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On the Town

Was in New York this week, and had a grand time Tuesday night emptying tequila glasses with a few of the local Gothamite gentry thanks to the quick organizing skills of Bloomberg News legal eagle Charles Glasser. Site of the confabulation was the lounge of the Mandarin Oriental, a posh 35th story aerie overlooking Columbus Circle, and we were joined by a small cabal of dangerous neocon reactionaries starring Bart Nemmers, Mark Semsel, Ian Wilson, space pundit Taylor Dinerman, with special guest Wall Street Journal Online editor James Taranto as the Beaver.

A good time was had by all, or at least that's what I assumed after I woke up in a ditch along the BQE with all my credit cards missing. Luckily Ian Wilson took a few to snapshots to document this inauspicious event, which appear below. Thanks to all, and next time you're in Kingsley swing by Scootch's and I'll treat you to a PBR.

Man, I got totally pixel-faced on that tequila!

View from the window. Sort of like night racing at Bristol, except all the cars are yellow and instead of "Kyle" the drivers are all named "Abdullah."

Here's where Dinerman and Glasser thought they had me ready to buy a Brooklyn Bridge timeshare for $2000. Hah! Like I'm some rube who just fell off the turnip truck. Fifteen minutes later I had 'em haggled down to $950. Thanks, Donald Trump Negotiation Seminar!

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May 08, 2008 in Adventures |

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