Alternative uses for shorn sweaterfuzz....

A quick transplant up top.

Shaving Jono's sweater.

Rich's 25th Birthday

At Landmarc and Bubble Lounge in Tribeca.

Rich's Birthday album

Bandoooooooo!!!

Bandu! It's down to three (Rich, me, and Greg) and about to get quite precarious.

The kiss piece wasn't too bad.

I lost, but was quite proud of balancing the cup piece, which no one really thought was possible.

Somewhere in Chelsea, mid-autumn (or "Why is life so cruel to the little ones?")

Puppy under glass.

He looks like an adorable, forlorn, furry slug.

Upright, though still mournful.

Some autumn photos

Fall in New York

David's Birthday

David was kidnapped from his apartment, and taken forcibly to a hockey game at Madison Square Garden.



Viv and David, obviously intoxicated on love, hockey, and $7.75 beers.

Mugging for the camera.

National anthem, Sabres at Rangers.

David, overcome with joy, clearly.

Entering the stadium, just before the big reveal.

A pint-sized Rangers fan poses for us with David.

In MSG.

Tickets are held before the blind man.

We arrive at MSG.

The unblindfolded are amused, because I dove onto the floor in Penn Station to get this shot.

David is hopelessly disoriented, while we celebrate our successful ruse.

Viv steering David.

Tanzanian hip-hop was pumped into David's ears at high volume, to maintain the mystery as the conductor announced the train stops.

The blindfold knot was in the front, which was fun for the whole family.

Leading him down stairs was an adventure. It helped to count them off, so he knew when they were ending.

More subway. Our fellow travelers were alternately perplexed and amused.

Through the subway system to Penn Station.

Leading David out of the apartment building, blindfolded.

I think this is Princeton getting pimped by Cambridge University, around Magazine Beach.

There's an old wooden Hudson single hung in the upstairs entry.

I like the windows.

The reception.

Boathouse, as yet unnamed.

Docks and launches.

Looking downriver, towards the Mystic.

Nice cleat.

Boathouse as seen from the dock.

Docks.

Docks and steps.

More photos from the dedication for the Malden boathouse.

The docks at the new boathouse on the Malden.

View through the balustrades of the Weeks footbridge, looking upriver towards the finish line.

The corner where my sister's apartment is. Aptly named.

Manhattan Bridge with the cityscape in the background, seen from the Amtrak en route to Boston.

Bridge piers, wires forming a catenary curve, and a Volkswagen Jetta.

Yet. More. Karaoke.

I think we're singing harmony here, but there's really no way to be sure.

Emmy's bangs: very punk rock.

Gwen leans on Rich, while he rests his arm on a thoroughly imaginary microphone stand.

We even had go-go girls at one point in the night!

Kristin is shimmying, while Aviva prefers to be shaken (not stirred).