I took some 1200-odd Photos with my phone in the year of 2014. In non-chronological order, find some of the highlights below:
Anniversary Selfie taken very shortly after we moved into new house in June!
The Salton Sea as seen from the air
Ian riding on the tube on the mighty waters of the Maumee river in Ohio. Dad tried his best to throw him.
Bree and Dana catch some rays on the sun-blazed waters of the mighty Maumee river in Ohio.
Ian enjoys a brew as dad explains how mighty the waters of the Maumee river are
Cousin Caleb seals the deal with his bride
Cousins Carrie and Jessie swap faces
Face-swapped my mom and grandma
My youngest cousin, Aaron, can still fit inside a bucket
Headed down to SDCC!
Lord Business of The LEGO Movie fame, made from actual LEGOs, naturally
Bree is all smiles at the San Diego Comic Con
Hey everybody, let’s go to Terminus!
San Diego (and Tijuana) from the sky in the morning
Benji takes a break from cleaning his new house to give me a thumbs up
Sam prepares by thinking deeply about his life as a swinging bachelor coming to a screeching end in a few hours hence
The gentlemen carouse on a party bus prior to the wedding ceremony – Sam and Caitlin’s wedding
Wedding PartySelfie taken by yours truly right before busting through the doors at the reception to Sam and Caitlin’s wedding
Benji catches up on some work in his “office” at Mission Coffee in Columbus, OH
New (used) car decided to rupture a hose en route to a Padres Game. The Padres lost.
Coworker Danny with his finely trimmed oriental mustache of art tape
My face, pouring sweat after eating the second spicest food item of my life- the 50 Alarm Burger from Slater’s 50/50
Coworker Danny backstage at an event, pushing buttons and getting paid to do it
Fashionably unfashionable window clings in a NYC department store with creepy, dual-sided, mirror imagery
Avocado. Need I say more?
Bree looks like an angel with sunbeams pouring down upon her, the sunbeams only marginally interrupted by two cats
Burnt brush on the peak of Double Peak Mountain a few miles from my house
The bathroom at Modern Times North Park Flavordome is educational as hell
Photographer Franz on the subway in NYC
There it is, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. And I took a picture of it
9/11 Memorial at night
Whilst in NYC I celebrated my birthday, wore a fashionable hat, drank a free spicy thing, and ate NY style cheesecake
The NYC Subway is quiet late at night
Coworkers Nate and Franz silhouetted against the majestic all-glass façade of the Javits Center NYC
Haaaayy
Empire State Building at night
Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge As seen from the park a few blocks from Andrew’s apartment in Brooklyn Heights
New York Ciry at night, as seen from across the Hudson in Brooklyn Heights
Andrew and I wandered into a predominantly Hasidic neighborhood on the sabbath and suddenly everything was written in Hebrew
My friend Andrew toasts our time hanging out with a glass of 2013 Bourbon County Brand Stout in Brooklyn
Andrew and I opted to walk over the Manhattan Bridge from the Lower East Isde back over to Brooklyn one night. Long walk, but so quiet and peaceful in a city that otherwise hums with life 24/7
Under the Brooklyn Bridge, it looks like a hovering spaceship
Coworkers Nate and Danny goofing off on the subway in NYC
Coworkers Nate and Danny goofing off at the Biergarten at The Standard High Line in NYC
Planet Times Square
Nate, myself, Franz, Danny and John after a late night communing in NYC, photo taken by some dude on the street with a vintage Polaroid camera
The Brooklyn Bridge, in all of its resplendent glory
In DUMBO, Andrew and I walked onto the set of Speilberg’s next film with Tom Hanks, directing from a script by the Coen Bros
Joel Manahan 
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