Thursday, March 9, 2006

EL VINO DID FLOW...

Last night was one of those rare nights off, so I took up ANGEL's invite for a "wine tasting" at her place and met up with CRIMSON CAMEL TOE, and NAPOLEON DYNAMITE for an evening of wine, cheese, and conversation. Now ANGEL warned us that there would be a lot of wine to go through, but 23 bottles????? And we're talking the good stuff here, not the stuff that you get at COSTCO by the case for 11.99.

So there we are, chatting away the night on all kinds of things and having lots of laughs. The bottles are being drained at a frentic pace, yet no one even noticed a thing. I made a new friend during the course of the evening; a 50 lb cat named MAX. I really had no choice; If I didn't make friends with it, i'd have no place to sit. This is one HUGE cat!

As the night went on, the wine began to take its toll on the guests. First to drop was NAPOLEON. I saw it coming because his eyes always glaze over when he's reached his limit. CRIMSON CAMEL-TOE had to walk him to the street to get a cab. Bless her heart.

Soon after he left, his girlfriend SMURFETTE arrived expecting to see him. Of course she was none too pleased that he was the first one to wimp out on the wine fest. She ended up staying anyway and we enjoyed some great conversation as she's funny as shit. Not too long after that, AMERICAN PSYCHO arrived and somehow we got on this big MySpace.Com kick. Conversations turned into people searching and so on and so on. CRIMSON tried to help me understand the nuances of the site and I think I learned a little more about the phenomenon that is MySpace. Oh and we also ended up doing some weird rendition of kareoke during the course of the evening.

All of a sudden, ANGEL broke open some Rose wine and that was the knockout punch for me. A couple of glasses of the fruity stuff and my head began to sway like CRIMSON's hips. It was time to go. SMURFETTE and I ended up sharing a cab back to Murray Hill and I was out like a light minutes later.... only to have to wake up extra early to let in our window painter. Needless to say, my head was throbbing at 6am... All in all, a great time.

TONIGHT: "LITE NIGHT THURSDAYS". All light beers (bottles and drafts) are $4.00 starting at 5pm. We are also sponsoring a tasting party for the new HEINEKEN LIGHT, from 8:15pm-10:15pm. Be sure to join us for great light beers and more NCAA March Madness action!

NUFF SAID