Thursday, August 23, 2007
Catching Up
I've been so busy having a life this week I haven't had time to blog about it. Monday Adrian got a new car, a BMW 328i, and so we had to go celebrate with Angelo (who helped him through the process) and Josh. We went to an upscale Thai place downtown then out for drinks, and we got a parking spot right in front of the restaurant on busy 14th Street. Rock star parking. Or, "BMW parking," as we like to think.
Tuesday Adrian and I went to see "Hairspray." Maybe I'll do something like Derek often does and post a review here later. Let me just say that of all the musicals I've seen that have later been turned into films, this was the best. I found myself almost applauding after some numbers, then remembering iot was a movie and not a play. It has just opened in Asia so everyone there should go see it. Much fun. And Zac Effron is my new boy-crush.
Wednesday night was dinner and coffee with Dancin' Mike, who's back in town from barcelona on a break from school. I have missed him SO MUCH and am happy he's back, even if only for a short time. Saw him out Friday night, then he was here for Sunday's party, then we finally got some one-on-one time Wednesday.
So yeah, the party.....GREAT TIME!!!!!! Oh my, it was SO much fun. We had over 40 people, it started at 2pm and the last people left at 11 that night...good times. Had a few new people, friends of friends, and that is always cool (this one guy, we weren't sure if he was gay or not...turned out he knew half a dozen people here, so yeah!!). Had some of my oldest friends ("oldest" in terms of how long I've known, not age!!), like Andy, Scott, Kevin, Sean, Paul, and of course their wonderful boyfriends and partners. Newer friends like Greg and Max and Danny, some of my most charming friends like Mike and Mike and Mike and Mike and Mike...yeah. Good food (some of it courtesy of Ethan, who made some fabtabulous spring rolls and pointed toward a Vietnamese bakery where we got some stuff) and just the right amount of booze, nobody got TOO drunk (though there was some tipsiness, and one bit of uncontrolled yet fun violence...ouch!). No complaining neighbors this time...not sure if that is a good sign or a bad one. Everyone seemed to be having fun, old friends reconnected, new friends met, and I think Ivan had a good time, which was important to me.
Can't believe we got everything together in time. Well, more or less in time...I was taking out trash when our first guests arrived. Sorry, guys!!!
One prooblem with a party like that is that as the host you want to talk to everyone, but as a result they are short conversations. Still, it allowed me to reconnect with everyone, most of whom I had not seen since coming back. And they got to see each other, which is important. AND, it gave me the incentive to be social and get together with folks individually.
Plus, many of them brought wine, and that rocks.
A few pics are available here.
Tuesday Adrian and I went to see "Hairspray." Maybe I'll do something like Derek often does and post a review here later. Let me just say that of all the musicals I've seen that have later been turned into films, this was the best. I found myself almost applauding after some numbers, then remembering iot was a movie and not a play. It has just opened in Asia so everyone there should go see it. Much fun. And Zac Effron is my new boy-crush.
Wednesday night was dinner and coffee with Dancin' Mike, who's back in town from barcelona on a break from school. I have missed him SO MUCH and am happy he's back, even if only for a short time. Saw him out Friday night, then he was here for Sunday's party, then we finally got some one-on-one time Wednesday.
So yeah, the party.....GREAT TIME!!!!!! Oh my, it was SO much fun. We had over 40 people, it started at 2pm and the last people left at 11 that night...good times. Had a few new people, friends of friends, and that is always cool (this one guy, we weren't sure if he was gay or not...turned out he knew half a dozen people here, so yeah!!). Had some of my oldest friends ("oldest" in terms of how long I've known, not age!!), like Andy, Scott, Kevin, Sean, Paul, and of course their wonderful boyfriends and partners. Newer friends like Greg and Max and Danny, some of my most charming friends like Mike and Mike and Mike and Mike and Mike...yeah. Good food (some of it courtesy of Ethan, who made some fabtabulous spring rolls and pointed toward a Vietnamese bakery where we got some stuff) and just the right amount of booze, nobody got TOO drunk (though there was some tipsiness, and one bit of uncontrolled yet fun violence...ouch!). No complaining neighbors this time...not sure if that is a good sign or a bad one. Everyone seemed to be having fun, old friends reconnected, new friends met, and I think Ivan had a good time, which was important to me.
Can't believe we got everything together in time. Well, more or less in time...I was taking out trash when our first guests arrived. Sorry, guys!!!
One prooblem with a party like that is that as the host you want to talk to everyone, but as a result they are short conversations. Still, it allowed me to reconnect with everyone, most of whom I had not seen since coming back. And they got to see each other, which is important. AND, it gave me the incentive to be social and get together with folks individually.
Plus, many of them brought wine, and that rocks.
A few pics are available here.
