wickedflea | Apr. 20th, 2004

Quick update on the weekend. Mom flew in Saturday afternoon. I picked her up at LaGuardia and we spent Saturday and Sunday nights in the city. The weather was beautiful and we had a great time. Saturday we went to the Grand Central Oyster Bar for raw oysters and soft-shell crabs (yep, I'm still rockin' the crabs) and then saw Embedded, the Tim Robbins-directed attack on the war in Iraq. It was . . . all right. Had some really good moments, but all in all, it was kind of heavy-handed. Sunday we spent most of the day checking out antiques markets in Hell's Kitchen and Chelsea. Then we were able to score tickets for Bridge and Tunnel, a kick-ass one-woman show starring Sarah Jones. Yesterday we knocked around Canal St., stopped at the Union Square market, ate at Blue Water Grill, and hit Zabar's on the way out. Good times.

I took a shitload of pictures. I really dig the one from Times Square. What was I supposed to do, not take their picture? Ach, people. Anyway, here are some more.

This guy in the Strand was AWESOME. Check his strap thingy on his glasses. It's made of dozens of rubber bands all twisted together like a little weiner package.