So. I went to New York.
But you knew that, right? Because: I Tweeted the entire damned time. You grew sick of it; you un-followed me; you unsubscribed to the blog; you made little BPD's and burned them in effigy. It was shameless, shameful, disgusting, and really just me bragging about the awesome time I was having. I'm sorry. I really am. I have no class.
I have even less class than you think. I'm going to re-live the weekend for you via the Tweets, with a little added detail here and there as seems appropriate. Because you care about every tiny detail (I've used an italicized phrase beginning with "every" twice now in this post; I'm a great writer.) It's going to be long, arduous, and I doubt you'll make it to the end, because I'm not that interesting.
So.
Here.
We.
Go.
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Landed safely at JFK. 04:55 AM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Why at 4:55am you ask? Because it was the redeye from San Francisco. All times are Pacific Standard Time.
Just had a good lunch at Perry Street 10:42 AM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
I can be even more inane. Wait for it.
Walking through Times Square, to go to Red Mango, which I could totally go to at home. 12:08 PM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Because seriously, I didn't need to fly to New York to go to a yogurt shop. Women. Can't live with 'em, can't leave them at home while you avoid yogurt shops.
Getting ready for dinner and then Avenue Q. 01:57 PM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Self-explanatory? This Tweet just means that I changed my shirt.
In a cab. Watching tv. New York has the best cabs. 02:36 PM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
But I can go the rest of my life without seeing Regis and Kelly again. They were on a loop every 10 minutes in every cab, talking about what a great cab we were in and how awesome the little tv's are.
Dinner at Freeman's in the Bowery. Smell that sweet hobo urine aroma. 02:51 PM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
This place was at the end of dark, scary alley. There were stuffed animal heads on the walls and the restaurant served rabbit. Emily won't eat anything cuter than she is, though, so she had a cheese plate. I had a steak, because no cow is cuter than Emily.
Rushing to see Avenue Q 04:54 PM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
So, as dinner was winding down we jumped in a cab to go to Broadway for this show involving muppets and sex and swearing. But the cab took forever and we were going to miss the call, so we jumped out of the cab a couple of blocks away and ran (Emily was in heels) down the street, shoving lame theater-goers (lame after we had knocked them to the ground and stomped on their ankles, anyway) out of the way, and we just beat the curtain.
Avenue Q was awesome. Show-stopping number was "Schadenfreude", a duet between a muppet and a woman playing Gary Coleman. Un-real. 07:15 PM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
If that doesn't tell you exactly what Avenue Q was about, I don't know what else to say about it.
At The Brandy Library in Tribeca. 07:31 PM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Just ordered a 20 year old Linkwood scotch to follow the 15 year old scotch that no longer takes up residence in my glass. 08:42 PM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Scratch that: a 24 year old scotch 08:58 PM October 03, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Good morning New York. Go away housekeeping; I know it's 11am, but seriously? I'm on vacation. And a leetle hungover. 08:09 AM October 04, 2008 from web
Housekeeping tried to walk in on us twice. Because when we got back to the hotel we didn't have the presence of mind to put the latch on or put the "Don't even try to open this damned door" sign up.
Having brunch at Gold St (which is on Gold Street, coincidentally). Then we go searching for New York. 09:57 AM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Going on the NBC Studios Tour at 30 Rockerfeller Center. 11:07 AM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
I know. I'm a sucker for tourist traps.
Saw a little SNL rehearsal on the NBC tour. Anne Hathaway, that Keenan dude, and a HUGELY pregnant Amy Poehler. 12:27 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Going to Central Park. 01:19 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
There were entirely too many strollers and happy family-types hanging around Central Park for my "abandoning my child at home with grandma" comfort.
Taking a carriage ride around Central Park. Smells very horse-y 02:09 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Central Park carriage ride takes about 15 minutes. 02:23 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Seriously? 15 minutes? What about those long romantic tours around the park that I see in the movies?
At FAO Schwartz looking for that big keyboard thing. 02:40 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Two store employees playing Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor on the big piano at FAO Schwartz. Made my day. 02:56 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Don't send mail. I know I misspelled "Schwarz".
At St. Patrick's Cathedral. 04:31 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
After I Tweeted this I had the following conversation with Emily:
Emily: You're going to hell for Tweeting in here, you know.
Me: What? I'm not Catholic.
Emily: God doesn't care.
