I have returned from my one week sojourn in New York City. I had a great time and I would like to publicly thank Joel for showing me a generous amount of hospitality while I was there.

As you might imagine, a week in NYC provided some excellent blog post material. I will slowly make random posts over the course of the next week or so, giving you the highlights of the trip.

Until then, I think I'm gonna get some rest and veg out for a bit.

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Look, it's as surprising to me as it might be to you but I got front row tickets to Letterman today. I attended tonight's show with Joel. Ellen Degeneres was one of the guests.

Joel and I were both on camera when Alan Kalter aka "Big Red" did his dancing up the aisles. That happened within the first 15 minutes of the show. Look for me tonight!

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So I attended my very first professional tennis tournament today. After watching the US Open on TV for well over two decades, I was able to go to the venue in person.

In the daytime, Joel and I saw both Roger Federer and Justine Henin play. Each number one seed dispatched their first-round opponents in short order. It was kinda surreal seeing them play with my own eyes. They're actually real people!

At night, we were there to see a special ceremony honouring Althea Gibson, the first African-American woman to win the Open. As part of the ceremonies, Aretha Franklin performed live!

The night matches featured both of the Williams sisters. Venus defeated her opponent easily while Sarena had a bit more trouble with hers but came through in the end.

I have movies and pics from the day but I'll have to wait until I get back home to post those.

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Look, I think it's bad form to blog while drunk, so it's a good thing I'm completely sober right now... no seriously, I am. Joel showed me a good time tonight. At 2:30am in the morning we went to a 24 hour drug store, part of the Duane Reid chain. Upon entering the store, he commanded me to:

"Find me a poof!"

Joel wanted a shower poof because it lathers so well. I found one but it was purple, he didn't like that so I had to get a blue one for him. He said the purple one was too feminine.

That is all.

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