Everything Else, continued:

Despite recent exhaustive work habits, I have managed to get out and have fun with friends this year.
Here are the rest of The Happenings!


Chinese New Year!  Sam and I made it over to Chinatown for confetti in the slushy streets and delicious dim sum.

There have been Winter Walks,

Trusses of the El

Sabbath trekkers

View from my roof - Winter skies in NYC are the only pretty thing left once the snow gets blackened.

Valentine's Day care packages, a night at the amazing show, Sleep No More, and my first Girl, Develop It! Class. There was a trip to Coney Island, still boarded up with Hurricane Sandy damage, an afternoon in Marjorie Elliott's parlour, Hot Cocoa with Allison, Brooklyn bar hopping with Michelle, Jared, Brian and Bridget, a Jam session at Sweatshop in which I attempted to play guitar for a change, Donuts with Michelle, and the Vodka Off, amazingly hosted by Amandrew.  (My contribution this go around:  The Tickler - tragically named after a Coney Island ride.  It featured fresh muddled kiwi and cucumber with Bisongrass vodka, pressed applejuice, lemon, and a splash of soda.  It was the healthiest I've ever felt tossing back cocktails.)

The crew + Ruddy Mary

Erin marinated these grape tomatoes in Sam's 
home-infused pepper vodka.  They were AMAZING.

jam!

Grand Central whippy treats

Grand Central tunnel maps

(Poor Coney Island took a thrashing.)

'CYCLONE',  I'll say!

Bridget and I at a Purim (Jewish Holiday) party, wearing hats 
and pondering the difference between good and evil.

Topping the strange happenings list, I found $53 on the street the other night while waiting for the bus, and got asked out by a friendly (but ridiculously self-absorbed) doctoral resident in my office hallway.  The guy texted me a picture of himself getting a tattoo less than twenty four hours after I awkwardly gave him my phone number (because I botched the 'not interested' conversation yet again).  Woah, buckaroo.  You don't even know my full name -- send that to your motha'.

Stay tuned: I've been resting up this weekend and am now running off to catch some Oscars nonsense with my wonderful pals.  2013 is so much better than they said it would be.