Flashback - One Saturday Afternoon, Medjool - 2008

Flashback: August 7, 2004, 1:00AM

John just sent me this picture taken way back when during one of his summer parties at his old place on Robert Street. What a crazy time that was! Everyone here was still in school at TSA at the time of the photo. I love how several things are happening at once in this picture, and that I'm the only one aware that a photo is being taken (and maybe Al, who is mostly out of the shot). Of course, we are all in various states of inebriation; the natural state of being during the summer in New Orleans.

New Year's in Ft. Lauderdale - Flashback

This is the view of the Atlantic Ocean from our hotel room.

The beach on a Sunday afternoon (December 31, 2006).

Holiday Pic Flashback: December 24, 2006

My high school buds, Steve and Charlie, on a typical night out in PR (that's Pearl River). Our friend Larry owns this place, and our other friend Mike celebrity bartends over the holidays, hooking up the old crew with pints and pints of Guinness.

June 10, 2006 - Flashback

This is an image I recently pulled off my cell phone to clear its memory for my trip to Denver. Of course, I did not figure out how to upload images from my phone to Sprint until the trip was pretty much over, so I didn't get the chance to document anything there! Dumbass. I will have to rely on friends' photos once again. Most of these of course, will be pictures of them doing fun things, since they are all so completely self-absorbed (no, but really, in a good way).

I intend to get a small digital camera to rectify the problem ASAP.

Well, anyway, anyway, this image is a perfect example of a cooler packed prior to going tubing or on a float trip. Being from NYC, I was not familiar with this particular activity: floating on an inner tube down a river while the whole time drinking beer (and smoking cigs, if you do (I do)), periodically stopping off at the shore to eat and throw away the accumulated cans.

Now that I have lived in the South for over five years, I have gone tubing many, many times. The first summer I went, I went almost every weekend for a good six weeks or so because I had so much fun the first time. With a big group, it is even more fun. The last time I went (when this picture was taken) was June 10, 2006. It was the one and only time this past summer I had a chance to go. If I am still living here next summer, I will be sure to get out on the water as much as possible, especially with any out-of-town guests (hint, hint) that may come to visit. See? Not only can you get fucked up on Bourbon Street when you come to New Orleans, you can get fucked up anywhere!