::ThisIsDena::

The Birth of a Production Company

2006-05-02T07:16:00.000-05:00

5 days until Saturday, and counting...

2006-05-02T07:14:00.000-05:00

So we think we're developing a mouse problem...

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With the apartment crevices securely barricaded, G arms himself with a whisk broom and follows the scratching sound to the oven drawer (needless to say, I wasn't much help from this point on).

Encroaching Slickers

2006-04-25T10:49:00.000-05:00

Steve gets blindsided by an overzealous poncho at the bar.

East meets West

2006-04-25T10:46:00.000-05:00

The much-anticipated meeting of extended famblies.

Steve Gets Lucky

2006-04-25T10:43:00.000-05:00

(Bringing on the free round of beers in the West Village) We think it was the chin sac that piqued his interest.

Marinating on the Cornrows

2006-04-25T10:33:00.000-05:00

Geoff reserves judgment on my sudden idea that Steve should return to the Rome BBG bureau with a fresh head of cornrows.

Dawn does Detention

2006-04-25T10:30:00.000-05:00

Sniffles and all - filling up faux notebooks of Drew Barrymore's attempts at music and lyrics.

The Highway - 6.30 am

2006-04-12T07:50:00.000-05:00

Sarah handles a hubcab emergency in her own inimitable style.

Shooting the Emerge Video

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Glitter & Grits

2006-04-12T07:30:00.000-05:00

Sarah's dress rehearsal for Saturday night pickups at the Brass Monkey. *Click Title*

Unmarked Packages

2006-04-12T07:27:00.000-05:00

Geoff digs into the surprise cornucopia of cheese grits found on the staircase.

UPeace Reunions in the East Village

2006-04-12T06:57:00.000-05:00

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Super-Ex Obsession

2006-01-29T11:53:00.000-05:00

This little website has kept the art department in weeklong cahoots up in Yonkers - though the jury's still out on a certain Berlin-based Reuters correspondent's personal take.

Pancakes in January

2006-01-29T11:45:00.000-05:00

Hungover Sunday brunches at the 509 seventeenth... a timely excuse for the vegetable spread - affectionately referred to as Big Red - to feature prominently in the condiment line-up.

The Breaking Point

2006-01-29T11:33:00.000-05:00

A real-time documentation of the erstwhile Nikon's last moments, en route to the hardwood floor - and a real-time reason for a blog hiatus that has gone on far too long. *Click post title*

But Not For Me

2006-01-29T11:31:00.000-05:00

An intimate, invitation-only showing of Kelly's piece in a Soho loft last Wednesday, brilliantly executed.

Geoff gets tapped by The American Friends of Kupat Ha'ir

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In his own apt words, "HOW DID THEY FIND ME?!?!?"

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I, of course, am wondering the same thing, although they do seem to be a little off mark. Ohhh, if they only knew....

Home for the Holidays

2005-12-21T10:15:00.000-05:00

Our beloved - and now newly illuminated - pinball genie resumes her bookshelf perch after some cosmetic surgery in Yonkers.

At Sound One Studios with Kathleen Turner

2005-12-21T10:13:00.000-05:00

And Gil, the vegan director.

2005-12-21T10:10:00.000-05:00

Doing audio replacement for her new animated flick - the hook being that she played the sexiest character ever (Jessica Rabbit) and now will be playing the ugliest (a 700-pound circus fat woman).

A meeting of the long johns:

2005-12-10T11:27:00.000-05:00

Premiering our winter wear: we met in the living room to check out our new silk long johns, and are clearly grinning too hard to bear it.

Luca's 28/Housewarming Party

2005-12-10T11:25:00.000-05:00

Successfully fulfilled social obligations for the weekend, and certainly enough schmoozing for ONE night at least.

King Kong Lands in Times Square

2005-12-05T18:42:00.000-05:00

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Or at least a MASSIVE likeness of him did.

Chrissy pays an impromptu visit

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And recounts her ranting to random bystanders at the Four-Faced Liar yesterday.

Snow Falls in Brooklyn

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At the La Guardia Grill

2005-12-04T09:47:00.000-05:00

40+ people, $20 a pop, vietnamese food and wine flowing freely. Oh, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation got some money, too.

'All You Can Drink' Wine:

2005-12-04T09:43:00.000-05:00

Like a headache in a box: the Franzia spotted in plain view on the way to the loo.

Since I haven't blogged since the LAST time I blogged...

2005-11-27T12:15:00.000-05:00

A few treasured snapshots from the last month or so:

The Usual Thanksgiving Suspects

2005-11-27T12:12:00.000-05:00

A damn good time in Charlottesville with the infamous Ehrlichs.

2005-11-27T12:10:00.000-05:00

Sporting the usual Blue Light pose.

The Epic Greenwood Cemetery

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Lot #44603

2005-11-27T12:03:00.000-05:00

The well-earned end of a hunt through 560 000 graves: Basquiat's place of rest.

Will and the Hanging Hinge

2005-11-27T11:58:00.000-05:00

A 40 and a broken door.

Evidence of a Book Fair

2005-11-27T11:53:00.000-05:00

Tom demonstrating his "soccer mom swing". *Click Title*

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I guess this guy won't get hit by any nighttime trains.

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Cristina's YMCA tutorial (they got stuck on the 'M')

2005-11-27T11:44:00.000-05:00

In Prospect Park

!VIVA J.P.!

2005-10-12T19:23:00.000-05:00

Found a kindred John Paul fan in the Lowe's parking lot. Awwwwww.

West Side Antics

2005-10-03T21:03:00.000-05:00

A challenge happily taken up by Sheyam and Nathan.

Jowling on the Job

2005-10-03T21:01:00.000-05:00

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This one taken while seated on the CEO's desk (he wasn't there for this part).

