Well I went to New York over the Memorial Day Weekend.....
...and as my photo blog clearly tells, a picture truly is worth a thousand words..LOL!!
Unlike my trip to Atlanta, I actually arrived...ON TIME, I think it had alot to do with it being Northwest and not GhettoTran..lol. When I got there, I met Yolanda and we headed to the hotel to drop the bags off and then it was off to Brooklyn to meet up with the rest of the group. We were having drinks and dinner at Night of the Cookers in what I am told, is the better part of Brooklyn..hhmmmm....never did make it to the grimy parts though I am sure I will cause I will be going back...*wink*
Finally got a chance to meet Xquizzyt1, Cee, Will, Edwige, Slow Metamorphosis, and Danja...everyone was real cool.
X, and I are officially Patron Swiggin' Padnas as witnessed in the shot below.
I think I had like 3 shots and X may have had 4, it kinda got fuzzy after those 3 that I remember and a few Heinekins, but it was all a great time and we had so many laughs that it was well worth the fuzzy memories..LOL
I had to get a shot of this because me just telling you about it would NOT do it justice. Now apparently there are quite a few resturants in NYC that don't have house bands or house pianos because dude told me he had to lug this big mufuga around EVERYWHERE...in an old white van like Omar used to drive on The Wire..LOL
...*blink, blink*...
ROFLMAO!!! Now is it just me or is this a bit impractical...hhhmmm I think its a bit impractical!! How about buying a Keyboard?? Maybe he is going for that "authentic" sound...LOL. So when I told him I had to get a pic of a Black Man rolling an entire ORGAN out of the FRONT door of this place at like 2:00 in the morning and there were witnesses....none of which are even tempted to call the police...Only in New York, baby, Only in New York......
and you know he had his own speaker for that real good Old Southern Baptist church feel for certain songs..Lol.
Now you know we shut the bar down and they had to damn near put our asses out the joint. So we all get outside and are shooting the shit and decide to take some group pics, when all of a sudden I turn around and what do I see..??? ONE HUGE ASS PILE OF TRASH, A-LOOKIN' AT ME!!!!! LMBAO!! Now this too is the norm in New York because when this great city was built, nobody thought to put in any ALLEYS!! I understand that space is tight, but that shit was crazy to me..*shrug*
I won't speak on that too much cause it must be a New York thing...lol I just know CHICAGO has alleys and that may be why we don't have as bad a rodent problem as NYC...LOL Its said that there are just as many rats as there are people, and I can understand how that could be true..
Got a chance to hang out in Harlem and Manhattan too, I took tons of pics and will be updating the photo blog with more pics too. I just wanted to post something now, but I shall be back later cause the San Antonio and Phoenix game is about to start....
I'm already liking the way you're summarizing the trip. But, honestly, could I expect anything less from you? *wink* Thanks for doing the town with me. Smooches!
Posted by: Yolanda | May 31, 2005 at 05:28 AM
Hey! So glad you came by and so glad you had a great time!
Can't wait till you return!
*hugs*
Posted by: Yo' Sistah from da boogie down... | May 31, 2005 at 06:30 AM
Kelvin it was really nice meeting you, sorry we didn't get a chance to really talk.
Too bad I didn't get a chance to hang out with you guys again and it sounds like you had a great time visiting NYC. Let me know when you plan on returning.
Posted by: Edwige | May 31, 2005 at 06:47 AM
Kelvin it was really nice meeting you, sorry we didn't get a chance to really talk.
Too bad I didn't get a chance to hang out with you guys again and it sounds like you had a great time visiting NYC. Let me know when you plan on returning.
Posted by: Edwige | May 31, 2005 at 06:48 AM
Hey Kel, sounds like you need to hit the DC Blogger outing in June and you will have made the rounds!
As of now, I'm still planning on making the Chicago trip so I wanna join the Patron Swiggin Padnas club too. Heh heh
Posted by: Brutha Code | May 31, 2005 at 06:55 AM
Only in NY....gotta love the place...
Glad yawl had a good time! :)
Posted by: Keish | May 31, 2005 at 08:29 AM
What DC Blogger OUTING? I am so out of it! :)
OOOH Rats! Fun lol
Posted by: Funkeedva | May 31, 2005 at 08:52 AM
Kelvin it was nice meeting you, you are such a sweetheart, sorry we couldn't stay longer but we will be in Chicago, so we are gonna have to chat more. I'm going to add somr of the pictures to my flickr page so I will send you the link if you like.
Posted by: SlowMetamorphosis | May 31, 2005 at 10:00 AM
You guys look like you partied your asses off!! And that brotha with the organ is kinda sexy.
Posted by: Nikki | May 31, 2005 at 11:39 AM
Hey Kelvin! It looks like you had a great time! Glad you got to do so much!
Posted by: Kim | May 31, 2005 at 11:45 AM
cute pics!
Posted by: muffin | May 31, 2005 at 12:11 PM
Kelvin,
It was a great pleasure meeting you. Glad you were able to make it to the city and see some of our sights (albeit, the garbage bags and stolen organ were added bonuses). Wish I'd had more time to get to know you all, but much fun was had anyway. Hope to see you in Chi-Town
Posted by: cee | May 31, 2005 at 12:57 PM
yeah for the very brief time i was there to enjoy my drink and cheese cake, i have to say you are definitely a sweetie and that midwestern/southern twang thing is kinda sexy lol
but for real, kelvin... i got a bone to pick with you
"im there...even if i have to come by myself"
hmph...
Posted by: danja | May 31, 2005 at 02:12 PM
sounds like you had a great time!!! Good for you!!!
Posted by: dee | May 31, 2005 at 02:39 PM
HI... Glad y'all had fun, I'm starting to feel left out though J/K :) More pictures please!!!
Posted by: Coley | May 31, 2005 at 05:22 PM
Dude...those photos of Manhattan are GREAT!!! You did our city some real justice with these flicks! We could use these to encourage tourism, for real. LOL Glad you had a good time. And ummmmm...sorry about the trash. I guess us natives are just used to the pile-ups. Sigh.
*thinking it's really time to move again*
Respect, Sir.
Posted by: will | May 31, 2005 at 05:27 PM
Wow! I'm glad you had a nice time in NYC this weekend. Wish I could have been a part of the action....but be honest.....we had more fun in Chicago didn't we?
That's okay, you don't have to answer that. I know you have to be partial for the NYers, but we know the real truth. *wink wink*
Posted by: Chevonne | May 31, 2005 at 09:31 PM
Oh and uh.....
I'm SO mad at ol boy with the damn chuhch organ outside! ROFL!!!!
Posted by: Chevonne | May 31, 2005 at 09:35 PM
Holy shit! Those are SHOT GLASSES? How much was left in the bottle?? I see I need to come to NYC, stat! Looks like y'all had a great time. :)
Posted by: mary | May 31, 2005 at 11:29 PM
LOL@ those PICs. It was nice meeting you. You look just like my brother, damn. See you in Chi town.
Posted by: SoSadistic | June 01, 2005 at 01:44 PM
JUST HOW MUCH OF NEW YORK DID KELVIN REALLY SEE AFTER ALL?? I LIVE IN NYC AND DIDN'T GET TO SEE HIM WHEN HE CAME HERE RECENTLY---SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL U?
MAYBE THERE'S MORE TO THIS CITY "THAN MEETS THE EYE"??
Posted by: Kelvaal | June 02, 2005 at 05:29 AM