-OH induced gastritis / Spice

This past weekend I got alcohol induced gastritis. I know you're thinking "oh quit being such a whiny bitch with a bad hangover". Except four drinks in four hours does NOT add up to throwing up literally everything for 48 hours. My favorite part was that the repeated hurling wore away the lining of my throat so then all I could taste was blood. And since I was throwing up everything I so much as sipped, I couldn't wash the taste away. God, it was miserable. I'm somewhat convinced something was in my dinner before hand or something got put into my drink, because that is just NOT normal. I was so dehydrated by the end of it that I could feel my heart racing. So, knowing that sleeping pills conquer nausea, I took an Ambien and right before I felt myself going to sleep I chugged two glasses of water. I woke up the next day feeling much better, but still a bit woozy. I had to skip out on a training at work since I started feeling crappy, and decided it'd be a better plan to sleep off the nausea so I could teach my class a few hours later.

Anyway, the night preceeding 48 hours of blood tasting hurling hell was actually pretty amazing. Sam and I headed downtown to meet up with his friend Caryn who he went to high school with out in Westchester. We did dinner at a restaurant called Spice (more on that later), and then to very hip private loft party. I don't think I need to say much more because, babes, I was below 14th st wearing a four year old black jersey ruched dress from Wet Seal. And ballet flats. What is it with me and the inappropriate frickin' ballet flats?! The people were all very very nice (maybe nice as replaced snooty as the new "cool" thing), but I couldn't help feeling like a complete fool ha. Caryn is what I would call an un-Diva fashionista. Her outfits are always on point, in a way that is . . . almost painfully effortless. Seriously - she is a FABULOUS dresser, but more importantly, she is very very nice. I'm sure everyone knows someone like her haha.

Okay, so on to dinner. Spice is located at 10th St. and 4th Ave. The three of us ate the pork and veggie dumplings and summer rolls as appetizers, and I wound up sharing my Tom Yum also. The veggie dumplings were small but very tasty. They had a very thin exterior which tasted good, was not over powering, and was perfectly pan fried but not too crunchy. These dumplings reminded me faintly of the ones Sam and I had at XO and were served IN the dumpling sauce, but again this presentation was tasty. The summer rolls were really fresh, but they had tofu in them instead of shrimp which was kind of a table wide unwelcome surprise. Otherwise, the veggies tasted great, there was a ton of fresh basil and the sauce it was served with was a perfect complement. The Tom Yum was good, but I would have preferred a higher "stuff" to broth ratio. There was also not quite enough cilantro for it to be mind blowing - but seriously, I've never had any Tom Yum I didn't really enjoy, and this was no exception :). I had Panang Curry (the same thing I typically have) which was pretty tasty, and was HUGE. I ate all of the "stuff" and had I not been going to a very chic loft party afterward would totally have taken the leftover sauce home. Overall I'd give it about 4 of 5, but the company made it a 5 of 5.

Special hugs and kisses to Sam for taking such great care of me and staying by my side literally the whole time I was sick. One word: keeper.

LOVE!