The Shipleys Belong in Brooklyn

From The Shipley V...
ANN & BRIAN CRUISED into NYC at the end of July to mucho fanfare. It was absolutely fantastic to have them back in the 'hood. Kinda like they never left, really. Little Iris was such a bundle fun the whole week—clearly she felt right at home in her birth town of Brooklyn. The week went by in a flash, :( but there's titillating talk of a long term comeback in a few years. Sa-weet! (No pressure guys!) Check out more pics from their visit at www.theshipleyfamily.com.

Lookin' good, ladies!

From Bard Girls
10-YEAR BARD REUNION next year? Hells yeah! And we don't look a day over 25, right?

Return of the Smutts

From The Beach Party

Can we talk yachties?

From The Yacht Club
UM, NOT. Mike Stone's 30th birthday brought together a bunch of fun peeps out at the Manhattan Yacht Clubhouse—a double-decker barge anchored next to Ellis Island. We dragged Mark from LA (yellow T-shirt) and Joe from DC along for the ride.

Dad makes it to NYC!

From Dad's visit
IN THE BRIEF 48 HOURS Dad spent with us in NYC, he schmoozed with the locals at the Fort Greene garden party, took a lot of naps, made 2 beer runs, adopted a son, talked golf over Japanese, rode the 2 train, hoofed across the Brooklyn Bridge, checked out China town, rode the B train, took more naps, put his foot in it once, munched on beer-battered onion rings, ate "pretty good" Thai food, and met Dave, John, Suz, Lon, Wynden, Jared, Gandalf, Nicola, JJ, Zak and Robyn! Phew! Hopefully he'll visit us more often now that he's checked out the happ'nin' scene and realizes NYers are pretty cool. Great to see you, Dad. Come back soon!