The 48HFP

This weekend we shoot our film for the Richmond, Va 48hfp!!! I cant even wait you guys!... Although I could certainly do without riding the chinatown bus to and from home, but it will be worth it!

I get to be with these people.

And my dad.

This is my Pops and I going over our lines together last year because someone was crazy enough to put ME in the film. I can promise you, I'm just as happy working behind the cameras as I am acting in it and I'm sure our directors were much more pleased with my portrayal of a production assistant holding the boom mic in years past!

And, action!

This has been our bonding weekend for the past 3 Summers now. We love it.

The 48 hr film project is exciting because you never know what genre you're going to be doing or who your main characters will be until 7PM on Friday night and the finished movie, original music, edits, and all, has to be submitted by 7PM on Sunday night. They also instruct you with a prop and a line of dialogue that must be used in some way. It is such a pleasure and thrill to be surrounded by such creativity, laughter, and love each July and I hope this is a tradition that lasts for many years to come!

Please bless that I don't die on the Chinatown bus and that my sleep deprivation doesn't turn me into an impossible monster come the 48th hour.

Quiet on the set!!!

~Kare*

(All photos courtesy of Kevin Heraldo of Monarch Productions)

Girl talk = Boy talk

Today went something like this:

~Brunch at Crepes on Columbus with Lu and fam (who all slept in because they saw the HP movie last night... ugh).

~Walk along CP.

~The Met for the AMQ exhibit (yes, again) with June-Bug.

~Shake Shack 'shroom burger, DC, fries, and concrete.

~Lipstick shopping.

~Shoe shopping.

~And BOAT LOADS of girl talk... which is ironically mostly boy talk.

~That expression should change.

Love,

~Kare*

Salt in the wound

So I'm feeling SUPER jeal of all the muggles going to the midnight movie of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 tonight. So much so that I called Lu on my lunch hour just to whine and complain and it was all I talked about with my last patient of the day (well, that and Glee... mind you, she was 11 - however, I am not).

The real problem is that I'm angry at myself for not speeding through the books with the diligence they deserve! WHAT IS MY PROBLEM?! I mean, really. Good going, Kare. Now you're a step behind the rest of the world and have a long way to go to catch up. HP&TGOF, I will own you this week... and then so on and so on until I know how "it all ends," as the posters all say.

Lu is seeing HP7:2 with her sister and bestie... Kent is rolling deep with his "peeps" (whoever they are)... Somehow they met "on que" (I'm so british like JK) and this is the tweet I got from the two of them... RUDE!

"@Carrie_with_a_K just about to see #harrypotter with @lauraostler where are you? #slowreader #suckstobeyourightnow"

BRB. Going to drown my sorrows in a mug of butter beer... I wish.

~Kare.

Kerny was here...

Kerny loved Long Beach so much, she wanted to go back the very next day... but it was planning to rain Friday so we got student tickets for Memphis and spent our day shopping instead... including Pippin (our favorite vintage shop in the city).

We also got a hand treatment at Sabon which I had heard really good things about and guess what... it's all true!

That stuff works miracles! Even for hands that are in latex gloves ALL.DAY.LONG. My skin felt like velvet afterwards. I was going to say butter, except my hands weren't greasy in the slightest - which my hair, clothes, and touch screen phone very much appreciated.

We LOVED Memphis!

A LOT! Maybe (just maybe) we cried at intermission.

I'll be taking Dad should he ever return to NY to visit me in this lifetime... (hint:hint)

Next day, we speedily flea marketed then boarded the train for LB with Diddy and Sandra per Kerny's request... She didn't realize how serious I was when I tried to prepare her that we would be herded like cattle heading to Long Beach on a Saturday in July.

Proof.

Leaving the station, heading for the beach.

After moving twice because of a rising tide, we finally got comfy.

June-Bug was there the whole time and neither of us realized it until she was leaving... this is as good of proof as we got for seeing each other.

That night we had Em's surprise 'Forever 29th' bday party...

Surprise!

The Birthday Girl!

Greg and my sweet Ang were there!

The night got REAL exciting when I had to call the fire dept for a gas leak in my apt.

