OTTO
One Fifth Avenue
Moment in time:
7/5/2011 9:00 PM
Gorgeous Guests:
Alexis Fabricant
James Cusati-Moyer
Liz Picker
Mallory Portnoy
Sofy Solomon
Henri Benaim
and ME
Exquisite Edibles:
OMG that Caprese Salad. Grazie mille.
And also everything else.
Pre-dinner query:
If you could institute any brand new holiday, what would it be called?
Answers:
"Happyment" (Sofy)
No matter what's going on in your life, own this moment. If you can't be happy now, you can't be happy in the future. :)
"Never Before Been Played Day" (Meg)
Everyone is required to organize or play in a game of a brand new sport that's never before been played. Creativity. Outdoor time. New friends.
"National Wellness Day" (Mallory)
To counterbalance the gorging that happens on other major holidays: Yoga, quiet, reflection.
"Trashy TV Day" (Henri)
Sanctioned guilty pleasure time. "We're better than them!" Should be quarterly.
"Health and Wellness Day" (James)
Self explanatory. James also offered another idea: "Kings and Queens Day," to celebrate those divalicious artists that have passed away...into another realm...of beauty...and glory...RIP.
"Wild Card Saturday" (Alexis)
You get to call a personal 'Saturday' once a year. Whenever you want.
"Freedom from Technology Day" (Ethan)
Turn it all off. And talk to someone. For real. Enjoy.
"Gistmas" (Liz)
Celebrate brevity. (Silent head nods.)
Questions at Dinner:
-If you could pick a fictional romance to live out, what would it be?
"Anne of Green Gables" (Sofy), Jim and Pam of The Office but with more ambition, splashier jobs and Pam with straight hair (Meg).
-If you could rename yourself, would you? If so, what name would you choose?
Ethan's parents were considering "Gabriel," which he kinda likes; at age three, Alexis only answered to "Daisy" and named all her dolls "Daisy," as a result of Girl Scout envy; Mallory would have been "Evan" if she was born a boy, but kinda feels she could rock it anyway; Henri has undergone 27 years of name-butchery, but has noticed an improvement in pronunciation now that he selects those in his sphere.
-If you had to choose between:
going back in time right now to redo any single day of your life
OR
going forward in time to live a single day of your future (out of context)
what would you choose?
First, we discussed whether you could choose "My Wedding Day" or just something like "October 17, 20XX." There was a divide. Some people definitely didn't want to go rooting around in their pasts, since they believe everything happened for a reason. A few ppl wanted to go into the future to scope out their love lives.
-What new product of invention would change your life?
The Jetson's machine that gets you ready - everything from hair to make up - in thirty seconds (Liz).
A sleep intensifier which takes a nap and gives it the energy value of a full night's sleep (Meg).
A time machine that can shorten or extend time (Mallory).
Teleportation Device that makes public transportation unnecessary (Alexis).
Exercise body suit that makes your whole body HOT with no more effort than it takes to don the suit (James).
Acoustic cone to make intimate conversations possible in loud restaurants (Ethan).
-If you could institute any new law, real or ridiculous, what would it be?
3 New Pedestrian Laws for NYC: Pick up your dog's poop or get "legit jail time;" walk slowly on the right and pass on the left; if I tell you I don't "have two minutes for global warming," you'd best step off!
-If you were offered one million dollars to create/write a book that would become commercially available to the public tomorrow at noon, what would you write about?
"Middle School Drama" by Ethan. "The Story of My Parents" by Sofy.
-What is your best "only in New York" story?
Mallory moved to NY from Chicago with very little notice and felt shot out of a canon. She spent two years wondering if she really had her NYC-legs yet, and then one day, it all became clear: as she was walking in Central Park one morning, she felt a moment of personal serenity; a moment that said to her, "This is truly where I belong, more than anywhere else in the world."
Then she looked to her left and saw a business woman vomiting out the window of a cab. Her next thought: "Yep. Still is."
Yours,
ME
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