Out to dinner with the Hot Blogger Calendar folks. A big dinner with a whole lotta people who don't know each other ;} 05:27 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
(Me and Miss Britt)
(Jane Porricelli does her first tequila shot. With her parents looking on.)
So, in case you didn't know it the excuse for the trip was that somehow enough of you clicked on a little button over at the Hot Blogger Calendar site for me to show my boobs to the world, all at my own expense. Well, Emily's expense. It's not like I work, right? I'm just a dad. Lazy dad. Slacker. Sitting around the house all day.
Hot Blogger Calendar dinner and drinks just paid for by http://www.helpareporterout.com . 07:35 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
So, at the end of dinner as we were all reaching for wallets and preparing to do the "I swear I left a 20% tip but now it looks like there isn't enough money in the pot" dance, Peter Shankman just straight up announces that his organization bought dinner. Peter Shankman. Help A Reporter Out. Peter Shankman. Help A Reporter Out. (<---------I figure I owe them this much at least for the chimichanga).
OMG I'm having dinner with Peter Shankman: he is so dreamy!!!! 08:14 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Dinner is over; stumbling down 42nd avenue. Where all the cabs be at, yo? 09:03 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Currently singing "never gonna give you up" in a shop. NYC: you have been Rickrolled. 09:19 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
In actuality New York Rickrolled me. I was only singing it because it came on the speaker system in the store.
Thank you, kind cabbie, for agreeing to drive us down Broadway at lethal speeds at 1am. Your samaritan act will not be forgotten. 09:56 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Wil Wheaton won't be in the Hot Blogger Calendar, but that's not stopping Emily from watching "Stand By Me" in our hotel room. Dammit. 10:13 PM October 04, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Damn you Wil Wheaton. Baby stealer.
Did you know that 10am happens in New York too? I didn't. I'm not sure I'm the better for knowing it. 06:59 AM October 05, 2008 from web
Tequila stings a little in the morning.
Getting ready for the Hot Blogger Calendar photo shoot. Do I have time to do about 10,000 crunches? Where's my Spanx? 08:04 AM October 05, 2008 from web
That's right. I know what Spanx is/are. Even if I don't know if it/they is/are singular or plural.
In a cab on the way to the shoot that I will be late for because I totally took too long styling my hair. And it looks like it always does. 08:59 AM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
It really did. My hair always looks the same.
At the studio. Met @busydad. Dude looks pretty damn hot in person, ladies. 09:33 AM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Seriously girls, I almost made out with Busy Dad myself, because he is just that hot in person.
Photographer had me lying on the floor with my hands behind my head. I feel so dirty now! 10:04 AM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
I don't want to think about it! Oh, the shame!
My shoot is over. I may or may not have taken my shirt off in front of a room full of women. Not for pictures. Just cuz. 10:16 AM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
I totally did. Twice.
Walking around Grand Central Station, no longer a Hot Blogger: just a geeky tourist with a camera and a Blackberry. Tweeting. 11:31 AM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Went to sit on a bench, cop said: "don't sit there, we have an unattended bag" and then he called in the K-9 unit to sweep. I'm such a rube. 11:41 AM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
It was so matter of fact that I didn't even think "hmm, there could totally be a bomb in that Papyrus bag". Oh, that's right, because there is no way in hell there was a bomb in that bag.
Progress down E42nd Street abrupted by the Polish-American Day Parade down 5th Ave. Not one Polish joke overheard. 11:56 AM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
This parade went on forever. I think it even impeded traffic on the other side of town in the morning.
Just took a picture of Emily with a pan-handling Elmo. Awe-sum. 12:35 PM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Grover was turning tricks the next block over.
Two Hot Blogging Dads meet face to face. The world explodes from their hotness. http://tinyurl.com/3qobcd 03:29 PM October 05, 2008 from web
Ok, Flickr Photostream: Behind the Scenes at the Hot Blogger Calendar Shoot http://flickr.com/photos/backpackingdad/sets/72157607765196410/ 03:52 PM October 05, 2008 from web
At Del Frisco's with @chicshopperchick , waiting for @alexcaseybaby 05:28 PM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Paid just enough money for a sampling of some very, very good steak.
Just finished dinner/drinks with @chicshopperchick, @busydad, and @alexcaseybaby. Going up the Empire State Building now. 08:03 PM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
At the top of the Empire State Building. Taking pictures in the dark. 08:22 PM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
If you are going to go to the Empire State Building and you don't care about, you know, seeing any buildings or anything, I highly recommend going at 11pm. There is no line whatsoever.
