Night off

Last night I played hooky from the GR deadline to attend a wedding in Chinatown with Wendy's family. Driving from Silver Lake through Elysian Fields, we got a call from Happy, who was playing a show at a Chinatown art gallery with her old Lassie Foundation bandmate, Wayne. Too bad their set started at the same time as the banquet, but I got to say hi to Happy and her husband/my pal Bret anyway.


The banquet was at Empress Pavilion, in a section of the big room where Wendy and I had our wedding banquet about 13 months ago. We rearranged seats so we young(er) folks could sit together.


After going to a million banquets, you'd think we've seen every dish possible. But there was a new one with a chicken head placed over parts of its body with ham, gai lan, and mushrooms making a feather-like texture. (All the dishes were meaty, so we had to order some veggie chow mein and tofu for me.)


It was hot last night, but sometimes it's fun to get dressed up. Wendy and I got to wear some of that new Ben Sherman stuff we bought last week....


Now I'm eating leftover noodles and back on the mag deadline...