Sojourn to NYC

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Square Dancing at Camp Sloane

I’m back on the scene after a 10 day jaunt to the NYC area to escape the Mexican summer heat. Our travels brought us to family and friends, from PS1 and MOMA to square dancing and water skiing in Northwest Connecticut.

For the first part of our trip, we ran around New York, getting our museum fix on. We hooked up with Mexico-to-RockawayTaco transplant Andrew Field and played in the brilliant PS1 exhibits of Olafur Eliasson and Public Farm 1, making a stop at Mollusk NY. Uncle Timbo accompanied us to MOMA for a peek at the Home Delivery prefab exhibition and we got our shop on as we bought tons of baby crapola in preparation for the the arrival of the seedling in early January.

The second part of our trip brought us to Lakeville Connecticut, home of Camp Sloane. The place where I spent every summer, first as a camper then as a counselor. Labor Day weekend is Family Camp, so we joined some old camp buddies and reminisced around the camp fire and enjoyed the nature wonderland that is the Berkshires. Some serious spiritual stokage occurred.

We’re back in Vallarta now. It’s hot and the water’s flat. Ro just text’d saying “they” say there are waves, so I’ll end this here. Got a grip of photos to edit through, so hold tight.

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@dmx said,

September 3, 2008 @ 4:59 pm

as it should be, one long glide of days that blur into a time well spent.

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Ed Fladung said,

September 3, 2008 @ 9:21 pm

yeah, seriously. ‘blur’ is the right word. it was awesome. much needed and unexpectedly fun.

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jared said,

September 4, 2008 @ 9:50 am

standing offer on the moma tix when/if you are back in town - unless I quit first.

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Stephen Tiano said,

September 6, 2008 @ 12:42 pm

Didn’t know you were originally from these parts. Have a buddy in Oregon who grew up in Belle Harbor. How does it feel coming back so far: miles, years, cultures?

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Ed Fladung said,

September 6, 2008 @ 12:47 pm

hey Steve, yes, I grew up in Westchester (croton-on-hudson). I stay at my uncle’s place in Crown Heights when I come to NY. and I have family all over NY/PA/CN.

It’s amazing, the differences. I love the best parts of both. Ideally, I’d live in NY during the late-spring/summer and in Vallarta fall/winter. Hell would be the reverse.

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