Awesome Things We Did When Nicole was Here

It has been a month since Nicole was here but I still remember how awesome it was. Unfortunately, I did not get very good pictures of the things we did but I will try to list them out:

• Went to the Natural History Museum and saw the dinosaurs.
  
• Ate popovers at the Popover Cafe
• Nicole and I grabbed a beer at an awesome pub called The Dead Poet
• Went to the Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors Convention where we saw Tom Savini, the famous horror makeup artist:
  

Then, Nicole and I walked around the booths at the convention. At one table Nicole actually shook the hand of the man who played Sheriff McClelland in Night of the Living Dead. In the movie he spoke the famous line, "Yeah, they're dead. They're all messed up."

Next, while wandering around looking for the room with the previews of new movies, we stumbled into a viewing room showing Dead Snow, a Norwegian zombie film. It was awesome. Basic plot: nazi zombies attack group of young, hip extreme sports enthusiasts at a remote mountain cabin. Does it get better than that? No, it doesn't.

Finally, we polished off our night at the conference at the X-treme Fashion Show. My pictures did not turn out so well. Below, you can see the only good shot I got of the models showing off the fashion:

But the fashion itself was not the best part. The best part was that the fashion show was hosted by Gwar. Yes, Gwar. I tried to get a picture but it came out pretty blurry:

The really blurry guy on the right is wearing a typical Gwar costume, for those of you who don't know Gwar, they are one of the raunchy, comedic, metal bands that I remember well from college. Nicole and I spent the rest of the weekend randomly saying, "Wow. We saw Gwar..."

To resume the list of things we did that weekend:

• We went to the Renegade Craft Fair. It was awesome and we bought lots of stuff including jewelry and art.
• Had Thai Food and took pictures of the work of my new favorite neighborhood graffiti artist, Dickchicken.
• Wandered around Carroll Gardens and Brooklyn Heights, eating Italian food and looking at the Manhattan skyline at night from the promanade.
  
• Shopped on Canal Street where I got a new purse and learned how the dealers are getting around the recent crackdown on fake designer labels: they put the tags on after you buy the purse. Just so you know, I bought a purse because I liked the purse and not because of the name I could put on it.
  
• Ate Black & White cookies at Crumbs Bake Shop.
• Drank great beer at McSorley's, one of New Yorks oldest bars. I tried to get a good picture of it:
  

The walls of the bar were covered with old pictures and the chadelier above the bar looked like it was covered in 50 year old dust. It really gave it ambiance.

• Ate gnudi at the Spotted Pig. Yummy.
  
• Made our traditional stop at The White Horse Tavern for a couple of beers.

Other than that, we shopped and walked. Can you tell that it was an action packed weekend? We had a lot of fun. I wonder if we will have anything left to do the next time Nicole visits...