Singing karaoke with @busydad and @chicshoppachick 09:12 PM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
This will not end well. You know that, right?
@busydad is up!! Singing Toby Keith's "Get Drunk and Be Somebody" 09:36 PM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry in reply to BusyDad
Ladies, he sings too!
Note to self: Journey's "Lights" is about a half-step to high for me to sing. In public. Tenor I am not. 09:58 PM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
This was incredibly painful to attempt. Because not only is it a half-step out of my range, the entire freaking song is within a couple of notes of each other, so it wasn't just the high notes I was missing: it was basically all of them. Also, I'd only had one beer so I was in no condition to do karaoke; I need at least 4 beers. Of course, with that much beer I'd have really been straining to hit those notes. I should have done a Johnny Cash song. But thank God for forgiving, drunk, New York karaoke bar patrons who didn't actually boo me. But I walked off the floor like a rock star, flashing a double Sign of the Devil and sticking my tongue out as if I hadn't just murdered an awesome drinking song. Then my lovely wife had to go and show me up by knocking out some Ace of Base.
The long day is over. Early flight out of JFK tomorrow morning. 10:20 PM October 05, 2008 from TwitterBerry
But, it's so early. Why do flights have to be so early? 04:35 AM October 06, 2008 from web
It's fun to ride in the back of a cab without wearing a seat belt. Only been thrown against the partition twice though. 05:20 AM October 06, 2008 from TwitterBerry
Really, I ought to have learned my lesson after the first time. But I'm slow like that in the morning. Also? The hour-long cab ride into New York from JFK really only takes 20 minutes. Who knew that all you needed was a cabbie willing to take pedestrians and school buses down with equal glee?
JFK has lots of ""Fun Zones". But they all have the same double-console "Ms. Pacman/Galaga". I don't like either enough to play every 25ft. 05:59 AM October 06, 2008 from TwitterBerry
I mean, I like them. But what jackass made this call: "We're going to have little arcades in the big lobby areas, and they'll be a ton of fun, but we're only going to have two games. And those games will be 25 years old. But new copies. Nostalgia should be powerful enough to get them to plunk quarters down every 10 minutes and 20 steps. Right?"
Arrived safely at SFO. 02:05 PM October 06, 2008 from TwitterBerry
And that was that.
39 comments:
OK, so if I HAD to say a guy is hot, it would be you. I'm glad we can both admit it. It's the eyes, dude. Piercing. And my sister thinks you are totally hot too.
I had no idea you captured my singing on film. Good times, good times. And props for even ATTEMPTING Journey.
Yay! Love the pics that went w/the tweets. and the little extra info. Though it looked like panhandler Elmo was trying to pinch something from Emily's purse. I swear. Look at it.
Rachel Rick-rolled me twice last night. Twice!
ahhh, thank you. Now we don't feel left out :-)
One: BusyDad IS totally hot in person. I applaud your good taste.
Two: I have decided that your wife is the funniest person alive today. I may have to steal her away from you.
Laughing at the Regis and Kelly cab comment.
And I second busydad and yourself being hot. You guys really should be on a hot blogger calendar or something.
That a blast to read -- I laughed through most of it. I totally should have sung something. Darn my eternal bashfulness.
I saw Avenue Q about 4 years ago. It was fantastic and hilarious and all that jazz.
And don't let the "man candy" thing go to you and BusyDad's heads. Sheesh. You dude bloggers, pshh.
Of all of this, I the MOST envious of you seeing Avenue Q. (I'm sorry, but the "It sucks to be me" is my THEME song some days.)
P.S. You're hawt. (Disclaimer: In a completely platonic way. ;P)
P.P.S. I bet you get that a lot since you were in a calendar all about hotness, don't you???? Heh.
I did laugh at loud when I read the Rickrolled tweet, but I'm not sure which was worse- the fact that you were Rickrolled or the fact that I laughed out loud when I read it. I think I was tired.;)
Can't believe you blew me off for the awesomeness of New York.
Oh hell, who am I kidding? I'd totally blow you off just to pose with a homeless Elmo no matter where he lived.
Glad you and Emily had a great time.
