Baby time

Just got back from Ai's baby shower at Mina's house, and I was so distracted by this impossibly precious halfie baby that I totally forgot to take pictures of anybody else, Ai included, woops.


We made booties! Lots of em. Check out the array.

Spring is kinda sprung!

The weather has finally allowed for the first few outdoor outings of the season! Thrilling. Chronicled: Three weekends ago, a picnic in the waterside park in Williamsburg. With fixings from Tops plus a mega pricey but extremely delicious fresh-baked loaf of bread bought off the street from the owners of that new-ish pizzeria in Bushwick (either Roberta's or Fortunata's, can't remember which). It was slightly too chilly for just sitting around, but we persevered through our meal and then played an invigorating (and spastic! I ain't too proud to admit) game of frisbee.



The weekend after that, a few of us embarked on a bike ride up to Pleasantville. We started at Van Cortland Park (my last visit likely being during the 1994 x-c boro champs meet!)--about 20 miles along what Nim thinks is some sort of repaved former railway line. Gorgeous day. We stopped for food at a cafe in Pleasantville, and then most of us rode back through muddy non-paved roads, in the dark--the best part of the ride! The least best part? The low-speed collision between me and Dominic, resulting in a bloody lip and hand for me, plus a few massive bruises. Still, all in all a very fabulous excursion.





And this past weekend, a hike up at Breakneck Ridge, right near the Bear Mountain Bridge. We took a zipcar, which between five of us came to only $24 per person! Again, perfectly crisp weather, and a supremely invigorating scramble up massive boulders for the first 1.5 miles of the trail.

Ringing Out 2008 at Moma

The 31st of December, a few of us went to Moma to check out the Pipilotti Rist and the Marlene Dumas exhibits. Pipilotti Rist's "Pour Your Body Out" was pretty blissfully chill, and made for some great pics:


Being down in it was kind of like being inside a giant lava lamp.




We also went through the Rebus exhibit of Moma holdings curated by artist Vik Muniz. Here's Brooke, Julia, and Ian trying to tell the difference between art and life. (Where's Bich thu?)



Marlene Dumas was excellent btw, but no pictures allowed. Here's one I cadged from the www! This one is less sinister than most of the paintings on view at Moma.

Winter is here!!!

Sean Travers, Francis, me, Mina + James at Camelback yesterday.

Terping

Click here for a terping video featuring me and Eric Forman. If you want to experience it for yourself (and I highly recommend it!), Patrice is having another terp tonight at 7!! More info on Patrice's site!

Triple Birthday

In celebration of Cara, Bich Thu and Nobuko's birthdays: a proper dance party that lasted until the wee hours of the morning--wouldn't expect anything less from NY-SEA's official Rumpshaker!

Fall Delhi, NY Pics

It's been a while since I posted, so I thought I'd take it back to Delhi, NY. I've been sitting on these pictures for a while, and finally had some time on my hands to take a look. Carl, Cara, and I found these spores in the cornfield, and shook them out. Good, clean, fun until our allergies starting acting up!