A West Village Jazz Bar

It didn't look like NYC. The patron's didn't look like NYC. There was a no-butt touching sign. It was probably New Hope, Connecticut, not West Village Manhat. Except it was. We drank our two drinks and left, but it was kinda fun.
There was a good mom, doing a good mom dance, there was alot of leftover Christmas decorations. Many semi-deflated balloons hanging from the ceiling and a mediocre jazz band. It was a caricature of a jazz club.

the Daily Show vs the Colbert Report Improv

I went to see the writers of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report do some improv together. There were some mildly famous people, like Jon Oliver and Ed Helms.

Almost everyone was funny, even this guy. He did do this improvised monologue that started off funny, it was about myspace, being mildly famous and dealing with internet wackos, but went into this story about how his dad was actually a dad to like several other kids and after he met all his estranged brothers and sisters one of them turned out to be a scam artist and tried to scam them all one by one. It was a TMI episode, fer sure. We were all left wondering if we should laugh or not... and then the cast did improv based on this.

What you doing?

In my comments someone posted:

Anonymous said...

Hello, is it possible to post weekend events that you think are interesting and worth attenting? -thank you and have a great weekend :)

Now this is a little hard since this is New York, the city where you have to choose between the three things you heard are going on, the one you're already committed to, and you know that there are another 17 that you just haven't heard of yet, but don't worry everyone will tell you about it tomorrow.
A few good places to check out are myopenbar.com and going.com. If you go to something from myopenbar.com there will be a jazillion poor folk who want to drink.

But I figure another good way to tackle this problem is just write at the bottom of the post some things that have been brought to my attention for the day.
Like tonight, I'm wrestling between the Inn and Happy Endings.

When a best friend comes to visit...

... you show her a night on the town. My very best friend, Kirsten, flew from Chicago to spoon me, talk about how surrounding architecture affects its community and what its like to ride a bike west of Cicero in Chicago after 9pm. We also did the mom dance.
I bought this...turban at Beacon's Closet in Park Slope. I couldn't figure out if it was amazing or doofy. Kirsten said amazing, so did a tranny when we went to Beauty Bar. That's all the affirmation I need.


At home in a farmer's Market. We got fixin's for a delicious omlette, onion, portobello, eggs, basil and amazing cheese. Sooo good.
Oh my best friend.

Bike chic

I think everyone should ride bikes. Let me revise that previous statement: I think everyone should be able to ride bikes safely. The way people, New Yorkers especially, drive at ridiculous speeds and allow themselves to experience such aggravation on the road is disgusting. Nick knew a bartender who just in the last weeks was hit by a car, while he was walking on the sidewalk. I also went on a ghost bike ride for a 8 year old kid last summer, he was hit by a truck. And once in Prospect Park I saw a cyclist get hit by a van, because the cyclist wasn't going fast enough? IN A PARK?
Us as a people have to respect life. It really doesn't matter how annoying a bike rider is, as a driver must do our all in order to make the roads safe. No matter how annoyed you are that you are going to be late, miss a flight or important meeting, it cannot be worth the safety of our neighbors and our community.
Now that I step off my soap box, how wonderful is this lady, dressed to the nines with her lovely bike in tow? I feel that with slightly better lighting this is something the Sartorialist would post up. I just love her ol' clunker bike and basket. It reminds me of European cyclists.

Schocholautte! Cockroaches!

I went with Nick to Williamsburg last friday to see Schocholautte play at Trash Bar. They are pretty good as far as little local bands go. Fun and bouncy pop music that makes you want to dance. Plus Nick is way tight with them folks. My favorite song is Panther Tatoo.
Warning: Trash Bar's neighbor has a cockroach problem, one of them crawled up Nick to his arm pit and chest-al zone. It was REALLY gross especially because the roach was two inches long. It makes me think Trash Bar should stop serving hot dogs...

the Annex gets sweeded

Katie, my love, my new bestest best friend and I went to the Annex on Wed. She needed a break from the office life, and I just love dancing. We got to dance (thank you Dimitry) and met some sweedes. They were all well dressed and amazing. And also, Katie has a crush on the bartender.