Dinner #2

Dos Caminos Soho
475 West Broadway at Houston Street

Moment in time:
2/18/2010 7:00 PM

Gorgeous Guests:
Carrie Nguyen
Ashley Tallevi
Brett Dakin
Caitlin Newman
and ME

Ferocious food:
Guacamole and tri-salsa plate, warm fresh corn chips.
Yummy white & dark chocolate fondue served with strawberries, peanut butter rice crispy treats, bananas, mini brownies, mini churros & macaroons. WOW.

Eye-popping iciness:
Frozen blueberry-pomegranate margaritas (as a table, we had about 10 of these).

Pre-dinner query: If you could go see any sporting event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver (besides figure skating!), what would it be? Be specific!

Answers: Ski jumping, Curling, Men's downhill alpine skiing, Moguls skiing, Snowboarding, Couples snow-angel making.

Stand-out answers to tangential topics:

-What new invention would change your life?
Teleportation! Everyone agrees. We're off to a great start consensus-wise.

-If you could pick one food to have zero calories/fat, what would it be?
First we threw out beginner's ideas such as chocolate and cheese (Ashley's family is based in Italy and is known for making amazing Buffalo Mozzarella, so that would be a good choice for her!), until Brett made us realize that BUTTER is the ultimate answer. Um, duh!
But, WAIT: Caitlin pointed out Margaritas are also a contender. ALCOHOL.

-Think of one of your all-time LEAST favorite celebrities or public figures. Now imagine that you can control his/her actions for one day. What would you make him/her do and why?
Brett would have Sarah Palin publicly announce that she is pro-choice and for gay marriage.
Meg would make Howard Stern watch/listen to everything he's ever said or done while sitting next to his mother and he would have to eat poop every time he says/does something she is offended by.



-If you had to choose between marrying:

A Bill-Gates level rich man who would only sleep with you once a month and demanded that he always wear a Pterodactyl suit during sex
OR
A poor man who is great in bed but vomits every time he sneezes

Who would you say ‘I do’ to?

There was a major divide here. Brett said,

"Clearly, the vomit man. Not everyone sneezes that often."

While most of the women said,

"Clearly, the rich dude. I mean, he's rich. And so I could afford to get an Ambien prescription and sleep through the freak sex."

-What is your best "only in New York" story?
Caitlin had a killer story about walking past a store window, seeing a FABULOUS ballerina-inspired tulle skirt, storming into the store, demanding she have the skirt from the window, and signing for it without even checking the price. What was the occasion? Dinner with ME.

Ethan, apparently a stage manager for live TV, yelled "TEN MINUTES" into the face of Sean Penn this week. For reals.

Meg's silk blouse* was bought for $6.86 at a sample sale. ONLY in NEW YORK.

Dessert-time Diversion:
This dinner's quiz game was Olympic-themed and a huge hit. We had a tie for our winners: Caitlin and Brett, who crossed the finish line at the exact same moment and received the same score (3.0) from all judges. Always a gentleman, Brett let Caitlin keep the whole box of chocolate. What a guy.


Special note: bonus points must be awarded to Carrie who came straight from the airport, luggage and all! We love you for that, Carrie!


Thanks for a smash-hit of an evening, everyone!

And congrats to American figure skater Evan Lysacek: you wear those Vera Wang feathers. Your teeth are as white as your medal is gold.

Love,
ME


*Fabulous.