February 20, 2011 - Bar 2.0

Our friend Colleen is staying with us for awhile, so she brought over all her bar fixin's and combined them with what we already had - this is the result!

February 19, 2011 - View From Ikea

Ah, Brooklyn Ikea. The setting is really beautiful... with views of the Manhattan skyline, the statue of liberty, and this industrial view of the Gowanus Bay/ New York Harbor it couldn't be more picturesque. And when you add in the cheap Swedish meatballs, it's almost the perfect place.

February 18, 2011 - Animal Battle

It's Lion vs Chicken at the Farm arena to celebrate the arrival of new plastic animals!

I actually stole the idea for this brilliant tableau from our friend Will who works at the Farm. They have a huge blackboard listing all their beers and one day he perched two random animals along the bottom edge of the frame with a "vs" written between them. It made me laugh then, so I had fun recreating the message, bar-style.

February 17, 2011 - F Train to Brooklyn

On the way home from another fun night watching Colleen at the Duplex. The train was pretty full, but the trip was really fast (a nice bonus to cap off the evening!)

February 16, 2011 - Pill Time!

In our house, "pill" = "treat." Howard's on medication (he started having seizures last year,) so every morning & every evening is "pill time." Of course all 3 dogs get something, so it's a very exciting part of the daily routine.

February 15, 2011 - Safety Shot

Ok, it was about 10pm and I hadn't taken a picture yet so I went to one of my "go-to" models and asked Howard to be cute... this is what I got.

February14, 2011 - Ballemtime's!

Happy Ballemtime's Day (that's how we say it in our house!) Here are my four sweeties, each with their toys... Lucky me!