Get Skinny 2007:

The plan is to loose 15+ pounds in 2007, clean the liver (so can maintain the regular schedual of getting it dirty??, yes but also to purify all the chemicals to leave a longer life).....

Q1 Plan (if I can pull it off):
Jan 19th (new moon) "Liver Flush"
Mid March a 4 to 8 day "Master Cleanse"
2007 Hit List:
Blue Hill and Blue Hill "Uptown".....so many people have put this at the top of thier NYC best eats in 06.....
Babbo.....its been too many years since I have been (still love Lupa and Otto is my fav 3-4pm quiet late bar lunch)
Tocqueville, Rosanjin, Degustation, Bar Masa......
saad

THE TRY FECTOR
1/2/3) Locanda Vini Olii, Clinton Hill Brooklyn.....the best Italian food in NYC IMHO, I allways eat way too much but its impossible to not want to pig out here, spring menu here is grand cru....
1/2/3) 11 Madison Park....I find the food fantastic, almost every dish.....clean, flavorful, and just rich enough.....love the room
1/2/3) wd~50.....this years awesome gaspacho almost beet out the first version and is of course tied for "dishs of the year", lots of other amazing new treats came out from the lab in 06, sadly I do have to say I miss Sam Mason in the dessert department (his new place will be on this top 10 in 07 for sure)

How hangovers work.
blog wars tonight at 7 on sundance.
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HENRY: You know, going back to September 2001, the president said, dead or alive, we're going to get him. Still don't have him. I know you are saying there's successes on the war on terror, and there have been. That's a failure.

TOWNSEND: Well, I'm not sure -- it's a success that hasn't occurred yet. I don't know that I view that as a failure.
the bell tolls not for thee
AT&T accepts Net Neutrality?
fuck you, connecticut
4) Aburiya Kinnosuke 213 East 45th......Cooked Japanese places have been poping up all over in 05/06, and some like Sakagura have been open 10 years. This is my fav of the bunch w/amazing chicken meatloaf, tofu many ways, and plenty of other tasty treats (r u ready for grilled dried fish??)....

cured ham 18 lb leg retailing for $320

the spanish table

j
amon imberico
Until now it has been unavailable in the U.S. Finally last fall the first producer in Spain was approved by the U.S. Government to export Iberico products to the U.S. Of course it takes a couple of years to produce a Jamon, so we are taking deposits on the scarce first shipments which will arrive in 2007-2008.
Christopher Hitchens on why he thinks women aren’t as funny as men, (ok, with the exception of rita rudner - ah hahahaha)
i hope the money they offer him for rocky 7 will bring him back out of retirement.
what the fuck is an "embargoed" interview? is that like self-censorship or was woodward hoarding this so hed have some fresh quotes in the event of fords death?
5) Sripraphai (aka Super Thai) 6413 39th Ave, Woodside....here is also tied for "dishs of the year"; fried soft shell crabs and fried watercress salad apps, both amazing....this place makes for great leftovers, sauces rock....it is spicy, $10-$15 corkage, bring very fruity wine, I like to order "medium spicy" to be wine friendly...GO!
6) Trestle on Tenth 24th corner 10th Ave.....love this place for the well priced "natural" wine list plus the hearty food...love the crepinette which is tied for "dishs of the year", lamb saddle, ribs, and at lunch the chicken Vol au Vent is not to be missed.....

Yeee-fuckin-haawww!
7) Tia Pol....even though the menu stays the same I love this place, and almost all the menu (the lovely owners are opening in thier own words "a real tapas restaurant" next spring, I am going everyday for a week!! And I know it will rock the 07 charts)

does anybody know where i can find a map of the us militarys classification of baghdads ethno-sectarian divide? ive been looking for about two weeks and i just dont see it anywhere. so much for the vaunted internets.
Trash boats
rip brother jb
dead on christmas day
age 73
8) Grand Sichuan 33/34 Lex location....our current hang out of this "chain", when its on its ON!!

But sadly I am feeling MSG is not good for the body, so I am going to have to rething this place for 07....

Audie Murphy in To Hell and Back on AMC at 11:45am.
Since getting cable I’ve been running into Murphy in B Westerns and I found him to be an odd character. He’s the strong silent type with a long fuse, turning deadly when pushed to it; a classic American hero type, but he’s also a baby-faced naïf, which complicates the image. Turns out he’s an early reality star: the most-decorated soldier of WWII basically playing himself in Hollywood, and literally in To Hell and Back, his autobiography.