new york, new york
so.. i’m back from my big east coast tour.. the week in new york was fantastic. i stayed at eric’s place in chelsea the whole week, which is such a convenient location. close to everything, and since i was trying to minimize cab usage to save money, i learned the nyc subway system quite well.
friday, i went to check out the gates in central park.. as suggested by eric, i took the 1/9 train to 110th street, and then walked down the whole park to see the most of the installation. it took me about 4 hours to wander all around the park. i thought it was quite a marvel — it sure was a lot of gates. i guess i can kind of see how the whole thing cost christo $21M — the gates were really well made and each one was customized to its particular spot in the park.
friday night, i got to hang out with phil, sarah, alan, juri, and debbie in williamsburg. it was my first time in brooklyn, and i must say it rocked.
saturday, alan and i went up to a party at moby’s house in upstate new york.. we hired a car and drove about an hour to his house. it was a small party — about 30 people. moby has a kickass house — it’s on top of this hill in the middle of the woods. 8 bedrooms, a huge kitchen with a dining room table that seats 30 of your closest friends. sauna, hot tub, disco downstairs, the works… supposedly this was one of moby’s famous “scrabble parties”. i met a few fellow cornell folks — man, we’re everywhere. i felt silly taking photos, so i only took a few pics with my cameraphone..
the rest of the weekend, i met up with a few more friends — todd and aliza had twins last year, so eric and i went to visit them. i don’t really get to spend much time around babies, and these seemed pretty neat. after bundling them up we took them out for a walk around the block in the upper west side where we saw some dudes get into a fistfight on the street corner. whoohoo! new york!
February 24th, 2005 at 4:57 pm
ummm sorry for the obvious Q: did u meet moby? what was he like?
February 25th, 2005 at 12:56 pm
An even more important question did you buy the knife block