nurse in this photo! Ew!) tags:ellen hart
peter g
piper
Hahaha. Piper is the tiniest dog with the biggest tongue you've EVER seen. Seriously, her tongue is so big that when she has her mouth closed her tongue sticks out because it's too big to fit in her mouth! Here are a bunch of pictures of Leigh trying to get a funny picture of Piper's tongue out without actually getting licked by it. tags:leigh
piper
balloons
tongue
Grazing her top lip! tags:leigh
piper
tongue
Zooming in on the mouth! tags:leigh
piper
best
lick
tongue
NOSE BATH! Hahaha. tags:leigh
piper
best
lick
tongue
Plaid is the new black. tags:balloons
hanger bar
Gurj and her fingercuff mustache! tags:jeet
moustache
Hahah. Mandy tries to help liberate Meredith and Gurj from their shackles! (PS - I love the shitty look the girl in the background is giving them. Hahahah). tags:jeet
mandy
meredith
fingercuffs
Nina and Meredith! tags:meredith
nina
Ellen trying out the drink hat. tags:ellen hart
piper
hanger bar
hat
This fucking guy! tags:me
posh tony
get a load of this guy
Brandon and Sarah (and Karen making faces at Brandon). tags:brandon
karen
sarah
kiss
But she's got nothing but love in her heart for the Poshest of Tonies. tags:karen
posh tony
kiss
Hahaha. Mandy was really on a roll this night. tags:mandy
me
flower
Hahaha. Something tells me that we were all probably drinking alcohol. tags:jeet
lauren ashley
quinn
vince
Just a wild guess. tags:jeet
lauren ashley
quinn
flower
You know that things are getting a little out of hand when Jenny Penny is your most sober-looking friend. tags:jenny penny
sarah
balloons
dj
Happy Birthday, Sarah! We love you! tags:sarah
balloons
birthday
dj
Saturday, February 2nd
The next morning we got up (a little too early for Meredith's liking by the look of it) and went to La Palapa for Mexican brunch. Ole! tags:meredith
brunch
grumpy
Afterwards, we went around the corner to check out Matt's brand new apartment! Look who's a home-owner! All growsed up and all growsed up! tags:jeet
matt
excited
Karen immediately headed over the floor-to-ceiling windows and flashed her hoo-hah to onlookers below. tags:jeet
karen
Awwww, how cute is this photo? They're spelling M-A-T-T! Congrats on your new apartment, buddy! We're so excited for you! tags:ellen hart
jeet
karen
quinn
best
Karen just can't keep her vajine to herself. Hahaha. tags:karen
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sign
Sunday, February 3rd
On Sunday afternoon, Meredith borrowed my cam and used it to document her latest craft project: SHRINKY DINKS! Before... tags:crafts
...After! tags:crafts
Put some hardware on them and you've got yourself a pair of tiny sneaker earrings! tags:crafts
Saturday, February 16th
Fast forward a couple of weeks and it's Saturday night and I'm back at Hanger Bar. Hahaha. I love this photo of Karen so much. tags:karen
dj
hanger bar
yell
By the time I got there with Pauly, it was really, really late and hardly anyone was there anymore. Plus, this one was real drunk. tags:sarah
drunk
So Pauly and I walked her out, made sure she got in a cab safely... tags:sarah
taxi
...and then treated ourselves to a 3am falafel for being such responsible friends. tags:pauly
falafel
food
Significant ground-spatter is the hallmark of a perfect falafel. Hahaha. tags:falafel
gross
sidewalk
Fwiends. tags:me
pauly
After we finished making a mess all over the sidewalk, we went back inside and played songs for nobody but ourselves the rest of the night. Good. Times. tags:karen
dj
hanger bar
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Monday, February 18th
I had Monday off of work! My buddy Jeff Scott was in town from Colorado to attend the toy convention at the Javits Center and invited us to come up and check it out. tags:meredith
elevator
It was an unseasonably warm day out so we decided to walk there! On the way out of Stuy Town, we saw this little guy hanging out underneath the standpipe connection. tags:squirrel
Because there was a leaky faucet that he kept drinking out of. So cute. tags:best
squirrel
Hahaha. If you're dating me, it's only a matter of time, my dear. Only a matter of time. tags:meredith
hospital
The dizzying heights of the Javits Center ceiling. tags:javits center
Jacob Javits slappa-your-face! tags:meredith
javits center
statue
Twenty minutes later (the Javits Center is HUGE) we'd managed to find Jeff! Jeff started a company that makes a really awesome light-up frisbee called the FlashFlight. (Seriously, if you like to play frisbee, you should check them out).
