merry new year!
January 2nd, 2006 by Lawrence David
christina and i have finally returned to cambridge after spending the last few days home in new york. we celebrated the new year by making shrimp tempura rolls and watching danny deckchair and the skeleton key. the skeleton key was especially frightening, since it combined two of my deepest fears: old people and the south. kate hudson (playing a nurse from hoboken) was defenseless against the pair of evils.
it was nice to be home for christmas. as usual, we all went to church; this year, however, was the first year that both the david kids went as atheists. i’m not sure what dad’s take is exactly on the whole jesus thing. nevertheless, steph, dad, and i certainly stuck out as the only 3 people not taking communion in the entire church. i’m not sure whether or not to be glad that steph’s declared herself an atheist. on the one hand, i’m glad that she’s rejecting the whole faith deal – i can’t help but see it as a kind of emotional crutch. yet, i can’t help but feel guilty (score one for my catholic upbringing) that poor mom didn’t end up with at least one of her kids a devout catholic. she did try her best though – both steph and i went to catholic high schools.
and speaking of steph, i should mention that she got a terrific christmas gift: an early acceptance at UPenn! she already looks the part:
dad had trouble containing his excitment when he heard the news:
(more pictures of christmas at home here).
i’m glad that i also had a chance to meet up with andrew while i was home. i spent a night at his digs down in the east village. if you’re not familiar with new york, that’s an awesome part of town; nothing seems to close and there are a phenomenal number of bars, pubs and restaurants on each block. sadly, that also translates into astronomical rent prices. andy and his roommates pay about 2.5X our rent for only maybe 75% of our space. yikes. nonetheless, given that you’re only young once, i think it’s worth it.
in any case, we had a good time hitting up mcsorley’s (the oldest pub in america, apparently) and a japanese restaurant whose sushi bar was meant only to serve sushi. nevertheless, we sat down and had a fun time doing some sake bombs, to sate one of andy’s shady shady online friends whom he had lost a bet to. (i blame this whole sordid affair on this region of the internet.) andy’s friend required photographic proof of the sake bombs:
more photos from the night here.
