Sunday 24 February 2008

Cocktails, Capers & Glee

Late a week last Friday night, Swinbourne senior and girlfriend Jo, arrived in the US for a week. It was senior's first steps on the American continent. He was excited, enthusiastically gleeful, and just couldn't help but skip his first steps down the sidewalk!We went about New York in style, going straight to Greenwich Village for a Saturday morning coffee at Cafe Angelique, my coffee house of choice. It's New York exquisite.Continuing on that theme, we checked out Magnolia Cafe a few doors down for some rather divine cupcakes as seen on Sex in the City! After that, we strolled (while Charlie continued to skip!) through Soho, down to the Financial District and Ground Zero before walking over the Brooklyn Bridge into Brooklyn. Quite the tour!Later that night, we splashed out and went to the Jazz Standard for food, jazz and drinks. After a couple of drinks, we couldn’t really believe we were there, or anywhere!As the drinks dried up, things began to make slightly more sense. We were back to our normal sensical selves. But it wasn't even half as much fun.In fact, Charlie seemed confused, with everything. He was now Robert DeNiro and quite the convincing Taxi Driver.The rest of New York followed thereafter, with the two exploring New York for themselves while yours truly went back to the day job!We did however manage to fit in more entertainment, a comedy night, a visit to Chinatown as well digging into some Ethiopian food, quite literally with hands and all! Quite an experience!!!

It was great to see them both.

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