We met because I bought one and wrote about how awesome it is on this site. Apparently, my write up generated a lot traffic for his site and he emailed me to thank me and told me that he'd invite me out for a drink next time he was in NYC! Now it's a regular thing and we try to get together whenever he's in town. Here's Jeff in front of his company's booth at the Toy Fair. tags:jeff scott
flashflight
Jeff hooked us up with Toy Fair badges (with other people's names on them - so we had to pretend that we were TOY BUYERS!!!) and set out with us to explore all the booths! We got to visit the Cranium pavilion! This is pretty much the closest Meredith's ever come to a religious pilgrimage. tags:meredith
cranium
excited
sign
Lego Boba Fett! tags:me
lego
star wars
This company manufactured all sorts of guns and crossbows that shoot marshmallows. tags:sign
Haha. tags:meredith
sunglasses
One of the companies there was selling a bunch of arcade-quality video game peripherals for the home market. Here's Jeff getting ready to pop his Dance Dance Revolution cherry! tags:jeff scott
DDR
There were a lot of really cool high tech toys and puzzles, but I think my favorite booth belonged to some toy company that specialized in making miniatures for people that are into building models. They had this HUGE miniature scene that will filled with hundreds of people doing all sorts of things. Like welding! tags:miniature
Diving off of rock walls! tags:dive
miniature
And even sunbathing in the NUDE! Scandalous! (PS - Sorry they're so out of focus, it was really low light and I couldn't use a flash this close). tags:miniature
Tuesday, February 19th
On Tuesday night I met up with Brandon, who I hadn't seen in MONTHS, despite the fact that he now lives just a couple of blocks away from me! tags:brandon
Wednesday, February 20th
Wednesday was just a normal day at work - but around noon, we noticed that something strange was going on in one of the offices across from our building. tags:meetup
window
Closer examination revealed that the party responsible for all the commotion... tags:chimpanzee
chimpanzee
meetup
window
...was a chimpanzee! Look how cute! The offices belonged to a photo studio and they were apparently shooting the chimp for some ad campaign. tags:chimpanzee
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window
Later that night I got a call from Jeff Scott. The toy fair had ended and he and a bunch of friends were headed over to the big field in Central Park with a big box filled with light-up FlashFlight frisbees! tags:central park
flashflight
frisbee
LOOK HOW MANY WE HAS! tags:central park
flashflight
frisbee
Incoming. tags:flashflight
frisbee
All told, like 15 people ended up coming. It was the most fun I've had in a while (despite how much it hurts to catch frisbees with freezing cold hands). tags:central park
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frisbee
Afterwards, I rode my bike all the way back downtown in the freezing cold and met up with Lisa and Pauly at Niagra. We had a couple of drinks and then decided to hit Odessa for some late night grub. tags:lisa
pauly
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food
odessa
Lisa went the breakfast route. tags:lisa
diner
food
odessa
And Pauly went the, uh, heartburn route. Chili fries, Pauly? Really? tags:pauly
food
odessa
Friday, February 22nd
On Friday night, I went out with a whole bunch of my Meetup co-workers. Christina left Meetup earlier in the week and still came out to party with everyone - so we decided to turn it up....TO ELEVEN! tags:christina k
meetup
Here's Mark Hannah pounding a beer because.... tags:mark hannah
drink
...he wanted to make sure he was nice and loose for the inaugural karaoke kick off song! tags:mark hannah
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Knee up on the table! Off to a METAL start! tags:jesse r
mark hannah
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Hahaha. This photo makes me so happy. I like how everyone's clapping during his epic last note. tags:jesse r
mark hannah
rush
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Maya (showing off her former-gymnast skills) and Mark! tags:mark hannah
maya
best
karaoke
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metal
Next on deck... tags:brian d
keith c
mary t
karaoke
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...Brian D. tags:brian d
karaoke
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Who decided to kick a slow-jam with The Tide is High. Check out Mary in the background going BIG on the backing vocals. Nice! tags:brian d
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Feeling it. tags:maya
vivian
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meetup