Although I would have paid money to watch you butcher that Journey song. I'd also have recorded it with my cell phone and then posted it on YouTube because that's the type of thoughtful and loving friend I am.
Oh, and could you get me BusyDad's number?
He's a total hottie.
Awesomeness. Pure awesomeness.
So I'm at my brother's house tonight for dinner and he asks me what I want to drink. "What do you have?" I ask.
His reply? "Well, we're out of tequila."
Mmmhmm, glad I have that photographic (and video[graphic?]) evidence of that shot online for posterity.
Love this recap. You guys certainly packed a lot into your stay! So glad you guys came.
You are mothereffing HI-larious. Must now stalk you properlike via Le Twitter.
This was a great recap - love how you put the twitters...tweets..er, whatever in, since I had read those as you wrote them!!
I was in NYC in the spring and you made me miss it!!
This was awesome!
3 hot guys in one post. Wow. You, BD, and WW! I may die and go to heaven.
Welcome home - as I don't tweet or twitter (in public, anyway), I couldn't follow along. Oh, well...never was one of the cool kids.
So when's this calendar come out? Not that I plan to buy one and drool all over it, because that's just not me. Not at all. Not even a tiny bit.
They'll take plastic, right?
Shade and Sweetwater,
K
I am so envious.
I'm not even cool enough to read this post.
*slinking away*
TV's in the cab? I thought that was only on the Monsters, Inc. ride.
What a great story - thanks for the recap - looking forward to checking out the calendar guys and gals.
You look a smidge uncomfy there on the floor having your photo taken, Leo, but what is art without a little pain.
Also, I applaud you for not going for the obvious Journey selections of "Open Arms" or "Faithfully". You are an artist (but in my head, I am saying that as 'arteest').
Dude, you are totally making me nostalgic for the NYC days. Glad you had an awesome trip. Of both the ego and the person...
What? You can't sing Journey? And here I thought you "had it all" Geeze. Thanks alot for bursting my bubble.
You totally ruined Elmo for me...I don't want my kid looking up to homeless muppet.
I may just be a slight bit worried if the Grover on the next block was posing with your wife. That muppet has everything...Wubba wubba.....
Glad you had a great time...when does this calender come out? I gotta see it.
Good to see that the Country Mouse (or SFO Mouse) survived the big bad city!
For those who don't know and will actually read these comments since I'm like the 200th commenter, Avenue Q is muppets for grown-ups.
Like the tweeting the vacay on the blog idea! May do it for our December trip to FL because I'm a total stealer, but I'll still give you credit.
Enjoyed your tweets. It's like you never left.
The pictures bring it all together.
That could possibly have been the single-most entertaining blog post I've ever read. I'm not kidding. I was driving and reading it on my Blackberry. I damn near drove into two trees. I put my LIFE on the line to read that post, it was so entertaining.
Need info about the calendar. Cuz I'm not going to put it up and drool or anything....I'll really just be looking at the ARTISTIC factors of all the HOt Bloggers and how the photographs "speak to me."
*sigh*
if only i could be hot enough to be in a hot blogger calendar and get a trip to nyc...
;)
i will have to settle for canadian mediocrity and live vicariously through you.
Glad you had such a good time! Thanks for letting us all live vicariously. Although, I'm way more jealous of the weekend alone, just you and Emily than of photo shoot. My kingdom for a weekend without my kids.
I'm glad you had so much fun! Emily seems so cool. However, I think if I was with someone that twittered as much as you did on a trip with me, I would eventually smack them. :)
hello! Yes, busydad's sister here. Wierdness seeing him in a hot calendar (whuh?) but confirmed I think YOU'RE hot :) And he's lazy, so I hopped onto your page to see how NYC went. Glad you guys had a great time. Congrats!
Damn, next time I go to NYC I'm designating you tour guide!
I totally voted for you and can't wait for the calendar to come out! Looks like you had a great time.
It looks like a fantastic time. Awesome, awesome, awesome! You seem to have captured the energy that is only New York and now I can't wait to go back up there on holiday. Can't wait to see the calendar!!
Hope you get well soon!
Just stopping by to say hi to "Gay Ray."
I feel like I just came back from NY. My favorite part was Elmo.
Wow, that sounds awesome : )
I'm seriously more anxious for this calendar to come out than I care to admit to.
Just say'n....
Well now you've done two things I never did in NYC:
1. See Avenue Q
2. Sit through an entire loop of TV in the cab.
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