Things are starting to pick up full steam at work, school starts in just a few weeks. One way I have been enjoying the last days of summer is the Brooklyn Free Concerts at Coney Island. Last week was Hall and Oates. It was a blast and I got to meet John Oates (meeting Daryl Hall would have been cooler in my book but it was still pretty sweet). This week was Blondie and Pat Benatar. My friends surprised me with a cupcake and by getting everyone sitting around us to sing Happy Birthday before the concert started. Having Nathan's hot dogs and a beer on the boardwalk was also fun.
Last weekend I went to game night with my new group of Brooklyn friends at Mary's Park Slope apartment. It was very fun and my team kicked butt in Celebrity (a taboesque game). Heidi threw a great party at the Frying Pan in Chelsea for Yari, Mark, and I since our birthdays are close together. It did get chilly on the top deck so after it got dark, Joe, Sarah, and I went indoors to the Chelsea Brewery at the Piers.
My editor at Villager invited me to see his cabaret show at Don't Tell Mamas. It was a great show and it was nice to meet an editor for a change. (I usually just e-mail and exchange phone messages with my editors). He is hoping to have some fall assignments for me which is great. In other writing news I am working on a piece for an editor for an on-line magazine. I have also gone to some events for the author I profiled last month and she introduced me to literary agents interested in what I am working on, so stay tuned. :) In an effort to be productive I joined a writing group with some former classmates and other freelance writers.
This weekend Michael, Esther, and I all got new coifs. To celebrate we met Mark at the Blue Bar at the Algonquin Hotel for a cocktail. It was lovely. I have been dying to go there for ages because the Blue Bar has original work by my favorite artist, Al Hershfeld. One of my favorite author's Dorthy Parker was a regular at the hotel. I got to see the famous Round Table and Matilda the cat who lives in the lobby.
After Mark left we met Sandy and Terry at Anthos a Greek restaurant for my birthday dinner. The Best part was they actually served us cotton candy with our coffee and tea after dinner.
Yesterday Michael, Esther, and I went to NJ for a dinner party at Arthur and Jane's. Arthur grilled, Esther made dessert, I made mint pea bruchetta for a starter, and it was a relaxing evening. On the way back to the city Michael, Esther, and I stopped for Cappichinos in Fort Lee.
This birthday celebrations have been great although my actual birthday hasn't even passed yet.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Thank You For Being a Friend
Last weekend I had an inpromtu visit to the Cleve. It was great to spend time with Sarah because she is moving to North Carolina in two weeks.
We went to the West Side Market, Outlet Shopping, and even met up with my best friend from high school LeeAnn at one of our hang outs Gene's Place. It is this really cool restaurant near my high school that is 1940s themed. They play war era songs on the juke box, have posters from popular movies of the time, and all of the dishes are named after actors and movies of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. LeeAnn thought I was all exotic when I ordered the Dr. Zhivago until she realized I just ordered a hamburger.
This week I had a book review/author profile published in The Villager. You can check it out at http://www.thevillager.com/villager_326/villageauthor.html.
Yesterday I had acupuncture for the first time. It was actually quite relaxing. Anna, the acupuncturist is really nice and she went to college in Ohio so how could I not like her? We Midwest chicks have to stick together. In other Midwest news I guess I am now official a New Yorker. I subjected myself to the horror of waiting at the NYC DMV and they just sent me my new card. Sorry Michigan ID last night was your last use...
...But what a use it was! Despite it pouring buckets yesterday, my friend Paula (yes I have another friend named Paula who is also from Michigan, felt I should explain that in case you thought I was talking about myself in the third person) met me for dinner at Mason Dixon on the Lower East Side. This is a southwestern themed restaurant and bar that does have a mechanical bull. We were not there to reenact Urban Cowboy though...no it was much better then that.
After dinner we made our way to the Dixon theater for "God will get you for that...a tribute to Bea Arthur. The theater was serving a drink called Bea Arthur's Underpants. We saw the show advertised and knew we had to go. It was hysterical because their were more people then the theater could fit. Paula and I were only two of maybe six girls in total that were there. But it was fantastic. There was a mix of performers singing Bea's songs and they showed clips from the Golden Girls, Maude, and the 1979 Bea Arthur TV special.
Yours truly did go on stage and had to read the line, "My cupcakes are moist. Men love my cupcakes" during a Bea impersonation contest. I did not feel too bad loosing to a drag queen. The night ended with everyone singing the theme song to "Golden Girls". I am not sure about an afterlife but I decided I would like to think it will be me in a room with a bunch of gay guys singing, "Thank You for Being a Friend" because I gotta tell you it was so much fun!
We went to the West Side Market, Outlet Shopping, and even met up with my best friend from high school LeeAnn at one of our hang outs Gene's Place. It is this really cool restaurant near my high school that is 1940s themed. They play war era songs on the juke box, have posters from popular movies of the time, and all of the dishes are named after actors and movies of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. LeeAnn thought I was all exotic when I ordered the Dr. Zhivago until she realized I just ordered a hamburger.
This week I had a book review/author profile published in The Villager. You can check it out at http://www.thevillager.com/villager_326/villageauthor.html.
Yesterday I had acupuncture for the first time. It was actually quite relaxing. Anna, the acupuncturist is really nice and she went to college in Ohio so how could I not like her? We Midwest chicks have to stick together. In other Midwest news I guess I am now official a New Yorker. I subjected myself to the horror of waiting at the NYC DMV and they just sent me my new card. Sorry Michigan ID last night was your last use...
...But what a use it was! Despite it pouring buckets yesterday, my friend Paula (yes I have another friend named Paula who is also from Michigan, felt I should explain that in case you thought I was talking about myself in the third person) met me for dinner at Mason Dixon on the Lower East Side. This is a southwestern themed restaurant and bar that does have a mechanical bull. We were not there to reenact Urban Cowboy though...no it was much better then that.
After dinner we made our way to the Dixon theater for "God will get you for that...a tribute to Bea Arthur. The theater was serving a drink called Bea Arthur's Underpants. We saw the show advertised and knew we had to go. It was hysterical because their were more people then the theater could fit. Paula and I were only two of maybe six girls in total that were there. But it was fantastic. There was a mix of performers singing Bea's songs and they showed clips from the Golden Girls, Maude, and the 1979 Bea Arthur TV special.
Yours truly did go on stage and had to read the line, "My cupcakes are moist. Men love my cupcakes" during a Bea impersonation contest. I did not feel too bad loosing to a drag queen. The night ended with everyone singing the theme song to "Golden Girls". I am not sure about an afterlife but I decided I would like to think it will be me in a room with a bunch of gay guys singing, "Thank You for Being a Friend" because I gotta tell you it was so much fun!
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