The Perfect Day

I decided to relax and do nothing this past friday night. My good friends E-dog and Jason came over to watch the Mets, and play online poker. My plan was to get a good nights rest. I fell asleep around 1 am, and I didnt flinch in my bed until 11 am. Nice! I relaxed in bed for another hour, and then my phone started ringing. It was Paul, and he wanted to know what the deal was.

The plan was to head out to Jersey and play golf; so I grabbed a Iced Venti Skim Latte from Starbucks and hopped in the truck. I picked up Paul on 58th st. and we were off. The conversation quickly lead to the whereabouts of Pauls golf clubs. About two months ago, on the night of my birthday, Paul loaded his clubs in the back of the taxi. When he arrived home, he forgot all about the clubs, the rest is history.

Paul and his two brothers all worked at Alpine C.C. at some point, so his familiarity with the club lead him to the idea of "Demo-ing" clubs. First we had to make the inevitable stop at the Hirschorn residence. We spent about 20 minutes in the house conversing with his parents and harvesting tomatoes from the garden. When Michael (Paul's dad) asked about his gold clubs, Paul said "Don't Ask"

The weather was spectacular for golf, sunny and breezy. "Perfect!" EVEN. We spent about another half hour on the range, and we began playing at about 3 pm. On the 2nd hole, a good family friend, Jordan Green joined us for a few. Soon after, we spotted my parents on the first hole. We decided to stop over for a pleasant hello. Paul described my parents as being in a "Zen Golf Mode" tehe

The day was just ripe with possibilities, and the good vibes lingered throughout the entire round (21 holes). Sick!

From there we decided to go to Baumgart's, a gourmet Chinese restaurant/Ice Cream parlor. We made a "perfect order" 1)Chicken and pine nuts (lettuce wraps) 2)Sizzling duck crepes 3)Chicken Lomein, and 4)Shrimp with shallots* (*The shallots were basically chopped and fried, then loaded on top of shrimp) ILL!

From there we drove back to the city to shower. We fixed up and then went to a local bar called "Pine Tree Lodge" We stopped for a few drinks, because the hotel we were going to has a $17 price tag on all their drinks. Whoa

We picked up Ethan at the bar, and rolled to "The Garden" at The Gansevort Hotel. We got a table and a couple bottles. "BALLIN!!" Sick night! Marni was a trooper, having thrown up in a cup, followed by a napkin! haha "Puke and Rally?" Eli made a cameo appearance at the bar; and big ups to Ethan, for taking home the "Buzzards"

BTW: The picture above is a random shot I took from the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn/ The Verrazano Bridge.

TOUR (FINALLY)

I have a court date tomorrow. Flashback! About 4 years ago, I met a woman named Blanca. She used to clean the house, of a good friend of mine; and I was interested in hiring her. She was always very pleasant, a little dumb, but always nice. Until one day, I got a phone call...

I was in the barbers chair when I missed the call. Soon after I recieved another phone call from my friend Chef Ryan Martin. Blanca used to clean his apartment as well, and she explained to him that there was an emergency. When I finally spoke to her, she told me that she fell, and broke her arm in my apartment. When I returned home, she was not there...

About a week later Blanca shows up in my apartment, unanounced. In my opinion, this type of behavior was totally unacceptable, and one of the reasons I refused to help her when she asked for money. She told me that the incident was my fault, because I didn't have a stepstool.

About 6 months later I recieved a letter in the mail from the Small Claims Court. The bitch sued me! My sister Tracy is a lawyer, and she agreed to represent me free of charge. Since that day I have been in and out of the court about 5 or 6 times. I was sued for about 4 grand, and there is no way I was settling.

Our final court appearance was this past monday. My sister and I spent another 5 hours in the court that day. Blanca showed up without a lawyer, which was obviously good for our case. Tracy was great during the trial! Very profesional and quite clever with her cross examination. She exposed Blancas every mistake, and in fact made her look quite silly.

See, Blanca claimed she climbed on top of a chair in order to organize the top shelf in my closet. We all know that chairs are not made for climbing, so as far as the law goes, all we needed to do was have Blanca admit, that she knew climbing on chairs is dangerous. Tracy created a line of questioning that lead Blanca into a verbal trap, so to speak. Tracy asked her questions about why Blanca sometimes bought me supplies; such as paper towels and soap, but never purchased a ladder/stepstool. In a clever way, Tracy then asked her about the possible dangers of climbing on chairs. Blanca then admitted she almost fell once before, and that "climbing on chairs" is not a safe practice. Tracy and I looked at eachother and she said "no further questions your honor" We are still waiting for the verdict in the mail.

NOTE: At the begining of the night the court made it very clear that all phones are to be turned off. During the actual trial, Blancas obnoxious cell phone rang at least 10 times. Everyone in the court was rolling their eyes at her, and it was quite comical to hear the translator explain her verbal fumbling. Like: "Oh, I cant turn it off, I'm sorry, this damn thing" FYI (Blanca speaks very little English)

Her main piece of evidence was my text message that she saved from the day of the incident. She had trouble accessing the text message because someone kept calling. Everyone in the court was getting frustrated with her. She actually tried leaving the courtroom in the middle of the trial to make a phone call. The Judge began to yell "you cant leave the courtroom, you are under oath!" When she didn't respond, the cops were forced to chase after her! hahaha, The judge then denied the text message as evidence because it was taking too long.

The picture above was taken at the Hawthorne (formerly the Regency Suites) in Albany New York. The shot was taken at about 6:30 am after one of the most epic Heavy Pets Shows at the Lark Tavern. Below is a picture of Jeff around the same time.

The band is just about complete with their second official east coast tour! Big Ups to the Heavy Pets for really "bringing the pain". Even just a couple nights on tour with those guys is quite exausting. "One"

FUN PICS

THIS IS MY POOL.



ITS FUN TO STAY AT THE YMCA! VERMONT!



JULY 4TH PARTY AT MY APARTMENT. MIDDLE= MY SISTER TRACY. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, KATE, ANDREW, PAUL, MARNI, ERIC, ERICA.

THANX AGAIN MARNI FOR ALL THE SHOTS!

CAPRI (revisited)

CAPRI IS FAMOUS FOR THE "FARAGLIONI" ROCKS.



THIS IS ROBERTO RUSSO'S SPEEDER! SICK!



THE PORT IN NAPLES.


"SMOOTH, WIND IN MY HAIR. LIFE WITHOUT CARE" FRANK SINATRA (LADY IS A TRAMP)



THIS IS MY DAD AND MY SISTER ON THE BACK OF ROBERTO'S BOAT.



WALKING THROUGHT THE TOWN OF CAPRI.



THIS IS THE ROCK BEACH AT "FONTELINA"



THESE ARE THE SMOOTH TILES I FOUND AT THE BEACH. YESS!! I GAVE A BUNCH OUT A SOUVENIRS.