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Moving Party at the Galway Hooker

Tanya Harding Card from Amy.Nik and Julie.

Last night Julie and I had our ‘Going Away Party’ at Galway Hooker with several friends. There was a good turnout and we had most of the upstairs bar to ourselves. There were a couple shots, a lot of talk about football, and a lot of strategizing about how to pack a large truck (the only common thread is to fill the truck up to the top).

Thanks to everyone for coming out. I’m sure we will see many of you soon enough, be it here or in Chicago. Thanks for the good times.

BTSH Fresh Kills members: Julie, Alicia, Brice, and Jeff.Lauren, Julie, Cassie and Trevor

Julie and Nick Barbone plotting.Julie and Cassie thinking about Mets away games.Nik Bronder being the creepy guy in the room.Julie and Jeff from Fresh Kills.Julie and Marcia from NBCSports.comNick Barbone experiencing the Jet Engine Technology that Galway Hooker deploys in the Mens Room.Shots from Lauren.Karen and Alicia.Alicia and BR (Alicia was clearly working the room).BR, Bob, Lauren and Julie.Alicia was again working her charm.Jim Wallis calling Patrick Swayze.Nick Barbone saluting the career of Patrick Swayze.Jim Wallis looking into the vast abyss that life has become.A couple beers and our tab.Empire State Building on the way to find some pizza.Nick Barbone trying to get this stupid droid to display a hologram of a princess.Pizza Found.So in this photograph I’m blowing on my flaming hot slice of pizza, go to next image.And in this photograh I have foolishly taken a bite of the before mentioned blazing hot slice of pizza.On the way home Nick insisted on riding Shotgun.

*Side Note:

Our Move will be thoroughly documented in the coming days, as I write this I’m completely surrounded by cardboard boxes stacked 4 feet tall. Wish us luck.

Nick Barbone pointing out the flaws in my packing method.

The rest of the photograhps are on Flickr.

Previous Going Away Parties: Number 1, Number 2.

Barcade with the Cook's and Charlie.

Barcade.Barcade.

Last night Julie and I took the Cook’s and my brother Charlie to Barcade for some beverages and joystick action. Needless to say more than a bag full of quarters were lost in purist of childhood glory.

Who needs Mike Tyson.Punch Out! was the game of the night by far.Little Mac never had it this good.Bald Bull is unstoppable.Charlie Bronder taking a shot a Bald Bull.The Face of a Champion.More Points.Sheila Cook is all about the points.Tapper: Best Game Ever.Julie amazed by my gaming skills.Charlie also getting out run.img_0020.jpgThe look of defeat.Nick Cook getting outrun.Julie Rubinstein and Sheila Cook gaming it up at Barcade.

Side Note:

We learned that a wedding ring is not a subsitute for an valid ID in Brooklyn.

This was the second time I’ve used my new camera, the Canon Elph SD600, which replaced my Canon Elph SD400. This is my fourth Canon Elph in roughly 3 years. I seem to be a little hard on the cameras but hopefully that won’t be the case this time around. Granted I’m still figuring out this one since I didn’t have the resolution set to it’s highest setting which caused me to take lower quality pictures than my last camera. The problem has been corrected.

Mad Gamer.

The Cook's Visit New York.

Nick and Shelia Cook at Rockefeller Center.

This past week The Cook’s came out to visit and take in the City. Their trip, which covered more groud during than I have in nearly 8 months, included three of the five Boroughs of New York City. While not working, Julie and I had dinner with them at Heartland Brewery at the Empire State Building and Dee’s in Queens (which just so happens to be my favorite Italian place ever).

Nick and Shelia Cook at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.Rockefeller Center.Julie Rubinstein and Nik Bronder at Rockefeller Center.

The Cook’s took the form of travel favored in the 19th Century… the Rails. Granted they didn’t excatly travel like a commoner in their upgraded ‘Sleeper Car‘. But they took the road less traveld nonetheless.