After hours: aged bloggers carouse

Quickly, about last night.

I got home about 6pm, unpacked, ate the ritual return dinner of a turkey club and potato salad, and after enduring a couple of TV shows that Ken had recorded ("CSI Miami" and, God help us, that thing with Sally Field), I fortified myself with iPod and Charlie Christian's elegant guitar work and sped downtown on the beauteous 6 train to Il Buco.

Sorry, that sentence was almost Italianate. 

Sorry, too, that this that is another of those dumb Twitter-like blog posts.  Oh, who cares.  It's not like someone's paying me to do this.  (HINT.)

Anyway, jetlagged as I was and am, I had to see Alfonso Cevola, Marco Romano and the ubiquitous Jeremy Parzen, grand blogging buds.  It was important to see the boys because we all weren't going to be in town long. 

After Jeremy and his posse left, the three old men of the group -- yours truly being the oldest, damn it -- headed out looking for some wine bar action.  We walked over to Avenue B.  Unaccountably, though it was only 12:30, most places had already closed.  We grabbed a taxi and went to the West Village.  Destination: Alice Feiring's favorite wine bar, I think, the Blue Ribbon Downing Street Bar.  Very small, very crowded.  We stayed till more or less last call at 2am, speaking of wine and time and the meaning of life.  Interesting and worthy wine list. Very nice Chenin Blanc there.  Most full-sized pours are about $12.  The tap water is on the house.

I felt young and like I could stay up all night.  Sometimes legal prescription drugs can really better your existence.  And they did give me a chance to catch up with AC, MR and JP.  Great re-entry to the Grande Mela.

Comments

[Marco]

Had a good time and I even managed to stay awake until 2 and walk to a cab. It was good to see you again, but you have to ditch the seersucker and go for a Brioni.

[TH]

Tell you what, take up a collection and get me a gift certificate to Brioni. I would gratefully accept.

[Marco]

I have already raised $17 from your Saudi backers.

[TH]

Great. There's one cuff button paid for.