Enough laboring

Worked from home Friday morning, then ate lunch at a new Cuban place off Tompkins Square Park. Had a really good cubano sandwich and cafe con leche. Charles' brother David was in town visiting so I made the rounds with them to a few Lower East Side bars Friday night: Crudo, Nurse Bettie and Spitzer’s Corner.

My surrogate brother David.


Krystal hosted a picnic-type gathering in Central Park's Sheep Meadow on Saturday afternoon for her birthday. Good idea. I don't think I've ever spent a day in this part of the park. It was pretty crowded for a holiday weekend. Some excitement: the police gave us a warning for having alcohol in the park. Oy.

The Sheep Meadow, NYC’s backyard.


Shani’s back in NYC for a couple of weeks for work, so I went to dinner with her Saturday night at El Rey del Sol, and then we met Clara and her cousin for drinks at Socialista. I didn't go back to my apartment before going out, so it was challenging to make the clothes I wore all day in Central Park seem appropriate for an exclusive, new West Village nightclub.

Jersey at night: view from the West Side Highway of NJ across the Hudson River.