TIS, you are getting about abit aren't you!? It's great, I envy you very much, meeting up with the others!

Those hurricanes look quite bad. But let's not even think about that! Good old Vito Spatafore could hold those winds back!

Get his autograph, for me, will ya? And then you can scan it in and send me it.

Mick

Look, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.


Hope you'se all had a Great Time. Reuinions bring us togetehr.

The latest tracking of the hurricane shows the pressure in the middle of the storm has dropped a little (indicating a slight stengthening) and it has taken a more northerly jog (NxNW). Even though The Weather Channel doesn't admit it, the new "target" is the Jersey coast. Batten down the hatches, Geoff!

Sorry, Geoff, but the one shot I had of us standing up (at the bar BEFORE dinner) didn't come out (the file is corrupt).

The only shot I have of ONE of us standing is below. By this point of the evening Geoff had given up trying to grab Saladbar's boob; now he was trying to bite it!

And speaking of the food, anybody want to tell us what you had & how it was??? JGeoff did you get the cappelini w/ seafood again? Did all share a cold antipasto & fried calamari?? Was the wine robust & full-bodied???

Please, you must tell me. I'm certain those plates/glasses did not stay empty the entire evening!!

AppleOnYa

PS - We're having lasagne & then rum cake tomorrow (Sept 18th) for my mother's b'day, so I can handle your mouthwatering descriptions of authentic Italian cuisine!!

Apple, I was really pleasantly surprised by Carmine's--for a place that emphasizes quantity (and they serve enormous portions)--the food was astonishingly good. We were seven good eaters, and we made out with one salad, three appetizers (zuppa di mussels, fried calamari, zucchini sticks) and three main courses (veal marsala, shrimp scampi and a four-pastas platter that could have fed Caesar's legions). Plus one dessert. Plus wine and drinks. plawrence chose wisely and well!

Thanks, Turnbull!!



You've made my day I can practically taste it all!

I'll just HAVE to find a way to make the next 'gathering'.

Apple

Whattaya going to do? Tip them to death? Actually there is a beautiful photo of the hurricane here:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_87.html


So much shenanigans about something so almost nonexistent! J-Off is still alive so blame everything on optical illusions. I have some nice pics of MaryCas that I may post tomorrow if I get his permission. Or maybe not.

Apple, I can not add to Turnbull's description. The food was good and in enormous trough size proportions. We all looked just like those parents morphing into pigs in that wonderful Japanese animation "Spirited Away".

(If you haven't heard of it, get it. Get all of Hayao Miyazaki films...your daughter will love 'em too).

SB,

Glad to see you made it back safe and sound. I walked in my room after yesterdays Soprano's tour dinner & drinks, and was ready to crash. However, when I went in my room, the bathroom ceiling was leaking with plaster/water all over...a big mess. Well, I had to pack everything up and change rooms at about midnight. Last thing I felt like doing, but turned out well because they gave me even a nicer room.

Apple, we had so much food at dinner I can't even remember everything we had. The Calamri was fantastic as was everything else. P.L. ordered some tera mesu (sp???) which ended up being left on the table barely eaten. It was definitely quite a feast. I loved it!!!

TIS

Two more pictures.


MaryCas and TIS at Battery Park. Mary wrote clear idiot proof & well-tested directions to this location for us. (Still we left the hotel with a good map, compass, several day provisions, number for a rescue service...not really )


Salad and TIS with the Statue of Liberty between us. (see, I am a little taller! )

It's amazing what stilts do!

Mick

You're not short......hell, you're taller than the Statue of Liberty!

Well, here we go again. I'm very late with the main slog of pictures for reasons beyond my control.

a) b)
a) SC lurves PLawrence.
b) J-Off has to moonlight as the Naked Cowboy at Times Square since this BB makes so little income.

c)
Another group shot. You know who we each are by now, really.

d)
Turnbull's cool shirt.

Ha ha!!! You can tell we were having fun. Look at all the empty glasses/pitchers on the table. Yet, I do see coffee in the cups!!

Glad you got the naked cowboy, since my pic didn't turn out that good.


TIS

oh, cool shirt, Turnbull!!!

why am i always envious when i go to THIS string of messages?

oh my goodness, another "net-to-gether"! lol
you all looked like you had a wonderful time, anymore pics? hehe... i would love to be able to partake on meetings like that if i had the chance, hehe...