**Edit**
More photos at WeaponG’s xanga here

Last night 9 Xanga team members got together and met up with 5 xanga users for the 1st Unofficial Xanga Dinner Club gathering.

We started out with dinner at Brick Lane Curry House where we met Yvo, aka moonbunny, and Konrad, aka konrado.

Yvo, Natalia, Joe and Bharat

Ayca, Ben, Patrick, Mikey and Konrad

Joe decided to take the curry challenge and ordered phaal.

Which according to the menu is:

An excruciatingly hot curry, more pain and sweat
than flavor. For our
customers who do this on a dare,
we will require you to state a verbal
disclaimer not holding us liable for any physical or emotional damage after
eating this curry. (this is what it looks like)–>

Go here to see the video of Joe eating the phaal.

I ordered the Tandoori scallops, which was delish and not spicy.

The second stop on our Meet and Eat/Bar Crawl was the Grassroots Tavern. Joe went out and found three xangans that came out to join us- Aaron, Lynn aka blueshortyx3 and Gordon aka weaponG.
 

The next stop was Pommes Frites to carb up and chat.

3rd stop was to Hop Devil Grill where we grabbed some fancy beer.
   

We ended the night at Crif Dog and PDT. The hot dogs here are phenomal.
One last picture from the night.

Thanks to the Xangans that came out! We had a blast hanging out. And many props to Joe for planning the whole shin-dig!  We’re hoping to make this a regular event so if you’re in the NYC area and want to come out let us know. We’d love to meet you!

well not really…it’s always kinda crazy here but we’ve had a couple of furry friends to keep us company lately.

Meet…


Saxon, a golden retriever puppy. He wouldn’t hold still when we tried to take his picture. =P

Gromit, ChrisChoi‘s beloved doggy and our unofficial Xanga mascot.

And the newest addition- Max, Joel‘s cockapoo puppy.

We also get occasional visits from Adam‘s puppy, Lady, another cockapoo puppy. I don’t have any pics of her but she’s incredibly cute and sweet. She looks just like a teddy bear.

I didn’t have pets growing up, so I was never really into the idea of having a dog. My husband really wants to get a dog but I thought I wouldn’t like having a pet so I’ve always said no to his requests. However, after playing with these dogs and seeing them often I’m more open to the idea of getting one. I was so surprised by how happy a dog can make you. Every time I see one of these guys I get a huge smile on my face. I now understand the saying “man’s best friend.”

However, I really don’t know anything about dogs. I know having a pet is a lot of responsibility and work and I realize this is a life long commitment. I’m still not sure if I’m ready to have a dog but I want to learn more.  Until recently I didn’t even realize that different breeds of dogs have different temperaments. Does anyone have any recommendations for types of dogs? What kind of dogs do you guys have?

Jon and Dave got me good this morning! After the Xanga Office Hours show I went to the bathroom and opened the stall to find this:


At first glance it looks like someone left a huge turd on the toilet seat and didn’t flush the toilet after taking care of  some nasty business. I was so grossed out and actually jumped back from disgust!! I muttered “eewww nasty!!” I was about to run out and find out who the heck was in our office last night that would have the audacity to leave the nasty present but then I looked over by the next stall and saw someone was inside, b/c there was a pair of feet sticking slightly out of the stall. I felt suddenly embarrassed for the person in the next stall and for myself so I quietly tip-toed out of the bathroom. Then mid-way back to my desk I remembered it was April Fool’s Day!!!!

So I went back to the bathroom and opened the stall with the feet and discovered this:


Man oh man they got me good!



By the way the “turd” on the seat is actually a really old banana and the “decorations” inside the toilet are drops of Dave’s Special Reserve Hot Sauce.

**The joke continues…

After the guys got me with the toilet dummy they put it in the men’s room and locked the stall door. At first Joel thought it was Mikey in the stall but he thought it was weird that he was so quiet and still. He came out and told everyone about the “guy” in the bathroom and we just all followed along. But then after several hours Joel thought the guy was either having serious stomach problems or was dead in the bathroom. He started to get really worried so eventually we had to tell him the truth. hehe Oh what fun April Fool’s Day is!