push the little daisies [ween concert]

last night we went to see ween play at a central park summerstage concert. it was the best concert i've ever been to - the venue is a fantastic size, the weather was perfect, and the volume was just right! on the walk to the concert zach saw madonna filming a movie. I was waiting for him at the concert, so I did not see her. :(

there were bleachers in the back which we sat on. apparently we are officially boring. side note - the bleachers were fantastic. no pushy people, could see just fine, and feet weren't tired. oh well, maybe being boring isn't such a bad thing.

by the way - lots of update posts today. i'm trying to fill in some gaps.

cubitec inspection

We got some new cubitec shelving units for the kitchen along with some floating bookshelves from umbra. The cats find inspection of all apartment items to be one of their duties. Fortunately Winnie cannot jump high on her own (we put her on top of the shelf for the photo).

down in africa

Zach has been to Africa for work twice this spring. While most of the time he is working, he did have the chance to go to a game preserve. Here is some of the wildlife.

This kitty is bigger than the ones in our apartment!

I always think hippos are neat looking. Important hippo fact- they are mean.

yankees

In March, our friend Tim gave us tickets to a Yankees game in the new Yankees staduim. The game was after work, we took the subway up to the Bronx for the adventure. We arrived around the third inning and stayed through the eighth. Overall, that was a perfect amount of baseball for me! The game was fun, the seats were great, the food was expensive!

that's right, we moved again!

Last weekend we moved again to another park slope apartment. This apartment actually used to belong to good friends of our's who moved to Vermont, so its funny to see all of our stuff in here! Zach has a really busy schedule the next several weeks, so we decided to go ahead and move last weekend, while we had a (semi)free weekend. We actually went to a wedding on Saturday night after moving in the morning, but it turned out to be a welcome break from boxes!

Its odd to move less than 10 blocks, and it turns out that its as much as moving across states. We hired movers, which is always a huge help. We are always amazed how much stuff that we have once its all in boxes. Even the movers commented on that!

this is our new sunny living room. The couch on the right is our new one, and the one near the windows used to belong to our friends. We are using it for now, since there is room. The color isn't quite right though, so we won't keep it.
this is our sunny new bedroom. the restaurant next door sends smells of delicious bacon wafting in on weekend mornings. zach hopes this will help me want to eat more brunch foods and less cereal.

the kitties are adapting well. there are lots of things for them to watch out the windows, which is quite entertaining. they were stressed out at first- as usual, but i think they have fully adapted. This afternoon I opened up the windows to enjoy the nice weather, and the new noises seem to be a little bit startling for the cats!

happy easter!

Cats love the new couch!

We finally ordered our couch, and this weekend it was finally delivered! This is a case study daybed couch by modernica, in kings road ash upholstery. We love it- its so comfortable, and really well made. This afternoon all three kitties sat with the two of us, which is practically unheard of.

Now all we have to do is prevent Winnie from scratching up the fabric!

(It also appears that Dash thinks its tasty!) :)

snowpocalype!

Serious snow today! Finally! :)

On the way to work I saw snowplow relay action where there were 5 snowplows working together to plow the main roads in Manhattan. It was really amazing. They each worked together, plowing the snow the previous one left behind to clear the whole road in one path.

Its actually a little lame though, I'd just like for people to slow down and enjoy how pretty the snow can be!

Brooklyn was a totally different world when I left for work and still when I came home this evening. Its beautiful, snow everywhere... This is my walk to the subway.

Basket Case

Winnie does this weird thing with a basket where she dives into it and then wears it like a helmet. She actually fit in the basket when she was a kitten!

Winnie, Dash, and Catnip Banana

and now even bigger!

So Winnie is really growing up. I realized the other day that I haven't posted in ages, so I thought I needed to give a Winnie update. She is doing really well, other than that she is quite naughty. She had her spay surgery at the beginning of the week, so she's sporting a funny haircut right now. Zach thinks she looks like she is wearing uggs boots.

I don't know why Winnie's tongue is stuck sticking out, but it was so funny. She was sleeping like this but we woke her up trying to take her photo!
Dash is disapprovingly watching as I try to take Winnie's picture. He is still very patient with her.

who's a big kitty?

Well- actually all of the kitties, but Winnie is really growing quickly! Here she is sitting on the cardboard bench and looking attentive.

someone is a very naughty kitty!

Winnie is really getting into her naughty kitten stage. She is about three shelves up on the bookshelf in this photo. At least she isn't trying to eat the electrical wires for the moment!

This photo cracked me up because this is really what Winnie looks like most of the time. Just a blur of teeth and fur! :)

Oh good, she is finally tired, although I don't expect this nap to last too long.

just a few photos full of the cuteness!

Winnie now weighs in at a whopping 3.5 lbs! She loooves Dash, and Dot is still tolerating her. :) Here are a few photos from the past few weeks. Its amazing how quickly she is growing.

Winnie and Dash Cute Battle

Winnie is making herself at home these days. She loves to hang out with all the toys.

Dash thought he would see if he could fit in Winnie's box. He did fit. We call this the "muffin top"

Winnie looooooves Dash. She tries to snuggle with him at all opportunities.

The other day we introduced Winnie to the wonders of looking out the window! She thought it was great!

And then she was distracted by the cord to the shades. Don't worry, she was closely supervised. :)

Meet Winnie!

As many of you know, Zach found a teeny tiny kitty three weeks ago when John, Beth, and Amrit were visiting. She is doing well, and has quite the attitude! We are working diligently to get her to stop nibbling on fingers, but she is a bit of a slow learner. :) I took a couple of photos when we were playing today and wanted to share them. Dot and Dash are being very patient with Winnie, although they aren't super fond of her!

best dot photo

After taking photos on the high line, I wanted to shoot around the house a little bit, since I don't use my nice digital camera nearly enough. I took this of dot sitting on the desk today. I love the depth of the color in her eyes, and her stately pose.

This is a funny one of dash too. The perspective cracks me up.

who has the hardest job in our family?

Dash.

close up cats

i thought that we needed a few kitty photos today. Dot is sitting with me, getting her ears scratched. she loves that. she's still not so much of a lap sitter, but she will hang out on her terms.

Dash on the other hand is a big snuggley kitty. He is currently sitting on my lap jamming himself in front of my book. This happens often.

walking on the high line, yeah.

Saturday afternoon Zach and I went for a walk on the newly open high line. There is only one entrance point, so to get there we walked along the route on the street for a while. This is The Standard Hotel, it spans over the high line, with a restaurant at its base.

After waiting in a bit of a line (!) we walked along the paths.

I love the layers in this photograph of the meetpacking district with the new buildings.

Then... a storm began to roll in quickly. There is a tiered seating area with a large glass bridge looking over the street. In this photo the seating and building behind are the reflection superimposed over the storm clouds. Looks very ominous!

We walked through the rest of the high line quickly, as we could see the storm clouds coming. It started to rain as we were walking down the exit stairs, and then it started pouring! We took refuge under some scaffolding, our umbrella just didn't stop the driving rain! The storm blew over after 15 min or so, and then we met some friends for dinner at a bbq restaurant at chelsea.

a very rotten kitty

dash was sleeping next to me the other day, being totally lazy, and I noticed that his big vampire tooth was sticking out. 

then i decided to bother him, which he did not like.  he's a bit like a grumpy child.  can't you just hear the whining in his head?  "awwww.... leave me aloneeeeee....i want to sleeeeeeppppp......"  

since i was bothering him, I thought it might be entertaining to see how dash would look with glasses.  :)  doesn't he look clever?