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Neat Links From My Father, 8

By on March 8, 2010 in Animals, Art & Design, Entertainment, Food & Restaurants, Links From My Father, Music, New York, News, Photography, Science / Technology, Shopping, Travel, Trivia

Neat Links From My Father, 8
- A 3-D desktop for the Mac.
- Scroll down for the humerous 404 ornament.
- Get your monitor spotless!
- Evidently there are some nice things to see in Staten Island, who knew. ;P
- A Twitter feed worth following!
- This city’s not a concrete jungle, it’s a human zoo.
- NY Time on Savannah, GA.
- Spike Jonze’s “I’m Here” trailer.
- Washiongton State: Periodic Table of Wine.
- Brilliant subway performance of “Sweet Dreams” on the flute and chello.
- All 120 Crayon Names, Color Codes and Fun Facts.
- The Times on fugal Paris in the summer.
- What Kevin Smith means for the future of PR.
- Waking Sleeping Beauty trailer, the story of the Disney Renaissance.
- He just wants to give you a kiss!
- My new favorite club, and I don’t even know where it is.
- “The Daily Show” and “Colbert Report” to be removed from Hulu… lame-o. At least full episodes will still be on each programs’ offical sites.
- As if I don’t eat at Chiptole enough!

Image via pipnstuff

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Adverture Around Fort Washington

By on May 11, 2009 in Entertainment, Food & Restaurants, New York, Weekend Adventures

Fun Around Fort Washington
One of our best friends graduates next week (congrats Rei!!) and Friday she had her party. Gooood times! Saturday was spent ordering in and recovering. Sunday was brunch day! We went back up to her neighborhood and tried out a fun place: Bleu Evolution. Not the most outstanding food, but the atmosphere and back garden area were fabulous. After a chill afternoon with friends Jack and I ran down to Chelsea and caught a showing of Star Trek. Kick-arse movie!

Yup, that’s the breakdown…

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Lots o’ Walking

By on April 27, 2009 in Food & Restaurants, New York, Photography, Weekend Adventures

Lots o' Walking
Aside from another fun monthly brunch at Bondi Road, I have rubbed my feet raw from all the walking while getting my feet used to flip-flops again. This weekend was quite a stunner!
Lots o' Walking
Lots o' Walking
Lots o' Walking
Lots o' Walking

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I ran out of batteries and keep forgetting to buy more…

By on April 8, 2009 in Food & Restaurants, New York, Travel, Weekend Adventures

New York 1904
So, no pictures from the very nice weekend I had, while the parents were in town (unless my mom sends me some). Instead, enjoy this amazingly cool photo of Commerce Street, taken in 1904! I need to get some before my trip this weekend. More on that later (exciting!!).

I shall summarize:
Saturday:
Brunch at Genesis.
To Wall St. to watch the pillow fight.
Showed off Jack’s new office view (which is STUNNING!).
Went back to the hotel and watched bad TV.
Dinner at Tequila Jack’s.

Sunday:
Brunch at Barking Dog.
Williamsburg.
Lunch at Urban Rustic.
Back to Manhattan.
Dad bought his girls (minus Daisy) some presents from Satya Jewelry.
Snacks at Milk & Cookies Bakery.
Wondering around downtown.
Saw Lee Konitz at The Village Vanguard.

Monday:
Work for me… BLAH!
Met the parents in Washington Sq. Park.
Coffee and nibbles at Corner Shop Cafe.
Headed up town.
Jon brought Artichoke pizza over to the hotel.

Did I miss anything?

Image via Simon Coconino

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‘Sup?

By on March 10, 2009 in Food & Restaurants, New York, Photography

Before the Chrysler's Lights Go On
Sorry for the lack of posts recently… I’m trying to avoid doing this too much while I’m on the clock. For now, some good ol’ New York recommendations!

First off, for a cheap drink and a free piece of pizza to go along with it, check out Crocodile Lounge. They have a great arcade in the back, too, with skee ball, a photo booth, etc!

For a no frills pizza setting (no seating for that matter), and an absolutely amazing slice, I recommend you stand in line at Artichoke Pizza. Yes, there is almost always a line, but trust me, it’s so worth it! What I like to do is, once I’ve get a slice and a soda, is make the short walk over to Stuyvesant Square, and enjoy the park.

