Archive for December, 2002

Best of 2002

  • best moment that i thought i would never witness in my lifetime: pats win the superbowl
  • best addition to 19 stanhope aiding in the watching of countless hours of pay-per-view and “adult” programming: the RFT-PLUS Gold
  • best additictive beverage: oregon chai
  • best sandwich (tie): the curried chicken salad on toasted olive bread from nashoba brook bakery. the grilled yellowfin tuna salad sandwich from olive’s in nyc
  • best life-altering purchase: the ipod
  • best unexpected windfall: vinnie money
  • best woman seen unexpectedly and completely nude on a beach in briland at 9am: elle macpherson
  • best party: yin’s 4th of july roofdeck blowout
  • best route to instant sympathy: crutches
  • best movies: about a boy, ocean’s eleven
  • best movie soundtrack: about a boy, ocean’s eleven
  • best dessert (and sometimes breakfast): zabar’s chocolate babka
  • best tv show: curb your enthusiasm
  • best restaurant covered in chilipepper and christmas lights: panna 2
  • best reason to fear the gym: the crazy woman who rides the bike for hours while reading the bible and then rips the pages out and eats them.
  • most unexpected shot of reality: lots and lots of weddings
  • best late season pickup off the free agent market: susanne

12/30/2002

  • my first christmas. a good time had by all. and i even got a stocking.
  • lots of nice gifts and tons of food. i think christmas has chanukah beat on that front.
  • the grand central oyster bar and ‘ino. quite possibly, a perfect night out.
  • jon’s tuscan feast
  • thai steamed mussels and grilled squid salad.
  • it’s december 30, and we still have no new years plans. and we don’t really care.
  • “working from home”
  • suddenly, everyone wants to take our picture.
  • jon and carolyn’s new monster digital camera.
  • still celebrating my traditional xmas a day late. chinatown and the movies. taiwan cafe and catch me if you can
  • susanne’s new shoe dance
  • the pats’ comeback win over miami. too bad the jets ruined the party