I mentioned before that my homey M. Cuomo was going to leave his single speed in my care when he moved to Florence. Well, dudes, here she is. I have named her Trixie. Someday she might even be Trixie the fixie. But for now she is just a very loved single speed who just got herself a new set of drop bars.

The top two shots are of Trix as she looked after I took her in. Since then I have hooked her up with a new set of Nitto drop bars. I also flipped over the gooseneck on the stem for a more aggressive riding position. Try not to be jealous. I know that Trixie is hot. I haven’t even had a chance to ride her with the new bars. But Friday is my day off of running. So, you better believe that I’m going to be taking Trixie to work tomorrow instead of the A Train. Some shots of her new bars, below.

Ok, first the PBR Koozy gvwy, now this. I know what you are thinking. Just the same, first person to call me a hipster gets slapped (kidding). But, seriously, don’t call me a hipster, k? Also– thanks again, Mike.

Not too long ago, on JNB, I gave away a canvas pouch by Madewell. Last week, I received some photos of the pouch in action, with its new owner. The winner was Bethany, and as it turns out, she owns a pair of glocks (a 19 and a 26) named Elsa and Gertie. Well, here are the images. I have to say, it looks like a custom fit.

^Elsa

^Gertie

B, I’m so glad that the pouch worked out. Thanks again for the images!

Vague blogging is the worst. So, I apologize in advance. I can just say that the last few days have been a series of ups and downs that have left me with a general feeling of blah. It seems fitting that it is like 9000% humidity today and spitting rain. I’m just glad that I have Reagan and a solid group of friends to keep me sane.

Moving along to the more positive side of things:

Despite the title of this post, we are actually past midweek. Only one day until the weekend. There was a big winner in the Manfrotto Giveaway. I really enjoyed reading all of awesome stories about the future possibilities of that bag. I seriously wish that I could have fired a new kit off to every single person who commented. Ultimately, Dan R. was the lucky individual. Apparently it pays to procrastinate. He was commenter 210 of 214. Congratulations, Dan!

Other good things going on:

1. I’m working on a pretty fun project with a friend of mine and Reagan’s involving the top photo in this post. I can’t really say what it is, yet. But it will potentially be very cool.
2. Speaking of projects, our friend (and now neighbor) Joe is going to be working with me on the project mentioned in #1. He is the same friend that I am doing ear full of gold with. I mentioned the project a while back. Joe actually has a pretty good design idea going on over there right now, feel free to check it.
3. Reagan is taking a weekender to Chi town this weekend with our sister-in-law Mel. They seem pretty excited about it. And, I am excited for them.
4. Just from making this list, my spirits have been lifted a bit.

More positivity to come, later this week.

I’m back in NYC. I’m totally underwater. Unlike Europe, while away this time, I was no where near a computer for most of the vacation. In addition, both of my blackberry batteries died (and I wasn’t around outlets long enough to charge them [plus I kind of didn't really want to]). So, I’m super behind on email and everything else. While I’m trying to get caught up, here are a couple of quick relatively randomly selected shots from Arches Nat. Park.

Try to spot Mike in the shot below.

There will be a proper vacay report coming later this week. Happy Tuesday.

Where to start? We had a fun albeit brief visit from Reagan’s friend Stefanie on Friday. She flew in Thursday evening, and out again Saturday morning. Friday night we did the Korea town Karaoke thing and got back out our pad on Saturday morning, just in time for her to shower eat a snack (below) and for me (while Reagan slept) drive her to the airport. I’m not going to fault Reagan for not coming on a ride to airport, though. She was laid up all day Saturday with a head cold. Luckily she was feeling much better today. We had a great visit with Piper. It was raining pretty much all day, so we just kicked it inside and watched some movies/let her climb all over us. It was a pretty uneventful visit, and I didn’t even snap one photo. But, if you want to see some super cute shots of Piper playing outside on the playground on Friday morning, check Reagan’s page.

In other news, we have a banger of a week ahead of us. We are still trying to get ready for our little trip across the pond. We have really not done a great job of prioritizing our preparations. Reagan has been taking inventory on her collection of sunnies (top photo). I have been talking a lot about thinking about packing, etc.. It is going to be interesting to see how things play out.

Even though I insinuated that Mondays are sinister in title of this post, it is probably going to be the easiest day for me this week. I’ll probably be spending my free time on Monday trying to queue up some blog material to post while I’m off the grid in the coming weeks. I’m shooting two things Tuesday. Wednesday, I’m shooting some product early, then I’m going to try to juggle the Hugo Boss party at the Guggenheim, with an extra super dope and kinda secret event involving Pharrell taking place on the LES. Thursday night there is a gallery opening, and Reagan’s family arrives. Ok, now that I’m listing things out, Friday should be relatively mellow too. I always enjoy hanging out with Reagan’s fam. Saturday is Piper’s Birthday. Since I’m on a roll… Sunday: visit PJ/Hangout with Reagan’s fam. Monday– a sendoff for Reagan’s fam/plan a trip to Europe. Tues-visit to the dentist/pack. Wed- vacation.

