So, I'm finally coming to New York - 14th-21st December. Let's go for beer and stuff.

Also I've kind of lost touch with who is and isn't in NYC at the moment, but if anyone has any contact details for Mary/Geeta/Felicity/Phil/other people who aren't checking the boards these days then let me know.

You could try http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/ which has a lot of cheap guest house type places.

geeta's reachable on facebook. get a hotel ASAP, i imagine it will be packed out everywhere round then. i would recommend the hotel i stayed in which was lower midtown and very cheap (under 50 a night) but it was pretty skanky and i bet it will be bloody freezing there in Dec.

I will be there in november and december, but I guess I should start another thread.

hotel 17 has done right by several ilxors.

Mary is back in NYC, I believe she's librarianing for real! I've got Phil's number as do many others, and Felicity's too.

Cool - I'm not about to phone any of them but might sling them an email going "hey I'm coming to your city fancy a pint?"

Hotel 17 looks pretty good - is that a decent price for New York around that time of year? I'm afraid I have no real frame of reference here.

it's really cheap

that price is really good. it's not the swankiest in terms of decor, of course, but it's an excellent location. generally, it can be hard to find decent options for under $200.

Hi Matt! I tried to talk to you on aim but you disappeared. Looking forward to seeing you, and everyone else (I'll be in NY by the end of October). There was another hotel in Gramercy that people have stayed at--I forget the name(?) But I'm not sure if it's any better (cheaper) than Hotel 17. Geeta is in Montreal I believe.

I'll be in NYC the first weekend of November, so any hotel suggestions appreciated (I may stay with friends a couple of nights).

Right, Hotel 17 booked, thanks for the recommendation Lauren.

I hear whispers I may not be the only Londoner in NY that week, as well.

I've heard rumors that it's going to be a British Invasion. Yay, Matt. Come and visit me in Astoria (Queens).

Yeah that'd be great (this is Mary, I assume?)

I will be there with a pretty big group of Britishes (like, 20+) but I'm not going to be spending all week with them and most of them have nothing at all to do with ILX so I'll probably split off from them for any internet mentalist-related stuff.

Yes, I am Mary. Why so many Britishers?

New York I love you and I'm coming to town.

That is, I'm paying a fleeting visit from Monday-Thursday next week if anyone is around and fancies a US pint-equivalent? (even, if it really exists, a drop of the mythical Brown Drink?)

Um, you might remember me from such oldie-timey ILx roles as Edna Welthorpe, Mrs and Jerry the Nipper.

don't forget fellow britishers, take some id out with you - i got id'd to death around the village area bars and i'm 33 y/o lol !!

Trousers! Wowow awesome, we shall imbibe.

I can probably come out. What is the brown drink?

WAIT!!!! I've just forgotten the infamous "BROWN DRINK" available only at Welcome to the Johnsons on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Or in your own kitchen. Here's how to do it:

* Fill a pint glass half-full of ice cubes.
* Pour one shot of Raspberry Stoli.
* Fill glass about 3/4 up with Dr. Pepper.
* Top off with Guinness.

Yummier than Buckfast and twice as lethal.

-- Tracer Hand, Thursday, June 14, 2001 12:00 AM (6 years ago)

I visited Johnson's a year or two after Tracey's recommendation, but requests for The BD were met only with quizzical expressions.

Dean Young is doing a reading at the 92nd Street Y on Thursday. I'm assuming tickets are still available.

Hello NYCILXers. Right then, I fly into New York on Friday night (like, arriving at midnight) and will be around for a whole week. Also London ILX's very own Anna will also be in town from Sunday to Wednesday. Two Londoner for the price of one.

Joint FAP on Monday evening anyone? It's the only night both of us can manage but I'm pretty flexible for other nights of the week.

YES, we have been loosely planning noise FAP for same time. Don't think we have a venue yet tho?

Anywhere reasonably easy to get to from the East Side suits me fine - I'm not hugely fussy about these things. I'm staying here, not sure where Anna is.

somewhere in the east village/les? if past lodgings are any indication, then anna will probably be midtown-ish.

take the chic and super hip l train to livonia ave - its the latest hotsotpsO!

Hello - yes, I'm staying at the Hudson, so Midtown, but don't worry - I haven't suffered finding the Lower East Side/ East Village on previous trips. Will be good to meet more of you.

