Do these people not have jobs or do they just have really awesome jobs?
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Whoa, it was hot this weekend. Special lady was in town and we really made an effort not to make an effort. Weather was so nice Saturday that we strolled up to the /pawk /with everyone else in the city, got some disappointment at the Museum of Natural History and some iPhone goodness at the main Apple tabernacle on 5th. We had Japanese/Peruvian fusion at Kion with Gleb and Yen (not pictured) and then ended up at some crazy Tribeca film festival after party via Joshua, before hitting the hay.
Sidenote: Fusion places usually don't live up to your expectations and this was no exception. I unfairly expected the whole to be tastier than the sum of the parts but I actually found the food at this place to be slightly worse than enjoying each cuisine separately.
Today, all we did was go to Chez Lola for brunch. It is definitely worth the trip out to Brooklyn. It was so good I am still thinking about it now. Did nothing after that and enjoyed it. Girlfriend left at 6pm at which point I quietly resigned myself to just studying CFA for the next 3 weeks straight. Pretty lame.
...with special lady.
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We're at this underground jazz spot in the West Village, called Smalls. The musicians are great and I am really enjoying the qt with special lady.
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Rick and Laurie stayed with us this weekend. As you can see in the pictures, various activities were enjoyed by everyone, except Josh who had to work pretty much all weekend (lame). However, the best part of the weekend was the part that Josh actually could attend; karaoke Friday night at this crazy azn place, Karaoke Duet on 35th. Of course I didn't remember to bring the camera, but if you were there, you know it was awesome. Colin came and we saw Javier and Erin for the first time pretty much since leaving Suncoast (our high school). This was not my first time doing karaoke but it was my first time doing it in a private room. Basically, all the karaoke energy gets trapped in a small space and feeds on itself, leading you to get just real drunk and rowdy.
Later that weekend, we also had BBQ at Blue Smoke and hit up that Lion King on Broadway, but the high point of the weekend was definitely established on Friday. It was all downhill from there, but hey, it was still fun, so um... hakuna matata.
Another especially nice weekend in New York. Special lady came out to see me. Hit up Olives on Friday night with Andrew and Jeff, then dropped in on Sachin's going-away thing at The Musical Box. Saturday, we walked six blocks to the Mercury Bar and partake'd (to put it lightly) in an open bar for the 111th Big Game with the Cardinal Young Alumni.
Anyway, we were listening to KEXP on Saturday morning and heard some fresh cuts we liked. Here are a couple we downloaded and played a bunch this weekend. Both are pretty rad. Enjoy.
Wow, where to begin... Halloween this year in New York was killer. First of all, special lady friend came out to see me which is always super great. Next, we enjoyed two nights of Halloween thanks to the fortunate occurrence of October 31st falling on a Friday + my buddy Jesse throwing a party on November 1st. Finally, I just saw so many good costumes. SLF and I were Moulin Rouge which were just "ok" costumes compared to what most of New York was wearing.
In full costume, we took the subway down to the West Village to get dinner and watch part of the parade. Then we stopped at a party on Central Park West which ended with us in a limo headed to one of the big clubs (Mansion). The people outside had awesome costumes but there were way too many of them waiting to get in and we couldn't get a table anyway, so we just went to a restaurant back on CPWest. Despite not making it into one of the big NY clubs, the night was still sufficiently crazy for Halloween. The next night we went to Jesse's costume party in Brooklyn. People really had some great ones at this gig which was semi-remarkable considering it wasn't even Halloween anymore. My top 5 had to be... 1. Lumbergh from Office Space2. The Smurfs*
3. Treasure Trolls
4. Nancy Kerrigan & Tanya Harding
5. Miss Piggy & Kermit the Frog*In the Village parade, not the party, but made the list due to its exceptional creativity and accuracy.
Having french toast at The Smith by Union Square. Coffee and fresh air have nearly relieved my massive hangover. Looks like the long walk from Midtown was worth it, this is delicious...
