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Looking
for a repeat performance of last
year's spectacular celebration in honor of Lo's Birthday, the gang
gathered once again - this time in Chinatown. First we met up for some
delicious dinner at Pongsri Thai Restaurant and then with very full
bellies we walked exactly one door over Winnie's
for some karaoke action.
Here's Lorelei with some naughty birthday panties!
We thought that x and y looked like brothers so we made them sit next
to each other for this pic. In addition to looking like y, x also bears
a striking rememblance to my friend Pierre.
See? Here's a pic of my friend Pierre taken last
year.
How about this - using my masterful Photoshop skills I'll bring Pierre
into the pic for comparison's sake. (And check out the background: I'll
even throw in a little Tony
Meyer magic for good measure). Do these guys look like brothers
or what?
After dinner we all headed nextdoor to Winnie's for karaoke!
Jenny and Jamie. (Who are getting married this coming July 4th - woooo!
Stay tuned, that's a diary entry just waiting to happen).
Winnie's didn't have paper tablecloths so Grant was forced to draw his
nightly picture of me on a karaoke request slip and hold it up for the
cam.
Lo and I warmed things up with a not-so-great rendition of the '91 Spin
Doctor's jam "Two Princes." (Yo, you might think this song
is easy - but don't forget, there's like 2 minutes of hippyesque scatting
at the end. Ugh).
Em & Lo teamed up to sing ________.
Michael, relatively new to our "scene," clearly missed his
cue to troe down a gangsign for the cam.
Grant coldlamps with Winnie herself.
When Grant ran into a little trouble singing George Michael's "Kissing
a Fool," Michael ran up to the stage to lend support with this
"lone lighter" salute.
Mike looks like he's doing "the hustle" in the photo.
If you've ever had the pleasure of meeting Michael Martin, you might
think he was a shy guy - and totally not the type to show up outta nowhere,
grab the mic, and represent with a heart-wrenching rendition of the
Cars' classic 80's rock ballad, Drive.
Much like Emma was driven
to tears at the
last karaoke outing, Michael caused a few tears to be shed that
night, yes he did.
Props from the birthday girl.
Me singing George Michael's "Faith."
Mike, Emma, Tookie (showing her favorite number - Yay five!) x, and
Lo.
Grant was getting antsy singing in English, so we made friends with
a guy named _______ who brought Grant up on stage to sing a Mandarin
tune called "Crystal."
Yep. To be perfectly honest with you, I always had my suspicions about
that Henry Chong guy.
Me and _______.
Em & Lo doing another duet.
Tookie!
At 1:17am Grant and Michael quietly gathered their things and announced
that they were going to leave together and "you know, split a cab
back to Brooklyn, because we sort of, um, live near each other."
Even our new Chinese friend wasn't fooled by their clever subterfuge.
Making new friends through the universal language of music.
Happy Birthday Lo!
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