Last night, I enjoyed some tasty Tapas at El Cid (322 W. 15th St, betwn 8th and 9th Avenues) with my ole friend Bill. After delicious sangria, we decided to stop by a party which he had been invited to at the PM Lounge on 50 Gansevoort Street. It was a fashion party promoting La Perle, an Italian lingerie designer, and La Perle's new line of lingerie. After being surrounded by 6 ft beautiful models and swooning Euro guys, I was pleasantly surprised to see Sturgis from the Vail Film Festival, Terry from the Fleadh Film Festival and NY1's movie reviewer Neil Rosen.

When arriving back to my neighborhood, I had a sudden desire to cleanse my inner self, so I stopped into the local dive bar for a $3 Budweiser. Ahhh, what a relief. Inside the dive; there were a few neighbors, folks from the 'hood, and a former indie filmmaker. So, after an evening of swooning...or watching others swooning in the Meat Packing District, it was so refreshing to hear some real stories and end my night listening to the trials and tribulations of indie filmmaking.