valentine’s day this year was actually a weekend-long celebration. jesse took care of the first night and i was in charge of the second. due to a priceline.com debacle, we ended up staying at the hilton in union square on valentine’s day. it wasn’t so bad, but the thing i found really odd was that the wait to check-in was 40 minutes. there was actually a line to get into the place. we decided to fuck the line and go drink instead at cocobang. two liters of soju cocktails and one rabokki plate later, we ambled back to the hilton and were able to check-in without enduring the cattle line. dinner that nite was at le colonial and was a decadent treat. we had both the appetizer tasting platter as well as the dessert platter. for entrees we had the filet and the sea bass. both were good, but the sea bass was definitely the standout.
on sunday, we moved over to the hotel vitale, across the street from the ferry building. i booked the urban studio because only these rooms have deep-soaking tubs, and you know how i love me my bathtubs! the room was gorgeous and the hotel overall makes you feel like you’ve got more money than you really do. plus, the gays at the front desk are fabulous. i mean that with love and respect.
oh, and to kill time, we walked over to the ferry building and indulged in some champagne and caviar from tsar nicoulai’s. the royal onyx osetra was so ridiculously delicious that jesse and i had a hard time sharing. luckily the guy at the counter gave us each another taste. you know, that’s just how we roll. one day it’s taco bell and the next it’s caviar.
so it basically rained all day and all night, which really put a damper on our outdoor evening activities. vitale has heated terraces where you can drink and smoke. but with the rain and the wind, we were shit outta luck. so we had a quick drink in the lounge downstairs. we also had 7pm reservations for the rooftop mineral baths, which were still pretty cool despite the downpour. i think at this point we decided to fuck it and get wasted. i don’t know if it was the heat of the mineral baths or if it was our semi-empty stomachs, but the whisky we snuck up went strait to our heads. i don’t remember a lot of what happened, but i woke up in the morning and our hotel room was trashed. i have foggy memories of filling up the bathtub and supposedly almost drowning, spraying jesse awake in the tub with the deatchable shower head, and ordering roomservice three times in 40 minutes. and then we passed out at 11:30pm. what the fuck.
here’s where it starts to get hazy for me…
hmmmm. despite all the debauchery, i had a really special time over valentine’s day weekend. there was a lot of laughing, a lot of good food, and too many sweet moments to count. i couldn’t have asked for more.
and on a totally different note, i’m leaving next week for kauai! so see you when i get back… that is, if i come back. aloha!
