May 3, 2011
(Okay, I went here on Sunday with my parents and was going to post this yesterday, but then Osama shook ace/deuce and I wanted to document that, so I put that up yesterday. So today’s post is from Sunday night. Confused? Welcome to the club, I’m dizzier than Tommy Roe with an ear infection at this point. Anyway, enjoy!)
Okay, tonight’s my parent’s last night in town. One of our favorite places to go to is The Water Club which overlooks the East River and has a great view. The food is really good too. It’s kind of a fancy place, but you don’t have to get dressed up to dine there. You can and many do, but I’ve never gotten attitude for wearing jeans. My parents are coming over to my place before dinner for drinks and snacks.
And speaking of snacks, tonight's snack mix is going to be made up of pure Utz snacks. I love the little Utz girl snack girl. She reminds me of a punk rock version of Nancy.
As I've mentioned before, I'm a board-certified snackologist, what I'm about to show you should only be attempted by board-certified snackologists, PLEASE, don't try this at home! Here's my official board-certified snackologist mixing container.
Slowly and carefully we'll add carefully measured portions to the Utz snack casserole.
After two and a quarter hours of mixing, measuring and pruning, the snack casserole is done. Beautiful!
And here's my parents in my apartment. My Dad enjoys some of the snack mix and my mom is holding my Joan Jett book I got from Ammo books.
Here we are in a cab zooming to the Water Club.
And here we are, let's go inside and start the dinner portion of the evening.
Here's the front bar, which will be familiar if you followed my 365 Bar Crawl.
It's no surprise that this place has a nautical theme. A three hour tour.
Here we are at our table. It's bright in the background and we got blacked out. We'll try this again later when the sun goes down.
I love halter tops and looking at the back of a woman. Wow, she's sure an eyeful! Nice shoulder blades!
My Dad was saying something, but I wasn't quite sure what he was talking about...
As I was too busy elsewhere. Okay, I'll quit obsessing.
This is my third beer, so it's time to make a trip to the Men's room.
You know a place has class when they have a flower pot above the urinal. But I put the ass in class and thought they'd look better somewhere else.
Don't they look better there? A tree may grow in Brooklyn, but flowers sprout in urinals in Manhattan.
Poetry in motion!
When I got back dinner was served! My mom got a filet.
My Dad got the trout...that almost sounds like he got a disease.
I got the lobster roll, french fries and cole slaw. It was delicious!
The sun's down and we got a decent table shot. Influenced by The Rutles, I'm having tea.
Here's our dessert, my Mom got ice cream with chocolate sauce. I got...
Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!
If they do say so themselves...(taken from the “about” section of their website.)
The Water Club is one of the most celebrated restaurants in New York—featuring a wonderful classic American menu, breathtaking river views and a "Sunday brunch that defies description." (The New York Times) Open throughout the year for lunch, dinner and brunch, The Water Club also offers private party rooms, an outdoor patio "The Crow's Nest", piano music nightly and valet parking.
The Water Club
The East River, at 30th St.
212-683-3333
Further Reading: New York magazine, MenuPages, CitySearch and Open Table.
You Might Also Like: Purple Squirrels, Purple Rain and Rain.
Three Other Bodies of Water
Billy Ocean
John Waters
Bodies of Water
But there's no lack of arms around me,
But I still wonder if somewhere I went wrong.
25 Comments
Reader Comments (25)
Wow fancy. Nice view. The flowers actually do look quite nice surrounded by the white porcelain. They fit there a lot better than they would have at the Mars Bar! Your fries look great and so does your mom's dessert. Damn cardboard box man. He should know that is a classy place.
Flower in a urinal ! brilliant ! .... and ... did you give Cardboard Man some beer ? he looks thirsty !!!
Cardboard box man! LOL! And I agree with GENE and Kari, the flowers in the urinal was a brilliant move and made for a classic picture! And that Wreckers song was a nice change of pace, great post!
From Uts Snack Central:
Hi, I’m the Little Utz Girl, and welcome to my blog! On Snack Central, I’ll try my best to keep you updated on everything that’s going on in my life (lots!)”…..“Even though I don’t look a day over 10, I’ve been at Utz for over 80 years….”
That’s just plain: Three Shades Of Wrong!
Ginger or Mary Ann?