And thirdly, there’s Monday Night Bingo at the Bowery Poetry Club! This is the best thing to happen to Mondays, ever. Murry Hill and Linda are hilarious and make such a boring game just amazing!
Monday Night Bingo
Crocodile Lounge

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Ode to Waffle House

By on February 26, 2009 in Food & Restaurants

Ode to Waffle House
Oooooh, how I miss thee! When I’m in Georgia I’m always tryin’ to get my Wa-Ho and Chick-fi-la on. I spent countless hours in that wonderous place all through high school and college. *Daydreaming*

All I know is that by the time Waffle House gets through with the variations on its frozen potatoes, it has made frozen potatoes into what Italians have made pasta, i.e., the bedrock of an entire culinary universe. And that’s how Waffle House works, in general. Its menu is narrow the way the selection of notes in “The Goldberg Variations” is narrow. Let diners expand their menus by simple, relentless addition; Waffle House relies on a higher math, so its menu, which seems a forthright declaration of its limitations, is actually a celebration of possibility.

From Esquire | Via gondaba.com

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Lincoln’s Christmas Gift

By on January 28, 2009 in Travel

Savannah
For my four glorious years of college I lived off the Georgia coast in Savannah. Now, while I’ve always said that Charleston SC would probably win the Southern city beauty competition, Savannah will always hold a charm about it that Charleston can’t touch. I lived “Downtown” in the “Historic District” all four years, which is a small, very walkable area. Every square has a memory.

I’ve been thinking, for some time now, how much I would like to take a trip back, and show Jack around my old stopping grounds, so I was delighted to come across Design*Sponge’s Savannah Guide! It’s fun going through that list and reminisce! I do have two restaurants to add to the list, though: B&D and Juarez. Both were places my friends and I hit up all the time and absolutely worth and stop in if you want a damn tasty burger (I recommend the Lucas) or some great, well priced Mexican food!

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Hello, again.

By on November 10, 2008 in Food & Restaurants, Moose Message, New York, Weekend Adventures

Our Fall Curtains
*Phew* It’s been a little while, huh? And it seems things have gotten a little political, too… And, though I have thought about writing about my extreme disappointment that Prop 8 went through, I don’t want things to get too heavy-handed here. Perhaps I’ll get into it later.

Anyways, Jack and I had a very eventful weekend, full of out-of-town-ers and birthdays!

Friday night old Atlanta friends came to town and we went out for soup dumplings in China Town and dive bars at Tompkins Square. We met and took pictures (which I am still waiting on) with an amazing Obama impersonator. He even got two of his buddies to dress up as (very convincing) secret service!
Milon
Saturday, was Mani’s birthday! And, to celebrate, a huge group of us went to our favorite birthday restaurant, Milon (or, as we like to call it, Indian Techno). I highly, highly recommend, but be prepared for tight quarters, lots of chili pepper and christmas lights, loud music and tons of fun!
Milon

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:D

By on September 9, 2008 in Fashion, Food & Restaurants, Moose Message, New York

Fashion Week, Spring 2009
I finally gathered up the guts to ask for a raise and I got it! Last night Jack and I went to Pershing Square (right out side Grand Central) to celebrate! YUM!

Afterward we walked over to Bryant Park and took a snapshot of all the hoopla going on there (and hoping to see Tim Gunn). Oh, I would love love love to go to the Project Runway show!!

On a side note, do these look like knockoff Manolos to you?
Manolo Blahnik
Someone threw out a bag of shoes and these were sitting on top. They’re pretty neat and they fit me, I just need to fix the heels.

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Cloudy Sunday

By on April 28, 2008 in New York, Weekend Adventures

Cloudy Sunday
I knew that the beautiful weather we had been enjoying, pretty much all month, couldn’t last forever… and yesterday the rain came. Actually, most of Sunday was just kind of nasty, cold, and overcast. Today it’s been pouring. After the last few weeks, where we had blue skies and temperatures upwards towards the 80′s, all the gray and it plummeting back down into the 50′s, was a tad upsetting.

Yesterday, despite the less-than-great weather, we took a trip all the way down to the Financial District. For those of you who don’t know, this area pretty much shuts down after business hours and on the weekends (except for right around Ground Zero, for the tourists), so traveling so far on a trip mainly for food probably wasn’t the best of ideas. We made the best of it, finding a cute Mexican restaurant, poking around the maze of clothing that is Century 21, and grabbing some coffee at South Street Seaport / Pier 17.

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