We had a great weekend, with all sorts of patriotic activities. Sunday night, Reagan threw a bachelorette party for her friend who is getting married next weekend. I took the opportunity, while she was out, to build and install her new desk in the former guest bedroom.

She didn’t waste any time putting it to use.

Monday, we barbequed on the roof with our friends Joe, Jen and Frank (plus Nikki the dog) and lit sparklers. The sunset was basically the most amazing thing ever. Here are a few images from the festivities.

The shot below was some team work. Reag wrote “Happy,” Jen wrote “Fourth.”

The next photo was all my idea (haha). Frank shot it for us.

You will probably recognize my hand style on this one.

These are shots of just a few of the awesome mothers who have been a part of my life.

Happy Mothers’ Day!

Happy St. Pattrick’s Day! Isn’t the green Rolex awesome? I grabbed the image from Zhush because I thought it was so cool. Unfortunately, the Rolex is NOT the item that will be given away today. That would be one piece of swag that I would probably hang on to, especially so that I could wear it every year on St. Patrick’s day. Plus, I think it would be a little bit soon to be giving away another watch.

Instead of green, today’s item is actually pink. It is a pocket square by Jack Spade. It’s a part of their yet to be released Fall line. I feel like sometimes I can be kind of a fancy guy. But, I have never really worn a pocket square. In fact, I rarely even break out a full suit these days. But, for those who do take their GQ game to the next level, this giveaway is for you. Here is a link to the various fancy ways to rock a pocket square.

As fancy as they are, pocket squares at their naked roots, are just handkerchiefs. Handkerchiefs come in handy for things like blowing your nose and wiping condiments from your face/clothes.

Although, I would not recommend using this square for wiping rogue condiments, I thought it would be fun use the concept for this week’s contest. Whenever I eat wings, it seems like without fail, I end up with a little spot of bleu cheese dressing with a hint of wing sauce on my shirt or pants. What is the condiment or other food item that always seems to end up on your clothes? Put your answer in the comments and I’ll choose a winner (based on a method that I have yet to devise), on Monday or Tuesday. May the luck o’ the Irish be with ye!

We did a couple of dumb little interviews a while ago (mine, Reagan’s), when we drove to VA. Reagan didn’t really like the way she looked in hers, so she never posted it. But, she did like the idea. Anyway, we did a couple more of these on Monday night, since it was a holiday, and all. I don’t think that they are that great, but it was kind of fun to make them. I didn’t really spend much time editing. After completely botching the first part of the video below (and didn’t feel like it was worth the time to fix it), I decided to leave them uncut, for the most part. I did divide both of our interviews into two parts though, because they were getting long winded. I mean— what is this, Barbara Walters? I’ll post the first half of Reagan’s interview later this week. But I have decided that I’m not the best at coming up with leading questions like she is. So, if you would like to help me out with some questions to ask Reagan in her next interview, hit me at interview@reagansblob.com. Try to keep it light hearted (i.e. no politics, religion or other widely controversial topics) please.

In any case, here is part one of Reagan interviewing me, in which I discuss my beard, Mr. Ed and other important things. Notice how Reagan asks questions like she is playing the part of Miley Cyrus on the SNL talk show skit, bombarding me with 50 questions at a time. I think that I do a reasonably good job remaining calm under pressure. The background music for this entire series is Biggie’s “I got a story to tell” instrumental. These videos will probably make you hate it. Sorry, Biggie.

Alas, I have decided to remove this video. It is probably just paranoia on my part. But, I got nervous about publishing a discussion that involved office politics, even if it is tongue in cheek. I feel like the video was kind of crap, anyway. I will probably post the second half of it next week (which I think is safe), after posting Reagan’s. K? K.

The long weekend was a lot more blah than I was hoping it to be. I did our taxes, confirming my suspicions that we owed a lot. The weather was cold, windy and gross. Then to top it off, we got more snow on Monday (above).  Don’t get me wrong, the visits with Piper were great. In fact, she did something that really made me proud. She totally dismantled a little toy piano (in the foreground, below) that Reagan got for her a few months ago.

Luckily, I was able to put it back together. Piper wanted to help, so bad. Reagan had to really restrain her. Hahahah.

Anyway, today I have decided to cast off the blah. I woke up super early and took Greta in for her 90 Day service. The poor girl was already starting to fall apart on us (slowly leaking tire and malfunctioning touch screen). So, she will likely be in the shop until Friday. Then I came into work super early and was able to get a jump on things. Even though the temps won’t break the 20′s today, it is supposed to get gradually warmer as the week wears on. I’m hoping to take advantage and put a few more km’s on my running shoes before our first race, coming up in March.

Things to look forward to: 1. Sam (my brother) will be back here in a week; 2. MotoGP 2011 season now starts in less than one month; 3. After we pay taxes (probably later this week), we can start planning a spring vacay.

This girl is crazy and I love her. Six years ago today, Reagan and I went on our first date together. Happy Valentines Day!

Monday, I hit 3 men’s fashion trade shows. My favorite was Capsule. The photo above is of my new jacket that I picked up while I was there. Not really. It was just a sample that happened to be my size. Since it was basically the coolest thing that I had ever laid eyes on, I had to get a photo of me wearing it (thanks, Sam for snapping it).

Saturday night I spent running around town shooting nachos with one of my friends who is writing an article for Antenna Magazine. The ones below are from Pinche Taqueria on Mott St.

The shot below is looking out the window at the Project trade show in SoHo.

And finally– a shot from the bathroom at Project. Why someone had struck out 150 and scribed 138, is beyond me. But I don’t really need to know the significance, to appreciate the hands-on care that went into packaging these toilet seat covers.

Today, I woke up to freezing rain. This sucks for two reasons. A– It’s freezing rain; B– I had to postpone for the third time an editorial shoot that I have been trying to do (and looking forward to) for a month, now.

I hope Reagan comes home soon.

Have a great week.

I guess that the pressure to start of the year with a golden uplifting post is now gone, since I dropped that depressing bomb of a story about the car problems. But, here is some material to try to liven things a bit. Above: photos we took of each of us on New Year’s day. Reagan posted a variation of this combo on her blog. So, sorry if this is repeat material. Below is a blurry gem from the blackberry cam, of Reagan pouring sparkling cider for the midnight runners (the New York City ones, not the Dexie’s variety).

Aaaaand, here we are on our way back from dinner, on New Year’s day.

We had a great visit with Piper on Sunday. On our way home, the entire Hudson River was covered in fog.  I know that these kind of shots are a dime a dozen in San Francisco, but we don’t get them as often in NYC.

Finally, here is a little vid of Piper swinging and lauging in the New Year–

Today we decided to brave the roads and drive to see Piper. Once we were able to get out of the city, the streets were actually pretty clear. It was a bit warmer today, which I’m sure helped things. When arrived at Piper’s, she was just hanging out being cute, as always. I read a couple of books with her on the floor. Reagan dressed her in one of her new tutu’s that Piper got for Christmas. After a lot of playing, Piper finally passed out in Reagan’s lap.

When we were putting her back into the crib, Piper woke up. So we played finger puppets for a bit before leaving.

Her favorite new finger puppet is the green snake. It is super cute to watch her play with it.

Until this morning, we were planning on driving to VA, after the midnight run in CP. As it turns out, next weekend is going to be better, for my sister’s family. I have to admit, it was kind of a relief, since I feel like tonight is going to be crazy enough, as it is. Plus, it means that we will be able to see Piper more this weekend, after a whole week of being snowed in.