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On Sunday I had a late brunch at Clinton Street Bakery with Amanda and Cynthia.
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On Saturday afternoon I went to an afternoon drinks party that Amanda put together - but it was so so so hot outside that...
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Leigh too.
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Mmmm...pizza.
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...until he was lovingly rescued by Cat.
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Meanwhile, back in the living room, Meredith had broken out Rock Band!
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Then the rest of the brunch party-goers began arriving.
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Panel of judges.
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Thanks for organizing the party, Jo!
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Bachelorette Party Brunch!
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Amanda and Cynthia.
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Me and Amanda.
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Returning the van.
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At 1pm we left the pool and headed back over to Denny's!
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Seth, Deborah and Amanda.
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Amanda and Scott.
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Meredith and Amanda luxuriated outside...
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Late night milkshake!
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Meredith showing off the sunburn tan-line from our time at the pool.
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Katie, Ellen, Amanda and Scott.
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Jaden hopping in!
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Pepper, Meredith, Lori and Amanda.
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Amanda and Scott (who looks a like Daniel Tosh in this pic).
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Shooting, kissing and crying! A great wedding wedding elicits a wide array of responses.
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All dressed up!
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...and we checked in. Amanda and the Ramawwwda.
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...rent a van and drive up to the wedding together! Roadtrip!
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You've never heard so much giggling, tittering and straight up "OH MY GAWDS!" in your life.
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Haha. I love the look on the dude's face in this photo.
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There's a table next to the kitchen that's always covered with a rotating assortment of beautiful and/or strange art and objects. This time around we all got interested in a mirror that had big metal loop on a hinge that you could use to hang the mirror around your neck. For when you shave?
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Surprise!
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Ellen and Amanda were there too!
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Feel the power in your loins!
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Now push it out!
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Scott and Amanda did a duet. Scott is a karaoke team player! When Amanda was singing, he was totally busting out all kinds of crazy dance moves along with her lyrics.
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Check out the accompaniment!
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Scott and Amanda.
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NO MORE YELLING IN THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE.
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Freddie, Scoots, Mer and Amanda.
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Guests lying in wait.
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Sooooo good. (PS - Check out how much the guy in the background is enjoying his!)
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Meredith and Amanda took Jacquie through all of our photos and collected treasures and she tallied out team's score.
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Here's our team of four: Meredith, Amanda, Scott and me!
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...in the back of a cab! For those of you who don't live in NYC, this is pretty hard to pull off. The strategy usually consists of three people hailing a cab while a fourth person hangs back from the group. After the cab has pulled over, the group of three distract the driver while the fourth ducks down, and climbs in the back ninja style!

We got out of the cab on 3rd St and got ready to perform another difficult photo stunt...
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10 MORE POINTS! Yes! The whole bar was very interested in the spectacle of all this going on at 2:50pm on a Saturday. The best part about doing tequila body shots is that you don't even need to pour salt on your hand first, because people are naturally salty! Yay!
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Amanda went next! Pirate Mike awaits!
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Did you know that Sing Sing is open until 5am on Fridays? We just kept on rocking (and drinking - let's hear it for BYOB!) until they told us we had to leave. Here's our satisfied karaoke crew settling the tab at 5:50am! Happy Birthday, Scott!
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Fat Bottom Girls works great as a karaoke song...
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...turning it into a serenade, however, is a dicey bet.
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NOW IS THE SCREAMING PART!
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Jaaaaa....
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Followed immediately by Amanda and Nicole doing an All That Jazz duet.
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MJ dance party.
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Amanda went new wave old school and sang The Metro by Berlin.
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Birthday boy and Amanda.
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...as Amanda brought out birthday cupcakes.
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Everyone in attendance scream-sang Happy Birthday...
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Liz, Frank and Amanda.
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SIDESHOW SHOWDOWN! May the best puppet win.
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Meredith LOVES Cranium. Mostly because she enjoys seeing her friends have to do stuff like...
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Una getting ready to get her mime on for Murdo, Rosie and Amanda.
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Pretty ladies rocking out.
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Amanda, Scott and Cynthia.
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Happy 2009!

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6am.
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Take two was creep-free.
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The guy on the right sneaked in right as I clicked the shutter. Cynthia still managed to give him eyes, though. Haha.
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Mer and Fatty decided to call it a night, leaving just me and three other party-soliders standing (one of whom was tuning his air guitar, no less).
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That's the nice that about showing up to karaoke at almost 5am - not much of a wait to sing!
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Cynthia, Amanda and Scott in the front.
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...took mini-naps...
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Amanda and Ellen.
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Lean!
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...Ellen and Astra were starting to feel piratey. Arrrr!
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(Nervous laughter)
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After discovering that my camera was basically a "panty x-ray" device for those black stretchy pants, we did a round-up.
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Amanda holding up the broken-off end of the bottle with the cork still inside.
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Hahaha.
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I gave her step by step instructions and stepped back to try to capture an action shot. Less than a minute later, BLAMO! Check out the action shot I managed to capture of Amanda cutting the bottle top clean off!
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Happy New Year!
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Happy 2009, everyone!
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It's good to have friends.
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We got back into Manhattan and decided to keep the night going at the Sly Fox.
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Around 1am, everyone put on their jackets...
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Amanda and Marina looking pretty in front of the tree.
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Me and Amander.
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Scooping pumpkin guts!
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Amanda makes a deposit in the seed bowl.
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On Saturday evening, we headed over to Siege and KT's apartment for a jackolantern carving party! (Just like the previous year!)
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Amanda painted her pumpkin black and carved LIPS!
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Scott is so hungry. Check out Amanda's jade kimono! Oh, shit!
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Feast time!
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On Sunday a whole bunch of went over to Siege and KT's for movie night!
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Amanda & Scott.
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Debating whether or not to do in.
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Check out everyone enjoying Fatty's huge deck!
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Scott and Amanda.
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We got off the A train at Canal Street and walked across town to Vegetarian Dim Sum House. This place is incredible. Even if you're not a vegetarian, I encourage you to check it out. (C'mon, it's not like you even know what's usually in them anyway, right?)
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I love this pic. Us about to dig into our Fried-tastic Feast!