Next, Rich totally killed Hold On by Wilson Phillips. Hahaha. I love how Maya's reaching out to "hold on" to Rich in this photo. tags:brian d
mary t
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Then Vivian sang. tags:brian d
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yell
Hahaha. Check out Brian D, down on his knees cheering Viv on while ALSO doing a shot. Man, I love co-worker karaoke! tags:brian d
vivian
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Dance it out. tags:brian d
rich h
vivian
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karaoke
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Then we came full circle back to Mark! tags:mark hannah
me
karaoke
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He was right in the middle of a tender rendering of Stone Temple Pilot's Interstate Love Song... tags:christina k
mark hannah
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...when this dude basically busted in and PULLED THE PLUG ON OUR PARTY! We'd all just ordered two rounds of drinks, and the person at the door didn't bother to tell our party TWENTY PEOPLE that we'd only be able to keep the room for 45 minutes. (PS - Is somebody throwing a tiny, leather fedora at the bouncer in protest? Oh, nvrmnd. Looks like it's just a tiny, leather decorative fedora that's been nailed to the wall. You stay classy, 2nd on 2nd!) tags:mary t
maya
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party cancer
So we pulled everyone together and regrouped around the corner at The Library. Here's Brian, Maya, Mary and Rush getting LOOSE! tags:brian d
mary t
maya
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Oh, and it was also some kind of huge NY State lottery drawing the next day, so the more everyone drank, the better everyone's odds seemed. tags:mark hannah
mary t
maya
rush
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BITE THEM FOR GOOD LUCK. tags:keith c
mark hannah
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I also randomly ran into Marisol! I think it was the first time I'd seen her since 2004! tags:marisol
me
After we finished discussing what we planned on doing with the millions of dollars we were all certain to win in the lottery tomorrow, we pounded our drinks... tags:brian d
meetup
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...and I convinced everyone to head over with me for a late night dance party at Orchard Bar where... tags:crowd
hanger bar
...THIS little niblet was DJing! Sometimes it can be a little nerve-wracking to try to mix your social-friends with your work-friends... tags:sarah
dj
...but if this photo is any indication, I think it's pretty safe to say that it went well. tags:brian d
mark hannah
mary t
maya
rush
vivian
hanger bar
meetup
NO, YOU'RE THE MAN NOW, DAWG. (This photo also makes me very happy). tags:brian d
mark hannah
maya
vivian
best
meetup
It was actually borderline mayhem! Everyone was dancing... tags:mary t
best
dance
hanger bar
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...buddying up... tags:drunk
mark hannah
rush
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Everyone scream along! tags:andrew b
me
...hell, Brian D. even brought his motherfucking falafel out onto the dance floor! tags:brian d
falafel
hanger bar
YES! I love this photo of Vivian. (PS - Mark are you nibbling on Mary's neck!!!) tags:vivian
hanger bar
yell
This is a picture of the bar from the DJ booth a little before closing time. Good times. tags:crowd
dance
hanger bar
meetup
Sunday, February 24th
On Sunday I didn't do anything else besides take a photo of the most chillaxed snowman I've ever seen. tags:snowman
Monday, February 25th
On Monday Sarah and I got together to celebrate the fact that she'd just received the first galley copy of her second book, Pocket Karaoke . Congrats, Sar! I'm so proud of you! tags:me
sarah
book
Thursday, February 28th
On Thursday night, we went down to R Bar on Bowery to see the debut of... tags:band
facelift
....FACELIFT! The metal band featuring Ellen Stagg on vocals, The Fatty on bass, Scott Treude on drums... tags:ellen stagg
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facelift
...and Kip on the guitar! tags:kip
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Here's Scott and Amanda getting ready to have their faces LIFTED! tags:amanda
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Dude, you gotta love the Fatty! Check him out here doing the old "I will shoot you with METAL!" move that he probably saw Billy Sheehan do in a Mr. Big DVD box set that he probably totally owns. Hahaha. SOOO GOOD! tags:fatty
band
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Happy February 2008! tags:me
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