One night a bunch of us went out to Steve's Piccolo Bussela for dinner. Joey had been telling us about this place, and how he's known the owner for 17yrs or so. At the end of our 5 course dinner - which was absolutely fantastic - Steve came over to say hi. His accent was so strong that when he said, "Joe DeCarlo!" it sounded like he said "avacado", and from that moment on, Joey became 'Joey Avacado' or 'Javacado'.
12 of the 18 people hanging out here in NYC this week all had met/known each other through an internet game called World of Warcraft.
Since Jeff was bringing his family from Illinois to visit this week, the other gaming friends decided to come the same time. I joined them down there on June 5th, and am planning to head home tomorrow evening, the 15th.
Jeff, Mindy, Samantha, Michael, Matthew, and Rhonda (Jeff's mom) stayed at the same hotel, which was handy.
We visited the Museum of Natural History (dinosaurs), zoo (lions and tigers and bears, OH NO!), aquarium (sharks), Coney Island (hot dogs and chili fries before a fast, rickety roller coaster isn't the greatest idea), and spent a lot of time at Vic's house barbecuing, swimming in his pool, talking, making cookies for the guys, watching movies, playing Halo 3, running around with the kids, and eating some more. Yesterday Vinny and Justin took Jeff and the family to Ground Zero, the Empire State Bldg, and to see the Statue of Liberty. We all congregated again at Vic's in the evening, and after Jeff and the kids left we went to see A-Team at the theater. Today is just a relaxing day.
No comments:
Post a Comment