Thought I'd show some update love to the few non-facebookers out there. Once again, some random pics from the past few weeks.
Salsa Performance
A few pics from our performance at Winsome's social.
The Crew
Thanks to my peeps for showin' the support (Claud, Amy, Miple, Raul & Sahr)
We are now prepared to quit our jobs and work at Old Navy (Serg, Irv & Miple)
Rodney Lopez's Social
Winsome threw us a curveball and had us perform at Rodney's.
La Tormenta Orientale
(Evelyn & Raul)
Rewind
Bouncin' to some regular hip hop (I love me some salsa, but I need to bump to some different beats every once in a while).
(Vanessa & Serg)
(Felicia, Miple, Irv, & guess who)
(Carlos, Claud, Miple, Raul, & Irv)
(shhh...keep it on the low, but I've started to get into the smuggling business)
The sick view of Wall St. from Sally and Sarah's rooftop.
Plumm
Went out to Plumm on a wednesday night to see Johnny Pacheco do his thing (and yes, this rapidly aging Korean was struggling to maintain consciousness at work the next day).
(Johnny Pacheco)
(Jenny and Rohit)
The uber salsa-Pimp...seriously, this boy is siiiiiiick (Levi and Susie)
White Rabbit
Got together for Jess's B-day/Return to the Bay
Haha, Sally busts me up (Sally & Claud)
Ummm, what do you expect, they're from the bay, lol!
(Steph & Miple)
(Carlos, Jenn & Serg)
Taj
Went to Taj to see Winsome & Michelle tear it up...and of course, for more dancing.
Pretty fun Hallowe'en weekend. Between the Salsa Social, Oxygen Bar and Whiskey Bar, I think I spent a cumulative 13 hrs busting a rug on the dance floor (& yes, these old legs suffered the consequences). & to top it all off, got to meet Slash at his book signing. Sweet.
Winsome's Salsa Social
Took some of the Columbia crew down to Chelsea for some upper/lower body dissociation.
No idea what's happening in this photo, but it still cracks me up (Neil, Sahr, Miple & Amy).
(Sahr & Neil)
Still haven't figured out the identity of Wang Newton.
Here's a nice shot of our very own Miss Winsome Lee schoolin' us on the finer points of Salsa.
(Winsome & Alberto)
Oxygen Bar
(Miple & Lena)
Yes, the collars were a poppin' (Erica & Irv).
Just a little luv for one tired-ass salsero (Jennifer & Miple).
Hallowe'en House Party & Whiskey Bar
I've definitely got to get more creative w/my costume next time. Inmate Irv had people literally trippin' on the streets of NYC doing double takes, and Claud just freaked me out w/his dual identity costume.
(Irv, Claudio as some crazy-ass ghost, Susie & Miple)
(Sally & Claudio as ghetto-Moses)
Little did we know that we would soon experience a little taste of Gangsta-Susie, unfortunately I was unable to capture the ensuing hilarity (Susie & Vaughn).
(Susie, Sally, Sarah & Tasha)
Rasta Irv in effect!
Slash at the B&N in Astor Place
Although the staff at B&N tried their best to prevent us from getting any decent pics, I was fortunately able to use some of my super-stealthy, lazy ninja techniques to get a few good shots off.
Still trying to recover from the alcohol and lack of sleep, so I'll just do as always and upload a crackload of pics from the trip. BTW, I'd also like to thank all of those who made this trip possible (mom & Caesar's poker room in Atlantic City) as well as those who let this homeless bum crash at their pads (Rich, Joe & Rich).
I think this was taken right before being schooled by the Uber-Wii-Athlete (Rich & Miple).
Young & Danbi's Wedding
Aigoo, jashik dah kuhn neh! Lol! Congrats once again to the happy couple!
The Lee Clan.
(Joe & Gwen)
(Danbi & Young)
Dude, I never knew Young was such a FOB.
(Jaemin & Charles)
Rich looks overjoyed to be getting some man-love from Young (Charles, Young & Rich).
(Young & Miple)
(Gwen, Danbi, Young & Joe)
Just the first example of the power of the Fur (Young & Danbi).
Yum.
It was great to see the old FKPC peeps, some of whom I hadn't seen for at least 15 yrs (Jason Choi). Also, check out Owen's, line of sight (always on the prowl, haha).
Chillin' in the presence of the godfather (Rich & Ivan).
(Dennis, Charles, John & Miple)
(Hannah, Angela & Miple)
(Miple & Jay)
Scarberia fo' life! (Gwen, Joe & Miple)
Meeting of the Lee & Chun Familias (Owen, Charles, Rich, Ivan & Jay).
Yet another example of the awesome power of the Fur! (Paul, Miple & Rich)
I believe this was just a few drinks prior to entering the stupid-drunk phase.
(Angela, Scott, Gwen & Joe)
And of course, we must pay homage to the one who opened our eyes to the power of the Fur (Lily & Miple).