Felicity has said she'll be able to come along for a bit if we do Monday night in Williamsburg. Anna is that likely to be possible for you?

This is going to end up at Dadd'y's isn't it

try the margavesa, it's delish

;_______;

What about someplace on Grand?

I mean hell, except for Felicity we could have it at WW quite happily.

Monday is pretty much my only free night, but I'm not realy bothered about the area - I'll leave that to the locals.

I can't go back to my favorite bar on grand anymore.

THANKS TO THE LAST TIME I WENT THEIR WITH UKIANS

Is this Pete's fault by any chance?

I would prefer Williamsburg especially since I've been planning to go there anyway and Monday seems as good a time as any. this and this have been mentioned and both look pretty great.

In Williamsburg on the weekend, never trust anyone in a vertical striped dress shirt. always deny their request to "pound it brah"

Oh fine, just let me know where you all decide on. Neither of those would be my choice of bars but you can't have everything, eh?

I'll go for the biergarten, at least it looks like there stands a chance of being an out-of-the-weather smoking area.

Matt, across the street from Spuyten Duyvil exists FETTE SAU, a pork BBQ & beer by the gallon place run by the same people. NOM NOM NOM

Also Spuyten Duyvil is much more centrally located for uppity Manhattaners and cranky South Brooklyn G train riders.

Yeah, I mean, it's a FAP, just pick something I guess.

Pretty sure neither Spuyten Duyvil or Fette Sau serve Budweiser but fuck it. You're driving me to tequila, I just hope you know that.

Pretty sure neither Spuyten Duyvil
or Fette Sau
serve Budweiser
but fuck it.

You're driving me to tequila
I just hope you know that.

Just pick the best bar in the area that's easy to get to, I'm not especially bothered. I think a decent smoking area might be considered an advantage though.

Spuyten Duyvil appears to serve something called Tower of London MEAD. I have never once seen mead on sale, even in London.

It's nice to know that pub indecision is by no means confined to London fappage.

We're not so much indecisive as we are overly opinionated, Matt. It's sort of the reverse of the "Oh, go ahead, you choose" "No, YOU choose" "No, really, I just couldn't" that I imagine LondonLX doing.

Also hating 85% of the available bars is kind of my thing.

Haha your imagination is so wrong - we do this every time, and are still counting the casulties from the fierce pub v bar fite when Alba came to visit three years ago.

Oh for chrissake, if Alba would just LIVE there it wouldn't be a problem.

I mean but NOOO, he has to move to...er, where DID he move to?

isn't SD wine/beer only?

Aaaand Radegast it is! A mere skip and a hop from the Bedford Ave L subway station.

Actually I think Radegast may also be beer & wine only, but chance of smoking is a plus.

i heard radegast has a full bar - but i haven't been yet! they have tasty sounding food too.

A more diverse selection of booze would probably be a good thing. What is this $6 Monday place that various Londoners have told me about?

Sadly that deal is no longer in operation, Matt -- we took Pete and Young Master Popkins there but the MNDC is now defunct owing to the departure of our favorite bartender.

I could carpool to tequila with you, Laurel.

Oh Morbs I would but I moved to S. Wburg last weekend. u_u Carpool w/ bell labs and her young swain, instead.

Smoking area would be good. Really good.

i'm not sure i can make it laurel...it depends how early i can cut out of my office party!

I'm just guessing about the smoking -- the gallery on the site shows a glass-roofed garden area thingy distinct from the interior seating, and says "heated biergarten", so whatever that means.

They're making you buy your own beers to hang out with your COLLEAGUES, Jesus Christ. At least with us you get to be...WITH US.

Bell Labs - you should come. Actually everyone should come. Also neither Anna nor I are exactly renowned for our restrained drinking habits so I dare say we'll be there a while. Plus any office party where they make you buy your own booze = 1x big bowl of wrong.

Happy to go with Radegast unless anyone has any better ideas - one of the reviews I've just read seems to imply lots of other non-beer/wine bouze. TBH as long as we've decided on something by Thursday I'm not bothered, I will leave my shouty Steering Committee self behind in London.

What are you saying? I'm a model teetotaller DC.

Laurel, I was using "carpool" metaphorically as in "driving me to tequila," haha?

