On Saturday afternoon, Meredith and I met up with Vinay (seen here holding a disposable camera that I found that was from back when he and I were in college!)...
Since I like to play devil's advocate (almost as much as I like to see people I love get kicked in the face by accident), I asked Eric to see how close he could come to kicking Vin in the face without actually hitting him. (Pretty darn close!)
On Saturday night I met up with Vin and Eric P. (who I hadn't seen since college back in '98!) and we went to our friend Connor's house party to see Conor and Josh play in a new band.
I hadn't really planning on doing anything to celebrate my actual birthday, but I relented and decided to text a few people and see if anyone was available to meet up for a last-minute, low-key dinner at Kate's Joint. A few people texted back so at 8:30 Meredith and I headed over to Kate's to meet up with Ellen, Vinay...
Later that night I met up with a whole bunch of old school friends to do a little bar pre-gaming before going to see Lifetime (one of my fave bands) play at the Bowery Ballroom. Here's Vin and Dave.
...to celebrate Vin's birthday! Ninja is a theme restaurant and when you walking in the entrance, all you find is a 5' x 5' room with a hostess and two big, stainless-steel elevator doors. The hostess gets your name, quietly whispers something into a walkie-talkie, and the elevator opens. It takes you down one floor and then you're led to your table (by a ninja!) through a dark, twisty passage where all sorts of other ninjas jump down off of platforms and pop out of trap doors and scare the shit out of you. Here's Vin waiting for the elevator to open!
