Memorial Day is just around the corner. Here’s what I’m not doing to get ready for it.

1. I am not walking down Clinton Street with a shopping cart full of kegs of beer, with Matt pushing and me running next to it, Secret Service Style.
2. I am not frantically cleaning the house and prepping the MAME cabinet for tons of people to be playing it.
3. I am not elbows deep in a bucket of 112 deviled eggs.
4. I am not ordering 75 pounds of meat on FreshDirect.
5. I am not Photoshopping together an awesome flyer, as below


And why not? Because I don’t live in Brooklyn anymore, I don’t have a backyard, my Hetero Life Partner is working overseas, and grilling by myself on a fire escape would be godamned depressing. It was a great couple of years, but I guess these things come to an end sooner or later. It just means an opportunity to start NEW traditions. Here’s some pictures of the best barbecues ever, in memorium:

















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