Wow, more than a month since my last post? Do you want me to start another post talking about how much I've been working? But let's celebrate a chilled out Sunday evening with a little look at some things I've done and eaten here and there.
Around the corner from my work there's a new Otto's Tacos with a Tatooine landscape mural. So, yeah, I'm there pretty often.
The famous burger at Joe's Jr. As good as diner burgers, and other burgers, can get.
Plus one of the last places I know still doing the glass and cup milkshake thing.
Superiority Burger might be the number one restaurant opening of the summer, even better than all them chicken sandwiches. Dope veggie burgers and killer veggie sides.
AND, as their chef is a James Bear winning pastry chef, trust that their gelatos and ices are some of the best frozen treats in the whole stinking city.
Nat came back. From Utah.
East Village stuff.
There was this one weekend when the Almonds were in town. We went over to Mission Cantina for a nice little dinner.
I tried their gourmet Crunchwrap Supreme, a super-deluxe interpretation of the Taco Bell modern classic.
Judging from the Burrito-themed murals in the basement, I think Mission Cantina's all-burrito menu angle is here to stay.
Now get this! The next day after the Almonds I met up with Kirk and Leslie from my sophomore year of college! I went with them and their kids to Peep where we caught up on the last, uhh, 15 years?
Oh and then there was a night when I went with Robert and Natalie to Fuku+ in midtown where, along with the chicken sandwich from downtown (actually there's is a smaller version) you can get Mission Chinese-spiced chicken strips and a pizza with the Ssam Bar's spicy sichuan sausage for sauce.
Here's some "around the town" kind of pictures.
One night I went over to Andy's for some chicken McNuggets and heavy bro-time.
This torn up ad stares me down each day on my way to work.
Oh and here, this is a real good cake we had after church one Sunday.
I had the whole weekend off and even got out early on Friday so I really tried to make the most of it and I don't think I did a bad job.
Friday evening I met up with Kim and Alexia and Levi at El Cortez in Bushwick, a Tex-Mex Tiki Bar. The food was good (check out my chimichanga below) and the decor was epic--check out this Eater post full of pictures of the interior, you will dig it and want to visit. As you probably know, I don't drink, but if I drank, I think I'd love drinking at El Cortez. What higher praise could I give?!
Bushwick sights
After dinner we headed to Bedford where they were giving out free cones at Davey's. I had the "Whop'corn" (Whoppers and Popcorn).
Neighborhood's neon tree
Saturday. Big Day. Started with a neighborhood and Soho stroll on my way to breakfast lunch.
Have you seen one of these? They are EVERYWHERE now.
Dork Knate? I don't get it.
Carol was in town and I met up with her and Ryan at Mission Cantina. They're always changing the menu over there and currently the menu is: Choice of Two Burritos. On the left: chile relleno burrito. On the right: fried chicken burrito. You might be leaning towards the chicken one on principle, but let me tell you: that chile relleno one is the burrito you really want.
Also got ceviche tostadas and guacamole. Had to try to fill that table.
Post Cantina? Morgenstern's, of course.
There's this peach ice cream now that everyone is saying you gotta get.
Had an hour or two of freetime...
Before standing in the Red Hook ferry line with Lauri and Carol. It's a big line, you watch a lot of ferries come and go as you wonder which ferry you'll finally fit onto.
I was going to go with them to Hometown Barbecue but ferries were getting so delayed and I needed to be at Lincoln Square before 7 so I sent Lauri and Carol off to Brooklyn like I was seeing them off at the airport and stayed behind in the city.
Street model with tourists.
I'm probably the last person on earth to take some pictures inside the new Fulton subway interchange.
But it's highly photographable.
Having missed out on Brooklyn barbecue, I met up with Chaunte at the Mighty Quinn's in the West Village for a little Manhattan barbecue. I tried their new smoked and fried spicy chicken sandwich. Spicy chicken sandwiches: so hot right now.
And then, get this, we went up to Lincoln Center for a 25th anniversary screening of Metropolitan, my favorite movie that I forget to list when listing my favorite movies.
FOLLOWED by a Q&A with director Whit Stilman and nearly the whole cast! Like they were only 2 people short of the whole cast, it was great.
Everyone's crazy about Chaunte's summertime pants.
All the attention gets embarrassing.
Finished up Saturday night with Ty's birthday party. No pictures, though. It was dark and there were lots of people to talk to.
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Sunday Emily surprised everyone by showing up at church with her 12 year old niece. No pictures of that because we were in church.
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But here's what new friends do right after they meet: go onto a phone to figure out if they've met before.
Walking home from Prince street. Hanksy strikes again.
Seamore, a new fish restaurant up the street from me, is packing them in.
Genuine Superette a little less packing them in.
The Lion of Little Italy
So, yeah. Very nice weekend. Now I'm home a little early on a Sunday night, reading books and writing blog posts and feeling ready to do the law more tomorrow. Here I come, law! Rested and ready!
I've been working a lot, it cuts into my blogging time but it also cuts into my "things to blog about" time, so there's not much to catch you up on. But going through my pictures, I found things to share starting from the end of May running up to now.
One last trip out to the Loews Jersey theater before it closed for the summer.
The WTC PATH station has been all future'd
One Sunday morning this plane was awful low
Work lunch with Pearl
I'm a worker!
Sometimes I slip outside during my break and take pictures in my work neighborhood
No one likes a show off
Here's Aubrey...
She hooked Christian and I up with tickets to the NBA Draft.
I couldn't believe that Christian knew who all those college kids were. It was exciting to share all the life changing moments with them. Nice to see all the families dressed up and excited.
My own neighborhood by night
Friend and co-worker Marco, with whom I've worked off and on for four years now, got himself a Leica so we took it on an inaugural run one night last week.
Listen. Sometimes this new blog is going to be kind of edgy.
Working near Times Square is photographically beneficial
Get that money, Olaf
Look closely. Can you see a guy on the outside of his apartment?
Cab rides home
When I get a minute I'll still cook if I can, here's broccoli
Made tostadas de tinga
And turned tostada leftovers into taquitos
One night I tried the nice new burger at Rose's. It was good but gone in seconds.
One Saturday morning, weeks ago, not too many people at the Love and Mercy early show.
Top floor of the 3rd avenue AMC. How long could someone live up here before anyone noticed?
And one Saturday night, work dinner at Sapporo in midtown. I'm Ok with Ok ramen. This place has been in New York in the 70's, one of the first ramen places in the city. It defies all the present ramen pretenses and trends.
And has got fun t-shirts.
