Peter’s surprise birthday party, New York
:: Wednesday, September 28th, 2005 @ 7:57:30 pm
:: Tags: General

karine and peter @ aer
Peter was really surprised when he walked into the the upstairs dining area at En Japanese Brasserie. (part of his response was: “there are, like, people from California here!”). Karine spent weeks prior to their recent trip to Africa planning the surprise party, and Allon, Emile, Alvin, Jason and I all came in from out of town to join the NY locals for a crazy evening of celebration.
After a 4-hour dinner, we migrated to a club called Aer, in the meatpacking district. In general, I hate clubs, but the New York clubs really offend. Normally, layers upon layers of VIP-ness are thrown into your face, but we managed to avoid some of that by reserving table service for 20 and having a bunch of cute girls with us. Even though we had more women than men, we had problems getting eleven guys into the club. I think it required slipping cash to one of the bouncers.
I drank a lot, which is extremely unusual.
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![]() Jason and Allon |
![]() Alice and Chris |
![]() Francis gets an early start with the alcohol... |
![]() Brad, Olivia, and Patty |
![]() Jane Kim and friend |
![]() Elise |
![]() Young and Emile |
![]() Alvin and Eric |
![]() The private room at En Japanese Brasserie |
![]() Peter arrives for his 30th birthday party |
![]() At our end of the table, we talked about RAID storage, dual-core chips, and other such geeky stuff. |
![]() Peter with custom menu (made by Karine) |
![]() Toast with lychee drinks! |
![]() Peter, Jason, Allon, me, and Emile |
![]() Francis challenges Eric at a Taiwanese drinking game |
![]() Alice teaches the Taiwanese drinking game to Young |
![]() Alice and Chris |
![]() The menu at Aer was very impressive. |
![]() Tormented by Eric, Francis radiates alcoholic fumes. |
![]() Peter and Iggity, reunited |
![]() Eric, Ron, Alice, and Jen |
![]() Karine and Peter, red |
![]() Allon chugs a $625 bottle of Grey Goose |
![]() Chris and Karine |
![]() Jen, Alice, Young, and Alvin |
![]() Jen, Alice, Young, and Chris |
![]() Eric, Peter, and Emile |
![]() Eric, Pat, and Karine |
![]() Alice, Ron, and Peter |
![]() My NY experience is often filled with good friends -- and trash. |





























