impromptu parties

I thought I might go to some art openings in Chelsea last night, but I ended up so tired at the end of the day. Our neighbors love Blu so much, that they asked me to bring her over. Scott, Blu and I went downstairs to visit with Annie and Deepak over red wine and an introduction to their awesomely customized condo complete with modern lighting fixtures, electric blinds, and sweet ambient lighting. Unexpectedly, we invited the next door neighbor and his Irish sheep dog over to join us. Blu actually enjoyed hanging out with the Irish pup and performed some play bows. Before we knew it, there was an impromptu party going on consisting of 6 of us and several bottles of wine. I think this is the best human interaction I've had in New York so far. But it gets better.

Scott takes Blu outside for her evening pee and unexpectedly bumps into an old Atlanta friend of ours, Mickey. Gosh, we have not seen Mickey since he moved to Providence 5 years ago and now he lives in Seattle. So we go to this bar with Mickey and a friend of his, a bar that is around the block from us which I did not even know existed (i am finding out there are tons of places like this in NY). The night gets better when we bump into yet another friend, Bill, from the band Rainer Maria. For such a large, isolating city sometimes New York can surprisingly be a small world full of familiar faces. It is a nice change.