did anyone see the giant rubik's cube at astor place?

2003 Top Eats

Globe All
Passadis Del Pep (Barcelona) 4*
Varoulko (Athens) 4*
Slanted Door (SF) 3*
Carballeira (Lleida, Spain) 3*
Uglesich's (New Orleans) 3*
#9 Park (Boston) 3*
El Torreone (Torrisellas, Spain) 2*
Asados Nazareno (Roa, Spain) 2*
Frankie & Johnny's (New Orleans) 2*
O Loutros Fish Taverna (Thessaloniki, Greece) 2*
Botafumeiro (Barcelona) 2*

Loc All
wd50 4*
Kai 4*
Wallse 4*
Jean George 4*
Al Di La 3*
Locanda Vini Olii 3*
Fleur de Sel 3*
66 3*
Grand Sichuan Int Midtown 3*
Gramercy Tavern 3*
Bao Noodles 3*

Went to Jean George last night for what is probly my 5th or 6th meal since they opened, everyone has been 4* to me, we did both tasting menu's (we tried 12+ dishes) and tasted all 16 desserts, I was also happy as the wine list had many items to pick from in my price range, overall it was expensive of course but its like seeing the Stones play at the Garden every few years, and like Keith, Jean George still rocks!!

Lunch at WP, the list is growing and the food is good.....

Wallse thursday nite was awesome, now 4* IMO....
Tasting menu was 2 soup shots, f gras with cherry (gift from chef, best in recent memory, blows away same from cafe boulud), bluefish with heirloom tomato, bass with corn etc, wiener snitzel (awesome), a duck rolled in cabbage (awesome), chesse....

Eating By #'s 2003
Grand Sichuan Int Midtown 14Times
wd~50 12 Times
Wash Park 10 Times
66 5 Times
The Minnow 5 Times
Kai 3 Times

John Zoller alphamega series

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day 1: aol weblogs

sadly last night at Cafe Boulud was less exciting in a big way (we heard that if the chef cooked special for us we would have rocked, he offered we were tired so passed) from the time before, the time before was awesome....2* now

p.s. the wine list is very difficult

One for the Redwoods

I've often thought I would get healthier by eating more fruit if only the fruit would meet me halfway and be at least somewhat delicious. There's a pretty successful organic farm in these parts (Rappahannock/Culpepper counties Va.), Sunnyside Farms(?) , and they're producing some nice stuff. Pick of the week--Asian Pears.

Satellite photos before and after (during) the blackout.

Blackout history project (via TPM)

"Even if within two hours it was pretty clear, for a president to say something, it's got to be more than pretty clear, it's got to be 100 percent certain," said one Republican with strong ties to the White House."

ok i think i figgered it out - the stooges blew a fues in sound check and hence a cascade to remember :

Blackout Cancels Mich. Iggy Pop Concert     CLARKSTON,Mich. - A high wattage rock band and a venue named after a power company couldn't make the show go on during the blackout that hit the state.   Iggy & the Stooges had finished a sound check Thursday at DTE Energy Music Theatre and were headed back to their Auburn Hills hotel when the power went out, the Detroit Free Press reported on its Web site.   It was supposed to be the biggest Detroit rock reunion of the year: Iggy with brothers Ron and Scott Asheton performing their first hometown show in three decades, in front of what would have been a packed crowd of fans.   The concert was rescheduled for Aug. 25.   Fans seeking refunds can get them at their point of purchase. That may not be much consolation for those who'd trekked from England, California and elsewhere to witness the big night.   "I'm so bummed," said Eric Danville, who flew in from New York. "It had to be an act of God or a solar flare that would keep me from seeing the Stooges."

i dont like kendall jackson wines but they have a huge garden and sponser a tomato festival the KJ chef is well know (Food and Wine Chef of the Year 2001, same issue Wylie) and he's in town for Beard House dinner 8/26 , i think even though its with KJ wine i may go, my goal is to have my mind think heirloom tomato whenever i see a KJ bottle to hear thier name....

nytimes has an article in yesterday's dining out section about the woman who for the past year has been cooking her way through julia child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. the ingredients and recipes are somewhat outdated by our standards and she estimates she's gone through 60 pounds of butter and cases of vermouth. and, of course, she's been blogging it all.

"I'm miserable so they can be happy," Ms. Powell said of her readers. "I'm like the Jesus of extreme cooking. I got fat and very unhappy for their sins."

Where to Go Next: The Year's 10 Best Openings

new painting by samoa

Rose Water in Broooklyn was DELISH again, it was only meal #4 but I love them, everything is hand selected fresh local, summer is a great time to eat there but fall is also, its a place we must go at least once a season.....

I heard about a Microsoft Worm on NPR yesterday and I think I got it. Ninety seconds online then a system shutdown message with a sixty second timer.

You know those weird time traveller emails? The one where the guy is looking to buy all sorts of non existent futuristic equipment so that he can get back to the future? Well, this guy has had a long email conversation with him, and apparently there was some message indicating a drop time and location for delivery of the goods. And this other guy works 10 minutes away from the location and went by to check it out. And he wasn't alone.

Insert comment here about having a little too much time on your hands.

nyc.blogs.com/eats.

The MDI Air Car. Worlds cleanest car?

kartoo is a new (to me) meta-search engine which presents your results in a map display. i haven't played around with it too much yet, but i find these sort of visualizations interesting.