I'm sick yet again. Thanks to dad, who brought me the cold when he and mom visited last week. At least we ate well, checking out Coastal Flats, Carraba's Italian Grill, and also visiting favorites Minerva, Chutzpah and Copeland's. Last Friday, sweetie and I headed up to NYC to see Death Cab for Cutie (with opening band Pretty Girls Make Graves) at Roseland Ballroom. The show was good but first, we were mistaken as parents who brought our kids to the show (yes, we were pretty old compared to the crowd), then, by the time Death Cab hit the stage, I was exhausted and really really sick so I had a hard time concentrating on the show. Luckily, we had driven in to the city and parked in the lot right next to Roseland. Unluckily, when we were leaving, there was a car stuck in the Lincoln tunnel and a horrific merge which backed up traffic for a long time. Before the show, we went to the Spring St. area and ate slices of pizza at Pomodoro, then headed over to Rice To Riches, the rice pudding place that we've wanted to try for a long time. I had the Secret Life of Pumpkin and Man-Made Marscapone puddings. Sweetie had the Hazelnut Chocolate Bear Hug and Butterscotch Boulevard ones. Very tasty! They were all decorated for Halloween, which was nice, and they had what I think of as a very NYC menu: the flat LCD screen. Three, in fact. These screens are so prevalent everywhere in NYC, it's kind of amazing and kind of Bladerunner-in-a-bad-way. The most interesting one I saw was some building on 6th? 7th? Ave. All panels on the first 5 or 6 floors were screens, except for the windows. Each displayed a part of a whole picture (moving picture, earth fire water scenes). If it hadn't been advertising for a bank or financial or insurance institution (can't remember, it was so boring), it might have actually been interesting.
Alas, it wasn't.
Seeing Target in Times Square was weird. I always associate Target with suburbs. Don't you? I guess this one is only open for the month of October (Breast Cancer Awareness month). Oh, here's an article with a photograph of the huge Lava Lamp and other information about the LCD/LED screens at Times Square.
The real reason we were up in that area was for sweetie's parents' 40th anniversary party on Saturday. Since I was in full-blown sick mode, I really petered out by the time the party started. Honestly, I don't know how I managed to stay 1) awake and 2) fairly polite. I felt like crap, couldn't breathe, and ran a fever. The fever, thank god, was gone by Sunday, so I spent the day mostly vegging out in the passenger seat or on the sofa, watching Mythbusters, Desperate Housewives, last week's Joan of Arcadia and videos.
Then I came in to work.
Luckily, they told me to reschedule my meetings and go home. Might stay home tomorrow, too, since tonight is Hanzel und Gretyl, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult and Ministry. I'm most excited to see HuG, sadly. I haven't heard their latest, Scheissmessiah, and I hear it's even more metal-ish than their last, Uber Alles, but I like the idea of it - a mixture of Dante's Inferno and Hanel's Messiah. Uber Alles didn't move me, but I really liked Ausgeflippt and especially Transmissions from Uranus, so I hope they play some of those. Of course, I'm enjoying the little clip of Disko Fire Scheiss Messiah at Metropolis, so the new album does have promise...
Speaking of scary music, here are some links:
And, finally, the Ring 2 teaser/trailer. I know you want to see it.
( 11:58 FH | aural pleasures. fairfax va. mmm food. silly hooha. urban living. )Ooooooooohhhhhhhhh good post!
I'm sorry you were sick, though. :o(
Posted by: JeanNINE at 28.10.04 16:11