Weekend highlights

Mar 12, 06

FRIDAY NIGHT

my lovely girlfriend karen and i joined james, sarah, jessica, et al. for this show at the "highly overrated shit-town bar" R&R and attempted to "enjoy" the show. here's some things yay/nay about the evening's events. first off, R&R posted a doors-open alert for 8. now, i know that that usually means around 8:45-9ish, but nobody saw the inside of the venue until around 9:45ish. and then, we had to deal with an overly crowded basement-like aura of the venue while getting pushed around by the nazi-esque hipsters trying to get through to the front. it was worth $10 that i threw away for going to see the band, but not by much. i'm usually easier on any act that looks like they're having a lot of fun on stage, but if you were in the crowd, you'd have sided with me on this one. i'd have taken pics of the band, but you couldn't see shit. we all ended up disliking how it sounded in there (read: get a new fucking PA system) and afterwards we headed to the university diner in union square for a quick end of the evening bite.

SATURDAY

my lovely girlfriend karen and i took advantage of the bright and shiny first day of the upcoming warm season here in nyc and headed out to soho to do some shopping; karen had previously been awarded some gift certificates by my parents and her family alike for being born...so it was as good a reason as any. after a few hours at flying a and anthropologie, she came away with a new top and some new shorts that are quite cute if i can comment on such things. then, we went out to dinner with alicia, josh, eve, qian (chan), morris, peter, po, sara and nick in our neighborhood at scottadito, and after wining, dining, laughing, etc., we headed out to patio, this bar/lounge in our neighborhood that's low-key enough for karen and i to feel comfortable, but trendy-chic enough to cater to the varied crowds in park slope.

SUNDAY

today was MoMa day for my lovely girlfriend karen and i. we met up with our friend wan (pronounced "win") to go and see the museum's exhibit of edward munch's paintings, sketches, etc. and i must say that i hadn't known of his work that much aside from 3 or 4 works that i'd come across before (read: "the scream", "madonna", "mermaid", "vampire"). it was pretty intense. dude was really varied with his work, but motifs were EVERYWHERE. i'd have pictures, but you know how museum's are. instead, i took a few pictures of some other "works of art" we found in MoMa behind the glass:

"the new school"