Casey and Jon - June 2018

Kevin met up with Casey and Jon in Hoboken for a final boys' night before Nebraska.

 

Kevin, Casey, and Jon at DC's 

  

Biggest pizza slice ever at Benito's

Nick Visits 2018

Kevin met his friend from high school, Nick, in Queens. We used to see Nick sometimes when he lived in New York, but now that Nick lives in Austin, we don't see him nearly as often. The first thing they did was have an enormous Szechuan meal in Flushing that included dumplings, noodles, beef, chicken, celery leaves, and beer; everything but the celery leaves and beer was very hot. So they cooled down with more beer and also tequila in a Mexican bar in Woodside. And they both felt great the next day!

Nick eating Szechuan food in Flushing

Boys Weekend- January 2017

Kevin and Jon went to visit Casey for the weekend. They drove up Saturday and went to a concert that night. They went to see Jesse Dee play at The Sinclair in Cambridge. Sunday they stayed in and watched the NFL Playoffs. Patriots won! Woo!

Jon, Kevin, and Casey in Cambridge

Jesse Dee performing

Boys' Trip to Boston 2016

Kevin went to Boston with his friends Casey, Jon, and Pete to see a Red Sox game. They had dugout seats so they were pretty excited. Kevin said the view was one of the best parts of the game. (The Red Sox lost.)

Pete, Kevin, Jon, Casey

They also spent some time in Swampscott with Casey both before and after the game. They ate out dinner there and stayed overnight there. In the morning, Casey gave them a tour of The Cabot Theater where he is the Executive Director.

Jon, Casey, and Kevin at Mission on the Bay


On stage at The Cabot


Tour of the Cabot

Writers' Retreat 2015

Kevin and Pete went back to Wellspring House, a writers' retreat, last weekend to work on their writing. Kevin has been working on his novel. For a long time. If you're desperate to know more, a small chapter "Brendan and the D" was published in the Natural Review, a literary journal in the Fall 2011 issue. But you'd have to get your hands on a physical copy to read it. (I blogged about it here if you want a tiny peek.)

Pete and Kevin going for a refreshing walk

Last year's visit to Wellspring House 2014

Casey Visits- June 2015

Casey visited last week. He and Kevin did the tour of bars in our neighborhood on Monday night, and he and Kevin went to visit Jon in Hoboken on Tuesday night. Except for Kevin's disastrous experience with the Path, good times all around.

Monday night bedtime at Daddy Day Care

Tuesday night bedtime at Daddy Day Care

Tuesday morning competitive Pac Man

Tuesday night drinks in Hoboken (not pictured: Jon)

Jon's 35th Birthday in Boston 2015

Kevin and Jon drove up to Boston for Jon's 35th birthday and met up with Casey and Jon's brothers-in-law that live in Massachusetts. They ate many dinners, watched a Red Sox game from the Green Monster, and drank beer until it hurt. Yay! Happy birthday, Jon!

Casey, Kevin, and Jon at Fenway

Just casually leaning against this bar

Jon stopped by to say hi to the little ones too

Writers' Retreat 2014

Kevin went to what I called a writers' camp, Wellspring House. It was his friend Pete's idea, who is also a writer, but I had to encourage and bless the expedition because we have a young baby at home and Kevin can be very selfless if you don't stop him. So off they went for writing, writing, and rewriting. He also got to enjoy nature walks and of course, dinner and drinks with Pete. As payment, I requested he take pictures for me. Here they are!

Pete and Kevin

The House

The Nature

The Novel (on the wall)

Casey Visits- December 2013

Casey had a business trip to the city. He had to bring instruments to Carnegie Hall for a performance, but otherwise he was free to spend time with us. He arrived on Sunday night and went out in Brooklyn with Kevin and Jon. The men are not clear on all the details but the evening was epic and some of it was pieced back together by viewing the photos and videos on their phones. Photos that have not been shared with me!

The next day, Casey spent the day here hanging out with our family and we enjoyed a nice African shrimp dish I made for dinner since Kevin's not a big fan of shrimp and I needed a partner in gastronomy. Haha, sorry, Kevin!

James and Casey bonding.

Rained Out in Boston 2013

Casey, Jon, and Kevin had independent plans to go see a Red Sox game from before Casey's party was planned, and there was no way to renegotiate the date since they couldn't tell him about the party. Not that they even wanted to renegotiate the date. They all love the Red Sox, and a boys night out in Boston is pretty much heaven to Kevin and Jon.

Sadly, they were rained out, which is awful when you're specifically coming in from out of town for a game and can't come back for the make-up date. They still had some quality time together, and I even hear there is a silly picture somewhere, but it has not been shared with me.

Back home, James and I had a two-day Cuban Clous date. Thursday night after a long day together, we walked over to the main street and bought ice cream and strawberries. James walked the whole way there and back holding my hand. Pretty cute.

Cuban Clou Date Night!