Day 191: Day at the Beach

Went to Long Beach today, wasn't paying attention to taking pictures, having too much fun getting pummeled by big waves, charred in the sun, and hanging out with some new friends.

Day 190: Weddings Call for Hats

Went up to Hamden today for Ricardo and Tom's wedding - the first gay wedding I've ever been to. It was really beautiful, and also striking how even people like me, who are deeply invested in social change, and pretty eager to upend some social order, can be dumbfounded in moments when suddenly a ritual is not what it has always been. I look forward to many more gay weddings to come.

Day 189: Drinks in Chelsea

Quasi-summer-Friday margaritas with Zach

Day 188: Schoolwork

Creepy and kind of awesome schoolyard graphics outside the PS on 133rd St. They make me think of the logo for the Culinary Union.

Day 187: Workaday

The view right out my office window. I think I can see myself taking this photo in the reflection.

Sorry for the dull subjects, my brain is completely shot this week.

Day 186: Southern Hospitality

This is somewhere in the Justin Timberlake-owned restaurant which has amazing pickle chips.

Day 185: Independence Day

Watched the fireworks from Nathan's rooftop in Hoboken. An amazing show. Last year, I was in my apartment in New Haven, starting to pack, and seeing an occasional burst of color on the horizon. It was my last real New Haven weekend - after that it was all weekends in the new apartment sleeping on an air mattress until the move. So now I've seen a calendar year here, and in less than 3 weeks will celebrate my anniversary.

Day 184: Drizz't

And here's the other cat.

Day 183: Oscar

I had a huge scare this morning when I let Colin and April's cats out of the bathroom, as within three minutes they were nowhere to be found. Drizz't turned up pretty quickly but it took me a good solid 45 minutes of panic to find Oscar, who'd been hiding under the refrigerator.

Day 182: Unforeseen Complications

So here's the picture that *I* took yesterday. I was hoping to have others of Colin and April's arrival and moving into their Brooklyn apartment, but then things got complicated. The other three photos, which Matt took, will tell that story.