I am standing in for Sidnora (an impossible task) to share a few photos of our wonderful dinner with the amazing Chacounne and our surprise guest from Los Angeles 714day, who is also pretty amazing in her own right.
Sidnora and her sake!
We all gathered at Donburiya, a Japanese noodle-type shop and along with sake, wine, and beer, ate our DK hearts out. The restaurant was incredible, but unfortunately the lighting was not conducive to great iPhone photos. Mine are pretty bad but fortunately 714day grabbed a few good ones (the one of Sidnora above included).
Here are a few of the treats we dug into:
Sidnora's noodles.
Shrimp Things.
I have no idea what this is - but it was yummy!
We covered the usual C's; Christie, Cuomo, and Chocolate, and also heard about Chacounne's remarkable trip to Washington, D.C. She also had a great tale about how she managed to wind up staying at one of New York's best hotels for free, but that's best for her to diary later - and I hope she does.
We loved meeting 714day, who is beautiful, great fun, and really added to the evening. I also had the chance to talk with Avilyn, brooklyliberal, and Miscweant for the first time. Smaller groups are great for that!
Sidnora, Chacounne, and 714day.
Avilyn's hand, Miscweant, brooklynliberal, and Sidnora.
Avilyn's elbow, brooklynliberal, Miscweant, Sidnora, and 3/4 of me.
The incredible thankgodforairamerica and the incredible rubyr.
Thanks to everyone who braved the cold and showed up. Chacounne told me she had a wonderful time. She also managed to catch a performance of 'Waiting for Godot' and got to meet Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. I think that made her trip:).
New Picture of 714day