i go to new york

乒乓 otm

RIP japanther

I can aim for 5 as long as I've figured out navigation, let's have non-locals beat NYCers

Got you covered.

BTW Morbz (or non-morbz) are there good rep cinemas I can check out, esp during daytimes?

you might wanna consult this

http://www.screenslate.com/

or the linked schedules for the Film Forum downtown, or the Film Society of Lincoln Center (or MoMA, where you can see a film for $10 if you don't wanna do the $25 general admission).

ooohh, tyvm. If I can get the hostel to hold my bags* I might get to Drunken Master 2 at 14:00

*can't check in 'til 14:30.

PS if anyone has this week's Mad Men on a cheapo thumb drive they can bring to the bar, I will buy you a fancy drink

Try ifc. I will take you to a movie if yer around for awhile

maybe Mon or Tues would be good!

Shout at me

So it's the Magician, right? I might come by for a bit (depending on weather) if that's cool!

Sic I will bring mad men.

Which bar are we meeting at again?

Ignore me I got it.

our friends WHITE OUT play at The Stone
Somebody told me it was Zeena Parkins week over there. Oh, I see.

Don't know if I can make any of this, have something else, but I will check threads for updates as the evening plays out.

Does anyone know anywhere nice and quiet and not hot i could meet a friend for lunch and a beer around penn station?

there's this all in one place called ROAST TOWN that does everything off of 8th ave and 34th... they have an upstairs seating area w/ free wifi that doesn't get too crowded. you won't impress anybody by bringing them there though. i like their takeaway sushi

the upstairs area has no windows. it's dark, like a bar.

but it's not really a sitdown place, or a restaurant even. i'll defer to others

:D caek

(if you have Veep finale too, :D :D )

there are a lot of restaurants on 9th ave in the 40s, might be a bit far tho

No veep sorry. You have something that can read the USB stick right?

Thanks for the penn suggestions dy

i was out drinking til 1:30 last night so u may get to play Watch Dr M Pass Out.

i fell asleep on the subway and work up at 145 st. what an adventure!

Ugh, sorry I missed this! Just didn't have the energy to go back out after getting caught in the rain on my ride home.

sorry to have bailed so early! sounds like caek had fun

it was nice to see everyone, and to meet some folks for the first time.
let's drink again.

especially max, because you live near me. there is a good wing night on mondays at brooklyn tap house, a ridiculous sports bar.

That was fun! Let's have mystery late-night Chinese food at least once a month, okay? Of course by the time dayo gets back from 6 weeks in HK he'll be like, bring me all the tacos in the land.

i fell asleep on the subway and work up at 145 st. what an adventure!

So towards the end when you went all quiet and frowny you weren't actually mad, just really drunk? I had too much tea w dinner and then couldn't sleep until 5am.

Ian!!! Wings and beer. Let's do it

no late-night food ever

wau sounds like you guys had a party!
tell me more about mystery chinese. i am imagining a drunken group of ilxors staggering around chinatown.

Your powers of imagination are noteworthy, the only missing element being that one of the ilxors spoke Mandarin and made it all happen for us.

I can't bleeve you made it to Chinatown after all them drinks.

I was p much out on my feet when I left before midnight, but popped into a Siegfried & Roy-themed bar night on 14th St. It was cool cuz a couple friends were there, but after one beer I fled.

max, i would be down for wings on the early happy hour side tomorrow if you are into it. eveningtime i going to see some ladies play rekkerds in manhattan.

Oh yeah I can't go to that btw. Something got moved to Monday that was supposed to be last week. Rats.

So towards the end when you went all quiet and frowny you weren't actually mad, just really drunk?

ha, you know me too well! i fell asleep literally the second i sat down (on the wrong train, as it happens).

i had a great time! let's do stuff again! i'm free mondays - sundays until 2016.

fuck, i want to go to new york

oh shit, i have pictures. ha, this is one that comes closest to having recognizable faces in it! was there another camera around?

http://i7.minus.com/ihsQUQXAvX3Xt.jpg

can anyone recommend any dark, not too noisy book-friendly coffee places or bars on the uws? the immediate columbia area seems like slim pickings.

here's a pic https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9627011/pphotos/IMG_1042.jpg

it's nice how everyone else in the restaurant is looking at the camera too

thaurel birch

lol, that pic rules

was there another camera around?

feel like max and/or laurel got a photo when we had the largest group? I remember urging it but not having my phone out

I got one, but my photostream is refusing to upload it or something. Can I poke at it tomorrow?

Yeah, immediate Columbia area is not great for coffee spots. People rave about Hungarian Pastry Shop (Amsterdam and 111th? 112th?) but I think the service is lousy, also the lighting is deliberately bad and there is no wi-fi which is probably smart business. Amirita (110th just west of Frederick Douglass) is okayyy, not great. I used to hit up Zanny's (108th and Columbus) a lot just because I lived upstairs, it has really limited seating but a decent vibe and the staff are super friendly. Also over there, at 108th and the park, is a great basement Turkish diner, it's paper plate style but cheap and easy. My favorite diner diner up there is the Broadway Restaurant (Broadway & 102nd), solid prices and portions of your classic greasy spoon fare. Tom's is overpriced and coasting hard on the Seinfeld angle. I don't know Harlem as well but I think the part near Columbia, along Frederick Douglass between 110th and 125th, is increasingly riddled with coffee shops, upscale bars, etc.

oof! thanks!

hungarian is the ultimate grad studenty café, the service is fine, how can it be bad they just bring you some pastry

I did not add that accent aigu for the record my computer did that

On more than one occasion I've sat down an hour before closing time, paid for my drink and a snack and opened up a book to nestle in for a while, and then had staff come around to tell me they're closing in fifteen minutes. Well, if I'd known that I would have stayed home instead of going for a change of scenery to freshen up my reading!

I also think certain things are wayyyy overpriced. Don't get me wrong, place is fine and I love me some pastry but I can't wholeheartedly recommend it.