so what happened last weekend..

for all of you who are absolutely dying to hear about our bachelor party shenanigans.. there will be no details leaked here. leave if you must but if you keep reading you might be able to glean some info about what we really got up to! hey, i might let a thing or two slip as well! as i write this, the groom-to-be is probably very jetlagged and landing up at home, ready for the engagement, about to be besieged by the family and relatives that descend in hordes from the hills and everywhere around everytime a wedding comes around. nats started working on a little site.. drop by and leave some best wishes!

anyways, going back to the weekend. i landed up in Buffalo and it was a great autumn day. just a slight nip in the air, and nice and warm too. it had been a while since we'd all gone on a hike, so we went to the Devil's Hole State Park (minds out of the gutter folks!).. this is located just downriver from the Niagara Falls, which we've all seen so many times by now that any further mention of them could lead to instant upchucking of swallowed food-type material. a pic from the hike..

after we got home, we laid back and chilled out for a bit.. it was time for.... hmm, we did some stuff. then some more stuff. then we were hungry, so went to a fancy-pants place.. the groom's choice, and definitely very awesome. Shogun is one of Buffalo's best hibachis, and a really good experience, with the food and warm sake playing a huge part - check out chef Tom's stunts!

after dinner we were all really full and kinda whacked out.. but this being the last night before we all dispersed our own ways, we had to make the most of it! so let me get some things clear - there was intoxication involved, much hilarity and fun too.. women were present in various states of dress and undress at different stages.. pounding trance music and flashing laser lights too.. sweat-soaked shirts clinging to backs and very happy smiles lighting up faces ended the night. make what you can of all that info!

we woke up really spazzed (whoever taught me that word knows herself only too well!).. somehow dragged ourselves to the nearest Buffalo Wild Wings and planted rear ends on the first available table in front of the wide screen tv. the wing sauces we had were super hot, and really tasty too - Mango Habanero and Caribbean Jerk. unfortunately while the wings sizzled, the Buffalo Bills fizzled and we were disgusted enough by halftime to head home.

and thus ended the bachelor party weekend.. fare thee well sank as you head into the hitherto uncharted marital waters. luckily we know nats well enough to not have to send you off with a lifeboat! (i know, my jokes suck today.. deal with it!) congrats again buddy!

of course, i absolutely do not believe in paraskevidekatriaphobia, hence my writing this post today.. when you work at the job i am at, every day you go in is the worst day, and every day you leave the day becomes the best!

for whom the (wedding) bells toll!

off to buffalo for the long weekend.. this time to celebrate a momentous occasion. nats and sank are to be married very soon, so this weekend we have sank's bachelor party, wait, lemme correct that.. parties! the brownie boys shall gather once again from the different corners of the Northeast they are in to eat, drink, make merry and indulge in various forms of hedonism just like the good old times..

i've been trawling through all our old pics, looking for that one pic that embodies the happy couple as we have always known them.. but there are so many that i'll just leave you with one. i think they'll forgive me for putting this pic up!

congratulations you two, here's best wishes for the future, all the happiness in the world, and many many bright and bonnie children! heheh! ;-)

the times they are a'changin'

i was gonna title this post 'good times'.. but then checked and saw that it would be the sixth time i have had that title for a post! now that wouldn't be good form for an aspiring columnist would it?

so vip drove down from detroit for the weekend, and we officially inaugurated sank's new pad as the brownie party destination! unfortunately the weather did not hold, so not much town-painting was done.. we kept it pretty quiet and clean. this will no doubt be of great disappointment to a lot of you, but i promise to remedy that situation very soon!

it was a bit of a hectic weekend, so much beer to be drunk, so many things to talk about.. ate out late at the Jim's Steakout on Elmwood on friday night, then ended up catching up on life and things until 5 in the morn. we were up bright and early then, taking vip's case as always. such a shift in balance.. once upon a time a-rod was everybody's bunny, but now vip being the 'senior' citizen it's always more fun to bug him!

after a pretty heavy lunch buffet at 'Taste of India' we came back home to watch the basketball and hockey playoffs, and passed out! threw the football around in the evening just like old times, then watched the Buffalo Sabres manhandle the Philly Flyers in the hockey playoffs. went out bowling after that.. we wanted to do the 'space bowling' thing (with black lights and fluoroscent pins), but the alleys were booked. did a late dinner at Denny's and then went home to crash. at some point later in the intoxicated phase we remembered we just had to play a game of Monopoly. a long long time ago, it was a tradition that we'd get buzzed every night and then play! with our own rules of course, using credit limits, free stays and exchange deals to keep the game fun and alive for as long as possible. and once again we proved the rule, that the 'orange' set will always win you the game. always. finally crashed at 6 after that.

sunday was lazy.. took things easy. caught lunch at our new fave chinese place Red Pepper,and then before we knew it vip had to leave to make the long drive home and that was it for this round of brownie parties. as farewells go, this was definitely one of the better ones :-)

brownie reunion

i am not going to be available this weekend.. yep the brownie gang are having a reunion in Buffalo. if the weather holds we'll be out and about painting the town all shades of red. stay tuned for more stories and pictures of hedonism, debauchery and other assorted pranks that this gang of four can get up to!