10,000 People on our Street

Each summer our building, in Fishtown, is ground zero for the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival. The highlight is a popular event called the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby (http://www.kinetickensington.com/2010-winners) where new neighborhood arrivals, longstanding residents and businesses build crazy-pants art bikes and drive them through an urban obstacle course, ending up in a mudpit on Trenton Avenue. Plenty of artists and friends nearby made this the highlight of our spring (notwithstanding the fact that "the Pirates" bike team stole Ben's needle-nose pliers after a breakdown on our street, but that's what he gets for lending some tools to a Pirate outfit ).

Our building teamed together to host the unofficial afterparty complete with a reggae band, lawn games and lots of food(hat tip Keith and Tracy). Good times indeed.


Amongst the crowds.


The 10,000.


One of the 29 Kinetic Sculptures.


Watching the mudpit finale from our window.


The afterparty in our courtyard.

A Weekend in New York City

Last weekend Ben and I were able to head up to the big apple with some of our close friends, the Helmbergers. It was our first time getting a hotel and just enjoying the city without running around and seeing all of the tourist sites. Here are our pics from the weekend.


Walking through High Line Park, Meatpacking District.


Brunch on the roof at the the Pig 'n' Whistle, Midtown.


Yankees vs. Twins...and we won!


Yankees Stadium, the Bronx.


Headed home.

72 Hours in Hometown, Minnesota

1. Visit Grandparents. Check.
2. Go to a Twins game in their new stadium. Check.
3. Get snowed out of a Twins game. Check.
4. Family game night. Check.
5. Breakfast with old friends. Check.
6. Lunch with the family. Check
7. Go to a wedding. Check.
8. Catch the 9th inning of the rescheduled game. Check.
9. Sunday Church. Check.
10. Mother's Day. Double Check.


Visiting Toni's Grandparents in Rochester, MN.


Breakfast with good friends; Baumgartens, Stores, Crists and Tepes.


Brandenburg Girls.


Becky and Toni at the wedding (college roommates).


The whole family at the new Twins stadium...


...Bruce and Marnee came too:)


Our beautiful mothers Marnee and Colleen on Mother's Day.