TRIBUTE

For those of you know, this is the ultimate, this is Maggie. She is now 12 years young (human) and still spunky, funny and well, adorable. I can still remember how pissed I was when after 3 years of asking for a dog my mom brought home this. "This isn't a Beagle!" I remember yelling. But as is goes within the hour I was in love. Maggie this is a tribute to you and your 12 years, cheers to you!

NICE TRI

WHY TRI?

Last Saturday we did our first triathlon in Madison, CT on the day of the big storm from the hurricain. So unfortunately they ended up cancelling the swimming portion and adding another run at the beginning and lenghtened the bike ride. So we ended up doing a run, bike, run (duathlon) rather than a swim, bike, run. All in all it eneded up being a great experience and the weather wasn't even that bad during the race.




Look at how intense Cardon is charging the finish. That's my man.



We aren't sure how, but I took 3rd place in my division and won this sweet fleece vest.

Some bikers commented on how we were "Mad Dawgs" for racing on single speeds.

We caught kind of a bug after this experience and have since signed up for another Triathlon on the 4th of Oct. in New Jersey, called the Bassman Tri it is rated in the top 40 for the nation and is suposed to be beeautiful. We are training for the swim in this awesome cheap city sponsered rec center in Chelsea full of funny characters.

THIS IS HOW WE ROLL?

We went to get our fix of 1% milk at our local go to shop and saw this car up on blocks in our neighborhood. I had to snap a picture of it in order to up our street cred. God save Queens.

TRIP TO IDAHO

enjoi, we did.

IKEA

I don't know if you have seen the new Ikea commercial. But i just wanted to share it because not only do i love Ikea, but more importantly, my good friend I use to work with did all the music for it. Jim English a.k.a Jinglish Good work!

p.s. Click on the Jinglish link to see a funny video of him and Donny Deutsch (the owner of Deutsch advertising)

GARDEN UPDATE

Just wanted to show the progress of our tomatoes. They are starting to produce like crazy. So if you live in the area let me know if you are interested, and you can have plenty of tomatoes, basil, and/or mint. I think we will make some homemade salsa.

ANOTHER FUN WORK PROJECT

A fun work project that I just finished up was POP decals. These are stickers that go up in storefront windows and doors the let customers know that American Express cards are welcome. This year we worked with 5 cities, I loved being the one to research out and find local artists (from each of the 5 locations) to illustrate their cities. Here are two examples.

I was able to work with my very close friend Liz Galvin (otherwise know as Lizzel Reimschussel) on the Pheonix's decal. Isn't it beautiful. She did such a great job.

I really like the way Chicago's turned out as well, done by John Solimine.

ANKE WECKMANN

I have just started working with Anke Weckmann, an illustrator, on a project for work. She is an amazing artist living in London. I have been a fan of her art for sometime now and am very excited that I have the opportunity to work with her. Not only is she very talented, but very sweet as well. You should check out her website, as well as her etsy shop, lots of great things!

BYE SICKLES!

Check it out I finally got my new bike in the mail! A week ago today actually, I rushed home from my design internship to put it together with the left over day light.
Such a beauty, I was so stoked to have it and put her together the first thing I did was cut into the cross bar paint with my box cutter taking off a zip tie. doh.
I got some tools and some assistance from my nieghbor Doug, and his girls.
Taking a spin to feel how everything is fitting.
Feels sooo good, and even better once I tweaked the seat a touch.
My last frame was alittle small and will fit Kelly perfect. I am giving her my bars and brakes and wheel set from my Iro build as well. Will make for an illy ride. Here I am cutting the new bars into bullhorns for K.P. (she does'nt like drop bars)
Greasing her stem

Tapping up the handle bars to make it oh so cush for my pretty's paws...
Nearly done taping the bars and looking fresh.
One last addition, until she gets my new wheels. and some cages for her pedals
Killer K.P. says it rides perfectly, much easier to handle then her old schwinn! Not to mention about 20lbs lighter. Its for sell by the way.

We are currently training for a triathlon on Sept 6th in CT and are excited to use our new bikes in the race.

ODE TO CARDON

Today is my and Cardon's 3 year anniversary. That's right we have been hitched for 3 years already and are just shy of living in nyc for 3 years too. Boy does time fly when you are having fun. Cardon thank you for the best 3 years of my life, i am hoping for a good 60+ more.

I guess i should thank my collage roomies for predicting the future. This is a flyer from when Cardon and i had barely been dating that my roomies conjured up and posted 500+ all over campus. I am pretty sure that is the best prank anyone will ever play on me. It was actually worse for Cardon because then everyone for the rest of the year was like, "Hey your that guy that asked that girl to marry you with the flyers around campus, did she say yes?" We just starting going with it so we didn't have to explain the whole prank story.


I love this picture. We had our friends Allie and Dave take our photos. They did the most wonderful job. You can check their work out here. I miss Southfork Canyon.