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 [...]

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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 [...]

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TOAD: Sept. 25th, 2007: A little while ago Daya invited us all out to Shea to catch the Mets and the Nationals the last week of the season. Unfortunately for the Mets, the game didn’t go so well and proved to be a harbinger for the week to come. On a side note, we were [...]

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TOAD: February 20th, 2007: I got a request from our friend out west for more photos of Sash and fewer photos of food. Manlio, it turns out I really like food but since I also like our dog, I give you this photo of her giant nose. How’s that for customer service!

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Last week our friend who owns Union Hall asked if we’d like to DJ downstairs at the bar for New Year’s Eve. Karen and I had tentative plans and we decided if we could get Manlio (in from San Francisco for 3 days) and Kevin to take on some of the DJ duties, we’d do [...]

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Hope everyone had a good New Year’s Eve. Karen, Manlio, Kevin and I DJed at Union Hall and it turned out to be one of the best NYEves I can remember. More details and photos to come. In the meantime, here’s a list to keep you busy. Normally I would shun something called The 86 [...]

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A few days ago, over on his blog, Manlio threw up a post about NBC’s Friday Night Lights - specifically criticizing how having Coach Taylor wake up his players at midnight and take them out to run sprints up a hill was more hazing than it was coaching (episode summary here). After a few days [...]

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Karen and I chose our favorite local restaurant, Chestnut, as the location for our rehearsal dinner.

From the first time we ate there in the late Spring, we wanted to devise a way to hold the event there. Working with chef Daniel Eardley and sommelier Michael Connolly was great from the beginning. They invited us to [...]

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On the weekend of Aug. 3rd, a bunch of us (Dennis, Gabe, Kevin, Nuti, Oliver, Matt and Manlio) went up to Vermont to celebrate my Bachelorness. After work on Thursday, 6 of us met up in midtown to pack up the Pilot and the Rover and head up to Dennis’ parents’ house in Mt. Snow.
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At least now I know what to get Gabe and Manlio for Christmas.

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