Oh god, sorry! Unusually slow this morning -- anyway, at least for me it's a short trip.

smoking area? big selection of drinks? not too expensive? sounds like brooklyn!

trying out Radegast on a Monday sounds like agreat idea to me. been wanting to go there.

Then it is decided. To the google calendar

^ incredibly in character

self parody maybe?

Stop posting spoilers, bell labs!

i will drink with all this ilxors.

So we're agreed on the Radegast then? Awesome. Menu looks good as well. Mmmm bunny.

You can't smoke in the covered area in Radegast. It's really nice inside, I think Monday would be the best day to go since they have been packed since they opened. Sputen Dyvil has a backyard you can drink in. AND A CHEESE PLATE.

why do I get a feeling everyone is going to end up at Union Pool.

$7 beers = my downfall

probably a couple pence for visiting britishes, tho

i am not noise anymore but can i come? if i survive my two finals on monday and can arrive by ten, i will be soooo ready for boozing.

tehresa you're still noise as far a i'm concerned, not that it matters, i'm most certain the fap welcomes you in open arms. hopefully we wont miss each other by an hour or so as happened at the last fap.

i'm down for whatever! i think my jetlag should be completely gone by monday.

The FAP welcomes everyone.

:)

is max coming????

Sigh. The lack of smoking was confirmed for me this morning -- not much of a biergarten if you ask me. Oh well. A number of the menu items look like they might make up for it, and I'm hungry this morning.

Can theresa walk that far?

jon's zings don't even make sense anymore.

Maybe you're getting senile in your old age?

Maybe she's not the only one.

You too?

i wish i could come and drink and be senile with you guys

Jon, remember how I said last week that your idea of fun was more fun for you than for anyone else? You're doing it again.

Rrrrrrrob, I wish you could too! Need more oldies.

yeah i have to get my hip replaced this wkend and tell some kids to get off my lawn

Life is hard, mang.

hard like my arteries

hahaha loooooooool
you are all my golden girls

maybe i dont want to come hang out with you guys.

we will bind & gag jw if it becomes nec.

I'm sorry, gr80, but I should point out that rrrobyn won't be here, she's just moonlighting on this thread. I know that may change yr decision, she's a very appealing prospect. If you can't make it, well...we'll actually hate you forever but we'll pretend to understand.

Jon, remember how I said last week that your idea of fun was more fun for you than for anyone else? You're doing it again.

Rrrrrrrob, I wish you could too! Need more oldies.

-- Laurel, Wednesday, 12 December 2007 17:10 (45 minutes ago) Link

Remember that time you disproportionately strong opinions and no one cared?

gr8080 we still up for beers tonight? i mentioned it yesterday on chilx so some others might come out, for better or worse.

also, rrobyn, what can you tell me about a montreal band named chocolat? i'm obsessed with their song "charlotte".

maybe i dont want to come hang out with you guys.

-- gr8080, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 5:44 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE OLD ;_____;

Its because you have vaginas

ban jon from the biergarten.

Oh definitely. Nobody on ILX wants to meet people with vaginas. Nope. No sirree. Don't park that vagina here, buddy, because this is a NO PARKING ZONE.

To be fair, an outer-space alien doing a quick scan of the user list might indeed conclude that

you are like untended siblings bickering in the candy aisle over which type of gummy is better: worms, bears, or motherfucking sharks.

Ian, you're welcome to ban me from anything you actually show up at. (How's that for an incentive to get out of the house!)

sharks suck

Remy: you oughtta know, you came to brunch with us.

i like it

Also that would never happen cos I don't go to theatres wot don't sell Junior Mints.

i like most kinds of gummy, but not so much the novelty sex kinds. no dicks, tits, or asses.

I've not seen that bag of haribo.

What movie theaters have an "aisle", Laurel? Riddle me that.

Perhaps the appearance of Dr. Morbius confused you!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5105eD-YPUL._AA280_.jpg

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/gsdotcom_1975_33775125

why do i the feeling that ilx is going to explode later this afternoon?

i'm getting out of here before it happens. gr8088 if you're still up for cocktails visit chilx.

http://www.nicola-doering.de/gbear.htm

so wait, this is on monday night right?

