q: julie, how was your weekend?

a: i'm so glad you asked! it was AWESOME. now, you know i'm not usually one to ramble on in my blog about the events of my pageturner of a life, but i haven't blogged in several days, and i feel like i owe you, my loyal readers, many lines of text to make up for my delinquence. read on for details:

friday was cheap and delicious sushi in tribeca and then the birthday party of one of those ubiquitous friend-of-a-friend types; accordingly, the Ladies Who Lunch (which, now that i think about it, is like the dumbest name ever, since we almost never have lunch together, but whatever) moseyed on down to the lower east side. after a few potent cocktails at People (which I moderately recommend), four of us found ourselves tearing up the dance floor around the corner at Libation (which i heartily recommend, if you can get in the door, which we only managed to do because i brought along my beautiful wife). It's kind of a strange place, and very new, but in our multi-hour romp there, we managed to snag a mystery drink off of the bar and - almost - made it up to the roof. or attic. whatever was up that dark staircase. anyway. on to...

SATURDAY! morning, nursed the hangover of a lifetime with SUPER cheap and delicious dim sum. my first dim sum experience, and i think i'm in love. afterwards, spent an afternoon with a very good friend who was dealing with the news that her ex-asshole is even more of a douchebag than we ever expected. we went and got our hair done. (fyi: the curls are gone! GONE!!! it's weird but wonderful) we a-trained it back up to my place where we indulged in back-to-back episodes of sex and the city and baking cookies.

last but not least, on sunday afternoon, i volunteered at the new york city marathon. i was really excited for it, but i apparently picked the shittiest job you can get and was really bored most of the time. but i got a free bright orange poncho! back home, the wife and i tried a new cookie recipe. we brought the dough - along with a rented copy of thelma and louise - back down to tribeca for a chick-flick-and-cookie night in with the ladies. although my domestically disturbed downtown friends lack a baking sheet, we improvised with the broiling pan and did just fine. there was also much wine. natch.

so chew on that.