Ballin' on a Budget
You may think balling on a budget means rarely eating out. But if you play your cards and your money right (and Peter usually does both), you can have two meals back to back. Peter and his high school friends call this what?
What is a Bang Bang?
Peter's stories of high school make teenage years in New York City sound like a movie. For instance, Peter and his friends took a dip in this body of water the night of prom.
What is the East River?
Peter is a life long lover and player of the beautiful game (soccer). What is Peter's regular position on the field?
What is striker?
Peter played basketball with the locals on a high school trip to this country.
What is China?
Peter doesn't just play games—he makes games. He famously created Guzzle, a harrowing drinking Olympics, to be played between this many people/teams.
What is five?
Peter loves memorable events—just not the drink prices that go along with them (who can blame him?). This is Peter's preferred method for sneaking a beverage into an event.
What is a water bottle in his shoe?
Like all true New Yorkers, Peter had a regular breakfast spot. He would stop here every morning before school.
What is Bagel Hole?
Peter and his family are different in many ways, but they all have this one activity in common. In fact, they took a family vacation to Canada to do just that.
What is ice skating?
Peter and Holt spent part of the summer after college graduation exploring the wonders of Bali via this mode of transport.
What is a vespa/motorbike?
In college, Peter was chosen to play in the UVA version of this high stakes multi-day competition. Turning it down is one of his greatest regrets.
What is Survivor?
Big dog gotta eat! This is Peter's favorite ingredient for consuming protein on a budget.
What are chickpeas? (Will also accept canned tuna)
Like any good New Yorker, Peter has his order he never strays from. At 7th Ave. Donuts & Diner, he always orders this item.
What is a marble twist?
Peter loves efficient transit. That includes trains, buses, bikes, and of course, his beloved electric scooter(s). Sadly, scootering around the city has its risks, as it did on one evening when a pothole left Peter with this injury.
Peter is a city boy, but he's always game for a taste of country living. On a Thanksgiving trip to Mississippi, he shot his first gun, missing this animal by a mile.
What is a duck?
Peter has a semi-regular card night with three other friends playing this game. (It also happens to be the game he was playing the first night he met Sophie, which he doesn't remember . . .)
What is Pitch?
You can do things the easy (expensive) way or the hard (cheap) way. No one knows this more than Peter, who once rode his Unagi scooter all the way from Brooklyn to New Jersey to pick up tickets to this New York event.
What is Gov Ball?
Peter has many memorable birthday excursions, including when he turned 18 on this New York City landmark.
What is the Staten Island Ferry?
Peter's favorite activity in the world is skiing, and he has carved it up on the slopes all over the U.S. and even in the Alps, thanks to his family friend's generosity with his chalet in this French town.
What is Chamonix?
Peter and Holt had this friend testing the strength of his future marriage when they convinced him to fly to Iceland with them 24 hours before departure.
Who is Robert Cross?
Peter finds ways to weave games into all parts of his life. He even created this to ask Sophie to be his girlfriend.
What is a scavenger hunt?
The epitome of getting bang for your buck is this, Peter's order at the southern fast food chain, Cookout.
What is [Take It Away, Peter!]?
Living in a major metropolitan area can have its challenges—perhaps never more so than when moving. Peter has been known to carry a mattress many blocks, carry four chairs from the Upper East Side to Crown Heights via public transit, and carry this oversized item across Prospect Park in the rain (with the help of Sophie).
What is a full length mirror?
Peter has claimed he could return one serve from Serena Williams. Perhaps that hubris was born when he played his high school tennis finals here.
What is the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (site of the US Open)?
Peter and his friends love to travel together. When they do, everyone lends a hand. At the end of an epic Costa Rica trip, he and his friends cleaned their rental as they danced around to music from this favorite movie of Peter's.
What is La La Land?
Peter's brain is packed with game knowledge, including this number of cards of the same suit that is needed between two partners to have a "fit" in Bridge.
What is eight or more?