Matt & Lisa's "Happy Endings" Karaoke night
March 31, 2006: We came, we saw, we kicked Korean Karaoke's ass... Thanks to those that did make it out - you were superb.. some exceptional talents hidden away in the cubicles of New York... I think my own versions of Guns'n'Roses "Patience" & "Australian in New York" (with very large apologies to Sting) were big hits, as was M&L's duet of "Endless Love" (Lionel was rolling in his grave somewhere... what - he isn't dead?)... "Girls just wanna have fun" by all the girls... Shout out to Francois & the devilish frenchmen... Bailey & Flattie... Tracey & Mark all the way from Long Island... Kat & girl crew... Dan promised Travolta - but the night ended too soon... Mel, Penny & Kylie helped fly the aussie flag... Late arrivals much appreciated from Lea & friends... If you weren't there, well you missed out...
Saying Hi from Shanghai
31 March, 2006: One of London's great losses continues to be one of China's great gains: JT living it up in Shanghai, and searching for her very own Jet Li... keep up the good work Lady Topham...
Check the size of THAT dessert...
Mar 24-28, 2006: Flummoxed by his continued ability to look slim, I relished the Return of the Erby... but this time he raised the stakes by bringing the real power of the household - Big P (Petra)... a fantastic few encounters with our stomachs being the main beneficiaries... Yes when Spencer, Marcus & Charlotte are left behind - it's time for some Asia de Cuba, Mainland, The Hudson Hotel Bar... It just goes on & on... Great to see you Erbmeisters... Come back very soon...
Happy Birthday Barbarella
28 March, 2006: Happy Birthday top the coolest lingerie chief around... I know I've plugged her Brand Spoylt here before - but guys & girls - if you're not buying this stuff yet, then I can no longer help you... Perhaps you'd listen to Eva Longoria or one of the myriad of stars over here that have discovered Barbara's talents...
Meet the Parents
24 March, 2006: Went to dinner with my very good friend Bailey & her parents... Her mum is of course Dale (ex-ECD of Euro RSCG Sydney) Rhode's sister... could tell from the family resemblance - they're all over 6 feet tall! They grow some tall timber in South Africa... Had a great dinner at Shun Lee West - dim sum opposite the Lincoln Center... Great meal, great people... Until next time...
Happy Birthday Vanny
March 21, 2006: Happy Birthday Vanny - and congratulations on the birth of your new... Mercedes SLK... see you in San Diego & New York soon...
Happy Birthday Dan
March 20, 2006: Happy Birthday Dan... Yes Vonny - I am looking after him...
Drink their money, then fly to the UK to take their business
March 16, 2006: Haven't seen Marian in ages - so when the invitation came through to go to the JWT launch party for the new reality show "American Inventor" that featured a JWT creative as one of the judges - I couldn't resist... Especially as JWT & Euro RSCG are currently competing on the Reckitt Benckiser business... So I got to meet all their top management, drink their alcohol, eat their food, ogle their women, and hop a plane 3 days later to the UK to compete over business... Superb... P.S. The show has turned out to be absolute toilet... yet draws a huge audience...
Nice ears Chop
March 14, 2006: Ensuring I can never come home to Australia, I shall now take the piss out of Mark "Chopper" Read... Actually - no I won't... Chopper rules... Thought Eric played him a little pretty though...
With apologies to Yao Ming, may I present Ya Ming
March 11, 2006: Voted the "Best Peking Duck" in New York, Lisa & I hit Mainland in the Upper East side to get ourselves some... Duck... and it was special... we even named him "Ya Ming"... He was very tasty...
Duke gets up, while we get down at Katz
March 10, 2006: Ducking out of a terribly boring meeting, a number of us from work, including Duke diehards Laura Crane & Jeff Kling, hit a local Irish pub to watch Duke powering on their way to the NCAA championship... they won this game - but didn't fare so well as the tournament went on... Later that night, Lisa & I hit a New York institution "Katz's Delicatessen" - where you too can send a salami to our boys in the Army... But it is really famous for its many appearances in pop culture eg the famous Meg Ryan orgasm scene in "When Harry met Sally" - that was at Katz... Johnny Depp meeting his FBI contact in Donnie Brasco... Seems everyone who is anyone has eaten here - now including us...
Mariana gets married... Thank you very much...
March 7, 2006: Well today I find my good friend Mariana has tied the knot... and not just any knot... an Elvis wedding knot! Hope this link still works to the video of her wedding... super work by the brazilian dynamo (now heading to live with her new hubby in England...)... Hi also to the art of Esther Watson: we now have some large works hanging on the wall in the office... seems her dad (like mine) liked to make things in his garage... while mine makes superb wine racks, shoe storage units & other assorted furniture, hers would generally have them ostracised from the local neighbours by spending his time making UFOs... She now makes a motza creating artistic pieces to ease her pain... nice one...
And the winner is...
March 5, 2006: ...Matt! (I scooped the Oscar's pool in our own little 95 Horatio sweepstakes)... Hooray for "little clone" & Eric Bana... Happy to see the "artistic Hoff" get the top award... Reese... Reese... Reese... You had me with your faces in Cruel Intentions... But can Hollywood kindly remove its collective tongue from George Clooney's ass? (but George does rock... good name George...)
