Saturday, December 24, 2016

2016 in Pictures- Part 7

Senator Tim Kaine's rally at the Hanover Township Community Center.

Sunset over Coca-Cola Park, August 2016.

All my friends were having babies. This is Cameron Elliott, my close friends Drew and Kelsey's newborn.

My sister interned for Senator Bob Casey this Summer.

Howard Dean and the Lehigh Valley Young Dems Executive Board. I served as the President of the board in 2016.

A Pat's cheesesteak, August of 2016.

Senator Tim Kaine's rally at the Hanover Township Community Center. I'm holding the "K."

Opening Night of Easton Football, 2016.

The Comenius Statue at Moravian College in September. I started my term on the alumni board at Moravian.

Sunset over Pohatcong, NJ, Early September 2016.

2016 in Pictures- Part 6

The Democratic National Convention, in Philadelphia. I was in town, but never in the hall.

Storm clouds over Lehigh Valley International Airport in July of 2016.

Myself, Northampton County Democratic Chairman Matt Munsey, and PA Commonwealth Court candidate Todd Eagen at the June PA Dems meeting in Scranton.

Harry and me, Citizens Bank Park, July of 2016.

Ashburn Alley, Citizens Bank Park, July of 2016.

The Easton-Phillipsburg Free Bridge, looking towards Easton at sunset. July 2016.

August 14th, 2016 at Musikfest.

I got a baseball in August of 2016.

Pat's Steaks, August 2016.
The California Bernie Delegation were utterly insane, but they were fun to drink with. I preferred the Clinton delegates though.

2016 in Pictures- Part 5

A late April replay at Citizens Bank Park.

My pack, after a bath, in May of 2016.

In May, at the age of 33, I tipped the scales under 200 pounds for the first time since October of 2002, when I was a 19 year old freshman at Moravian College. I've held pretty steady since.

Me at the June Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee Meeting.

In June, I lost my closest companion, my loyal dog Lizzie. She was 14 years old. She was the best dog I could have ever asked for. Not a day goes by where I don't miss her company.

Kennedy Plaza, outside of the Atlantic City Convention Center, site of the 1964 Democratic Convention that was supposed to be the re-nomination of JFK, until he was killed. I was in town with my grandmother for the GCU National Convention, and made my way down there.

A June sunset over Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

The Tropicana, in Atlantic City. I was there for a few days during the GCU National Conference. At night, they put on a cool lights show.

A July sunset over Coca-Cola Park in Allentown.

The view from the roof of the Easton City Hall/Parking Deck on Heritage Day, just before the fireworks show.

2016 in Pictures- Part 4

A Primary Eve fundraiser with Chelsea Clinton in Downtown Philadelphia. 

Top Phillies prospects J.P. Crawford and Roman Quinn in Reading to play against the Phillies in the Futures Game.

On the night of my uncle's death, I was at a Phillies game. I found out in the 6th inning. The night was pretty awful on the whole, but my favorite Phillies player, Ryan Howard, hit a walk-off home run to win the game that Friday night, in his final season with the team. Small victories.

Primary Eve, at the Downtown Philadelphia fundraiser with Senator Bob Casey.

Introductions of the Phillies and their Futures team in Reading, PA.

Secretary Julian Castro at the Downtown Philadelphia event on Primary Eve for Hillary Clinton.

Opening Night at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, where the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs face Pawtucket.

My uncle's motorcycle vest at his viewing. 

First Phillies game of 2016 at Citizens Bank Park.

2015 NL MVP Bryce Harper in Philadelphia in April of 2016.

2016 in Pictures- Part 3

MLB came to Cuba for an exhibition game for the first time in my lifetime, and President Obama attended the game. I snapped this one from my couch.

Easter at my grandmother's. My grandmother is on the right, my great-uncle Charlie is next to her, followed by my great-aunt Margie. My Uncle George is at the left end. My mom is talking to great-uncle Bill behind them.

Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli doing a press conference at the Montgomery County Courthouse during the primary campaign in March.

I was at the Philadelphia Inquirer for an editorial board meeting the morning after the Villanova Wildcats won the National Championship over North Carolina.

I took in the opening day of March Madness at Citizens Bank Park, where the Phillies hosted a watch party for season ticket holders. I got my picture with the Phillies two World Series trophies.

My church, Sts. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church of Phillipsburg, NJ, after Easter Mass.

A Katie McGinty fundraiser with the Lehigh Valley Muslim Community in April.

Olives in Nyack, NY, on the night of the New York Primary. This was the victory celebration in Rockland County for Hillary Clinton, a celebration that was interrupted by some Trump supporters drawing a swastika on a cardboard "Hillary Clinton."

My microphone at the Steve Corbett show in Pittston, PA, shortly before the PA Primary.

Me and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke of New York, in Allentown, PA, days before the Pennsylvania Primary. She was stumping for Hillary Clinton.