Pyrate,
 
Thanks for showing all the out-of-towners that Noo Yawkuhs are just regular folks.
 
Come on down, Ruth, and Pyrate will take you around to meet all his friends.
 
Meanwhile,  Missy Julep and the Undersigned had the pleasure of hoisting a jar or two with Hon. Dan Becker at the Nerk Boozefest, and had a lovely (but brief) time.  Who'd a thunk bars close in Nerk at 9:30 at night?  Maybe in Ocean Grave, but Nerk?  Dan was kind enough not to say what his Nerk Manhattan tasted like, coming out of a paper cup.  What a gentleperson!
 
Ralph