The Official Blog about our NY Trip!

You know you’re having a good time when it takes almost three weeks to find enough time to write about a trip to New York. That’s not to suggest that our trip to New York was anything less than incredible. When you live in the dirty south, it’s a blessing to be able to visit the melting pot of America, and in my case, become a minority. Our trip was totally awesome.

We saw Rocky Votolato and Limbeck (and some other AWESOME band) play at the Bowery Ballroom. I’ve read a lot of reviews on Pitchfork and Stereogum coming from the Bowery, it was cool to actually be there. Rocky was an awesome show. The opener, Limbeck, was even better. So we found some new music. That whole night was awesome - we walked down to… Helens? And met up with Cat Chow (our reason for being in New York was to drop off artwork to Cat Chow). Cat was fun, Cat’s boyfriend Patrick is totally awesome, their whole crowd was cool. And we were incredibly drunk. And walked home like 20 blocks. I don’t know how we did that. But even that was awesome.

It wasn’t awesome when I went to get the car the next day and found a parking ticket on it. And it wasn’t awesome when I had to drive around for like an hour while the hotel couldn’t get a credit card authorized for Diana in the lobby. But we did find an iPhone line somewhere around the campus of NYU. It was like… 300+ people, several blocks long, at 10 AM. And this set the tone for the rest of MY day. I feel bad for Diana, who had to bask in my misery as we were turned down of an iPhone in Queens after waiting in like for 3 hours. I was probably a total bummer to the world, until we got to the 5th Ave. Apple Store and were greeted by Starbucks-ish Apple employees cheering for those who just bought an iPhone.

Saturday morning we met up with Grant Hunnicutt and Brett (aka Blognut) at a doughnut shop. The plan was to do some thrift shopping for most of the day. We actually ended up being blown away ALL DAY LONG with Grant’s wholesome, dedicated shopping techniques. If you never get to experience this side of Grant, pictures will have to suffice.

That night we went to the Queens Beer Gardens. It’s this big outdoor pavilion with tables everywhere, completely filled with young adults getting wasted. The event is run by Czechs, so there were a few interesting beers on tap - pitches for $14. That’s pretty good for premium beer in NY. We ended up camping at a table with our broadway friends, and did “shaky face” and “motorboat” pictures all night. I think it rained twice that night, but somehow it went unnoticed.

Sunday we took a trip to Brooklyn Heights and met up with Grant Hunnicutt for some “tex mex” lunch on a cool outdoor patio. It was literally the most comfortable day I’ve ever experienced. I’m talking about the weather. It just felt SO… DAMN… GOOD. So we walked over to the big overpass that hangs over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and got the most amazing view of Manhattan. See pictures. That was the perfect end to an awesome weekend in New York.

I love that place. I love Brooklyn Heights. If I ever wanted to not live in Richmond, I would do whatever it takes to live there. Which probably equates to some sort of jewel heist operation. But that sounds kinda cool anyway.Write back. Sike, you can’t, it’s a blog moron!

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