California

My friend Lorena was visiting from California this week, she was staying with me from last Wednesday up until this morning. It was her first time in New York so I gave her the Hassenpheffer tour. We did just about every major ethnicity in the city. Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, American, Italian, Spanish-Italian, Gourmet Japanese, 3 kinds of Pizza.. Is was nice. We also went to a handful of shows, including the Siren Fest on Cone-Zone island and the Liars & Fuck Buttons at The Pool. We forewent Deerhoof at Prospect Park on Friday for a 14-course Korean food extravaganza at Kang Suh Good in Koreatown, with a gaggle of Team Sleepers. There was also a Gallery crawl in Chelsea last week, a viewing of the The Dark Knight on boom boom tea in Times Square on Sunday night. So lots of drinks, food, music, tours, and general fun. I'm going to visit her in California as soon as it gets cold here, or maybe sooner because I have the West Coast itch now. Japanther and Team Robes tomorrow at LAMC and/or The Treefort in Bklyn, and MGMT & The Ting Tings at the Pool on Sunday. And Mother Russia is flying in for the weekend tomorrow. I think thas is all.

1. Eleanor Freidberger is hot
2. Kang Suh Good
3. Hurricane Lorena
4. Cone-Zone Island
5. Ninja Brethren
6. Jaguar Love
7. Surf Ave
10. Pepsi Cartwheel
11. Hayden Panetierre
12, 15. Broken Social Scene
13, 14. Carnival Panorama
17. Chinatown Bust
18. Stillwell Ave
19-21. Fuck Buttons
22. Andrew W.K.
23-33. Liars
34. McCarren Park
35. Mexico Bus
37, 41, 42. Bushwick
38. Paris Vampire
39. Stairwell Graffiti
40. Exit