09/08-09/10 - Dinner with Friends and then Out to the party

Friday, After work I came down to party at Ole for the end of the summer and a visit from Susan. I had a Stoli Orange and Cranberry and a glass of the house Sangria. Susan made sure we didn't starve by making sure we had hot wings and plenty of chips at the table. Candi, Liz, Susan, Doris, Bruce and Hector all hung out for a bit before we headed back inside from the tables outside, danced a bit to the music playing in the bar and then said goodnight and headed our separate ways. I headed into the city, where I came out of the World Trade Center looking for a cab. The competition right next to the tourist attraction was too much and all of the taxis already had passengers. I walked over to Broadway and caught a car at the next traffic light change. A 5 minute cab ride later I was at Bubby's and looking for the table the guys were at. The five of us moved over to a bigger table instead of a booth and ordered dinner. Surprisingly my dinner came first even though I was the last to order but everyone else got their plate soon enough. The garlic burger was good and I was happy for all of the water and soda to help me recover from the drinks in NJ. Everyone finished up dinner and then ordered coffee and dessert (just coffee for me). The coffee was burned so only a few sips and I was ready to go. We all walked outside and then Russ and I piled into the Murano and told the rest of them goodnight. We headed back to BK and Watched normal Friday Night programming while making sure all of the gift CDs were ready. Russ went to bed but I was struck with insomnia and was refraining from taking anything since I did not want to get up too late. Eventually I did fall into a restless sleep.

I woke up around 10:30 and lived on milk and juice while we finally headed out and I picked up the missing ingredients for the dinner I was planning to cook. After the first f0ray out for Orange Juice, Soda, Beer and Red Bull and Sour Cream I headed back home and spent the early afternoon watching TV and checking out different TV programming then did the obligatory weekend haircut and shower before finally starting to cook. After I couldn't find the cookie sheet or bowls for the macaroni and tuna salad it was back out to pick up bowls. Back at home, after the macaroni salad was all done I realized that I needed more Salsa for the Taco Salad. Down the street to the Met and I had two jars and was ready to finally cook the remainder. Taco salad done and in the oven I started to prepare the fried chicken. I was still cooking the chicken when Rick and Shawn arrived and still doing the second batch of chicken when Bob and Tres arrived. Finally done with the cooking but still involved in the running conversations about travel, work and HD TV, Sports and other programs I finally sat down and had some of the food that everyone else was enjoying. Everything came out OK although I wish I had used more of the newer bag of Nacho chips after having tasted both bags of chips afterwards. (When in doubt taste test the ingredients). After I gave out 3 gift CDs to each Tres and Bob left before it got too late (ran after them downstairs as they forgot the 2 dance and one Pop CD) and Shawn and Rick just changed shirts and shoes and they were ready to go out. I headed to the back bedroom, showered for the second time that day and changed into the clothes for the night. Tan military cargoes and the latest Ecko t-shirt and the Nike 360s and I was ready to head out. I remembered all of the different lights, laser, mints, VAAM, and vitamin and anti-inflammatory. The Jimmy arrived around 10pm and the guys discussed sports until it was time to head out of the house at 11:07pm.

We headed into the city through a wave of traffic over the Bklyn bridge and up the west side pretty easy but after failing to locate any parking we parked in the lot on the corner of 20th ave and after waiting for a few customers to exit we finally handed the car over to the attendant and were ready to head down the street. There a small line in front of Roxy but we bypassed that, said hi to Doorman Derek and headed inside. I said hello to Aisha in coatcheck and briefly discussed October and the Black and Blue before we traded information and I headed inside. After getting our first round of drinks we hung out near the front bar as I shuttled from one end of the bar to the other saying hi to Jose, Louis and Cathy as well as the friends I walked in with. Tres came to the party a little bit later and I danced with him on the dancefloor and brought him out to hang with all of the guys before we all headed to our various spots in the club to hangout. The DJ for the eve was Eddie Elias and I knew we could expect an upbeat vibe but the eve mostly missed its highest points because I did not recognize most of the music. I did dance on the stage and did dance on the box near the door to "Mediterranean Soul" but still wished there had been more highpoints to the night. Finally decided to leave around 4:20am and I was able to pick up both magazines outside before Russ flagged down a taxi and we headed back to BK. Another night completed.

Sunday I awoke slightly dehydrated but still in a good mood. After watching the regular sunday programming and then digging into all of the leftovers the afternoon and evening went pretty good. Distracted by setup of the computers I stayed in while Russ headed out and picked up ice cream for dessert. The rest of the night passed as normal and I went to bed around 1:30am.

Another very good weekend. My first dinner party since last years uper Bowl went very well and enjoyed a great night despite having had very little sleep the day before. I look forward to better planning and more fun in the near future and hope my friends are up to the task as well. Peace.