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We’re moving! Physically and virtually, that is. We’re leaving Brooklyn and headed to San Francisco in a couple weeks due to a job offer.  More to come on that….

The celeb: Jean-Georges Vongerichten

The sighting: I met my wife for lunch yesterday at Todd English’s Olives in Union Square yesterday. Afterwards, we decided to walk around the area and I saw Jean-Georges walking down B’way between 18th and 19th. Typically I wouldn’t recognize a chef unless he or she had a program on the Food Network, but Jean-Georges is a badass, plus he was wearing his chef jacket.

Can you tell - Ra Ra Riot

I’m good, I’m gone – Lykke Li

Olympic Airways – Foals

Skeleton Boy – Friendly Fires (props to my bro RL for turning me on to this tune)

UPDATED:

Animal (Fake Blood Remix) – Miike Snow

Relator – Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson  

Latest flicks I checked out on Netflix:

Rachel Getting Married – Good acting and one of the coolest fake weddings I’ve seen. Wish I was a guest!

Religulous – Bill Maher lays the smackdown on faith with a healthy dose of skepticism.

Friday - Celebrated our friend KW’s birthday at the West Village’s Fat Cat.

Saturday – Had a couple friends over for brunch.

Monday – Attended a B-school alumni event in midtown.

The celeb: Former NFL star (SF 49′er) Steve Young

The sighting: Late Monday night at SFO Airport. A full AA red-eye flight from SF to NYC was inexplicably and abruptly cancelled. Of course, there was little information given and when it was, it was poorly communicated. Steve, along with the other stranded passengers, was asking around as to what happened. He took off pretty quickly while the rest of us poor saps had to wait around for an hour or more to retrieve our luggage and get a hotel voucher for the night. I arrived at the hotel around 1:00am and ended up flying out the next day around 11:40am.

Tuesday – Met up with my friend MC for drinks at nearby Flatbush Farm Bar(n).

Wednesday – Met up with my friend HH for drinks at Lillie’s Bar in Union Square. This might be my new favorite bar in Union Square. Proceeded to treat myself to a Guinness (or two).

Thursday – Went wine tasting with our friends B & L in North Fork, Long Island. It was a lot of fun and the wine was good.

Friday – Met up with our friend KW at Brooklyn Social Club. I liked the old-school vibe and enjoyed the cocktail “Matt’s Ginger Old-Fashioned” but think I like Weather Up in Prospect Heights better. Afterwards, we had a great dinner at Joya – tasty Thai food in large portions and affordable prices plus a DJ spinning random tunes like Billy Ocean’s “Caribbean Queen” and a re-mix of Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m on Fire.”

The other night we had dinner at The General Greene in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Here’s their official website.

The restaurant is spacious and inviting and the selection of American small plate dishes were tasty.

We tried the bacon dates, lamb and cucumber salad (arugula, goat cheese, beans and dill yogurt), peekytoe crabcakes (with spicy coleslaw and herbs), grilled steak (with smoked garlic and parsley) and mashed potatoes (with blue cheese butter).

My wife washed it down with some sangria while I had the green lemonade (vodka, lemonade, mint, cucumber) and the sunblock hefeweizen (from captain lawrence brewing company in pleasantville, ny).

We finished the meal with some dessert – a rhubarb crisp.

On the way out of the Park, we also came across this dog, who was chillin’ in the mud.