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An expat left-brained Kiwi in right-brained New York City

The final weekend

Ouch, my liver … it’s been a week of “lasts” in counterpoint to the list of “first” from an earlier post. This was the much lauded final weekend without the curfew and familial duties that will arrive with my family on Friday. As excited as I am about that, as Neil Young, the Kurgan and a messed up Kurt Cobain once said “its better to burn out than to fade away”. So in those spirits last week entailed:

Phew, 7/8 nights with drinks … many nights a LOT of drinks. Thanks to all those who made the weekend a real blast: Chris, Sarah, Brad, Jarrod, Dave, Gino, Amy, Fanny, Marina, Alesha, Phil, Ting, Rebecca, Clint, and many more! Rock on everyone!

Exhausted, happy, recovering, packing, ready for the family to arrive and reset my life into suburban bliss …

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It’s 10.30 pm and I’m not allowed sunglasses

I just got back from a weekend in DC, and in honor of a good friends birthday on Saturday I went out straight from the bus on Friday night. Had a yummy Thai meal in Rockville, then decided to go play pool @ Orange Ball Billiards. Now, little was I to know that OBB was the hippest night spot in suburban MD. Cops, private security, pat downs, not allowed to bring sunglasses inside, a “velvet rope” (that was like an airport barrier), HUGE bouncers, scantily clad waitresses, and 80’s dance craze mashups. OMG, it was like I was 21 again, but this time in Rockville! I haven’t been carded or frisked at any NYC bars! Anyway, had a great night, playing pool as an excuse to stay up late and wish in Lyuda’s birthday … happy $$th birthday dude! I’ll never forget our birthday frisking!

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