So, yeah.

So, yeah. The photo of my torn up comp about sums up the state of things lately. One step forward… you know the rest. When Reagan was out of town, I decided to surprise her by installing a power outlet in the bathroom (this was partially self-dealing, since I was tired of her blowdrying her hair in the bedroom). Anyway, I had the power switched on and off about 20 times that night. One of the hard drives in my Linux tower (backup comp) did not like that. I broke down yesterday and decided to try to recover the data, since everything that I have shot this year was backed up on there. I was pretty stoked that when I hooked the drive (the one hanging out of the side of the case above) up to a windows machine all of the data showed up and was uncorrupted. As a safety precaution, I copied it all to an external HD. And blah blah blah. In the process I unhooked one of the other Hard Drives in my main Windows tower, and had to totally redo my itunes and lightroom when I reconnected it. It was a bit painful.

All of that energy sucking boring crap is just getting me primed for the craziness that the next several weeks entail. Tomorrow, one of Reagan’s friends is coming to stay with us through the weekend. The following week, Reagan’s parents, aunt and brother are coming out for Piper’s birthday. Three days later, we depart for Europe. Upon arriving back in NYC, I have 3 days to catch up on work before shoving off for a “man” trip out west (backpacking, shooting guns, fishing, riding quads, etc..). Then, wedding season.

I’m sure all of that will be some seriously good times. But, I’m not going to lie, my armpits got a little bit sweaty just typing it all out. I didn’t even mention the interspersed races and photo gigs. Deep breath and positive thoughts. Happy Wednesday.

Thursday, I was super busy. I started off early, shooting the Fall 2011 Adidas Outdoor stuff at the Adidas showroom on Houston. Later in the day, I made my way over to the Opera Gallery to shoot the opening of Saber’s exhibit.

Even later, I went to the opening of a new Sunglasses Hut in SoHo, to say hi to my favorite Bumbys. I did’t get evaluated this time. Because, let’s face it, I’m not going to do any better than I did last time. Hehe

Then I finished off the night with a late dinner in the East Village with some friends. Friday, I woke with a respiratory infection, and could barely breathe. I basically didn’t get out of bed all day long. Luckily, I’m feeling a bit better today. So, I’m not so nervous about going to see Piper (I’ll just wear a mask). Of course this crap hits me during the most beautiful stretch of weather that we have had this year. I’m so pissed about it. I’m hoping to shake it off by Monday and get serious about running again. I hate feeling like a sickly little slacker. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.

I haven’t really been shooting much, for the past couple of days. So, I thought I would post a leftover from Sunday (above). Reagan is headed out of town today, to attend her grandmother’s funeral. I only met her grandma a couple of times, but I really liked her. She was a really sweet lady. I wish that I could have gone along, but it was more than we could really arrange on such short notice. So, Piper and I will be holding down the fort for the next few days.

In other news, I have been busily working on redesigning my photog site for the last few days. The old version had some flash elements that I wanted to get rid of. Plus, I just felt like the whole look was a bit outmoded. I’m still working on polishing things up, image selection, etc. But, check it out and give me some feed back if you have a sec.

I’m so glad that this week is coming to a close. A lot of going to bed late and getting up early catches up to you at some point. Hopefully I will be able to get in some Easter napping action over the weekend.

..And now, video time. Whenever Reagan and I talk about having more kids, she almost always brings up twins. It’s generally some statement like “man, I wish we could just have a set of twins, then we could be done.” I generally respond by questioning her sanity. We have some friends and family with twins, and I’m always amazed at how they are able to manage.

Today I saw this video and decided that I think I might want twins, too. Hehehe

Have a great weekend.

[video via RC]

It is currently raining like there is no tomorrow. It has been pretty much all day. Yesterday, we were able to have a bonus visit with Piper in the morning (I normally don’t get to see her on Fridays). We drove back into the city and were able to get lunch before I went into work. First we snapped the shot above, of Reagan on Carmine Street. Apparently that stupid cupcake place isn’t the only “Magnolia” in the West Village.

Today when visited Piper, we mostly just lounged around in our comfy clothes and watched the rain through the window. Piper was in a very snuggly mood.

After our visit, we headed down to Chelsea, so that I could shoot a gallery exhibit that is opening tonight. I brought Reagan with me, since it would be low key and I was shooting it before it opened. The artist it Haroshi. He makes wooden sculptures out of old broken skateboard decks. So awesome. Here are a few shots of Reagan checking out the art.

The rain is supposed to stop by tomorrow morning, and there are rumors of sunshine and warmer temperatures. I’m crossing my fingers (and toes).