Meghan was in town from DC and we went into serious go-mode as soon as she stepped off the train. Many adventures as follows:
1) Aquavit dinner with Alex was a great scandi meal. We even made new friends with our neighboring diners, who joined our discussion of lame dates - and laughed in unison with us about a date who once tried to "impress" me by announcing that he really wanted to get an Ironman tattoo. Idiot.
2) Singing at the top of our lungs to show-tunes at Marie's Crisis. I told some guy that I was Elaine Stritch's niece, and we got free booze for rest of night.
3) Holy Hangover Tuesday! At least Meghan and I weren't working. Alex not only had to clock in to CNN - she had to stay all night for the State of the Union. Ouch.
4) Biggest adventure for Megs and I Tuesday was getting knock-off bag on Canal Street. We waited for some man to whisper, "Handbags, handbags" to us - proceeded to follow him for 4 blocks - then entered a warehouse that can only be described as a demilitarized zone. We then were passed off to a woman who led us up a 12-story walk-up - getting keys in secret places as she led us up. After a series of floors and doors and feeling like we were going to be murdered - she led us into a sweat shop and took us to a back room full of handbags. There, we gazed at beautiful Chanel knock-offs, Coach fakes, Louis phonies... marvelous. Megs picked out a stunning Prada bag - and we got out of there before we became a "Law & Order: Special Handbag Victims Unit" episode. Anyway, quite the adventure.
5) Tuesday night I felt a little under weather - so we just took in Comedy Cellar show - which was awesome because line-up included Darrell Hammond and Sherrod Small and we sat in the front row.
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