Older Sister in Town for a Spell

2005-10-03T20:53:00.000-05:00

Pictured here in a rather Italian moment.

and Old Friends

2005-10-03T20:50:00.000-05:00

"Ghese" and Wendy

First signs of fall:

2005-09-18T10:12:00.000-05:00

The Hip Hop Index

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And the heat's about to rise.

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Progress!

2005-09-18T10:04:00.000-05:00

The hardwood starts to show through.

Under the Brooklyn Bridge

2005-09-18T10:02:00.000-05:00

Some site-specific dance in an old tobacco warehouse in Dumbo.

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Metro Moments

2005-09-18T09:47:00.000-05:00

Pin the shoes on the couple.

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Esteban

2005-09-18T09:39:00.000-05:00

Getting flaming mad about an unnoticed cabinet scrape.

Luca's looking glass:

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An image through his thingamascope.

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Fashion Week, NYC

2005-09-13T19:06:00.000-05:00

Bryant Park gets a face lift.

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And this guy certainly seized the moment across the street.

Locked in Yonkers

2005-09-12T20:42:00.000-05:00

Whiling away three scorchingly sunlit hours after Geoff accidentally locked his keys inside the warehouse.

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Why Joe is "Deeply Sorry"

2005-09-12T20:22:00.000-05:00

I realize that I've complained about the renovation situation quite a bit lately to just about everyone I've spoken to... so this should give you all some context to what exactly has (not) been going on for weeks (and maybe also explain a certain few sandbag comments I've made about a certain landlord).

Yes, this is the one (1) room we've been living in.

2005-09-12T20:20:00.000-05:00

But hey... that living room wall DID get taken out, after all.

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Week .2.

2005-09-09T19:19:00.000-05:00

Yes. We're starting to freak out.

Anton Stops By

2005-09-07T18:37:00.000-05:00

One of the least quiet neighbours of all time.

Everything But the Kitchen Sink

2005-09-07T18:06:00.000-05:00

Jamming on the West Side Highway with new props: a toilet-fixing wrench wielded from the window to the tune of EBTG.

A Sultry Second Street Reunion

2005-09-07T18:04:00.000-05:00

Loosening the pouts for the last-minute round of jowling.

Lobsters On Bibs

2005-09-07T18:00:00.000-05:00

Or maybe bibs on lobsters, actually.

Belated Baby Carrots

2005-09-07T06:48:00.000-05:00

Wearing a familiar expression, of course - even more inevitably, I didn't get a single 'normal' photo of him all night.

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!!MIKE JONES!!!

2005-09-04T19:03:00.000-05:00

Todd calls the infamous 281.330.8005, then freestyles a sample of a would-be voicemail. *Click Title*

Abercrombie Fitches

2005-09-04T17:52:00.000-05:00

Geoff and Todd try for the right homoerotic sunlit swaddle.

Allison's New Beach Buddy

2005-09-04T17:47:00.000-05:00

Frank, ex-Navy dude extraordinaire, who had plenty to say about the New Orleans disaster - starting with, 'I mean, I don't like the Communists, BUT...'

Not The Ho You Used To Know

2005-09-04T17:41:00.000-05:00

Embracing his latest identity as Katrina's most resourceful refugee, Bradley kicks up some dust in front of Cotuit's ONLY restuarant, the Kettle Ho, which 'got gourmet' (and got a new slogan) a few years ago.

Cotuit Situations

2005-09-04T01:09:00.001-05:00

A spontaneous trip to Cotuit, Cape Cod... almost immediately disintegrating into supersized adventures with our gracious hosts' warm weather clothing. *Click Title*

Wall Be Gone

2005-09-02T07:19:00.000-05:00

One last sideward kick at today's demolition project, the living room wall, which is supposed to 'be disappeared' come eveningtime.

Defensive Fork Users

2005-09-02T07:04:00.000-05:00

Another good friend passing through town, but this old vegan could use a chopstick lesson or two.

Pre-Construction Conferences

2005-09-02T06:59:00.000-05:00

Our nightly gatherings with (from left) Contractor Carmen and Landlord Joe, who is Brooklyn to the bone with a heart of gold (as evidenced by the snuggle bear on the front of his T-shirt, the REAL reason for this to be taken.)

'Renaissance Paisley'

2005-09-02T06:48:00.000-05:00

Geoff vamping on our new Renovation Era bedsheets, a forgiving theme for the dust and upheaval but a pattern that might be rather destablizing after a few drinks too many.

If I had ever heard Geoff scream before...

2005-09-02T06:46:00.000-05:00

It wasn't until this blind grab above the bathroom shelf while clearing out the old roommates.

Glimpses of the Underground...

2005-09-02T06:40:00.000-05:00

An unexpected peek into NY's burgeoning fetish world, where Tom Selleck has assuredly never fallen off the radar.

I died a drooling death last night...

2005-08-24T21:59:00.000-05:00

SO... after spending several daytime hours wondering how exactly it is that people keep on stumbling upon this blog of mine (the latest being an old friend whom I've been wondering about for quite some time) I decided to sit down and google a few variations of 'dena blog'. Little could I POSSIBLY have known what hilarity awaited (this is really too much for me - hence the drooling):

2005-08-24T21:58:00.000-05:00

How's THAT for unsolicited praise?!

AFTER I hung out with Buky, that is.

2005-08-24T21:52:00.000-05:00

Just like old times, except with more people in one bar than lived in our entire town last year.

The Infamous LB

2005-08-22T22:38:00.000-05:00

A very lovely - and infinitely entertaining - initiation to 'after work drinks' in the West Village
= a bottle of Sancerre and a damn good time.