Squad Fishing Trip

Last weekend a bunch of us went fishing on one of the boats from the Laura Lee Fleet out of Captree State Park here on Long Island. Here are some of the photos I took in Huji Cam...

I was planning on taking way more photos (Especially of the squad) than I did but the trip was kind of a cluster fuck. Toni and Jamie both got sick while on the boat (We might have gone out drinking the night before, which in hindsight was a horrible idea). Chris, who is the reason we threw this shindig together, got scare of being on the boat and spent almost the entire trip in the cabin with Toni. So because of those reasons and actually fishing while on the boat, taking photos fell by the wayside.

But yeah, it was an interesting trip. I don't know if we'll ever go on another squad fishing trip but I think I'm okay with that.

Would you attempt to orchestrate a trip like this with your friend? Lemme know!

Exploring Greenpoint (Brooklyn) In Huji

This past Saturday Justin and I went to Brooklyn to hang out with Day and Ryan (Which we haven't had the chance to do in months) and the four of us decided to explore Greenpoint because we've never really hung out in that neighborhood.

So we chose to start off our day by going to Spritzenhaus which is a beer hall that pops up on all of the list of things to do while in Greenpoint. As we were walking to there we came across this little spot called Beer Karma and stopped in to check out their selection and have a drink.

After we finished our drinks we continued our journey to Spritzenhaus. While we were walking my hat flew away and landed in a puddle, I almost stepped on a dead rat in my flip flops, we walked through the McCarren Park farmers market and we saw a falcon in the trees on the edge of the park.

Once at Spritzenhaus we borrowed a table that had a 4:00pm reservation note on it (Thanks Leah! Or Lee like Day called her) so that we could have a couple of drinks and some snacks.

Eventually the place just got too crowded so we decided to move on to Sunshine Laundromat another place that popped up on a bunch of lists of things to do in Greenpoint.

As we were on our way over to Sunshine Laundromat (Which by the way is a legit laundromat with a ton of pinball machines in it and bar) we stopped into a few thrift stores and this pretty sweet looking pasta place called Forma Pasta Factory just to see what they had.

After our handful of detours we ended up at Sunshine Laundromat which confused us at first, but then the lady running the laundromat told just to walk through this set of doors and there was the bar.

After we had our fill of pinball we headed over to The Moonlight Mile to have some whiskey based drinks (We joked around about trying their whiskey flights but at that point in the day we weren't really up for it).

We only had a round of drinks at The Moonlight Mile before we decided that we needed to go get real food. So we all went on Yelp and found a sushi place that we all agreed upon and walked over to get dinner.

After dinner we hopped in a Uber and went back to Day and Ryan's place to chill for a bit before Justin and I drove back home.

It was a fun day exploring a new neighborhood in Brooklyn. I'd definitely go and hang out in Greenpoint again.

Random Saturday In Queens In Huji

A couple of weeks ago Christina texted our big group chat that we should all go out to Queens to eat at an authentic Chinese restaurant that was recommended to her. So me being me, I decided that we needed to make a day out of it. And we did... So this past Saturday myself, Justin, Gino and Christina headed in to Queens for a day full of random activities.

We started off our adventure by having lunch and a couple of drinks at Astoria Bier and Cheese (We were at their Broadway location), this awesome little spot that Justin found on Yelp right before we left.

Once we were done eating and drinking and buying various beers and snacks at Astoria Bier and Cheese, we walked over to the Museum of the Moving Image which was only a block away.

While we were there we played the video games in the A Whole Different Ball Game: Playing Through 60 Years of Sports Video Games Exhibition, we spent a long time walking through the Jim Henson Exhibition (Which I absolutely loved because I adore Jim Henson) and we checked out the Behind the Screen Exhibition which had some awesome props, models and prosthetics from movies like The Mask (1994), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), The Wiz (1978), The Godfather (1972), etc.

When we were done at the museum (Which I highly recommend you visit if you have a chance) we walked back to the car and drove over to Socrates Sculpture Park to see what sculptures they had on display. Unfortunately they were in the middle of changing out the sculptures (Perfect lesson on checking the website and not just Yelp), so there wasn't anything to see but a lovely view -- Which was cool with us because it was beautiful out. 

After a nice little walk around the sculpture-less sculpture park we headed over to Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao for the main event. Unfortunately, it was underwhelming to all of us (I thought it was just me at first because I don't really eat meat but over the past couple of days everyone has expressed their meh-ness about dinner) but it was fine because the company was good.

When we were done with our lackluster dinner we drove back to Long Island. Gino, Justin and I hung out a bit more after we got back and Christina went home because she was tired.

Despite a lack of sculptures at the sculpture park and just okay Chinese food, we had a great day and I look forward to our next random adventure.