I’m a Mary Ann, man myself. Don’t get me wrong; I’d do Ginger, but I’d close my eyes and make believe it was
The Little Utz Girlin a halter top…I meanNancy…Sorry, I meant The Wreckers AND Joan JettI hope that those flowers don’t get over watered
@kari: It was a great meal...until Cardboard Box Man reared his ugly head...aaaahhhh!
@GENE: I wouldn't dare give him beer!
@Barfly: I love that Wreckers song.
@Harry: Three shades of wrong = my kind of woman! And I'm a Mary Ann man myself. Along with the Wreckers and Joan Jett! To watering flowers!
@Marty: Check out the Elmore James song "My Kind of Woman", great blues tune
@Harry: Will do! I'll post it tomorrow if I can find it online. Now I have to go to work. Ugh!
Marty! OMG. The Utz snack casserole = Totally. Super. Awesome!
That flowers in the urinal shot is fine art, man! You should crop it, blow it up and have it mass printed as a poster....I'd bet they'd sell!
Nancy has been around for a long long time. I think she popped my old man's cherry in the back seat of a model A Ford way back in the day....
Mary Ann has Chlamydia, the filthy little pot head
I'd be gay for Mary Ann...
your mom needed all that ice cream after such a small plate of dinner!
i want your snacks now..... give them to me!!!!
Your Dad's trout looked delicious and your snack mix concoction was expertly made, and dad had his 7 and 7, he's like me,,,we prefer the hard stuff. Just went back to 365 to see the gorgeous Nicalina,,,but she was a no show last night. Mary Ann is still hot today,,,,what is she, like 70? shit, we are getting old.
been planning to go here, i hear the views are nice....esp. of the shoulder blades.....
Wow! The Water Club looks like a great place! Your parents are so cute and I'm glad you had such a nice weekend with them. Also, John Waters is da bomb - as is your snack casserole. What (or who) do I have to do to become a Board-Certified Snackologist?
@Meleah: I love Utz snacks!
@Jaws: I may just do that! And your Dad was one lucky guy, but don't tell Sluggo about that!
@Tina Louise: You're just pissed that you got typecast!
@Gidgie: Come and get them!
@Al: Mary Ann is like fine wine, too bad I'm not!
@esquared: Eventually she put a sweater on and I was forced to look out the window.
@Biff: It's a long and difficult process. When you're here I'll explain it over drinks.
Missed opportunities.
1 )Steal urinal flowers.
2.) Wield Knife.
3.) Kill mini-cardboard box-man.
4) Present stolen urinal-flowers and mini-cardboard box-man corpse to shoulder-blade girl.
5) Say good-nite to parents, take shoulder-blade girl to chez Wombacher for late nite heroic snax.
@csp: When this blog starts making millions, I'm hiring you as the director of my social life! If only my night would've gone that way!
Your parents do look nice! I'm feeling dense, but what's on the plate next to the ice cream? I remember overlooking the Water Club from a hospital room in Bellevue (no not THAT part of Bellevue!). I did have some curious roommates though ...
@onemorefoldedsunset, not that you asked me but I'm pretty sure its a kind of brittle (candy made from sugar and water heated until it crystallizes and then poured over chopped nuts)
damn i did get a little dizzy at the beginning of this..not sure if it was those couple "rutgut 45's or not....but then i realized that i had been beaten to everything that could be said again....except i came upon csp's "missed opportunities"...MAD had the chance to get a double gin and tonic got some "swizzle stick swag" not mentioned it took a couple pictures and slid it in down the line with a little tale and went out and found the bare back lady w/ none being the wiser...
Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
Marilyn vos Savant
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@onemorefoldedsunset: My parents are great, somehow they resisted the urge to kill me as a teenager and they get high marks for that! Kari's right, it's a thin piece of chocolate brittle. I had a chunk and it was great!
@rr: Yeah, my life is one missed opportunity after another! And I need to find out what to do when feeling faint or dizzy because I'm going to Otto's tonight, always end up dizzy there!
What a very nice restaurant and I am so happy that your parents are visiting and were able to enjoy a delicious meal with you.
Hello Mr. and Mrs. Wombacher, it is so very nice to see you again.
:)
@Tiki Bar Susie: Thanks, great to hear from you!
I would have the lobster roll-chips and cole slaw too--and 2 beers.
@Melanie: Best lobster roll in town!