Volare, oh oh
E contare, oh oh oh oh
Nel blu, dipinto di blu

What a long strange weekend its been... Friday night the good brother and his new wife and i headed to little italy because the senor was convinced that the san genarro festival was still going on. alas, it was not, but while eating mediocre chicken marsala at umberto's we were treated to the vocal stylings of ernie barry(how unfortunate we can't find a link to this guy anywhere on the web, but we really really would like to implore you to go down there on a friday night to check this guy out - and don't forget to tip your waitress!), and well the senora being the senora, of course joined in and sang a couple of numbers with the guy and his keyboard. no seriously, she grabbed the mic and sang such standards as "all of me". it was totally awesome and impromptu. good times.

then saturday it was off to the financial district for an oyster festival. yum. oysters. here's amy proudly displaying our oysters:


and here's me slurping away on said oysters:


it was an oyster-y good time... after a quick nap we headed back out to meet cmoss and the boxer for more drinks and more drinks and more drinks... so many drinks in fact that i the boxer couldn't even lift her drink, but had to instead sip from the drink while it sat on the bar. no seriously. here's proof:


at some point in the night we went outside for and our favorite bartender left a note next to our drinks instructing people to only slip something in them if they were cute. this led to many discussions with some very cute people. some of whom we ran into last night when we went out with the HFT (yes, we know we said we'd make no mention of her... long story, no time). Trouble ensued as it always does after imbibing quite a few protein shakes. and boy-o am i feeling this weekends effects as i sit here and try not to think about food as i am fasting and atoning for my sins today. if you're doing the same have an easy fast. can't wait to eat my bagels and lox tonight!!!