More Pandemic Adventures

Bethany Beach for the 3rd time. Dogs not allowed on the beach but they are at this other inlet bay thing thats so shallow you can walk out for a long time

Stacy and Phil moved to Brambleton in Northern Virginia in Loudon county

picking weeds in their lawn. they are not elderly retired people, why they using their life like that

great example of the suburbs

somewhere in maryland at some river

korean fried chicken feast

first time seeing bob in person for the whole pandemic up to this point

chinatown pandemic haul. was out of shaoxing wine for a while. also thats the smallest thing of white pepper i could find. grocery shopping in the pandemic at the beginning was stressful and you'd try to get out of there as soon as possible and buy as much as you could so you wouldn't have to keep going back

cold tofu thing, and cake noodles/pan fried noodel

 

Pandemic Adventures

Jen actually agreed to go on an overnight camping hike with us so I knew I had to make it as comfortable as possible so I went on craigslist/facebook marketplace and found these sweet hiking packs. The Gregory one is brand new even

the next day i found this kelty one in front of our apt but its a lot bigger and for like a week long hike or something

was a mistake taking 3.5 lbs of potatoes. They were awesome tho being cooked in the fire and shoved full of butter after many drinks 

saucisson at the peak

boy's first overnight hike

saw a vid of someone cooking steak on a rock so we were determined to do it. Found the perfect rock at the peak (not a river rock) and it still slightly fractured, but nicely cleaved so it still was the perfect cooking surface. These steaks they said were one of the best they've ever had, the 5 mile really hot summer hike to get to the peak im sure skewed our judgement. There was a nice breeze at the top so it stoked the fire nice and hot so we got a good browning on the steaks

we want to be close to you all the time too buddy

good for you buddy

jen was not having a good time

stevies fire wand

licking the buttery meaty salty rock in the morning. You're gonna need it buddy, we've got a 5 mile hike down

some kind of southeast asian music at the art space

back to bethany beach

another beach another modern wizard totally killin' it

pile of chipped beef and gravy on biscuits and hashbrowns and eggs

rented stand up paddle boards and went into the canal of Bethany. Things were going swell. They said go against the current on your way out so it will be going with you on the way back when you're more tired

just having a dandy time havin drinks, laughing. We got out into the bay, frolicked on a little hidden beach, then tried to return. We were out so long the tide had changed and was going against us again. It was incredibly hard to move. we were out in the middle of the bay and a boat going by saw jen having a hard time and asked if she needed a ride and she said yea and got on. Jen got rescued at sea. Steven and I used all of our energy to slowly paddle back to the canal.

once in the canal we saw jen that they dropped off at the boat gas station. The current was so strong that if you stopped paddling for 1 stroke you'd start going backwards. I dont know how we chugged along for 2 hrs up the canal and made it. The place called me and i said we'd be late. they were closed when we got there but there was a guy that had to wait for us so he took our boards and peeled out probably to some party. Respect the ocean they said, to me and steven twice now. I guess we'll learn

still alive and still had energy for karaoke once Liza arrived that night

the repercussions from our little sea adventure, steven looks like a lobster

 

The First Pandemic Summer - Part 2

 

a 1 pounder

magazine from jen's fashion design days

Bartlett like many other NYC people decided the pandemic showed them that NYC was too small for them (especially with a newborn). I helped him move and now he lives outside Philly

does not like having his teeth brushed. Didn't do it again after this

went to Bethany Beach several times in 2020

Dubu would'nt get in the pool

live music at that art space on 17th st

made the jump and started playing Civilization VI, the game i played the most # of hrs still to this day. You start with one settler and one barbarian and you develop your civilization all the way up to colonizing mars. The games take forever 

lady hermit heirloom korean peppers

various found on the street or bought on the cheap vinyl

the house from UP (not really but reminds me of that)

live music popping up all over the neighborhood

hops at the garden on 15th and 6th

stock market has been insane

nature prevails, therapy through gardening

jen made a bunch of those david chang roast pork shoulders and its great when we eat ssam bap with some of it

afterwork summer drinks in the park

more jenny cold noodle summer bowls