re: Happy Wink Day

First, let's look at some pictures!




Now then. About the night.

Let me just say that going to a bar that throws beer at you -- two at a time -- like it's water is a great place to go on one's birthday. It is NOT, however, a great place to go on one's birthday when you have a list of 7 OTHER bars you are also going to that night. Yes, McSorley's Old Ale House was probably the worst possible place to start off a pub crawl. Especially when I got there about an hour before some of the other people I invited. So in the span of about an hour and a half, I had about 6 rounds of beer, two at a time -- probably overall equivalent to about 8 or so regular-sized pint glasses of beer.

Which is why I was found around midnight emptying the contents of my beleaguered stomach all over the floor of some East Village bar. Poor bar owner.

The night was essentially a study in how NOT to do a pub crawl, but because of that, I did learn a good lesson, and I'm looking forward to planning the next crawl. In fact, I'm planning on doing it some time this summer, and you are both invited (and Mrs. Chiappa too!). This time, it will be an all-day thing, more laid-back, just an excuse to wander around the city and get a little tipsy and then walk around in the sun. I hope you all will come and join in on the fun. I promise I will not throw up. :)