Le Weekend

What a nice weekend I had finally...

Friday, I accompanied my roommate to Encore on W 47th street to my first Cabaret show, yes I was a cabaret virgin.

We went to see this show. Russell is a friend of one my roommate's co-workers. It was really enjoyable, although not sure it was worth the $30 it cost me.

Saturday, I had an eye doctor appointment and I ordered some new glasses which cost me far more than I've ever spent on glasses before, although luckily my insurance company paid a rather large portion of it.

Then on Saturday, Bern and I schlepped up to my friend's apt in Washington Heights where we finally got to spend our first night together. It was really nice.

I intended to make dinner for the two of us but we couldn't find a place open up there in Upstate Manhattan so I couldn't make what I intended. We ended up settling on just pasta with sauce from a jar and wine, lots and lots of wine.

Sunday morning, we woke up to the first snow of the season, and it was really pretty. It was also freezing in the apartment so thank god we had each other to keep ourselves warm.

We headed down to the MET which involved a breathtakingly beautiful walk through Central Park, sadly my camera batteries died and I didn't get any pics of the park itself. I did get four shots of the front of the American Museum of Natural History.

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, we were joined by vernnyc and 42601. Bern and I were hungry so we headed down to the cafe for a bite to eat, and by the time we were done it was 3:30 and time to meet up with fuzzyjay and whereispaco. Then came the Van Gogh Drawings Exhibition.

The Van Gogh drawings were really great, and I had no idea he did so many. One of the sad things about Van Gogh's career was that so many of his drawings didn't survive. Basically, no one liked them so even the ones he gave to his family and such were destroyed. They even found paintings buried in the backyard of his family's home. So to see so many things of his there was really amazing. Even in the drawings you could see the beginnings of his famous painting style.

After a shopping trip to the gift store, we headed down to Banjeera for a delicious Indian dinner. Bern even liked it and he can't tolerate spicy food. It was breathtaking to see whereispaco order Chicken Vindaloo and ask them to make it as spicy as possible.

After dinner we walked up to 11th Street for desert at Veniero's, which was phenomonal. Special thanks to vernnyc for introducing me to it. Sadly, Jay and Paco had to leave us quickly to catch their train.

After our desert, Bern, Vern and I walked across St. Mark's place to the Astor Place Barnes & Noble, where Bern had to leave for his trip home to New Jersey. I was sad to see him go.

Vern and I had about 10 minutes to spend in Barnes & Noble before they closed, which was a good thing I already spent far too much doing some Christmas shopping :)

Thanks to everyone for making the day special.