We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

- gwendolyn brooks

here is a highly abridged photographc journey through this month so far…

erin-nicole got married! here are pics from her bachelorette bull-riding party

frendly lapdance


even her fiance chad got on

my bf zak and my bff kay both have the same birthdays (i must really like those geminis, huh).
we had dinner at rye for zak’s – yum

with the wing tzun posters i, well kay, brought back from turkey

hana & my matching zippered leggings

…and then i headed into the city to celebrate kay

classic

the next day, alex mcwatt of three kings tattoo had a lunar bday party for his daughter, sparrow. here she is with mama fanny

pete with sparrow’s big sis, grace, feeding pete’s lil cutie

grillmaster matty (and proud papa alex)

following tradition, i brought red boiled eggs for good fortune. it was a hit with the grandparents

baby tricks! nice low-five

then we went to lance’s of squarebuilt bikes for a bbq

the bike pile got even bigger than this eventually

triple sniff

the best seat in the house

had dim sum with some long-lost relatives, who are in town all the way from OZ aka australia! this is my great-aunts rosetta & roberta, they’ve got the best accents

my gung gung explaining some history (click to see video)

willis had a bbq and art show at east river for his bday


zak & prolly on the left, luke stiles & ktel on the right

smoking’s not a good look sometimes

haunted castle played – band of that asian dude, dan bones, metal thom & jack crank.

nat had a jewelry raffle to raise $ for herself so she could stay in the states

ktel dj’d (along with stache)

i have no idea what meena is doing

at some point i got run over by the roiling mob behind me. thanks for a craze night, willis!

and of course, the bicycle film fest rolled into town for a great few days of bikes, art and parties!




look – dixie made it into the show! photos by fast eddie:

this guy built a ridiculous soundsystem on a bmx


ellis working it

sameer & berrin at lit

jill b + jill m

tak + somebody

sarah + fiona

chombo with some kind of look happening in the back

the next day was goldsprints at public assembly.
ktel & hana both competed

hana, sittin pretty

kaitlyn, pre-vom status

victor + stache

jill, yeti + stache

kudos + many thanks to brendt, jill & co. now will someone please get that man to a doctor to reset his collarbone or whatever? kthxbai