Sweatiest Ever

I was told by a friend that I was the "sweatiest [dude], ever".

This day included the following:
the MoMA
Ruby Tuesday in Times Square
Death Race (2008)
Private Dance Party
Pancakes

I also made a new friend along the way...

Best Tennis Match Ever

If you watched the Wimbledon Men's championship match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal earlier today, you know what I'm talking about.

It's even better than the 1980 Borg / McEnroe final which I remember seeing as a kid (the one with the 18-16 tiebreak).

But don't just take my word for it, Caroline Cheese (the MBM commentator for the BBC said the following at the end of the match,

2128: As the darkness fast encloses Centre Court, I can just see two figures dressed in white, carrying vastly different silverware. Rafael Nadal has just ended Roger Federer's Wimbledon reign, and has he also replaced the Swiss master as the world's best player? A question for another day when we've all had a lie-down. If you missed this final, watch it on iPlayer, get the DVD, whatever. You must see it. It was possibly the best match we will see in our lifetimes. I feel like crying, so I'll stop twittering on and say bye bye from Wimbledon 2008.

ESPN Classic will be airing the entire epic match on Monday, 7pm, so go see it!!!

More Ketchup Please

Sorry about the lack.
Lessee, in the past 40 days and 40 nights...
Bought 2 new pairs of running shoes for my marathon training with TNT.
Went to my last opera of the 2007-8 season (was the libretto really that terrible, yes).
Spent a parade-y afternoon with the Norwegians.
Saw Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, & Ed Norton on the big screen.
Tasted Times Square.
Saw the Yanks beat the Blue Jays.
Won some money playing poker.
Hosted two potluck dinners (C-food & soccer themes).
Went to eight (nine?) other parties celebrating beginnings, anniversaries, and unhappy endings.
Continued my fourteen (14!!!) year streak of attending every Shakespeare in the Park performance (Hamlet, not everybody loved it).
And for the past two weeks I've been reveling in the soccer awesomeness that is Euro2008.
Hup Holland!

12 Days of Ickness

I've been sick ever since the night of Die Walküre at the Met. The weather isn't helping any, but I'm determined to get some sleep and get better. This is the first time in years that I've actually gone to bed before midnight, more than two days in a row. I have a full week ahead of me, I hope it doesn't kill me.

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Flooding edition)

So the MTA is completely unprepared for any sort of deluge.
What's gonna happen when a hurricane finally hits NYC?

It afforded me a chance to catch the first night of AMND.
My streak is still alive!

A Jersey 4th

I wouldn't have predicted I'd spend my 4th of July in Jersey City, but I did. Yay, party!

Who are these people?

365/365 July

Stopped by for another dose of 365.

Had a little snack next door at the foot of Gwathmey Astor Place right before the show.

Watch it rise out of the parking lot! Some like the GAP, while others pointedly do not (especially, it seems, prospective buyers).

My contribution...

Hipsters in LIC

I went to the first Warm Up at PS1 of the summer.

I think all of Brooklyn was there.

Look at them.

Citizens Bank Park

It was an overcast day in Philly and I was there to see the first game of a day-night doubleheader (to make up a rain-out in April). The Mets won 6-5.

Updates (of a sort)

I'm not happy and I'm not sad.
I'm healthier than I was since my last post 2 months ago (lost about 15 lbs and the cholesterol levels are normal).
I'm not sure that I'll be going to Vancouver in November.
This next week is going to be awesome.
And I'll try to backfill the events starting with my visit to DC.

Sheepish

A picnick in Central Park, but rain (the threat of it anyway) cut it short. Damn.

Had lunch at (The Mercer) Kitchen.

Twelve Years of Love

I've been to every summer production at the Delacorte since 1995's production of the Tempest. So there was no way I was missing Romeo and Juliet, the first of the two productions this summer. I just love outdoor theater. They could have spent the entire play throwing fruit at each other and I would have been happy.
Except I wasn't. Happy. The hole in my heart (metaphorically speaking) feels like it's getting bigger.

365 in May

EB came with this time.
She knew tons of people there.
All her playwright/theater buddies were either in attendance or performing that day. They all ignored me.
Menkuitei!
And, E, you were wrong about all the ladies. For reals.

Sunnyside Gardens

A fair inside Sunnyside Gardens! It wasn't actually that exciting. Walking to Astoria in the heat of midday was much more exciting. Watching Pirates III lies somewhere in between the walking around and the sitting around.

Kobe Beef Hot Dogs

Lunch was better than my dinner. I just have more fun at Mets games. Dancing at the park is fun though.

Brooklyn Surprise(s)

My first surprise of the day, it takes more than two hours to get some pizza. The second surprise was less obvious. Thanks guys!

Mother's Day Weekend

Damn, I don't remember anything besides going to the Mets game.

TAWNY Red Hook

Off the Hook & More Red Hook.

My small contribution to the festivities.



Oh yeah, we also hosted a Citrus themed potluck that night. :)

Julia's Birthday Bash

I love these guys.

The Mets win the ballgame!

They have been winning (in 1st place as of tonight), but it's the first game they've won when I actually attended the game. So they're 1-3 now in my games. I'll probably go to at least a dozen more before the season is over. And tonight (85°F high) was a beautiful night for baseball.