Yes!! You will be there?

no duh

The best part of all this, is that not only do I get to meet Max, Gra80 et al, but I GET TO KICK JON OUT OF THE BAR IF HE MISBEHAVES.

Yea, but you'll leave by 11.

Yeah, probably; so?

THIS IS THE THREAD WHERE WE DISCUSS WHY WE ARE BANNED FROM THE RADEGAST HALL (Not really safe for work, obviously)

guys let's not scare off the out-of-towners before this even happens, ok?

http://lotrtcg.fanhq.com/Resources/CardImages/LOTR-EN09026.jpg

No sweat, bell! But only b/c you are so purdy.

You guys are scaring in-towners at this point

Most people aren't timid to the point of lurking for 6 months before talking to anyone

whu??

most 'scary' ILXors lose their bonafides in person.

I'd probably actually punch Momus if I met him.

WHATEVER ROMEO
xpost? xxpost? xxxpost?

This thread is AWESOME.

xp Take your pick.

Out-of-towners: I think now you see why we drink?

Out-of-towners: I think now you see why I stay home when they drink?

Because they kick people out of Daddy's for smoking up?

I never got kicked out of daddy's! just told to "STOP."

i got kicked out of ZABLALBALOWSKIS for being TOO YOUNG. Dr morbius can confirm.

Lenient. Perhaps TOO lenient. Waht is happening to our YOUF?? xp

.... he has much lore of herbs and beasts ....

rofl

I read that as breasts

bell labs, plz to relate kick out story

she LOST HER ID, and they were CARDING (even DOCTOR MORBIUS got carded.)

dr morbius also looks young for his age, what is your point? dont hate on us cos we are fabulous.

Dr Morbius has very soft skin.... LIKE A BABY

How do you lose your id?

i dunno when i lost it.

That's cray-z, Dr Morbius may only be 35 but that is STILL a lot more than 21.

I got asked my age buying cigarettes last night and the Korean lady acted like I should be flattered.

were you wearing a hat? she might have been right.

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

Laugh it up chuckles, you're losing it too

Now you're just talkin crazy.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/479968716_0d7c61b82e_o.jpg

"chuckles"

More like

http://www.kittywigs.com/ferncoy.gif

http://www.candydirect.com/08Chuckles.jpg

^^ one of the worst candies, and i LIKE gummi and jelly candies in general.

Dr Morbius may only be 35 but that is STILL a lot more than 21.

;_; don't remind me.

also, don't know about NYC but in chicago the liquor commission will occasionally send in agents to card EVERYONE in the bar. even if you're 80 years old, if you don't have an id to prove it they can pull the liquor license. rarely enforced unless they have a beef with a bar and want to shut it down.

I get carded everywhere in chicago, and haven't the last few times I've been in NYC.

my hair may be going grey, but it's not falling out!

PREMATURELY grey

of course

I didn't call you CHUCKLES

Gray in streaks, or scattered throughout?

(Everyone wants to go streaky and be SONTAG.)

scattered throughout. my dad was completely white by 30 and i have similar hair.

I'm going gray too. RACE TO THE SUMMIT OF THE DOME GUISE

I have a gray chin when it grows out, har har

i have red chin hair if it grows out.

trust not the man, be he friend or brother
whose hair is one color, and beard, another

;_; waaah.

if it rhymes it has to be true

what if the carpet matches the drapes?

RUDE.

Shame, Morbs. The first rule of toupee is "never spoil the illusion."

:O

I don’t mind the grey hairs on my head so much; it’s the frightening thought of their possible southerly migration that scares me

my hair is migrating south. my back looks like a BEAR

gross.

i have no grey hairs

Xposts - i have heard of the band chocolat, kevin, but i do not know them. yaay mtl tho! there is/was also a 'hiphop artist' named chocolat but i know for that that is not who you're talking abt.

you guys are gonna be a party

my hair has been going grey since i was 15
i've recently stopped dying it

totally going grey. i'm developing streaks, which i don't mind so much.

i would be psyched for streaks!

yeah, but it basically means that i have so many grey hairs that they're starting to grow together.

