i keep a diary

June 27, 2003

Coney Island then Plaid

Hellbent on showing Charlene (in town visiting Grant from London) a good time, Grant and I played hookey from work on Friday and we all headed out to Coney Island together.

charlene, grant
10am: Grant and Charlene on the 2nd Ave F train platform.
subway platform ˆ charlene ˆ grant
Arrrrr...thar she blows, matey. The great, white terror.
coney island ˆ cyclone ˆ roller coaster
grant
Grant gives us a sneak peek of his Euro "weenie bikini."
grant
charlene
It's not a proper day at Coney Island without a belly fulla grease. We made sure we did it right by having breakfast at Nathan's.
coney island ˆ nathans ˆ charlene
My stomach feels like ouch.
french fries ˆ nathans
grant, me
Hey, look! They named a grocery store after us! (*wink, wink*)
coldlamp ˆ grant ˆ me
charlene, grant
Wow! Check out that hot bikini! (Oh, and Charlene's bathing suit is nice too).
beach ˆ charlene ˆ grant
charlene, grant, me
Yay, beach friends!
charlene ˆ grant ˆ me
charlene, grant
Fiesty! After soaking up the sun (note Grant's pink and white, two-tone side)...
beach ˆ coney island ˆ charlene ˆ grant
charlene, grant
...we hit the boardwalk for some more greasy food (between the three of us we ate 3 corndogs, a jumbo Italian sausage, a shish kebab, an order of fries and a FUNNEL CAKE.) The only thing that hurt more than my stomach was my wallet.
boardwalk ˆ food ˆ charlene ˆ grant
charlene, grant, me
Subway ride home...
subway ˆ charlene ˆ grant ˆ me
me
...and me with my beach hair.
beach hair ˆ subway ˆ sunglasses ˆ me
charlene, chris a, grant, me
After a shower and a nap, we headed out later on in the evening to meet up with Chris Apostalou for dinner at Lovely Day...
charlene ˆ chris a ˆ grant ˆ me
chris a, chris rubino, dave g, grant, vin
...and then stopped by Amy Werner's bday party over at some patio bar on 2nd Ave. Chris, Grant, Vin, Chris Rubino and Dave the Ladies' Choice. (The birthday girl's not pictured in any of these...doh.)
chris a ˆ chris rubino ˆ dave g ˆ grant ˆ vin
We also ran into Katie Steward and Allison (whom we all went to college with) pictured here with Katie's fiance (I think), Randy.
colin, fatty, grant, me
Here's us teasing Colin about his nicknamed being changed from "Big Daddy" to "P.Dinky." (The entire story will be explained in a diary entry that probably won't be allowed to be realeased until the year 2030 *sigh*).
colin ˆ fatty ˆ grant ˆ me
dave g, grant
Fuck. I've had my new camera for a few months now and I still can't time the shutter right to capture Grant's now famous DLR kicks. Argh. (But this pic is still noteworthy because I did manage to capture The Ladies' Choice in the background mimicking Grant). After the birthday girl left, we all decided to head north to check out the newly opened club (that used to be SPA), Plaid.
dlr kick ˆ dave g ˆ grant
charlene, chris a, colin, fatty, grant, me, vin
Look! It's the ARMY OF DUDES. Can seven guys get into a nightclub on Friday night with only one female?
charlene ˆ chris a ˆ colin ˆ fatty ˆ grant ˆ me ˆ vin
dave g
You can if you've got the Ladies' Choice with you.
dave g
grant, me
Sunburnt Face, meet my friend Patchy Sunburnt Neck.
sunburn ˆ grant ˆ me
charlene, vin
Charlene and Vin.
charlene ˆ vin
fatty
Fatty makes his "Fatty" face while out on the dancefloor...
fatty
grant, vin
...Grant chases Vin around with his ass (I don't think I've laughed so hard in a while) and...
dance ˆ gay ˆ grant ˆ vin
colin
...Colin gets dirty with the imaginary girl he was dancing with all night (But I don't think he managed to take her home with him at the end of the night! Oh, snap!).
dance ˆ colin
grant, me
Do tha hustle!
grant ˆ me
vin
...meanwhile, over at a club in Chelsea....(Bwa-hahaha.). Pretty boys Vin and Marco.
twins ˆ vin
Marco jacking a scooter on the way home.
scooter
vin
McDonalds. 4:07am. Oh, the shame.
mcdonalds ˆ vin