Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Here's what we did last summer

Some scenes from the summer of 2013.

JUNE

We watched the annual Drag March


[Photo by editrrix]

We bid farewell to the Blarney Cove



We saw a random bouncy castle out back of the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer on East Fourth Street



We came together to help a gravely injured employee of East Village Farm and Grocery


[Photo via @Xeus]

We got to hang out with Iggy Pop in 1993.



We mourned Arturo Vega



We rooted for Ray getting an A


[Shawn Chittle]

We learned that Midtown South has new boundaries.



We met Treeman


[EVG reader Jeremy]

We watched Katz's turn 125


[Photo by Stephen Popkin]

We talked a lot about Citi Bikes, one way or another



We took in Art Around the Park during the Howl! Festival


[Bobby Williams]

JULY

We found new uses for Citi Bikes


[Photo by Julius Klein]

We lined up to say bye to Max Fish


[Photo by @toddsines]

We saw the end of Tu Casa's mural


[EVG reader Ann]

We went on vacation for the first time



We watched Katie Holmes on Avenue B


[EVG reader Vinny]

We took care of a baby bird



We found ways to cool off.



AUGUST

We watched Mary Help of Christians disappear


[Dan Efram]

We saw people write things on where David Schwimmer will live


[EVG reader Marc]

We had our last meal at Odessa Cafe and Bar



We almost fell into this...



We watched the Joe Strummer mural get blasted into oblivion


[Bobby Williams]

We looked for 13 Portals


[Jim Flynn]

We learned about Nestor



We watched a man steal a bike



We welcomed an actual normal new restaurant



We marveled at Rite Aid



We learned that the 9th Precinct illegally recruited a player for its basketball team


[Slum Goddess]

We took this photo



We went to the Tompkins Square Park riot 25th anniversary shows...


[Bobby Williams]

We enjoyed many amazing sunsets...


[Bobby Williams]
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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2013 at 6:56 AM

    Summer is too short and ends too soon. I hate it!!! Not looking forward to the long cold winter.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2013 at 8:20 AM

    ...thanks for the memories!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    Heh, I loooOOooove fall and winter. Can't wait! This muggy, sweaty weather is for the birds!!!!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2013 at 12:09 PM

    Oh, yeah. Nestor. Ha ha! What a maroon.

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  5. Laura Goggin PhotographySeptember 3, 2013 at 12:51 PM

    I'll always remember it as Summer of the Hoof.

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  6. EV GrieveSeptember 3, 2013 at 1:29 PM

    Ugh. Heard from Zoltar's people. He is pissed that he wasn't included.

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  7. MarcelSeptember 3, 2013 at 1:39 PM

    Ross was, is, and never will be cool.

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  8. DrBOPSeptember 3, 2013 at 2:41 PM

    EVG, Thanks much for keepin' on keepin' on.


    .....but, dammit, I'm SURE that Bobby is a MAGIC (Bionic) Hawk......he's freakin' EVERYwhere!

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2013 at 5:19 PM

    The Summer of Hoboken Hoof! Or Not Amanda Bynes. Or Lady Chunder. Decisions. Decisions.

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2013 at 10:52 PM

    That was great! Loved it. Love this blog. :)

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