Well...
Steve had gone out the other night to the Police concert at Madison Square Garden. After the concert he went to a bar in the Meatpacking District, where he proceeded to leave all of his concert memorabilia that night. He had called them earlier to see if his stuff might still be there, and they guy said it was, so our first stop was that bar. And since we were in the Meatpacking District, I suggested we go ahead and eat at Florent - one of my favorite places to eat in NYC. So, while Steve was checking at the bar, we headed over to Florent.
Of course, Florent was packed, and much to my surprise, they had actually started taking reservations. I've always been there when it was "first come, first served". Since we didn't have a reservation, the hostess wasn't exactly sure just how fast she could sit the five of us. I even spied her checking on tables to see if they were going to order dessert, more drinks, etc. After her fact-checking expedition, she told us it would be anywhere from 30-45 minutes. Ah, well... Both Mike and Jay were hungry(!), so we headed back over to Steve's neighborhood to have dinner at Room Service - which is actually a pretty decent, and well-priced Thai restaurant.
