We were at friends' house for dinner. The husband had just gotten a new car, so he and my husband decided to take it out for a drive. We waited and waited and waited for them to come back so we could have cake and coffee. Finally, just as we were getting pretty worried, they called from a topless bar. My friend and I were so aggravated that we just cut the cake in half and the two of ate the entire thing.

As far as I know, they can serve drinks in topless bars here, but the girls have to have on a g-string or thong. If they're totally nude, then alcohol cannot be served. We can only buy wine and liquor in liquor stores, but you can buy beer in supermarkets, 7-11's, etc. Liquor stores are closed on Sundays (although they recently passed a law that they have the option to stay open). As stated before, beer can be purchased on Sundays, but only after 12 Noon. Does any of this make sense?

Me thinks hubby is lucky something else wasn't cut in half

Let him have his fun. Looking, not touching, and coming home every night are rules I can live with.

That's very fair!

Just because you are on a diet doesn't mean that you can't read the menu!

Don Cardi

Ok Don Malta, dey all gone mang! Esselent stuf mang! Tank chu my friend!

Hey TIS? Eat chu heart out mang! Da blu Kamikazee waz great mang!




Don Cardi

Musta been a girlie blue Memorial Day birthday barbeque, eh mang? I'm glad they were good - I never had 'em myself. I just chose based on color.

Yeah, pretty good, I must say.

I did rename them though.

They are no longer known as "Tooters."

Now they will be known as "TISers!"


Don Cardi

Great Pics who pic up the Tab,I bet Geoff didn't,being the don

Don Cardi picked up the tab.

He insisted, and no one argued with him.

That was nice of him

Thats so he doesn't pay next time when theres more of you

Well here's to another great Gangster BB commission meeting dinner!

I really enjoyed another great evening last night with some really great friends. SC and Consigliere's Lady, Plaw, Don Malta, and Mikey Montana were all there and as usual all looked great. SC had a really great looking shirt on.

Excellent taste SC!

Of course the conversation went in The Godfather direction, along with several other movies. I must say that even Mrs. Cardi impressed me by holding her own when Godfather discussions came up. I guess all those years of living with my watching The Godfather 100 times a year rubbed off on her.

Our monthly get togethers just keep getting better and better.

The Gangster BB weekend should be a real blast!

Turnbull, Don Smitty, you both were missed!


Don Cardi

See what happens when your moderators coordinate their outfits before dinner? Don Cardi even got a goodnight kiss from SC...

I'm just curious about something and I know this'll get alot of chuckles especially on THIS Board but...

Wonderful as they are, how does (basically) the same gang of people get together on a monthly basis to mainly discuss The Godfather films? I mean...the Board itself is one thing but how do you talk about them over & over?

I know...silly question, you probably have to be there. I guess the food, wine and company are all factors in making these dinners so delightful.

When I was a kid, my mom belonged to a monthly 'Pokeno Club' where she & a bunch of other moms got together to play the game and have 'girltalk' for a couple of hours. Judging from the activity whenever they were at our house, they all had a terrific time. Once a year they'd all go on some big night out, to a movie or Broadway show or something.

I guess the NY/NJ Commission Meetings are along the same lines as that....

And I suppose I just answered my own question!!!

Carry on...

Apple

WOW, nice pics indeed!!!! I'm glad I can associate nicknames and faces now!

Well actually what gets us discussing Godfather topics are posts like the one that you just made! Just Kidding Apple.

The company is always great, the places that we go to are great, and as you said yourself that is what makes these get togethers so much fun. We don't only talk GF, we talk about a variety of different subjects. But then again, you wouldn't know because every time I invite you, you woose out!


Don Cardi

Okay, you're wearing matching outfits. That's a little scary. DC, when are you going to start shaving your head??

Well Don Malta, with all due respect, if you paid us a little bit more to moderate the boards, SC and I wouldn't have to share our clothes!

SC really wanted to kiss Goeff, but he was afraid that DMC would get jealous. :p


Don Cardi

It's really funny and ironic that you ask this SB!!!!

I've been planning to shave it and am doing so tomorrow.

Don Cardi

You are right, I do 'wuss' out.

Which I'm sure is the reason you did not bother to invite me this time (and I don't blame you)!!



Just out of curiousity (again) where did you converge this time????

Apple

Short Memory, huh?

Don't you remember that I PMed you right after our last dinner and told you that the next meeting would probably be in Staten Island and you said that S.I. was too far for you?

Excuses, excuses. :p


Don Cardi

DON'T DO IT, PLIIIIIIIIIZ!!!
I like it better when you look SAVAGE!!!!

DC, This isn't some sort of initiation thing where we all have to shave our heads and wear the same shirt, is it?? If so, count me out!! I just cut my hair short and my husband's pissed at me as it is.

Yes, I do remember all that, I did pretty much turn you down then & there...mainly I forgot the LOCATION!!

Apple

We'll give you a choice : shave your head, or grow a mustache.


Don Cardi

DON'T DO IT, PLIIIIIIIIIZ!!!
I like it better when you look SAVAGE!!!! [/b][/quote]Don Cardi Before ;


And what Don Cardi will look like after :




Don Cardi

Don't worry, Apple, we find plenty of stuff to talk about.

As a matter of fact, here are the "Top Ten Topics" from last night's dinner:

10- How we found the site.

9- Turnbull and his peppers (Don't worry if you don't get that one).

8- Fantasy Sports.

7- How Don Cardi and plawrence can be friends while being on completely opposite ends of the political spectrum.

6- Why Mikey Montana never posts.

5- Why we have the best board on the internet because JG & SC do such a great job of controlling it.

4- How terrible The Godfather Returns is, and why any one of us could have done a better job.

3- Every one of us doing our poor Al Pacino/Tony Montana and Marlon Brando/Don Corleone imitations.

2- TIS and her "Blue Girlie Drinks".

And the number one topic for discussion at our monthly dinners:

Talking about other members and ripping most of them to shreds. :p

Great pictures guys. How cute!! SC & DC, Partners in Crime.

SB, if they make you shave your head, tell them they need to wear a skirt and drink blue girly drinks all night. Oh, and don't shave your head, DC just wants to be SC's twin.

Sounds like another wonderful time. It's great that you do this monthly.

TIS

Now THAT, I figured. It's kind've a given...

And I'd be doing it right along with you if I ever joined the meetings !!

Apple

Haha! I can't believe I missed this picture!
Where is the night in that picture?! Cool shirts!

Being that we were in New York we all hadda go outside to smoke. During one of the smoke breaks Geoff whipped it out ... relax, it was him camera. I posed with Don Cardi thinking that Geoff would take a pic..... I couldn't imagine why it was taking him so long to do so (i.e. focus, frame it, etc.). Little did I realize he was taking more than one pic.

Sure, the subject of the trilogy always comes up but its not the main topic of conversation (although the diners at the ten other tables in our section were listening in on our dialogue exchanges led by Mikey Montana). (I've had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Cardi before but I never realized she was so knowledgable about "The Godfather").

We could easily spend as much time teasing plaw about his sports stuff or talking about Don Cardi's liberal political views ( )


Last night, as all the other get-togethers in the past, went by entirely too fast.