Friday, October 19, 2012

a marathon and a reunion

let's just say that the very start of last weekend began on the right foot.  friday night i caught up with my good friend hannah, who i haven't seen in a while because she's a super awesome film school student, which also means she's super awesomely busy!  it was a wonderful, chilly, and laid back evening spent in her apartment in manhattan where together, we consumed a large amount of cheese and crackers.  this was near heaven for me as my two favorite things were brought together: cheese and hannah.

this is an old pic, but i wanted to introduce hannah, you know -
put a gorgeous face to the name!
saturday morning, i woke up to a text from my lovely brother andrew inviting me to brunch. well sort of.  he said "do you wanna meet at a cafe in greenpoint called Milk and Roses?" and obviously, i said yes!  when we got there it was more of a sit-down, brunch type of place, at least at that time of day, and i realized that andrew had in fact invited me to brunch. this was a proud moment for me, and despite his claims that he "didn't know" that it was a "brunch type" place, i realized that in reality, he wanted brunch with his sister, but didn't want to say words like "brunch" and "mimosas", as young, straight men are often want to do.  or so i tell myself.

in the backyard garden of Milk and Roses!

i had the oatmeal with maple syrup, dried cranberries, and walnuts (delish) and an excellent cappuccino, and andrew had a grilled panini with three cheeses (ricotta, parmesan, & i can't remember the third one) and prosciutto and a capp as well.

andrew hates pics, but i don't understand why.
he always looks so cool. :)
after our brunch and discussion in the backyard garden of Milk and Roses on what can only be described as a crisp, very cool afternoon, andrew and i retired to a local bar called Berry Park, where we were able to watch the alabama - missouri football game.  berry park is not a sports bar by any means, but they have big screens that you can utilize (except not the larger one on saturdays for sports) if not already occupied.  at this point, andrew told me about his psychological attachment to alabama football, which developed at his most recently completed stint at a school called Deep Springs College, and let's just say, it was a good thing that alabama not only won, but never even almost lost the lead in the game.  so, uh... ROLL TIDE! :)

from there i attended a Neo-Futurist show called On the Future with my friends chloe and david in manhattan.  as always with the Neo-Futurists, the show was amazing.  i've seen three Neo-Futurist shows to date, and have always been impressed.  i highly recommend their shows, especially if you're looking for some ingenius nyc performance-theatre and a break from the larger productions of broadway shows.

sunday was spent in glorious weather in central park as i watched one of my bffs, chloe, complete a half marathon*.  this was such a wonderful experience, and i'm so glad i got to watch her and cheer her on as she attained a goal she had been working on for months.  it was a perfect day for an inspiring marathon watch and afterwards we retreated to an amazing cuban restaurant called Cafe Con Leche on the upper west side.  after that, i went shopping with my bf adam at Banana Republic, where we had poor service, but fortunately we powered through, and adam was able to eventually find some things for his new fall wardrobe including a couple of awesome argyle sweaters, picked out by yours truly.

chloe finishing her half marathon!
so proud! and she looked amazing doing it, too.  
posing in good ole CP (central park)
TEXAS!!!

the runner and her fans!
post-shopping adam and i declared that we wanted to find a rooftop to sit on, which we did.  we found a lovely little place right under the empire state building, which was great.  we then headed over for dinner and a movie at my FAVORITE PLACE EVER, Nitehawk Cinema.  if you live in nyc and have not been here GO. GO NOW.  it's a wonderful experience.  you sit at a little table, consume delicious food and drink, all in front of the new film you want to see.  they even have a little 30 minute pre-film show that they make themselves which is always amazing, so get there early to catch that.

view of the empire state building from the rooftop underneath.
then, on monday, I SAW LEEAAN AGAIN!!! haha, that's right.  she and another friend david made the trek from georgia in her toyota echo for a belated birthday nyc extravaganza.  i was able to show them some of my hood here in greenpoint, and took them to one of the favorite spots of the neighborhood - a piano bar, the Manhattan Inn.  splendid.

rendezvous with leeann at the Manhattan Inn!!!!
reunion #2!!
this is a preview for a future post. not sure when
it shall be revealed, but doctor ducky represents
joseph!!!! :-D


thanks for reading y'all!  coming up: my mom will be here this week! YAYYAYYAYYAY

*i previously posted that this was chloe's first half marathon, which was not correct!

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