July 17, 2012
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I Had A Wonderful Time....
..with my nephew and his wife who were in NYC for a week for vacation last week. They really lucked out on the weather front with a beautiful week between heat waves.
They arrived on Sunday during the last day of the heat wave so they got a taste of it but the rest of the week was perfect for New York City summer weather. As soon as they leave, the heat is coming up again...
On Monday I had 2 Dr. appointments so did not go to work and was able to walk them around and have lunch. We went to Lombardi's Pizza the first pizza parlor in the country, with an oven that has supposedly been hot for more than 100 years.
The pizza was great and then we walked the short distance in the East Village to McSorley's Old Ale House one of the oldest bars in the city, 1854. They serve you 2 mugs per order and they brew their own. This bar has a rich history and is very old looking inside, like it was in 1854, cobwebs and all!
Then we walked over to the West Village and they wanted to see the old buildings and architecture and eventually ended up on Christopher Street, and had another couple of beers at Stonewall Inn, where gay rights began at the famous Stonewall riots in the summer of 1969, I believe...
They are very cool and open and have many Gay friends so they didn't mind this angle and it was the cleanest place to use the restroom in the late afternoon in the area that I knew of..
After that we walked down to the Hudson River and hung around a bit and then it was time to go, my hip has been bothering me and I was tired....
On Thursday we had a nice dinner at a local Indian restaurant after having them up to see the apartment.
Then on Friday we really had a blast. They made reservations for a late dinner, 10 PM, for their anniversary and then we met them downtown for a bar crawl at our familiar places starting up at 52nds street and visiting 5 bars all the way down to 39th, where their hotel was.
I drank Absolute vodka all night foolishly thinking I wouldn't get really drunk or sick but it was that last bar tender, I asked for a glass of water, and with a shit eating grin, he goes "Would you like some vodka for taste" and proceeded to give me a full glass of vodka, which I stupidly drank.
I don't remember walking them back to their hotel, and the cab ride was me hanging on, eyes closed, trying not to puke, and I did a tiny bit in the floor of the back of the cab, but surprisingly I wasn't as sick and hung over like with beer.
No real headache to speak of and I never heaved, just a few baby pukes in the bucket by the bed but I did spend all of Saturday in bed and did not get up except to go to the bathroom and eat some yogurt and apple sauce and drink Smartwater....
It was a fun time and I have not really hung out with this nephew and wife before so we had a great time.
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I drank vodka once about 35 years ago and I swore never again and I haven't had any since. Wine yes.
sounds like a great time - glad you guys had fun. peace, Al
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