I’m 30!

Date April 24, 2008

I turned 30 last weekend! Friday to be exact.
Despite turning what seems to be very old, I had an excellent weekend. We kicked off the festivities on Thursday evening with a last minute plan to go to the Yankee/Red Sox game at Yankee Stadium. Thanks, Mo! Dennis and Matt were up for the last […]

SXSW 2008

Date March 27, 2008

We’ve been back from SXSW for two weeks now and haven’t had a chance to post anything about the week in Austin. We had a great time this year, much due to the fact that many of our ITP friends joined in the fun this year so it was a nice reunion of some of […]

North Slope Oscar Potluck

Date February 25, 2008

With each passing year, our annual Oscar party becomes less about the movies and more about the competitive nature of our friends, particularly when it comes to making food. This year we tasked our friends with bringing a dish inspired by one of the Oscar nominees. The following are some of the entries:

Juno’s SunnyD from […]

Quick Trip to Tulum, Mexico

Date February 18, 2008

Last week Alex and I headed to Tulum, Mexico for a quick trip before he started his new job. I’ve never planned a trip like that in less than two weeks from the departure date, but it worked out really well. It felt like we booked it and then we were off!
Tulum is about an […]

Manlio is in town? Let’s go ride some bulls!

Date December 30, 2007

Friday night Manlio was in NYC so we grabbed some dinner with him before heading into town. In the cab ride, he mentioned a bar that Dennis had recommend. This bar, he said, had a mechanical bull. That was all he needed to say before Alex and I were requesting the location and directing the […]

Christmas recap

Date December 29, 2007

In what has become a great little tradition, Karen and I had my mother over for dinner this Christmas Eve. We made a roasted chicken, green beans sauteed with mushrooms and crushed almonds and I took a crack at making potatoes-au-gratin - a childhood favorite of mine that my mother used to make.

After dinner, Karen […]

Watch Your Balls!! goes down in the first round.

Date December 10, 2007

We wrapped up our most lackluster bocce season with a prompt first round exit. This season was marred by a lack of Matt on our team along with Sasha not making it to any of our matches. Though we lost the match, we still proceeded with our team dinner at our local Hibachi (get it?) […]

NYC Marathon done been run!

Date November 21, 2007

I wanted Alex to write the marathon post since it was his first marathon and I thought he would give you a fun perspective, but he’s been so swamped at work lately, it doesn’t seem like that’ll happen anytime soon. So here goes:

We finished the marathon! Yay! Which you probably already know from browsing flickr. […]

TOAD Catchup: Oct. 28th - Nov. 12th

Date November 13, 2007

It has been an exceptionally hectic time at work so I’m falling behind more than I ever have with the blog + photos. Here’s a quick run through the past few weeks. Once things calm down a bit, we’ll get together a post on our experience running the Marathon (we finished in 4 hours and […]

Less than two weeks away…

Date October 24, 2007

And we are falling apart!
Earlier this week while moving something, Alex sprained his ankle. It seems to be getting slightly better, but with less than two weeks before he has to run 26.2 miles, he really needs to be fully recovered. He’s been religiously practicing R.I.C.E. (Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate) and started to add some […]