{"id":454,"date":"2005-01-16T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-16T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=454"},"modified":"2005-12-05T14:35:12","modified_gmt":"2005-12-05T19:35:12","slug":"no-cake-plenty-of-pad-thai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/no-cake-plenty-of-pad-thai","title":{"rendered":"No Cake, Plenty of Pad Thai"},"content":{"rendered":"

We held my belated birthday party last night, at Rain West<\/a> in NYC. About a dozen friends of mine came, including a couple of unexpecteds, who made up for a couple of no-shows. Thanks to all; I had a blast, mixing up people from all different parts of my life. Here are some pix.<\/p>\n

Yer humble correspondent, in his smoking jacket<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chin(s) music: My buddy John hasn’t realized that, after 30, we need to stop taking pictures like this one<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That’s<\/a> better.<\/p>\n

Chris, Kerstin and Sleepy Tony<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kerstin looks pretty angry<\/a>, but I bet she’s just trying to speak up loudly enough for Bryn to hear. Mark, meanwhile, looks on with heavy-lidded resignedness. Sure, I’m making up this stuff, but it certainly looks plausible.<\/p>\n

John, Mark and Bryn<\/a>, who’s traveled around the world twice in the past year or so.<\/p>\n

Holding court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The back of Sharon’s head<\/a>. And what’s that in my hand?<\/p>\n

This shot of me and Kerstin<\/a> is less scandalous than it looks.<\/p>\n

That’s<\/a> better. And it provides a better look at what I was carrying all evening. Yes, I’m now the proud owner of my very own Pimp Cup<\/a>. YYYYYYYEAH!<\/p>\n

As Mickey Rourke sez in Barfly, “to all my friennnnnnnds<\/a>“.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We held my belated birthday party last night, at Rain West in NYC. About a dozen friends of mine came, including a couple of unexpecteds, who made up for a couple of no-shows. Thanks to all; I had a blast, mixing up people from all different parts of my life. Here are some pix. Yer … <\/p>\n

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