I think I have more grey in my beard now than my father did when he was 50. BOO

http://www.roganforever.com/imagesMain/xmen189Couple.jpg

haha lauren next time i see you i am accosting you for hair dye secrets because i never would have guessed you are greying!

she's not greying very fast

this sounds weird, but the side that my parting is on has a lot to do with grey camoflauge. if i brush my hair over to the other side, it's quite noticeable.

http://z.about.com/d/beauty/1/0/m/G/haircolor3.JPG

If hair is heading south, time for a beard, jon.

didn't you mention that you would be in nyc this month as well?

yeah, arriving on the 28th or 29th Staying in Bushwick. Let's Drink

Wow! I'd like to meet Ed.

nice!

Ed is even cooler than you would think that Ed would be.

Strangely this has made me want to drink with you all more.

i would drink with all this eds on the night of the 29th! (that's a saturday.)

I actually second Matt's opinion. I'm drawn to mentalism you know.

Either that or Britishers are hard to scare.

Or whatever, I mean don't listen to me, the last time I went to Matt's house I got so drunk I fell in the bath.

I was about to reassure them and say that both of us are renowned for being shy, retiring wallflower types and will say or do nothing conspicuous or embarrassing but I think that's been ruined now, like a Spanish bar at 1am.

Britishers of course must get up at 11:20pm and leave quietly.

Got to get off early, brisk ride round the estate followed by grouse shooting the next day.

nabisco had better show up to something so I can persuade him to run as 3rd-party prez candidate.

the "otm" party

I was about to reassure them and say that both of us are renowned for being shy, retiring wallflower types

*cough*

This is going to be fun, isn't it. Unfortunate that I have an all-department meeting the next morning but what the hell.

oh wow i am going to end up totally rushing through my accounting exam to get there faster now. damn you, flatbush!

nabisco please come.

also surmounter.

can i crash on someone's couch if i miss my train again?

^^^^ slick

We have lots of couches but you can see your breath in the rooms where they are. You probably want to hit up somebody else.

i have an air matress somewhere

i could just spend the night in penn station again

I'd like to come, but Williamsburg on a Monday night is difficult for me. Have fun!

max I have a couch and I live alone </rape>

ill go to second base with you if you let me sleep over

virginia plain: boooooo

Mary - I'll text you tomorrow and let you know where we'll be drinking. Bear in mind it may be a little short notice as I'm not really going to be in a position to arrange things in advance.

Really looking forward to all this anyway - my flight gets into New York about midnight tonight. What time are people likely to be turning up on Monday?

(Also, what time should I turn up on Monday? I'm assuming it's not a Londonesque 'get to the bar at 5.30' thing).

not sure about everybody else, I was planning on about 8pm

Eight makes sense.

I like 5:30 drinking as I'm often asleep by 10:30 on weeknights, but pretty alone on that score...

OK I'll be there around 8ish. If it's possible to reserve a space (doubtful I know) then it'd be awesome if someone wants to do that. Either way, see you there.

morbs i would totally be with you on the 530 thing if i could, but i can't due to scheduling conflicts.

i used to have to pull teeth to get people to happy hour. i do not understand that! it is happy and early and cheap and you get to pass out before 11! now i can never go to happy hour and it makes me sad.

Maybe if ppl got to work early (instead of sashaying in) and left early?

sashaying > mornings

Working 12-7 shifts > sashaying

i can't remember the last time i sashayed. sigh.

I don't like going out at night in my work clothes with no nap and no shower. :( I mean I'll do it for v good company like Theresa, but on the whole I prefer a later assignation.

looking fwd to the photos

aw you're a peach, l. if i make it mon, i will sashay in fashionably late maybe.

Monday will be my third day in a row of holiday celebration, so I might be looking a little crazy/strung-out around the eyes.

i can probably be there 8ish. but i will be drinking from 5 onwards so i may end up a little sloppy by the end of the night

oh no yer all gonna be home in bed by the time i get there!

i have nowhere to be on tuesday... i don't mind staying out late.

awful weather forecast for sunday, good luck on your planes getting in on time

matt's coming in tonight iirc, so hopefully he will have happy landings.

oh, that's good

oh yeah it sez it right there in the thread title

damn and i'm flying out of o'hare too. :(((((((((

This is as good a thread as any to mention that I'm planning on going out for drinks at Freddy's on the 20th. Probably later in the evening though, 9 or or 10 or something. Romanting dinner.

aw i will be on plane then :( but i see you monday, yes?

yes.

hey, so this is still on? right? where are we going? dont make me read the whole thread.

http://radegasthall.com/index.php

I partied with Matt DC and his friends last night in the East Village. It was great, except for the hour and a half commute home after the bar closed.

