holiday treats

date: 12.22.2007
from: NM
to: DM
re: why all pastries should be made with liberal helpings of alcohol

"Quote Mitch when he tried mom's bourbon balls 'this is everything I ever wanted in a cookie'."

the thrill of the hunt

date: 05.13.2008
to: DM
from: BH
re: our favorite saffron infused gin; perfect for british landholders in India

"I just bought some Old Raj. Go prepare my elephant."

wedding disaster (for the guests)

date: 12.28.2007
from: JA
to: DM
re: why did i fly cross country for this friggin wedding, again?

"no one has a car, so we're all trapped like rats at a golf course compound. Cali sucks."

i don't think he was kidding

date: 04.01.2008
from: BS
to:DM
re: need to chat about plans for this weekend

"You gonna be around later tonight? I'm kinda drunk right now and need a little time yo (sic) sober up b4 I can talk in sentences."

the most exciting tuesday night ever

date: 04.08.2008
from: CH
to: DM
re: what's up for tonight?

"I am the very exclusive, very chic, and incredibly hip... laundromat. Boo for responsibility."

man vs. rodent

date: 04.28.2008
from: JA
to: DM
re: new tactics might be needed

"The mice are eating the mouse-proof basket itself! I repeat, the mice are eating the mouse-proof basket itself."

the things you hear if you listen closely

date: 02.25.2008
from: LP
to: DM
re: the two people at the table next to us one monday night

"To us right -- such a first date. The convo is hilarious!"

life with grandma at moheagan sun

date: 03.22.2008
from: JA
to: DM
re: luck was not a lady tonight... more like a tramp with a new jersey accent

@ 12:05 am

"Stupid, stupid black jack."

@ 1:05am

"Don't know if you've ever had the experience of being the 'Bad luck charm' for a table of old inveterate gamblers, but i don't recommend it."

keeping your eye on the ball

date: 03.20.2008
from: C-Mc
to: DM
re: important request while at bamboo 52

"There better be a drink waiting for me when I leave this bathroom."

luck of the scottish

date: 03.17.2008
from: mom
to: DM
re: when st. patrick's day goes horribly wrong and gets crossed with mardi gras

"Dad just wandered in."

the day continued without C-ho

date: 03.08.2008
from: SM
to: DM
re: her take on a Saturday full of drinking

@ 8:48pm
"So fing drunk. At black bear"

oh, saturday

date: 03.08.2008
from: C-Ho
to: DM
re: how's the day full of drinking going? (in two parts)

@7:34pm

"Awesome. Am Wasted."

@7:36pm

"Going home. So drunk."

one solution to hunger

date: 03.07.2008
from: JA
to: DM
re: the delicious bounty of delivery food we got for $20

"why are ethiopians starving? Can't they just order chinese?"

the stranger

date: 03.02.2008
from: RM
to: DM
re: who is the boy asleep in your bedroom

"it's a random dude I played beer pong with at a bar-- then I couldn't walk so he took me home"

Yes, but what about your delicious cheese dip?!?!

date: 02.03.2008
from: JA
to: DM
re: the giants just won, the city's going crazy

"Read about a bar in queens in my beloved sunday post, they're doing open bar all night if the giants won, ended up here. Apparently, according to the cheers, boston sucks."

It's good to have goals

01.12.2008
from: Lamb
to: DM
re: can you let me know what's on the agenda? pretty please?

"Hey let me know if you guys are doing awesome things tonight... I want to be awesome too!"

fallout from an afternoon of flipcup

date: 01.12.2008
from: MR
to: DM
re: 11:04pm

"Dude. Just passed out on my buddy.s (sic) couch. I mean i just woke up. Oy."

DM's advice probably didn't help much

date: 01.14.2008
from: Lamb
to: DM
re: Just dragged my drunken fiancee back to the apartment

"Told meg 'getting some tonight whether you like it or not'... neg response... please advise."

just when you thought you'd broken the glass ceiling

date: 12.17.2007
from: LT
to: DM
re: working laaaaaaaaaaaaate tonight

"I've hit a new low at work. I may be a VP, but I just got sent from the boardroom to order dinner for everyone."

when mom's away...

date: 01.08.2008
from: DM1
to: DM2
re: the wives must have been busy

"Sabres' game is on! You there? Chris A and I got hall passes, so we're at Timothy Patrick's watching!"

girls and sports

date: 01.05.2008
from: S-Co
to: DM
re: i finally figured out how to enjoy sports on tv!

"Go Seahawks! Watching football isn't so bad when you have money on it!"

miller family car rides

date: 01.06.2008
from: NM
to: DM
re: where are you brother -- there's no one to separate the parents and me!

"This is the worst ever family drive. Need buffer."

horrific disaster of epic proportions

date: 01.02.2008
from: JA
to: DM
re: an inauspicious start to the new year

"The only thing worse that having my laundry price go up fifty cents is losing two cashwords in under five minutes."

that's gonna put a crimp in new year's eve

date: 01.01.2008
from: SM
to: DM
re: subway problems while trying to get from the first NYE party to the second


"fell asleep. woke up at wall st"

[note: despite said train snafu, SM still made it out to the party in williamsburg.]

is it really a good idea to keep the NYE party going?

date: 01.01.2008
from: JL
to: DM
re: a rhyming invitation to new year's day festivities in Astoria

"You've missed some fun, but there's more to come! Come on over, you wont leave sober!"