Saturday, April 16, 2005

Baby take off your cool, I want to know you

I spent my 31st birthday volunteering in 'clean-up parks' day at Fort Greene park in Brooklyn, waking earlier than I wake for work - still reeling from that groggy, from-last-night, slightly dizzy, hangover effect.

Running late, as usual, I hopped in a cab to the entrance of Brooklyn Bridge and then ran the rest of the way to the park, in absolute awe of the rippling and sparkling wonder of the city.


I spent my 31st birthday raking leaves, 'wood chipping' (whatever the hell that is I'm still not sure), shoveling dirt and plugging up pot holes in the grass, and eating lunch on the steps in the sun with fellow googlers - just like in high school.

I then spent my 31st birthday alone - smoking, drinking and blogging on my balcony - soaking in the rays of a crisp, spring sun.

I ended my 31st birthday at a dinner show at Joe's Pub - Chocolate Genius - and then I dragged my friends to Bob's in the LES.

Friday, April 15, 2005

The Bar Room at MoMA

Most of the pics I took were blurry. I could say it was due to low lighting but most likely it was due to the smashing PJ Martini I had pre-dinner. The menu featured the original French-American cuisine of Chef Gabriel Kreuther.


Beef Tartar - yes, yes, yes I KNOW it's not vegetarian, and it was damn good. Hey, at least I'm a flexible vegetarian. I also love anything wrapped with bacon - especially scallops and figs - and baby cheeks of any kind.


Some sort of liverwurst thing.



Some sort of crabcake thing.