(Miple & Minnie)
Not certain, but I think I know what Rich & Paul are in the midst of saying (starts w/L and ends w/Boy).
Young busting out some form of erotic, tribal-engineering dance!
Gathering of the Pickering All-Stars (Jason, Miple & Minnie).
Unfortunately, Princess Paul had to abdicate his crown by the end of the evening (Danbi & Paul).
Eagerly awaiting the addition of Young so we could begin our man-love dance (Rich, Miple & Paul).
The Kimchi squat and homeless sit-down, (just two of many signs of inebriated Koreans).
Gwen's B-day & FKPC reunion
Thanks once again to Gwen & Joe for hosting the evening. It was awesome chillaxin' w/the old crew.
(Gwen & Joe)
The old FKPC crew.
Whoever said us Kims were normal? (Bob & Miple)
Labour Day
Dude, I can't believe I actually went to Canada's Wonderland (had to be at least 20 yrs since I was there last). Had a great time w/my cousin's fam.
(Carys & Scoob)
(Mason)
Dude, I couldn't believe how excited kids got after seeing Dora (Carys).
Thanks again to Rich & Grace for everything. It was great chillin' w/the fam.
Overall, a short but awesome trip back to the motherland. Congrats once again to Young & Danbi (have fun in Paris)!
P.S. & on a completely unrelated note, just wanted to let y'all know that my license came through. After all these years, I'm now able to fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinally place the OTR/L behind my name.
Been kind'a crazy lately. Had a grip of people come into town the last few weeks while I was finishing up with my final internship, but I finally found a bit of time to myself so I thought I'd update:
Gabe's B-day
Good times feasting on beer + buffalo wings with the old crew.
Welcome to the Old Man's Club dude! (Jontue & Gabe)
(Serg, Neil, Audra, Miple & Gabe)
Nice little pic of Neil, showing the ladies where the sexy's at! (Neil, Sahr & Jontue).
A Southern Weekend
First up was my buddy John who was in town after attending a conference down in the south.
Then it was the arrival of the ever fabulous Ms. Shields and her little cutie, Bella. It was definitely a trip seeing Bella for the first time.
Dude, after seeing Bella, I've decided to simply skip out on the whole marriage thing and just start adopting me some adorable little white children!
(Clarissa & Bella)
(Miple, Shelby & Bella)
(Clarissa, Shelby, Robyn, Carly & Stephanie)
(Miple, Serg & Shelby)
Now this is what I like to see. The old roomies tearing it up in NYC.
Abe, Andrew & Myron also headed into town as Andy was promoting his film Illegal in the festival (btw, a big Congrats for getting selected to screen at the fest).
Here's a nice pic of Abe securing his position as Alpha Male!
East-side Canaan-ites doing what we do best, over at Carmine's.
(Abe, Joyce, Myron, Andrew, Miple & Claire)
As it's the last week of the Fest, just thought I'd do a little promo for two of the films I was able to catch.
After the screening for West 32nd, Abe & I decided to stay for the Q & A w/the director and pretty much the entire cast (minus John Cho). To our surprise, we were able to go down and meet w/them afterwards. Got to chill for a bit w/Michael Kang, Jun Kim, & yes, for all you Battlestar Galactica fans, Grace Park (props to my Korean-Canadian sister!)
Dude, why is it that I always look like a scrub, straight from the homeless shelter whenever I meet celebs? (you can also refer to the pic where we met Denzel)
It's days like this that I definitely miss the warmth of the Southern Cali sunshine (even if it's hiding behind a bit of brown smog). Here in NY we've been going back and forth between aaaalmost summer and just nasty-ass cold. It's about 42 degrees today with a chance of snow flurries (aaargh)! Anyways, hope everyone's doing good. I've got about 3 weeks to finish this fieldwork, then my face will be buried in books studying for the boards.
Juilliard: Kudos to my roommate Joseph and his girl Chanel on their performances at the Spring show at Juilliard (they're both dance majors). Always an inspiration to watch.
(Joseph, Miple, Hye-Jin, Suk Jae & Chanel)
Miss D: A big congrats to Miss Heidi D who flew in from L.A. to celebrate her 10th annual 21st Birthday!
(Audra, Miple & Heidi)
Renzo Gracie Academy: Started getting the itch again (it's been over 2 years since I did any MA), so I started rolling at Renzo's school in midtown. Awesome facility and staff. Only been a few weeks, but I've already had some oversized elbows leave gi imprints on my face, and pulled a groin muscle. Aaaaah, good times!
(Renzo Gracie)
Dude, anyone catch UFC 69 last night? Big news around the gym, as both GSP and Serra learned their ground games from Renzo. Anyone who had money on Serra should be grinning cheek to cheek (Vegas odds were +750 for Serra, meaning he was a heaaaavy underdog).
And most important, what kind of Easter would it be without sending thanks to the man upstairs! Take care y'all.
