Saturday, December 10, 2005

A Weekend in the City

My relatives and I are still alive and talking to each other.

Yesterday, after many delays and re-routings, Durkin women from sea-to-shining sea arrived alive in New York City. Note to self: Keep martinis flowing. After just a few drinks, my aunt and mom bypassed a five-minute wait for taxis and hijacked an available limo instead. We drove around Times Square and the rest of the city in style.

Later that night, my mother took us to dinner at Matsuri, a yummy Japanese restaurant able to accomodate sister, sister-in-law and my own vegetarian sensibilities. Gotta love the cojones on cousin Jamie, who shows up for dinner in a fur coat. I sat back and admired her just a little. If Michele and Chelsie had each ordered a second glass of wine, they weigh a combined total of one hundred pounds and redefine the word "lightweight", I'm sure they would have busted out with a PETA-style lecture. As I explained later, to everyone's relief, we are big-tent kinda gals and pro-choice across the board. There's room for everyone in our little world.

We had a great time; however, I can understand why cousin Jimmy decided he'd rather watch paint dry that join us for several hours of discussing how to rid the body of unwanted hair (Brazilian wax. Big fan.) and the benefits of organic lubrication.

At the end of the night, tired yet rejuvenated, we went to bed content that a good time was had by all. No one cried and we're all still invited to the family reunion next summer. So far anyway.

2 Comments:

At 12/10/2005, Blogger heebnvegan said...

Maybe a lecture wouldn't be appropriate, but an "It's a Shanda to Wear Fur" leaflet is always nice. :-)

http://tinyurl.com/9u58p

 
At 12/10/2005, Blogger mcgibfried said...

organic lubrication?

seriously?

like soy based k-y?

i'm so confused.

 

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