(All photos by Matthew Murphy (MM). All photos by Timur Civan (TC).)
The gods timed our road trip perfectly. Just as we were leaving the beauty of Beacon, NY the sun began to set. We reversed our way down the winding roads as we headed back to the main highway and the high-rises of New York City. 
(Look how excited Carson was to escape the beauty of Beacon! City lover. MM)
(Not as excited as these people. They were so desperate to leave Beacon that they decided to pack up and walk to NYC. MM)
(Look how freakin patriotic I am. I took time out of my busy schedule to photograph the flag. I'm almost as manipulative patriotic as Kristy Lee (Vote For Me!) Cook singing "Proud To Be An American" on American Idol this week. MM)
("Timur, I need to warn you, those trees MAY attack us. They taught me that in driver's ed." MM)
In an effort to keep our drive symmetrical, we pulled off at a scenic turnout on the way back as well. This time, instead of views of Manhattan from afar, we looked out over an incredible lake as the sun went down.
(I'm going to build a studio apartment right in the middle of that. MM)
(And this can be my chair/dining room table/bed/computer. Multi-functional AND authentic. MM)
(Clothing will be optional in my lake studio. Who needs a shirt when you can wear these as nipple tassles?! MM)
(Carson got tired of shopping for my new lake apartment, and started scouting out other locations. MM)
(Go, Carson, Go! MM)
(Why, I think that might be an entrance to that hot new club, "Tunnel." MM)
(I was easily distracted by the trees on our journey to the tunnel. MM)
(Abstract art? Or water stains? MM)
(I got distracted by some ice. Hard water. Trippy. MM)
(Timur captured my fascination with the wall from his point of view. TC)
(While I captured it from mine. MM)
(Shit. That's not by the railroad tracks. MM)
Before I knew it, my Dia Day had come to a close. We returned to the city and decided to cap the night off with a little Pinkberry before I collapsed in my bed.
(Mess with the color on your camera enough and you can even make Pinkberry look funny. MM)
(I think his ear MIGHT be radioactive. I knew something funny happened on the railroad tracks. MM)
Matt--What ARE those "nipple tassel" things? Great pictures.
Posted by: Deb | March 29, 2008 at 05:57 PM
Ahhh Good times....
And yes my ear is radioactive. Thats my super power it lets me hear things like metro north trains from 22 miles away.....
Posted by: timur | March 30, 2008 at 01:57 AM
Looks like you had fun Matt. Missed you out here in LA for Swan Lake. Any timetable yet about when you'll be able to get back to work? Otherwise I'll have to be a blog-stalker the next time I'm in NYC(which should be later this year :) ).
Posted by: Rob | March 30, 2008 at 02:20 AM
um.. did you even know that there was a club named tunnel??
or are you too young?!
Posted by: ddogg | March 30, 2008 at 01:06 PM
I had never seen the "nipple tassel" things before, but apparently they are called devil seeds (?). They are really cool looking up close!
Glad people are enjoying the pictures! Timur is teaching me a lot.
ddogg, I did know there was a club called Tunnel ;-) I'm not THAT young. I've heard of it.
Rob, I was bummed to not make it out to LA either. I'll be posting about my ABT status in the near future (of course with all that's on my plate, it maybe be May before I get around to it) so stay tuned!
Thanks for the support everyone!
Posted by: M | March 30, 2008 at 09:58 PM
Some of those pictures are fantastic! And the nipple tassels cracked me up to no end.
Posted by: Natalie D. | March 31, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Just rereading the post and the pinkberry photo got me thinking about trying pinkberry and it looks like I can now. they have one in the city i work in :)
Any flavor suggestions?
Posted by: Rob | April 01, 2008 at 01:22 AM