update! i have not been offed by the mob!

hey! hi, you guys! look at me, still with functioning fingers that can type and everything, despite the fact that i.. you know... haven't. in weeks. i'm sure you were worried about me over here, with my clearly broken fingers, but i'm pleased to report that i've had minimal run-ins with the mob over the past month and thus all fingers remain intact.

the other day i was thinking "well, you know, it's not like i've done anything INTERESTING lately anyway, so i had nothing to blog about." and then i remembered i went to nyc for a weekend. and made gingerbread with guinness in it. and tried cask ale at birch & barley in logan circle with marie and her boyfriend. so.. um, yeah. i've totally been doing things. i've just been too lazy to WRITE anything about them.

ps: new york? holy awesome cows, batman. we ate at nobu, which.. just.. oh my god. i have had a LOT of excellent meals in my day, and this one ranks in the top five. blackened cod marinated in sweet miso for three days, and topped with fois gras? a culinary experience like i've never had before and one that i wish i could have every single day. for the rest of my life. we got the mid-range tasting menu, and holy shit was it worth every penny. one of my criteria for a restaurant ranking as "extraordinary" as opposed to just "really darn good" is that at a lot of really darn good restaurants, you'll have an absolutely AMAZING dish as part of the meal, a couple of really awesome courses, and maybe a few pretty good bits to round it out. an extraordinary restaurant is one where every single course of the night - and we had about 8, at nobu - was absolutely amazing.

oh! also! we got our own reserved table at a trendy champagne lounge, because that's how we roll. just pretend you believe that's how i normally roll, ok? in exchange, i'll stop using "roll" in reference to myself for the rest of my life.

ALSO! we went to justin timberlake's bar. he was not there. but we played never have i ever with pitchers of beer, so i think it all evens out.

so! that was new york, and it was fun. and if you live in or near nyc and have not been to nobu, GO GO GO GO RIGHTNOW.

finally, i need your help folks. i randomly decided to throw a party at the last minute this coming sunday (cookie party! everyone brings cookies, i make beverages, and then we all eat cookies. that people brought. nice, right? slash cheesy? shut up. it's nice.)

ANYWAY. i have *some* christmas/holiday music on my ipod, but a bunch of it is sort of way-too-mellow orchestral/chorale-y stuff. i need suggestions for fun, party, holiday music. any good christmas albums or particular songs that i should load up on the ol' playlist?