summer reading

thanks, T. when `l'ombra del vento' gets too rough and gruesome i will turn to this for respite

`the way you look tonight'

our last night of ballyhooing in nyc.

my weakness for irishmen

knows no bounds. he doesn't even know what a jowl is.

before magdy got pissed

that i eagled my first hole (he only got a par) after 16 years of not playing. i TOLD him i didn't need any extra balls.

a REAL oldie but SUCH a goodie

nadia spearheads area residents

anyone recognize the determination/barking of the woman on the far right?

vVv

my favorite SF band, in LA. complete with keven `on the bass drum.'
http://www.myspace.com/veilveilvanish

his sex IS on fire

mic nic: you read my mind before i put this up.

this post brought to you by Oats's Spring Hormones.

oh, moe's

you win some, you lose some. our favorite watering hole's mango-martini/peach-cosmo was a hit with paul, not so much with rachel. that's one reason we stick to the two-for-one beers.

dear zachary....

finally got to see this culmination of several obsessions.
documentary. check
true crime. check
heartwrenching tearjerker. check

only thing missing? the mormons

afterwards, a conversation with magdy:
dad: Just what I need, HEARTBREAKING and hard hitting drama!!
me: you might want to hide the razor blades.
dad: True.

ben templesmith: a long-overdue tribute

we love our aussies. especially our HOT aussies. talent doesn't hurt.

i never did like sweets

done and dusted. and gainfully unemployed again.

clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose!

hooray for new obsessions.

what rome has to look forward to this weekend:

P: i should have an apricot phase before i die
see how the other half lives
i think all of us apricots have the potential to love the apricot

O: honey we do not CALL ourselves apricots
that's your first lesson
i'm dying over here

P: i was just using shorthand

O: DYING

P: to make myself understood
ok so i won't say hi i love your apricot anna

O: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
oh my god
not until AFTER you've tasted her apricot

P: eeeeeeek

recuperation time

a few stragglers

d's 30th bday celebration(s)

ignore T. for brevity/laziness, have randomly inserted non-chronological pics here.

bliss

puerto rican art appreciation

heartstring central

what's a wedding without happy couples?

some call it craziness

we like to call it `making new friends and keeping the old'