I Don't Get It

What the hell are they thinking?

Update: This ad campaign is a fake.

Flying Into Albany

I always try to remember--and never do--to take a photo of Albany from the air when I'm on my way back into town. I finally remembered--here's an aerial view of the Empire State Plaza (right to the left of the plane's wing).

Bienvenidos a Miami

Yeah!

Love Love Love the Beach

Here's Aaron and his mom, Kay, in South Beach. They both report that they do NOT miss the Northeast at ALL. Who can blame them with that weather? Kay currently lives in Venice, Fla., where she moved a couple of years ago, but she is considering moving nearer to Miami.Me and Aaron on the beach. He's way more stylin' than me these days. I can't keep up.

Look at What. . .

Aaron did to his fancy car.

Take Me Down to the Paradise City

So, over this past weekend I went to South Florida to visit Aaron and his mom and brother. He showed me around his new place, his new city. . . his new life. It was weird to see him in that context (knowing it wasn't just a vacation for him--he actually lives in paradise now), but it was also really cool. It was good to catch up and to see his mom, Kay, and to meet his brother Scott, who I have heard a lot about. The beaches were beautiful and the weather is devastatingly wonderful. I did my best to keep my jealousy of his fab new life at bay. We had a ton of awesome food, had some great conversations, went to the clubs, and gazed longingly at the 1,000,000,000,000 yachts all over the place in Ft. Lauderdale, Miami and South Beach. It was really a great time.

P.S. Below is a video I took while we were driving through Miami--the streets were so full of water, it looked like a hurricane was just through the area.

Flooded Miami Streets

I'm Off. . .

To Florida for the weekend. I shall return on Monday with photos and details!

Have a good weekend!

Holy Freshman, Batman!

Amie (my awesome college roommate and BFF) sent me all these old pics from my first couple of years in college. This is during my first year (and first month?) at LHU. Look how young and innocent I was! Hahahahaaa.

For some reason I wore my clothes, like, 2 sizes too big at that time. Hm.

Lyric of the Day

"We'll collect the moments one by one--I guess that's how the future's done."

--"Mushaboom," by Feist

Tuesday Night

We went out to celebrate last night, and got caught in the rain like three different times. We had dinner and drinks at a couple of different places on Lark and stayed out far too late for a school night. But it was a lot of fun and totally worth my exhaustion today. But I can tell you--I will be in bed by 10 tonight. :-)

Standing under an awning waiting for the downpour to pass.

As of Today. . .

I am Metroland's new Managing Editor.

Wheeeeeee!

Holy Crap!

New Hair

This is a few weeks late, but I finally got my roots done. I love the way Christine (my hair girl) does color. I wish she could be my personal colorist. Maybe someday when I'm rich and famous and have money to burn. Of course my roots are already growing out again ... Damnit!

Whoa!

A kid from Owego got selected for the new Fox show On the Lot, the movie-making reality show with Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. That's pretty cool!

Watch his movie! It's great.

Yay for upstate!

Mitch Gets His Wisdom Teeth Out

On Friday Mitch got his wisdom teeth out. I remembered what a horrifying experience it was for me, and I told him to be prepared for a not-so-pleasant time. When the nurse called me in to keep him company in recovery, Mitch was chatting up a storm, telling me about the doctor and about the IV and that he was sure this wasn't the room in which he actually had the oral surgery. He was so cute, all slack-jawed and drugged. I took this photo just as he was saying, "I don't know why everyone was making such a big deal out of this. I feel fiiiiiiiiiiiine!"

They're Just So Pretty

. . . . I had to post another photo of some of the zillions of tulips that are in full bloom here in Albany.

The Fab Four

A photo circa 1998 or so with my three best gals at Lock Haven University, where I went to school for the first two years of my college career, before transferring to UAlbany. From left to right, that's Amie, Meghan, me and Beef--we did practically everything together. This was taken during one of our many "let's just drive and see where we end up" kind of trips. Fun times!

Weekend Wrap-Up

(I'll start from Thursday since I haven't blogged in a while.)

On Thursday we went to the opening of a new club called Ballinger's downtown. It's a very large, well-decorated club with various floors and a huge outdoor patio, which will be great for the summer. Unfortunately, the building it's in--and the location of the building--has not proven to have much success in terms of attracting a crowd. It's perched on the corner of a street on a steep hill, and there's very little (if any) foot traffic there. We'll see how it goes. The opening was fun, though--we had some drinks and wandered and mingled. Then we went to Justin's for some late-night grub.

Here's a photo of some corner seating at Ballinger's.

Friday was dining-guide production day, which is always a merry ride to hell on wheels. Once that was done, I went to the gym and then home to relax for a little while before going to hang out with Nate and his brother Trevor, who was in town from Buffalo to hang for the weekend. Mike joined us later, and we went to the Fountain for a yummy midnight snack.

Saturday was spent sleeping for the most part--then a nice long walk in Washington Park with coffee because the weather was beeeautiful. Saturday night mimicked Friday a bit in that it resulted, ultimately, in me, Nate, Trevor and Mike eating pizza again. This time it was at DeJohn's, and the ceiling began raining on us before we left. (We learned that the dishwasher on the second floor was the cause of the downpour.)

On Sunday, we left the house at around 12:30 on a mission to find lunch. A stroke of genius pointed us in the direction of Cohoes to get some "real Texas barbecue." Unfortunately, it turned out that the BBQ joint was closed on Sundays, as is everything else in Cohoes, we came to realize. We finally ended up at Bob's Diner in Watervliet and we ate a very average but satisfying lunch. Later, we took a motorcycle ride up to the mall and walked around a bit, contemplating dinner, which we had at Moe's. It was my first time eating at Moe's, and it actually was pretty good. The rest of the night was spent relaxing and watching the tube.

Here's Mike having a grand time washing all the bird crap off his car on Sunday. :-)

In conclusion, a very good weekend was had by all.