Wow, Laurel complaining about plans again?

Hey dudes, I am really looking forward to this! New York has been great so far, although sitting with Mary and others in a bar watching Americans go mad for a fake British version of American soul music, probably made somewhere outside Manchester, was kind of weird.

I'll be around there from 8, possibly a bit earlier as I want to have a wander round Williamsburg first.

Mary - I got yr text last night, not sure about Queens yet as the week is filling up fast. There are too many of us here and too many things going on </nice problem to have>

Ahahahah did Mary take you to Subway Soul on Saturday? Nice work, Plain!

See you all tonight.

i'm inviting luna.

how are those blintzes at Radegast?

Kitchen (closed Mondays):
Tue-Fri 5 pm - 11:30 pm
Sat & Sun 4 am - 11:30 pm

nice work morans

Fuuuuuuuuck. Shd we change venue or is it too late? Since there's no smoking there anyway....

it sez grill open mondays though! charred meats for everyone!

however, if it changes, someone pls to txt me!!!!

D'OH

Fine, fine, let's just meet up there and if people want to move, we can do later. Too late to get in touch with everyone now, I think.

please, let's not change the venue at this point. was everyone (save for anna and me) planning on eating there?

I think the food was a big draw, yeah. There's still the biergarten grill if we need sustenance, but I was looking forward to steaks and rabbits and root beer floats.

i wanted to try that rabbit pate, but i wasn't planning on a full meal.

and laurel, rockstar/pies n thighs is closed mondays too so i don't know where you are scheming to go where you can smoke ;)

I know, it's very sad. Altho gak gak I think I've had enough this weekend to last a while.

normally I don't care about food, cuz 8 is late to be eating dinner by my preference. I will hafta squeeze sumthin in b4 Ophuls BAM movie.

i heard daddy's is really grebt

i bet the grill menu is bratwurst and knockwurst and that kinda stuff. it's conspicuously missing from the normal menu.

The seasonal grill menu offers everything from classic burgers, to Weisswurst, and Rabbitwurst and lighter fare like Turkey burgers as well.

guys we will be fine. trust me!

i trust you!!!!!!!!!!!!

in wurst we trust

If you can't knockwurst, knock wood

this is gonna be a total sausage party

that's the wurst

aaaaaanyway ... I'll be up there around 8

how late do they serve the grill menu? anyone know?

Grill:
Mon-Fri 5 pm - 2 am
Sat & Sun 3 pm - 2 am

They asked me to take them to my favorite bar, and it just so happened that Subway Soul was going on that night. We only got there around 3, but it was still subtlely swinging. And after Matt DC left, we danced! I also took them to Hi-Fi, so they could get the true ILX circa 2004 experience.

well, that was somethin'. Nice to meet you, Matt.

Now I just have to figure out how to stand up at the Christmas party tonight.

more reports!

We'll Drink Again, Ed in NYC around new years.

I am reliving my kielbasa consumption (in a manageable way).

it was great to meet everyone!!!!

max did you sleep in penn station?

photos of max sleeping in penn station please

I LOVE U, U GUISE! Teh new peeps were great and it makes me so happy to have people I love all in one room. Plus the venison sausage and the roasted pepper dip definitely contributed to my cheery outlook, I want to eat that stuff forever.

haha unfortunately yes. i thought there was a train at 2:40 but apparently it was at 1:40. i missed it by like half an hour.

Oh noes!! Sorry, Maxwell.

yeah no big deal, i brought a book

what book

"in the name of the rose"

I also took them to Hi-Fi, so they could get the true ILX circa 2004 experience.

ha, I didn't know anyone from ilx back then but I used to go to hi fi all the time

hey by the way we need to reschedule the Pio Pio fap!

great meeting people last nite, fun times

I'm kinda hungover, luckily it is the slowest work day evar

i used to miss those trains out all the time. they should at least run once an hour during the overnight

carey goaded al into taking a couple of the giant steins as "souvenirs," apparently. they were sitting on the kitchen counter this morning. the funniest thing is that he'd gone to the trouble of packing them with napkins for the trip home in his bag.

