My Dim Sum Morning

It's Passover, so obviously my sister, my wife and I went to dim sum this morning. On a recommendation, we tried out Golden Unicorn, which was good -- not mind blowing or anything. A lot of round eyes there, which is usually a red flag, though dim sum is so hot these days that that's to be expected.

Lo and behold, there appeared to be some sex writer cabal there. The SF-based writer Violet Blue (vaguely NSFW)-- a favorite of the internet set -- was there, as was Rachel Kramer Bussel (again, mildly NSFW), who has written for the Village Voice and other publications. I didn't recognize any of the others, but I'm assuming they were all sex writers, or at least in that general orbit. Anyway, I wanted to document this in some way, so I told my sister that I'd pay for her share of dim-sum, if she'd get me Violet Blue's autograph (which she did). I'd have been much to embarrassed, besides, I don't think I've ever read anything she's written, so I'd feel disingenuous about going up and pretending to be a fan.  Anyway, my sister says she was very nice and gracious.

So I got my autograph and all in all had a very enjoyable passover -- though Golden Unicorn was not the kind of place that would make for a good afikomen hunt. Oh, and because it appealed to my twisted sense of humor, I got the autograph on the back of a flier offering directions to my local Quest Diagnostics, which I picked up the last time I stopped at the doctor's. I just happened to have it stuffed in my wallet.

Comments

[Viviane]

Oh, that's so sweet!

[funkybrownchick]

You're indeed right, my dear. You stumbled upon a sex writer cabal. :) By the way, love the word "cabal." Very cute, sexy and secretive. ;)

[miracule]

a well-spent Passover indeed...though at present I'm finding it difficult to draw any connection between our activities and the traditional significance of the holiday (chicken feet, pork ribs, tripe, [leavened] bao, sex bloggists and whacky hijinx). And I don't really remember reclining all that much, either.

Also, now that i think of it, I wonder how many of the writers were consciously celebrating a non-traditional pesach as well. Hm

[Janesvillejones]

Meine kinderling! Did you at least dip three times? Did you dunk the dim sum in horseradish? Did you ask ANY of the four questions????

[miracule]

oh yeah did I forget to mention OTB? haha. and sorry mas, unless one of the four questions is, "Why on this day do we consume greasy pork products and organ meats when it is entirely against the tenets of our religion?", we did not. As for dipping and horseradish, yes actually I remember dipping a chicken skewer in hot Chinese mustard at LEAST three times...man oh man was that good sauce.