i have a legitimate reason this time for the tardy post. no really! im just now coming out of a heinous stomach virus\/flu\/something im not really sure of. which i originally thought was all alcohol-induced, but sifting thru web md and getting some feedback, it was probably that and something else i ate. *shrug<\/i>* well whatever it was, it sucked. my appetites still not back at 100%\u2026more like 60% judging by how much food i can finish before getting full. hmm\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PRE-STOMACH CRAZINESS<\/b>
rewind back to two weeks ago, because its been a good two weeks. tuesday was din with jess at chiyono<\/i>. i forget who first recommended chiyono<\/i>, but its this small joint in the middle of curry alley on 6th. pretty nice and quiet, especially on a tuesday night. wednesday was an unplanned din with ivor and company at 26 seats<\/i>, friday was din at max<\/i> and then drinks at solas<\/i> with sean, anna, and sally. margie was in town satty, so we got to hang out during the day\u2026yay! we strolled around manhattan furniture shopping for my upcoming new apartment. oh right, that was thursday btw\u2026signed and sent back a contract for a new apartment (to buy that is). woot! well, i should save my over-enthusiasm til i actually get the contract back with a thumbs up on it. this is new york\u2026weird shit happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
saturday was g\u2019s bye bye drinkies (shes quit\u2026yay!) at la bottega<\/i> at the maritime hotel. this, btw, was the start of a week of pain, but i didnt know this. g bailed a bit earlier than anticipated (she got trashed the night before), but a few of us continued on\u2026and on\u2026and on\u2026til er, 5am, followed by early morning tacos from san locos<\/i>. i think i shouldve known better, but ya\u2026sick time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FUCK<\/b>
the weekend and the following week was spotty from here on out given that my stomach started feeling reeeal funky. but anyhoo, i met up with grace who was in town tuesday nite for soba-ya<\/i>. i couldnt eat much, but hey\u2026she was visiting. friday was g\u2019s celebrations, part 2, this time at sala<\/i> and primarily food-based rather than alcohol-based. stomach was still funky, so didnt eat much, and definitely didnt drink alcohol\u2026whew. i was however out again til 3am with mich and mk (sober tho\u2026i was sober).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
addendum<\/b>
noted (and recurring) pet peeve\u2026people who you meet and hang out with, have fun, get numbers for, then call, just to get no response. *sigh<\/i>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BABBQF!<\/b>
yea, that acronym doesnt work, does it? big apple bbq festival! woot! all that non-drinking the night before was worth it, because by saturday, i was feeling ten times better, just in time for some bbq at madison square park. side note\u2026holy fuck was it hot out! hot and humid=shit. but it was bbq, and getting a heat stroke wouldnt stop me from getting bbq. id been going to the big apple bbq festival<\/i> every year since 2005, and id be damned if i missed this years. i met up with dano and company at the park. he\u2019d been running late, so by that time id already gone thru one round at blackjack\u2019s bbq<\/i> from south carolina\u2026yum yum. when they got there, we staked out big bob gibsons bbq<\/i> for the follow-up. i\u2019d seen chris lilly of big bobs<\/i> on one of the bbq challenges on the food network<\/i>, and was curious to see just how good his sauce was. yea, it was good. like, super good. the chopped pork was soft and yum too\u2026thumbs up. sadly, this was the first year since i started going to the bbq festival that i chose not to go to the perennial favorite, salt lick bbq<\/i> of texas. sorry, but i gotta branch out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
oh, and we caught kung-fu panda<\/i> afterwards too. jack black rocks! almost as good as pixar\u2019s stable, and definitely the best of the dreamworks\u2019 lot. it made even sitting amongst a whole theaters worth of pre-pubescents tolerable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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