This week I've been trolling NYC's restaurant websites in search of a place to hold my wedding "reception."

The most frustrating part of the experience was having to wait for all the Flash to load, and turning off all the auto-play music.

The second most frutrating thing was having to dig around for the information I wanted. In most cases, I had to email the retaurant. The responses all had PDFs of private party packages attached...so if they have this information on hand, why isn't on the website?!

This is what a restaurant website should tell me:

I finally found a place yesterday that will work within my budget and also has a pretty decent website. Husband-elect and I went to sample fare (they make a fantastic whiskey sour, which has beomce my drink of choice lately) and talk to the owner, who is a totally cool guy. We have a winner!

 8/5/2010; 9:33:30 AM.   .

Just saw the movie, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." It started out really well, and then mutated into a sickly-sweet death spiral. Ew.

 8/2/2010; 12:04:01 AM.   .

Husband-elect and I made a decision when we got engaged: no rings.

Instead, we are getting tattoos.

They will look something like this:

 8/1/2010; 1:22:16 PM.   .

Genome Surprise: Guinea Pigs Have Ebola! 

This is scary. I read Hot Zone when I was 10, and have been both fascinated and completely freaked out by virus thrillers ever since.

Intelligence: The Evolution of Night Owls 

I don't really buy IQ scores as a measure of intelligence, any more than I buy the SATs as a valid measure of, well, anything. But, I have always been a night owl.

Testing link blog function.

 8/1/2010; 1:01:26 PM.   .