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 […]

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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 […]

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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?) […]

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Matt and Freya hosted their annual Thanksgiving event a few weeks back and one of the big stars was supposed to be a deliciously deep-fried turkey. A few weeks prior, Matt approached us and the following conversation ensued:
Matt: “Hey can my mom come over to your apartment to deep fry a turkey in your backyard?”
Me: […]

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TOAD: Nov. 29th, 2007: Our friend Matt finally got around to watching season 1 of Friday Night Lights after our recommendation. This is the text message I got after he’d gotten into it.

Tags: matt s., take one a day

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Last weekend was my 31st birthday and Karen and I started off the celebrations by running 14 miles (longest run ever!). After a little afternoon recovery nap, we headed down to the old neighborhood for some food and drinks at Sidecar.

(TOAD: Sept. 22nd, 2007) After a slew of drinks and some really delicious food (I […]

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TOAD: Sept. 10th, 2007

TOAD: Sept. 11th, 2007

TOAD: Sept. 12th, 2007: This painting seemed particularly strange.

TOAD: Sept. 13th, 2007

TOAD: Sept. 14th, 2007: I have an idea! I’m going to paint a picture of a close up of Hannibal Lechter! For some reason, the chair below seems appropriate.

TOAD: Sept. […]

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Ok… we’re WAY behind on these so I’m just going to get the up there. So as you know we moved to a new apartment back in July and a few weeks later we had a BBQ to answer the following question: Is the North Slope is as good a place to have a BBQ […]

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TOAD: August 3rd, 2007: Karen and I met up with some members of the Human Hair Happy Hour at The Gate to welcome Matt back from his long vacation. Karen and I had boldly gone for a post-work run in sweltering temperatures and what better way to celebrate that than with some frosty beers in […]

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TOAD: May 20th, 2007: On Sunday a bunch of us met up at the 5th Avenue Street Fair in Park Slope and then spent the afternoon enjoying some beers at The Gate. Sara found a flyer for a Jewish Heritage Night to be held at Keyspan Park (we’re hoping to take in a game […]

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