8:00pm: I went to see A Diary of a Teenage Girl at the Williamsburg Cinema. A 15 yr old artsy girl, Minnie, (Bel Powley) living in San Fran in 1976 loses her virginity to her mother’s boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgård). The mother (Kristen Wiig) is a terrible mom and casually does coke all the time, one time with her daughter. I feel like every movie set in the 70s has a ton of casual coke everywhere. Can someone who was of casual-coke-doing-age in the 70s please let me know if this was actually the case? Bel Powley, 23, is basically my age but looks 15 in this movie. Is it the Betty Page bangs? Should I get bangs for a youthful glow? Is it actually casual coke glow? I also left the movie feeling a bit like a creep because I wasn’t that grossed out by her having sex with A-Skar. Maybe it’s just hard to make someone that beautiful the villain? Good movie to see if you want to be reminded that sex in your teenage years is both awkward and thrilling. Also a gentle reminder that the 70s were a pre-AIDS, post free love, coke fueled, orgy with bell-bottoms.

10pm: After the movie, while waiting just off the side walk in the street, waiting to cross, a bike pizza delivery man comes speeding down the road - sees me & my sister- and proceeds to drive directly into us, stopping about a foot short of hitting us. We are both freaked out and pissed off because at the time there were no cars on the road. The whole road is clear, so yes we were in the street but the whole street was empty. It was one of the more bizarre things that have happened to me in the city in a while. I can only assume he was bored, or a psycho or was just so entranced by our beauty that he needed to run us over. Was he a secret bike assassin sent to murder us but he failed? We yelled a big “fuck you” to him as he brought the pizza to someone (who is probably dead now because he ran her over with his bike). This incident reaffirms my belief that bicyclists in NY are both a terror to pedestrians and drivers because they don’t follow any fucking traffic rules.

It was cross between this and that super creepy fucker who follows you around the bar - i.e. my worst fucking nightmare.

10:20pm: So naturally we had to ease our nerves after the trauma so we went to Hotel Delmano, a fancy ethereal cocktail bar in North Williamsburg. I like this bar because they have lots of seating both indoor and outdoor seating for warm nights. Sometimes you just need to sit & drink Most of their cocktail menu is gin or vodka based cocktails but they have a few interesting brown based options. I ordered the Rattlesnake - a rye based cocktail made with absinthe and egg whites - light and refreshing without being too sweet. My sister had Gentle Julep – also a rye base with mint and citrus. We each had 3 cocktails– did I mention the stress of the bike assassin?

11:45pm: Ended the night at Vinnie’s Pizzeria on Bedford. I love Vinnie’s –interesting toppings combinations and consistent quality. Also they have a totally RAD robot hanging from the ceiling for added whimsy and 90s nostalgia. Also a plethora of vegan slices because its Williamsburg and being Williamsburg. I had the Meat the Parents – sausage, pepperoni, bacon & extra mozzarella & a root beer. Both were delicious.

Drunk you will want this pizza. Sober you will also want this pizza but sober you probably cares about your health.