For the first time since I started this blog, I've seriously neglected it. But it's time to get things rolling again. And it wasn't without good reason...

Since the end of the summer we've not only traveled to three weddings, spent holidays with family and rung in the New Year with friends, but also had a major career change each (yes again!) which have been keeping us insanely busy. We'd declared 2009 the year that we finally relaxed for a minute. Best laid plans...

Most of my free time has been going to a not-so-tiny project I started called realhoneymoons.com. The photo above was take while we sat at our table at Wedding Crashers in Brooklyn this weekend. Very hopeful that several good things will grow from that day.

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We hosted a little brunch at our place today... we spent over four hours cleaning and cooking deliciousness from scratch. You can mark it down as a success when your friends are still at "brunch" at 5 p.m.

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Some of our crew spent last Wednesday night at the outdoor Feist show in Prospect Park. Well, actually, we spent the evening outside of the show, as we always do. It's much less crowded, got more room for bocce and wine is (sort of) permissible. It did pour on us for a while, but we waited it out, huddled on umbrellas.

This shot is from my cameraphone and somehow the low resolution, low light and rain make it a perfect pointillist homage to Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

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Had the most lovely and relaxing Sunday... after a house-warming brunch at Kate's, I strolled home through the street fair on Court St. and ran into Adam. Tim joined us later at our favorite bar, Abilene, for beers in the open air. A great respite before another busy week.

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Tilt-shift on the Gowanus Canal. Is it real?

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Fall means it's time for another Urban Bocce Tourney. This time, it was held at Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn and on the beach in Far Rockaway, Queens.

Tim and I came into the finals with a buy as the top seeded team, only to loose to the Super Mario Brothers inspired team called Power Up... heartbreaking.

Congrats to Adam and Daz who finally got to kiss the trophy after so many tournaments.

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We had some great show karma yesterday: were able to avoid the long line on the way in, got a free round of Brooklyn lagers, got seats to sit and watch the massive dodgeball tournament (left) while the music (ted leo, center) started, and then were able to walk up to almost the front row (tim, right) along the side of the stage. A very good day at McCarren pool.

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Brooklyn has a bunch of old fashioned businesses that still survive, like the knife sharpener that drives around in a truck with a bell, just like the ice cream man. This seltzer and soda truck is often parked in front of our house in the mornings, with bottles piled high.

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I loved the yellow bus against the sky and the shadows of the crazy razor wire.

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Shot on the pier at the end of Van Brunt Street in Red Hook.

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