for he's a jolly good fellow...

November 20, 2006 10:08 AM

what present can i get my distant brother for his 40th birthday?

he's a fashion designer in paris, i live in italy. though we're german, the main part of our youth was spent in nyc. by the time we moved to paris (end of high school) we'd already grown apart. we've been pretty distant ever since, friendly but distant.
thought it would be nice to make a bit more of a gesture this time (we've skipped each other's birthdays more than once), given the milestone. and it would be nice if it were something that somehow refers to (past) common ground. any inspiration out there?

posted by progosk to human relations (3 comments total)

Have Katz's ship him a bunch of pastrami or salami. Yum. What were your favorite hangouts in NYC?
posted by luriete at 10:22 AM on November 20, 2006

1. A pair of Air Jordan I's

2. An ipod shuffle loaded with the kind of music he liked back then.

3. Tickets to NYC for a long weekend.
posted by Chrischris at 11:24 AM on November 20, 2006

the one/fifth building (where we lived). washington square park. patricia field's on eighth street; rocky horror night at the eighth st. playhouse. what was the basement record store on sullivan (or was it macdougal)? danceteria & the peppermint lounge.
posted by progosk at 11:43 AM on November 20, 2006