The Butte Pit area is actually like the Hunza Valley, at least for one dog.
2002 village voice movie critics poll
78 OTAFUKU
Think it might be a new nightclub owned by Joey Buttafuoco? Nope-it's an Osaka-style street-food stand where the specialty is a gooey pancake called otafuku, which means "cook what you like." While the range of offerings doesn't match that of a similar establishment at the Japanese mall in Edgewater, New Jersey, Otafuku provides a fine intro to the genre, featuring ingredients such as shrimp, unsmoked bacon, and squid. Also offered: fried octopus balls (gee, I didn't know they had balls).
236 East 9th Street, Manhattan 353-8503

((The Ocu-balls were fun but just ok to me, the pancake is made of cabbage with toppings....I will do a road trip to Edgewater soon))
bococa mo?
pretty good projo weblog. this post is about unclaimed money from a cd price fixing lawsuit.
real goods : being green starts at home
MB was asking about a protest scheduled at 26 Federal Plaza today. It's going on now, and seems to be tied in to immigrant/alien registration deadlines now looming. It's a small gathering, taking up the sidewalk for about half of the block in front of the building on Broadway. It's well behaved and closely, though not oppressively, policed. Traffic on Broadway continues as usual. Top prop is a multi-person parade snake labeled USA Patriot Act. I didn't catch the Islamic prayers that MB mentioned, and I can't really make out all the speeches, but they have the usual tone: too harsh, too much call and response for my taste. But it's not like they don't have legitimate complaints. The protest is dwarfed by the line of registrants & others with INS business who must wait in the cold before being allowed to enter the building. I've seen these people being treated like cattle for years, and I don't mean like Kobe beef cattle. The Voice has an article on the phenomenon of this line. Read the article, 'cause I doubt you'll see much news coverage of the event.
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field trip -- iron chef japanese in philly
vacation spot
BWEA
the stranglers
Rumor has it from a real in the know-er that this place ROCKS!!
Il Barilotto
1113 Main St
Fishkill , NY 12524
Phone: (845) 897-4300
"THE World's Most Decadent Hamburger" has come to New York. Served at the Old Homestead in - where else? - the Meatpacking District, the $41 sandwich is made of "hand-massaged, beer-fed" kobe beef, "lobster mushrooms" and micro greens on a parmesan twist roll. "It's the world's most incredible beef," boasts owner Marc Sherry. "Each cattle is hand-massaged and beer-fed, so when the meat is slaughtered the fat content and marbling is very high." The fatty feast is costlier than Manhattan's previous record-holders, the $29 dinnertime burger at '21' and the $27 DB Burger at DB Bistro Moderne. -nyp
Finally found a super Korean spot, I have tried many and this is it IMHO, and the company of Steve and Erin was special:>)....WOOCHON 10 W 36.....

WOOCHON 1*
New Years Dining Resolution's:
1) No more Lupa (I am tired of it)
2) Find a new Grand Sichuan restaurant to BYOB etc....
First meal of note for 2003 is Il Gattopardo (3rd trip) and loved it again, I wish it was less cash and more wine to pick (they are 2* NYTimes and chef was 1* Michelin in Italy I hear)......

My wish list for 2003 is Kurima Zushi (rated #1 in NY per all my sushi guru's...), Wallse and Annisa again due to Rachael reviews, 66 and WD50 (both for many meals), and Kai for the chef's meal, Tommasso's for more old Nebbiolo!!!!.....

To be more Virgo-ian I will rate all meals this year that I love 1* to 3*'s (the 3*'s will be listed in order of favorite's, the rest in no order)......

Il Gattopardo 1*
byebye balducci's
I saw The Adaptation last night. I've beein thinking about it all morning and suspect I will be for quite some time. Bio-collectors and fans of Robert Smithson and Vito Acconci might well enjoy this movie. Here's the rottentomatoes page. (some of the reviews give away much of the plot.)
Sperm Whale calf beached in Queens. Sad.
from saveur's 100 favorites issue (jan/feb), sautewednesday, bruce cole's online foodie site. looks good.
technorati 100 v blogstreet 100