Meet You At the Sugar Shack

Meet You At the Sugar Shack

U.S.A.

Oct 152010

Undisclosed location in the Green Mountains of Vermont.

It’s not often that you can live the (quote) Time of Your Life (unquote) and still realize it. But take 10 friends, 2 dalmatians and 1 sweet sugar shack (pun absolutely indeed) and both feats are easily accomplished.

Oh and whiskey. Copious and mountainous amounts of whiskey.

Don’t miss Part II of our Vermont adventures: Fuck Yeah, Cliff Diving!

“Come gather ’round people wherever you roam.”

The Sugar Shack. No electricity. No facilities. No cars within miles. Only way to get there is a two mile hike across a mountain with only whatever you can carry on your back (or granny cart, see evidence further below) in the deep private woods of Vermont. Continue reading »

Rock Rock Rockaway Beach (7 photos)

BROOKLYN

Jun 012010

Memorial Day 2010; Rockaway Beach, New York City.

Holi Festival in Queens, New York City

BROOKLYN, U.S.A.

Mar 112010

March 7, 2010 — Last weekend, I received an email with the subject line “Holi Shit!” from my friend Ashwin. He was referring, of course, to Holi, the grand festival of colors that Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and others celebrate to welcome spring. The tradition involves throwing dye, baby powder, and colored water at each other to “chase away the winter grays.”

And what a springtime day it was. Sunny. Warm. Miraculous. Continue reading »

In the Sun We Feel As One

U.S.A.

Oct 222009

Soaking up the last bit of the East Coast sun, and in celebration of Andrew’s 26th birthday, a bunch of us took the Metro North train from Grand Central terminal to Hudson Valley, New York for the annual Oktoberfest celebrations. After a brisk walk through quiet country woods, we arrived at Bear Mountain State Park and saw grown men in bright lederhosens flapping arms to polka music. More importantly, steins bigger than our heads were frothing with German beer.

There was no place Andrew (or the rest of us) would rather be.

Otter Cliffs

U.S.A.

May 302009

Otter Cliffs at Acadia National Park offers some of the best rock climbing anywhere on the east coast. Luckily we had Andrew and Jacob’s expertise to show us the, er, ropes. I didn’t participate this time around, but photographed some of the brave folks who did. Phil set the tone by being the first — his first time! — to rappel down the cliff on the lip of the Atlantic Ocean.

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