By the time we got to the LES, whatever party we were supposed to have been attending, had long since ended. So instead we made friends with a bearded, black cowboy...
Later that night I got a call from Matt asking me if I'd mind doing him a favor: His new girlfriend Elle was in town from Miami and Matt was taking her and her friend Paula out to dinner at Morimoto (the Iron Chef's restaurant that had recently opened up in Manhattan). Matt was worried that Paula was going to feel like 3rd wheel, so he asked if I'd mind coming along as her date. Boy, the things I'm willing to do for my friends! Who's a better friend than me? (And more to the point, who has a better girlfriend than me? "Honey, Matt wants to know if I'll play wingman and be his new girlfriend's friend's date at some fancy restaurant tonight...uh, is that cool?" "Sure, have fun!")
