Friday, October 10, 2008

Big Trouble in Little Chi-beca

I had a bit too much last night. A bit too much, being glasses of Prosecco, Malbec, chocolate beer, a Tom Collins, and a Bud. My mistake was that when I started on the beer with new Tribecans (mostly folks also imported from San Francisco), I forgot that I had wine earlier with some ladyfriends. I also forgot that the chocolate beer came in a large bottle (as the bartender had warned me).



Anyway, I noticed that the room was spinning after I got home, so I knew I was in for a rough morning. The other ridiculous thing was that I had just finished my laundry before going out, but I hadn't made my bed. So I had to make my bed in a drunken stupor.

So today, after trying to sleep the day away to cure my hangover, I walked to Chinatown for some sustenance. On the way there, I saw policemen escorting a woman in cuffs to a car. Then I saw a Rastafarian in sunglasses, passed out, half-in-the-gutter, with an open-&-scattered dufflebag, alongside a parked car. All the Chinatown New Yorkers walked by like this was nothing new. Should I feel bad that I found this amusing?



Finally, I got to "Tea-riffic" and had a hearty pork & rice dish and a mango smoothie. As I finished up, a Taiwanese parade started outside, complete with dragon dancers, marching bands and such. I was happy to see all the Taiwanese flags but I didn't know what it was about. Is there some kind of Taiwanese holiday?



I was still worn out from the hangover, and I still had to tidy up for my Californian guests, so I just went home. But I appreciate that New York can still entertain me when I've mostly tried to hole myself up at home and head out for a quick bite of food. I think I quite like this neighborhood on the edge of Chinatown & Tribeca, or as my new roommate has called it, "Chi-beca."

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