Thursday Night Shenanigans...smh...

So most of you who I know that may be reading this know that I tend to have interesting Thursday afternoons (or evenings). When I was taking class on Thursday afternoons last quarter, I had a classmate that used to put his feet up in the classroom, with no shoes on, and go to sleep in the middle of class. For those that don't believe me, the pic above is proof.

This is my last quarter at AI. I don't anticipate having the same types of funny classroom stories in business law. But true to Thursday form, I see the strangest things just walking the streets of Manhattan, as I'm sure anyone who people watches does. This past Thursday was no exception.

So my best friend has been wanting to get back into the afterwork scene...she is like my afterwork road dog. Yesterday, she wanted to hit up two spots that some of our people do...Summer Series at Pranna on E 28 and Madison Avenue, sponsored by Grae Enterprises (www.graeenterprises.com, bringing grown and sexy back to the afterwork scene), and Taj Afterwork Thursdays, sponsored by Brandon V Ray et al. (more info to come!) So I put on my going out face and met my homegirl at Pranna.

Now. Pranna's really nice, definitely has this sexy Mediterranean villa thing going on. The menu boasts a Indo-Asian fusion cuisine. I wasn't really thrilled with my Paneer & Potato Croquettes, neither the size nor the flavor...but perhaps other items on the menu fare better. After checking Pranna and Grae for a little while, we decided to truck it over to Taj for a while (and to get some fries. Their fries are GREAT.)

En route, we're crossing 5th Avenue, where they're filming some show, and all of a sudden I see...

Yes honey. It might be a bit blurry...but you are looking at a man...dragging a suitcase...in a full Spiderman costume. Head covered and all. I grabbed my friend's arm to show her. We were in tears, we laughed so hard. She's here jockying me to get the picture quickly before he walks away (hence the blurry ness) and the guy looks up at us and stares at us like we are the crazy ones and we have no business taking the picture. Seriously...I think it's me. I think I am the common link to all the madness. Because I am sure that no one else encounters these types of things on such a regular basis. And like I've said before, I take pictures now so that other people can see the stuff I encounter on a regular basis and laugh with me.

We walk up to Taj and before we go inside, we pass this tile place. In the store window, there are two mannequins adorned in tile, made to look like a bride and groom. I didn't take the bride because...well, I didn't. I did, however, take the groom. Sigh...


They didn't feel like putting a shirt or anything on him, huh? SMH...

Ah well...a good time was had by us at Taj...cupid shuffle and all. Stay tuned for more ramblings and Thursday shenanigans...

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