That place is great. Last weekend when J&R were in town we went to the Cubana Cafe for some more good eats. The pork there is so damn tasty, I can’t even stand it, and the elote is a great appetizer. On Saturday we went over to Barcade in Williamsburg and I finally had some good beer and played a lot of old-school video games. I kept shoving quarter into Smash TV, even though I couldn’t hear the best part, the sound. If you come visit, we must go there, but we have to go early to avoid an infestation of hipsters because it is in Williamsburg.

Saw J&B on Sunday, which was fun. We went over to Bite and Washington Square Park where there was a freakshow going on. In writing this, I’m finding I have very little to say about all this, other than that it was fun.

Incidentally, my Barcade visit was my first time in Williamsburg, and other than the fact that everyone was either my age or younger (slightly older?), there were no people that had babies or old Italian women walking on the street, it didn’t seem so bad. I did, however, spend a limited amount of time on the street, if only to go to the bo-de-ga to get some beer, of which I didn’t even buy any, and less prime-time in the bar.

I also handed in my first paper this week, which was a Grant Proposal for a Historical Chinese Film Collection. I’ve never written a grant proposal before, and if you ever find yourself in that situation and needing ASAP to learn how, go visit The Foundation Center, which is based here in NY, but is a wealth of resources meant to support non-profits and help philanthropic people be, well, philanthropic. I actually applied for a job there, but probably priced myself out of it. I hate it when they ask how much salary you’re looking for.

Oh, yeah, we finally got internet and cable at home, which is a godsend. I don’t mean to be so dramatic about it, but if you knew how many times a day I’m used to checking my e-mail, blogs, news, music, and basically answering any question that pops in my head, then you’d understand.

Not to mention that the new fall lineup is starting and Project Runway is almost over. One more episode! (We missed this week’s, because the Tivo messed up, but we think Tivo will catch a repeat today, and perhaps Alison (not Owl) will magically appear and become one of the final three (despite the fact that she most certainly didn’t appear at Fashion Week, unless Gothamist was lying). But seriously, how many people actually thought Angela and Vincent were more talented designers than her?

PS Harvey, you should have come up, because all we did was play video games. Next time. We can finish Smash TV together.

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