Mmmmmm
Delicous Fish and Chips at 1am after six Guninesses.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
New York Day 10
This is going to be a short entry -- Its my last day here in NYC and for lunch I took the team I was working with to Katz' Deli. I had a delicous (but expensive) pastrami sandwich, pickles (dill and sour), matza ball soup, fries, root beer and cream soda. I did not finish any of those items. See previous posts for pictures.
My ten days in NYC were fantastic and I can't wait to come back here again. I am still amazed that Amy and Josh came to visit and I can't wait to meet up with friends for travel in the future!
I'm in the taxi back to JFK right now and because my plane was delayed I won't even be able to meet up with people tonight in SF. Thats too bad.
Labels: food, New York, San Francisco, travel
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
New York Day 7,8,9
Oops. Forgot to update.
On Monday I went to bed almost as soon as I got home. Even though I was sleepy I did go out for Ramen at "Ramen Setagaya" after work. It was very salty but still enjoyable. I thought the Gyoza was delicious!
Yesterday I worked till 6pm then went out with some folks from work to not-so-good Thai. We went to Burp Castle afterwards and I had a couple pints of Young's Double Chocolate Stout. Then we went somewhere else for a drink. Around midnight I took a taxi home. I stopped at Chelsea Papaya for a cheeseburger and fries. It was fantastic fast food. I'd go again.
Tonight I worked late (I got in late too) and got a burger at some fancy looking place "Chelsea Porter" because it was on the way. I wish I had gone to Chelsea Papaya again. I watched a cool documentary on a kid who is blind but uses echolocation to get around. Its inspiring.
PS. I've updated the map: Where I've been in New York
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
New York Day 6
Today was the day that Amy and Josh left, the day that I got some sleep and had some not so good BBQ. The highlight of the day was waking up at 9;45am, getting out the door by 10:30. We went to 72nd St Bagels and delivered our breakfast to Central Park where we sat near "The Lake" and ate for a while. We didn't have much time because they had a 3pm flight out of JFK (and wanted to see if they could standby on a direct flight back to Detroit) so we hung out there for an hour and a half then went back.
I got them to the train station, said good bye, walked back to the hotel and slept for 3 hours.
Having Josh and Amy in to visit has made this one of the best trips I've ever been on. I am so glad they visited and I can't wait to do this again. I've wanted to explore New York with my friends for many years and I finally had that chance. Thanks Josh and Amy for making this trip so wonderful!
New York Day 5
On Saturday we woke up at 10:30am and were out the door after figuring out what were were going to do by 11:30. After a subway fiasco because of construction work on the 1 train, we spent a good 45 minutes getting down to the bottom of Manhattan. We walked around a bit through Wall Street then ventured East to Battery Park to purchase a trip to the Statue of Liberty. It was, unfortunately, sold out for from-the-top viewing so after standing in line for 20 minutes we abandoned that mission. We walked to the World Trade Center site, saw the new construction and then walked through the Financial Center buildings for a few minutes for some AC. We walked over to the Brooklyn Bridge but then had to back track to actually get onto it. The bridge is really nice. I loved the cable work and the patterns it displayed and the view of Manhattan was excellent. We got to the other side intent on getting Pizza from Grimaldi's but the line had at least an hour wait so we abandoned that part too. Since none of are big fans of New York style pizza, we weren't too disappointed though, I do plan on going there someday this week just so I can say I tried a some definitive NY style pizza.
After our pizza failure (and little did we know, ice cream failure) we hopped on the subway back to 34th street where we walked around for a bit, found a place to grab some pizza, took a break with our not so tasty pizza then proceeded back to home base for a quick break. We returned to that general area and purchased admission to the Museum of Sex. It was an interesting exhibit but a bit lackluster as the main exhibition was on pornography and that doesn't go too far back into the past. After we left the museum it started raining so we ducked into the first bar we saw, Space Cafe 212 which rocked out the mid-nineties RandB hits (Seal anyone?) and charged extraordinary amounts of money for decent drinks. After one round we left and made our way to the Compleat Strategist but it was closed so we re-directed just one block away to Jim Hanley's Universe for a bit of comic book shopping.
After the shopping we again returned home, showered and made dinner plans at Barbounia. Dinner was incredible: the Hanger steak Amy got and the lamb skewers Josh got were so delicious but my dish was not very good compared to their's. We also shared a beat salad, hummus, baba ganoush and another fish-tasting spread. All were tasty though we thought the bread was too strongly flavored to go with the spreads. We also had a fantastic wine picked by Amy. "Spicy and dry" she told me and that was what I ordered and it was both.
After we had dinner we tried to go to a place called DBA but it was crowded, the bartender was a dufus (dancing instead of telling me they were out of both drinks I tried to order) and it was too loud. We rounded the corner and the block walked into Mars Bar for two shots of Makers. I finished my at-least-3-shots glass (Took me two gulps to complete), Amy abandoned her's and we left. I would have liked to stay longer but there was more to do on Sunday morning. It was only 1am but we headed home.
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New York Day 4, continued
It was quite a fantastic weekend I would have to say. The down sides included: Blisters, a sold out Statue of Liberty a terrible bartender, and Pizza lines. Beyoned that everything we did was fantastic. I have never had a better trip than this one.
I met Josh and Amy at LGA on Friday night, they had purchased their tickets about six hours prior to their arrival in NYC and the plane they were on was delayed so they ended up going to LGA instead of JFK. That meant a train then a taxi. The plane laned a few minutes late but we were back at the hotel by midnight. We left the hotel and proceeded to walk South to Times Square (Note to self, Times Square is North of the office not South.) Along the way we stopped at Grey's Papaya and Josh and Amy had some delicious looking hot dogs and fries. After 30 blocks or so we realized the folly of my directions, had a few shots, turned North and walked all the way to Times square! Along the way we said hello into a guy who had been walking in parallel with us for about 30 blocks. Turns out he is from Switzerland and gave me a few suggestions for what to do when I get to Zurich! We passed the Empire State Building and gave it a wave and then in Times Square we wandered around in a daze. It is like the intersection in Shibuya, but still has its own feel -- I was still quite impressed.
It was about 3am so we decided to head back to the place but we decided that we needed a drink so tried to go to a place called Cafeteria but they had a wait and we were not that desperate for a drink. We stopped at a store and picked up a six-pack of beer and headed in. We probably talked for an hour then at 4am crashed.
Where I've been in New York.
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
New York Day 3
Success! I had beer, then fries, then a gyro all in one block. Hung out with a few work people: Salim, trevor and mark among them. Salim has given me some great food suggestions, though, as trevor put it. There is only one good place for anything. I have recommendations for pizza, cuban, beer and ice cream though as Salim mentioned, "There is no good Itallian." I don't find it hard to believe -- The best Itallian food is my Mom's
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
New York Day 2
I had New York style pizza from Patsy's Pizza. Tasty, not as good as Chicago style!
I also purchased flights out of and into Dublin. See my calendar for my summer travel plans. Then, buy tickets and meet me some where.
