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June 28, 2003

Saturday Park Dinner at Suba and Karaoke

Very few thing in the world are better than a not-too-hot summer Saturday in New York City when you've got nothing to do.

fatty
Hey ladies, how'd you like to see that face right at the end of sex? Hoo-ah! I met up with Fatty, Grant and Charlene (still in town visiting from London) from some tasty brunch at the Midnight Cafe.
fatty face ˆ homestyle cafe diner ˆ fatty
After brunch we went over to Washington Square Park to enjoy the fountain that they finally turned on.
fountain ˆ washington square park
charlene, grant, stuart
And so Grant and Charlene could meet up with their other Brits they know from back home, Jeanette and Stuart.
charlene ˆ grant ˆ stuart
And here's the sneaky, hold-the-camera-at-my-side stealth-pic I took of "The Most Sunburned Man Ever." Look at the color of his face. Holy shit. (And is it me or is does he look like a pink, bizarro Steve Buscemi?)
strangers ˆ sunburn ˆ washington square park
charlene, chris a, fatty, grant, me
Saturday night Grant made reservations for the Über-fancy restaurant, Suba. The food was so pretty, that our entries all merritted us all posing with them.
charlene ˆ chris a ˆ fatty ˆ grant ˆ me
charlene
Here's Charlene with her braised rainbow trout (not sure what it was served with).
food ˆ charlene
chris a
Here's Chris with his roasted duck breast (served with puree avocado and grilled sea scallops).
food ˆ chris a
me
Me with my grilled skirt steak (served with cumin-spiced fries, string beans, piquillo peppers and tomato chimichurri).
best ˆ food ˆ me
grant
The pics of Grant and Fatty's entrees were blurry (not to mention not all that intersting) so why don't we move onto dessert. Shall we? Splendid! Here's Grant with his Crema de Limon Y Queso.
best ˆ dessert ˆ food ˆ grant
fatty
Hahahaha. If Dave Fateman dies before me, I'm gonna make sure this is one of the pics they put on top of the coffin - because this one photo bascially sums up how Fatty's living his life.
dessert ˆ food ˆ sunglasses ˆ fatty
chris a, me
Here's Chris (doing his impression of Robin Williams) and me giving mad props to our deep-friend cinamonny-doughnut thingy that was filled with chocolate and so kicked all the other desserts' palsy asses.
dessert ˆ chris a ˆ me
chris a, herman the cat
After dinner we all went back to my place to take a nap. Everyone fell asleep except me (damn you, coffee at dinner!). Chris fell asleep on the couch and I woke him up by throwing my roommate's cat, Herman, on him. (Yet more animal abuse).
cat ˆ chris a ˆ herman the cat
grant, herman the cat
Same thing for Grant, he fell asleep in my "guest bed" and I tried to wake him up by throwing Herman (who got mad at me) on him...
asleep ˆ cat ˆ grant ˆ herman the cat
fatty, grant
...after he slept throught that it was time to pull out the big guns and throw 220lbs of Fatty on him. Hahaha.
asleep ˆ attack ˆ laugh ˆ fatty ˆ grant
colin, sid and buddy
After everyone woke up we headed around the corner to meet up with the rest of the gang over at Nolita Tavern for Saturday night Sid and Buddy Karaoke.
karaoke ˆ colin ˆ sid and buddy
colin
Here's Big Daddy pleasing the crowd with his smashing rendition of Huey Lewis' "I Want a New Drug."
butt ˆ karaoke ˆ colin
fatty
Hahahah. Just when you thought Fatty couldn't top the "dessert" pic above...
karaoke ˆ sunglasses ˆ fatty
frank, sid and buddy
Here's Frank Picarazzi (in a tuxedo shirt, no less) who insisted the prompter be turned off while he was singing because he was, "going 'off book'" for her schmoking version of Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long."
karaoke ˆ frank ˆ sid and buddy
me
No, no, no...you're the man now, dog.
point ˆ me
ed, sarah b
Sarah (aka - "Sexual Bacon") performing a duet of "Summer Nights" (from 'Grease') with Ed (the guy who buys the entire bar round after round of shots).
karaoke ˆ ed ˆ sarah b
grant
Grant steps up to the mic for a little Bowie magic.
karaoke ˆ grant
frank
Frank was telling stories about how when he was heavier back in college he used to be able to lick his own tit. It only took a tiny bit of prompting before Seven Layer busted out ye old titty to see if he still had "it" in him (he came up about five inches shy. Drat!).
lick ˆ nipple ˆ frank
fatty, frank, grant, steve hayes
Then out of the blue, Steve Hayes, Jetsetera's long-lost fourth member showed up...
fatty ˆ frank ˆ grant ˆ steve hayes
fatty, frank, grant, steve hayes
...and the original Jetsetera line up took the stage for the first time in over three years for a four-way karaoke re-enactment of the seminal Van Halen song, "Hot For Teacher." (In order to really appreciate that last caption, you have to hear me say it in my Casey Kasem voice.)
karaoke ˆ fatty ˆ frank ˆ grant ˆ steve hayes
fatty, frank, grant, matt lesser
Here's the lesser-seen "sideways DLR (that's David Lee Roth, playa) kick."
jump ˆ fatty ˆ frank ˆ grant ˆ matt lesser
frank
A night of karaoke ecstasy was had by all.
disco ball ˆ sing ˆ frank