Clearly I missed all the goings-on at the other end of the table.

oooh i wish i had stolen some steins. they had some cool ones.
that place was pretty nice, if pricey. and it was awesome to meet u dudes!

yeah i spent a ton of money but it was worth it. venison sausage was great too

it was!

grady has a lot of bad pictures of me and one AWESOME pic of the one and only morbius phd

I'm glad I dragged my sick self out for this and saw everyone! I think we should discuss how dapper Grady was, so people aren't too blown away by the eventual photos.

yeah grady gets best-dressed award

the place is really nicely done. the owners didn't go the usual route of cutting corners and putting in ikea fixtures. that and black rabbit are the best reno jobs i've seen in a while.

also, bartender was on it.

(even if he did give me maker's without my consent.)

the bartenders were all like actually german too and made me feel stupid with how well they pronounced the 25-syllable beer names

ha, me too.

I dunno, one of them kept giving me the wrong beer. And the other one, when I first got there, took orders from me and Felicity and then just ... vanished. Maybe he wasn't even a bartender, just a lonely guy.

I guess I will have venison sausage next time.

n, if it's who i'm thinking of then he seemed like a manager-type person running around confusing things in the name of expediting.

i got to put my couple of semesters of college german to good use, impressing absolutely nobody. the beer was great though!

It'll all come clear in the lawsuit, I'm sure

i love you guys.

i want to die now.

not before you see a Broadway show.

i've definitely had a hangover all day, and no less than 2 sandwiches with bacon on them to attempt to revive myself.

I had two dinners! No hangover here, no ma'am.

i think that was my problem, i only had half a dinner

Next time eat moar!

I think my problem was that I considered one of those giant steins to be "a beer" when it was really more like three

my problem was that i drank a lot.

You make it sound so easy....

well, it kind of is.

fewer hangovers next time = smaller steins + karaoke

i was surprisingly not very hanged over!!! but those were hueg beers. i expected to have a headache.

Goaded? I think I just said, "Oh, maybe I should steal some glasses."

I may have goaded Nabisco into putting that cranberry Emergen-C into his beer though.

oh, that was gross.

woah that is next level

wow nabisco

I almost put emergen-c into my coffee at work today. But then thought that B4rcl4ys would never hire me full time if someone saw that.

maybe it would demonstrate the kind of go-getting attitude theyre looking for

that reminds me of the time i got busted by a coworker while eating sugar directly out of the packet

I feel like there should be some sort of Family Guy clip in place of this post

Hey guys, last night fucking ruled. Lovely to meet all the new people and to see a lot of the old-skool New Yorkers again as well, only regret is that I didn't get to talk to some people as much as I'd have liked. So many people out as well! We rule at organising FAPs.

But yeah, cranberry vitamin C beer concoction = rank. German beer = grebt, I was totally hangover free this morning. Also thanks to Tehresa for showing me how to get back.

I will revive this thread with pictures once I get home...

oh i has a few pics too! must upload.

i think i was kind of drunk

me, max (l to r)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2013/imagec297db7401cf11daky6.jpg

you are v. v. pretty

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2226/2121620906_17187f2451.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2390/2121621100_c25d6bb173.jpg

oh wow i look like the joker

you look like you don't want to be associated with some people, sansy

aw not that max, you look like you have a crush on grady!

pictures dont lie

I ACTUALLY HAD THE SAME SHIRT ON THO

which one is sanskrit?

I like how F stares down the table, the only one aware that he's being photographed. He seems almost contemptuous of us saps with our eyes closed and our fingers in our mouths.

"F" ??? wtf are these people?

no i think he's just wide-eyed all the time!

i have a few more but they need brightening so that will have to wait.

i recognise that F dude. does he still astronomize?

I have to agree with an earlier post - Grady looks sharp! Looks like a lot of fun. Fuck Boston, nobody FAPs here. I should move back to NY.

grady looks like the ultimate good time bro

look at that spread

but no sign of matt dc

btw: SHIA LABEOUF IS THE LUCKIEST KID IN THE WORLD!

Guess I missed this. Maybe Pio Pio FAP.

only my left arm and my beer mug made it into the pic

I do NOT look that much like George Will in RL, honest-to-Pete.

but what a left arm it is!!!

