Halloween Continued
After recovering from Friday Night's Halloween party, I caught the LIRR into NYC and eventually met up with George, Jeff, Dave, and Edgar for dinner. But first, I swung by the Apple Store in SoHo to check out the video iPods and laptops with brighter screens. I couldn't do a side-by-side comparison, but the new ones looked a LOT like the last model, although they're a bit cheaper. Maybe. MAYBE, if this TiBook dies I will pick one up, but I'd like to wait for the Intel chip laptops.
Saturday night we hit 4 bars and then I ate some form of curried street meat at about 2 or 3 AM. Love that daylight savings time change to add to the drunken confusion. And don't hate on the street meat. Like you've never had a F.G.E. (Fat Girl Episode, shamlessely stolen terminology). In fact, I think I have previous photo evidence of such activities.
After brunch on Sunday morning, which included Eggs, English Muffins, Bacon, Turkey Bacon, Sausage, Coffee, and Juice, we decided to get out and enjoy the weather. Not 2 blocks out the door, we encountered this 5 month old Boxer puppy in a Superman Costume. He was SO excited to get attention from us, as you can tell from the photo. The reason for the costume: An 80 dog costume party at the dog park.
Instead of checking out the doggie party, we took a leisurely stroll through Central Park. It was such a beautiful day, we sat a spell in Sheep's Meadow and then battled the tourists at the street fair in Times Square. Victoria Secret bras for $10. Get 'em while they're hot. Don't believe me? Check out the photos. Jeff and Dave headed back to DC on the infamous "Chinatown Bus". The rest of us continued our stroll and ended up in a Starbucks for almost 3 hours just chatting.
Then I met up with David and his friend Dev outside the Virgin Megastore and we nearly sprinted to the Belgian Beer Bar for a couple of drinks. Dinner followed at John's Pizza on Bleeker Street. I'd seen that place with huge lines before, and there was virtually none on Sunday - so we ate. This place has been voted the best pizza in New York. It was very good, with a crispy thin crust, but I almost felt like it was a bit burnt. If there was no line again, I'd probably go back, but I'm not waiting in line to eat there.
I would have loved to make it back to the city tonight for the parade, but it just wasn't happening between the issues at work recently, and the worst excuse for a flag football playoff game that anyone could ask for. Yeah, let's START the game at 5 PM after daylight savings time ends, that way no one can see you throw the elbows.