The Monthly Nut

Took a few hours on Friday night to hide from work (which I'll otherwise be doing most of the weekend). How did we make use of our time? Quite excellently I must say!

• Started with drinks at Fifth Floor with our friend Stephen Dubner (one half of Freakonomics) who was in town for a lecture.
• We were then quickly joined by our friend Kim Newell. Topics for discussion included the difference between dwarfs and midgets, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, YouTube, how to explain death to children, and a relatively firm offer to appoint me the leader of Stephen's Kitchen Appliance club during our December trip to NY.
• Stephen departed for dinner plans so we walked over to Bong Su, one of Esquire's Top New Restaurants where we were joined by a friend of Kim's from her residency.
• Although there were initially some trust issues at the table, the group allowed me to place ourselves in the hands of our waiter Joshua who did an excellent job picking all our food and wine for the evening.