a person in 3,900 photos meredith So much fun house-sploring. Mural next to the spiral stairs. Meredith was overwhelmed. High school time capsule, 1995! The whole house was just so amazing. We crossed the foyer and went into... Neato! At 7:30pm, we packed up a bunch of stuff and stood down on the corner... Mario's into chicks. On Friday morning we went to Life Cafe (RIP) for an awesome sidewalk brunch. She explained it was a device she'd fashioned earlier in the evening that allowed her to turn off the lights in the room without having to get out of the loft. Check her out demonstrating THE DEVICE in action. TA-DA! So goddamn funny. Happy June 2010! Team Hobo forever. I cah-rush your head. We stayed until just after 5pm. Does it still count as leering if it's your wife? On Sunday we took the train back out to Far Rockaway. Ellen, Matt and Mer! Later that night we were walking to the movie theater with Matt and Ellen when we got waylaid by the Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. Things worth noting: Meredith reads Heinlein and Maddy sleeps with her arms out and eyes half-open like a tiny zombie! Came home later to find these two curled up together. Meredith's Aunt Tracy was visiting from LA. Even haul your gear. These two'll do anything to get backstage. Everyone do "fusion" on the count of three! Friday night shower peep cam! Meredith showing off one of her homemade screens before installing it in the shower window. Mosquitoes be gone! On Monday I came home and Meredith was making homemade empanadas. Still beardtastic, though. On Sunday we went to Meredith's parents house. We found these glasses in the basement. Later that night we met up with for a late dinner at Black Market! Beach hair! No better way I'd rather spend a Saturday. We packed up our things a little before four. Sun naps. Squinty. It was a perfect day and the beach was practically deserted! Buds. Meredith was reading Cook's... Stopped at Hot N Crusty (the unfortunate actual name of the restaurant/bodega) and got a pizza bagel before getting on the L! We managed to leave the apartment early on Saturday to head to Far Rockaway! I came home to find Maddy crashed out on Meredith's shoulder. Awwww, tiny nuzzler. Loft! Afterwards, we met up for a few drinks. On Sunday night Mer and I went over to 3A to hang with Quinn and Sarah. ...and piled back into the van to head home! We stuffed the dogs in bags... The entire yard was filled with little children who were IN LOVE with Maddy but were in constant danger of trampling her tiny wiener body. Meredith eventually came up with a system where she'd put Maddy in a bag and then bend down so the girls could pet her. The entire street was lined with the cars of party attendees. Van full of awesome. Mer! Mer and me. On Friday night the Cravens were in town! We met up at our apartment for a few warm up drinks... On Thursday night Jonah came over! Post roof-nap nap. Maddy keeps diligent watch from her legs. After dropping off our bags, we headed over to Tompkins Park to congratulate Candy and Joel for their recent engagement! Meredith tried on a new apron my mother gave her as a gift while we waited for the train in Morristown. Squinty poolside. Sue, Mer, Grandma and mom getting ready to head over to the bridal shower. Pacman croissant. On Saturday we got up bright and early to catch a train out to NJ for Lindsey's bridal shower. Awesome! ...that she'd used her Dremel's diamond-attachment to decoratively-etch a bottle of wine as a gift for my cousin Lindsey's bridal shower. I got home and Meredith was excited to show me... Gurj, Mer and Quinn. On the walk over, we stopped to admire her Hollywood Hair. Bad monkey. ...to meet up with a bunch of people.... ...while Meredith made and packed a bunch of sandwiches... So jealous of all my dogs. Meredith made an AMAZING mushroom risotto for dinner. Later that afternoon, we took all the dogs over to the park and there was a special surprise waiting there for Maddy... On Saturday we were dogsitting Amber's dog, Charlie. Ellen came over to add Piper to the dog mix. Snapped a photo of these two canoodling on the couch on my way out the door to work on Thursday morning. Good book! (Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut) Philip and Biba were in town from the UAE and came over to say hi to Tuesday. On Saturday we went and bought some new furniture. We spend the rest of the afternoon, unpacking and making room for it to be delivered! We sat on nearby park bench and enjoyed our still-warm donuts in the spring sunshine. That's not a gimp-hand, it's Meredith's hand-sign for... On Saturday morning, we walked over to St. Marks to stock up on cheapo $5 sunglasses... Me and Mer. (Before putting it on our tiny dog, we both took turns wearing it and barking to make sure it wasn't too inhumane. Verdict: Not pleasant, but definitely not terrible). It took Maddy all of two barks to figure out what the collar was there to prevent. Aw, tiny little future-prisoner! Sarah! Time for Cranium action shots! Sarah, Mer, Cat and Cynthia. Mer and Maddy. Cynthia drawing with her eyes closed. On Saturday we finally felt settled into our new place enough to invite people over for a little Saturday night boardgame get-together. Meredith was pretty excited about her fruit-covered pancakes. Indoor party scene! Goodbye, Stuytown apartment ! Thanks for a wonderful two and a half years! (11/2007 - 4/2010) Done for the night! By 5:30 our new living room was starting to fill up. I walked down to our new apartment (just a few blocks away) to wait for the moving guys in the truck. At first, I couldn't find Meredith - then I climbed the ladder to our new loft and found her out cold on the plywood. Haha. Afterwards, we went back to Stuytown and spent the rest of the day packing in preparation for the movers coming the next day! Ellen , Piper and Mer. Mer getting ready to see our new bedroom for the first time! Lofted bed in a tiny room is key! 
