Amanda prepares to open the giant, over-sized nativity scene card that I got for here that played music when you open it! (The MIDI version of "Silent Night, Holy Night" if I recall correctly).
Amanda shows off her card that Grant decorated with what he called "Hanukkah stuff:" dredels, stars of David, menorahs, and a guy with a big nose holding a bag of money. Hahah.
Amanda shows off The Blind Watchmaker (which HAD to be gift from the Fatty - he's been all about Richard Dawkins since before he became a household name).
At some point during the appetizers, we noticed that Amanda was wearing a hoodie with a zipper that went all the way around the hood! So when she zipped it up ALL THE WAY...
...it looked like we we'd taken our gimp out from under the stairs for his annual Christmas dinner! (Hey, 'tis the season!). Speaking of JC's birthday, after we looked at this photo, we realized that the wood trim on the wall behind Fatty sort of resembled a sideways crucifix. Which immediately led to...
Later that night I went to a party down in Chinatown (right on the block where I used to live!) and met up with Fatty (dressed up as "Tourist Visiting New York"), Amanda (dressed up as Harajuku girl?) and...
Later that night, Grant, Amanda and I headed over to Fatty's apartment to enjoy the dinner that he and Meredith had whipped up! First a little tomato, basil and mozzarella salad...
Later that night, I was back in New York. I called up Grant and told him I'd returned and that I had some pretty sweet facial hair to show off. Grant asked me to come meet him and Amanda at a bar they were at in the East Village. At first I refused (because I was afraid that I'd run into people I knew with my facial hair), but then I decided that I'd just bring along my electric razor and shave the thing off as soon as they'd gotten a chance to see it laugh at it. Look how bad Grant wants to touch it! JEALOUS MUCH? Hahah.
On Friday night we met up with Brandon who was in town from Budapest and went to his friend's party on the LES (Brandon, you may remember, was the internet stranger who went out of his was to be our gracious host when Grant, Jake and I were in Berlin and Budapest a few weeks prior.)
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