Monday, April 23, 2007

BEAUTIFUL DAY

As I write this, "Beautiful Day" by U2 is playing in the background and it couldn't be more appropriate as it is indeed gorgeous outside. The only downside to it being such a picture perfect day is that I find myself (yet again) under the weather, and on a day like today, quite frankly, it sucks ass.

The whole weekend, in fact, was perfect as the weather gods finally cooperated with us and gave us a proper spring weekend. Working on a beautiful Sunday afternoon has its drawbacks as the foot traffic going into the bar was less than stellar; but then again, who wants to be inside on the first real sunny weekend of the spring? That being said, it was still a pretty nice afternoon at the bar as some of the regulars dropped in to chill out and to shoot the breeze; T-BILL (who's recovering quite nicely from his spill St. Patrick's Day weekend), AFRIKA BAMBATTA (who always "happens to be in the neighborhood"), MR. LOW-KEY (in between jaunts to Long Beach), BABY GIRL and BLOOMIE GIRL (popping in after a stroll in the East Village), AMERICAN PSYCHO (fresh from his trip out west), SILENT BOB and his lovely wife, BETTY BOOP (beef jerky connoisseur extraordinaire) ; Even BONY crashed the party later in the evening and made his presence felt (in more ways than one).

I love the when the trees bloom...

Good friends and former students, DAMIEN and MATT and their lovely ladies...

BLOOMIE GIRL and BABY GIRL tackling the Sunday Times Puzzle...

Love the "fishbowl"!

BONY making his presence felt...yet again

I got to meet some new folks too; the lovely couple from Finland who wanted to come in out of the sun and ended up staying for a couple of hours. The group from New Hampshire who were huge Boston Red Sox fans and were happy to see the Yankees go down to defeat. They were also "lucky" enough to meet BONY and all of his effervescent charm. And finally, the cute couple from Texas who happened to stumble onto our bar as they took a casual stroll in the neighborhood. Very nice people indeed.

SILENT BOB and BETTY BOOP, looking at BONY in sheer amazement.... (note the beef jerky bag)!

The New Hampshire Crew (and BONY lurking in the background)...

The vibe was pretty laid back and quite honestly, I like it that way. Sundays should be all about relaxing, after working hard and playing hard all week long. I look forward to a few more of them. Here's hoping that Mother Nature cooperates with us.


And finally, file under the category: "WTF?"

I was just watching "The View" and Joan Rivers was a guest on the show. She is strikingly hideous. If you are a friend of hers, how do you allow her to continuously mutilate herself with all of these plastic surgeries? When do you say enough is enough? Damn!


DOLLAR DRAFT MADNESS CONTINUES TONIGHT ($1.00 Bud/Bud Light Mugs ALL NIGHT LONG)


nuff said