WHERE ARE PICK-CHIRS?

grady probably wont upload till hes back home

tza owes us some

i see no pic of anyone staring down at the table

also, who is v-neck flat cap man who looks as if he were dropped in by some continuously circling british blimp?

that would be gr8080

gr8080 q. wellington III esq. o.b.e.

hi guys it took me til 4 am last night but my paper is done and i am officially on winter breakz so maybe i will lighten those pics tonight! they are not that great though.

and i suck at image adjusting... anyone good at it who wants to do it for me?

here is what happens when you think it's "fun" to not use flash but don't adjust the exposure and then have to self-brighten.

jody + matt
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2023/2123432835_6350f3f659.jpg

blurry grady (still pretty dapper)
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ghost riderz
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2220/2124206346_2bb6377349.jpg

F still looking at camera

max still looking at grady?

oh 3 image rule.

last 2:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2123432497_99fa68cd65.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2382/2124206152_2172c14403.jpg

and who is the floppy-haired dude in the last photo?

max

an a+ bro, would get drunk with again

i thought this was max:
http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/8/5/24/alkiecat/f_maxm_dfc6ef6.jpg

that is also max.

I'm anticipating a pretty good photo of me and Grady looking like muppets.

if anyone's still unclear as to who i am i can post some more pictures

floppy-haired, topknot, short hair, u name it

slut

hmm....a bit too dark: can't see if matt's doing his patented 'shit-eating grin'

Really lovely to meet you all. I had a good time, idiot faux-coat-loosing aside.

I'm anticipating a pretty good photo of me and Grady looking like muppets.

-- nabisco, Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:36 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

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lol jk
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me unknowingly capturing our server as she confronts my friends about an $8 tip on 4 pitchers of beer ($78).
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i love you aaallll

max you are so CUET! what an awesome smile :)

who is that babe with the fringe and glasses? is that bell_labs?

That's former ILXer Ally with the glasses. I've got a few more pics I'll put up in a bit.

I had 1x amazing week, but now absolutely destroyed after a night time flight plus 7 days of constant walking and excessive drinking and not very much sleep. Thank god I don't have to go into work for another week and a half.

i thought i had posted this one, bell labs and ian:

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x18/gr8080/277.jpg

Here we go:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/2128432841_612a0e3e72.jpg?v=0

L-R - Lauren, Nabisco, Anna

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2325/2128432913_873b5ab084.jpg?v=0

Ally, Tehresa, Bell Labs

it was cool meeting everybody, i'm really glad i got the chance.

i was there with some non-ILX friends before everyone showed up and had kind of briefly explained to them how i knew these people who were coming to the bar soon. later, my friend told me that when the first few ILXors approached our table, he "knew they were grady's friends because they just looked like they were from the internet."

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2303/2129210728_5f94b37863.jpg?v=0

Anna, JBR, Laurel

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2128433027_cb8cd19cd6.jpg?v=0

This one rules

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2128433127_0d6d5ff545.jpg?v=0

Felicity and Carey

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2295/2128433195_9890e26508.jpg?v=0

Photo #37 of Grady posing in a cap. Whippet hidden just out of shot.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/2128433265_3f652b53a2.jpg?v=0

Oh and Anna I think I picked your scarf up at the end of the night, after you'd left. Which would be brilliant had I not idiotically somehow mislaid it on the way back to my hotel.

who is the dude in the blue shirt?

it's max!

nabisco looks nothing like i imagined.

:|

so adorable
srsly if i had been there, what with the holiday season and the booze and the cuteness, i wld have been unable to keep from constantly hugging you all, which may well have verged on unbearably squee

i think we were reasonably squee as it was!

you all seem grate! i'm gonna have to do this one day, as long as the authorities let me step on US soil.

wish you could have been there, though, rrrobyn!

I was being very squee for pretty much the entire night. Embarassingly so in places. I think at one point I remember drunkenly exclaiming to JBR "OMG no one writes transport planning papers like you do!"

nabisco, you are v v distinguished looking! i didn't mean what i said in a bad way!

ian is SMILING

ilxors are a rather good-lookin' bunch

^^^^ Agreed. Everyone is damn cute it's ridiculous.

um okay THANKS MAX for pointing this out to me. i like never clicked on this thread for some fucking reason. next time =|