.

.

Not funny.

After brunch and the McQueen exhibit on Sunday, Kern and I walked through Central Park to meet up with Diddz and SAMMY in sheep's meadow. Before we knew it, it was 3hrs later and we were hungry for dinner.

The weather and the park could not have been more beautiful on Sunday!

LOVED seeing Sammy, but it seemed all too brief!

I love it when Kerny's here and she can sleep and not worry about dishes or dogs or other things. We miss you already Kern.

Love,

NYC

and

your Kare

Life's a Beach...

Kerny's HERE!

And we've beached...

and 'Target'-ed...

And we may beach it again tomorrow...

Dont judge.

~Legs*

Happy Fourth. Red. White. And Blue.

I'm typing this on the train back to the city and the Kern is convinced that we are in the climax of a Denzel movie. She can't take her eyes off of what she has deemed, "two sketchers".

Before the train got full, we were sitting across the aisle from each other, each with two seats to ourselves. That is when Kern took it upon herself to notify me of the "sketchers" and their residing locations via text message.

Bond. Kern Bond.

That's the smiliest spy you'll ever see...

If by chance, we dont make it off of this train before dying from a bomb explosion, just know, Kern's at the pearly gates saying to me, "IIIIIIIIIIII TOLD YA GIRL!"

I had a great 4th of July weekend with A LOT of cute faces... including...

This horse. Who seems to think he's a lap dog...

who spoons with other horsies...

This non-horse.

This girl (who I ran into for the 2nd time)... Notice our groceries.

We're minimalists really.

These little blondie nuggets...

in all their swimming glory...

They are in VA for "30 DAYYYYS!"

Just ask Kurtis.

And if you want to see some of the cutest kids in all of the MBKHS alumni gene pool, go HERE...

Kevin took these GREAT pics of the peeps at the '4th' Cookout at Randy and Tasha's (previously known as the 'JumpOff' - that was PRE- babies and bedtimes).

Just look at these chitlens... Cant you just feel me growing more and more self conscious for my unborn children as the beautiful baby population grows every year at these gatherings? Seriously worth looking through Kevin's whole album because not only is he a pro, but did I mention these kids are cute?

The non-baby-having crew.

The game of 'Opposite Bands' went on for over 2hours and got REALLY intense (Don't worry - if you've never heard of it, it's because we made it up, but I promise you'd LOVE it).

It's a made up game so it can only get but so intense. Right?

(No one was harmed during the playing of 'Opposite Bands')

For the actual 4th, I made a cake that I came across on THIS blog...

It was SO fun to make and super easy considering I did NOTHING from scratch... except my little cake topper. I made that out of two straws, a piece of dental floss, and some grow-grain ribbon. Here is the play by play...

(but def read the blog to be safe... In this case, a picture is NOT worth 1,000 words and I'm no chef!)

After the all-day cookouts, it stormed something terrible and fireworks were canceled. And then we lost power for the night!

Still totally worth the trip home!

I love America!

Love,

~Kare*

Independence Day 2011

I'm in VA for the 4th and although it was a grueling 6 hr bus ride that arrived at 4:50am Friday morning, I'm so glad I came! No better place to be for this holiday than the south! I have access to two pretty spectacular grandmothers, two pools, two puppies, many cookouts, and there is LOTS of sun!!! I've now experienced Sweet Frog which is great and all, but sorry Richmonders, NY has had a 16Handles AND a Pinkberry forever now. I did run into Sara Ann and family there which made it WELL worth it... But news to me: she is no longer Sara ANN! That's ok though, she's still Sara Kyle... + an Owens now too. Anyway, between that and the dulce de leche flavored yogurt, I really scored big time. There's been lots of pool time and lots of party prep and the time is flying by WAY too quickly. Kerny will be coming back to the city with me come Wednesday so there will be much more to report on. Also, if you see a barefoot girl in a bikini, hauling groceries up the front yard in a red 'radio-flyer' wagon, don't worry, it's me. There's a new blacktop, but the party must go on. God bless America -especially its 10th colonized state!

Love,

~Legs*