What you got?
Nothing. What you got?
Someone pointed me to a transcript of Cyrus’ speech at the start of The Warriors.
That’s hot. The Warriors are totally in fashion.
People don’t say "that’s hot" anymore. In fact, I’m pretty sure that they never did.
Well, that sucks.
Tell me about it. Anyway, what are you doin’ this weekend?
This. Pray for my survival. And for a time under three hours.
Will do.
(This is your multiple personality open thread.)
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good luck von.
just remember when you are struggling that delilahs is on lincoln, its open late, and there is plenty of makers mark and they still maintain a great juke box.
should be all the motivation you need to come in under three hours.
“hott” has replaced “hot”, or maybe the reason I know that is because it’s no longer la mode.
yeah. good luck.
i’ve just discovered the start of some plantar fasciitis in my right foot. that cut my running from 20 miles per week to 0. time to get a bike.
Hope it’s not too hot in Chicago, von – as I recall it’s still high summer there (not the case in Palo Alto).
Anybody know of a good alternative to the NYT link generator, which doesn’t seem to work any more?
What’s the length of the bicycle part? Looks as if the swim is just under 1000 yards and the run is 10k.
I was on teams in this race several times in the mid-1980s. Great fun, and I’d take canoeing on the Yellowstone over swimming any time.
Good luck, von.
Have you got a client matter number? If not billable, is at least bonus-eligible (ie are you marketing the firm, passing out business cards, etc.)?
“Have you got a client matter number? If not billable, is at least bonus-eligible (ie are you marketing the firm, passing out business cards, etc.)?”
And some people wonder why I am so much happier in house.
Best of luck, von.
Good luck with that, von. The majority of my exercise is walking about a mile each way to and from work every day. I know I should do more, especially since I’m starting to develop the gut that strikes about every single male on my father’s side in their 30s.
Thus far, all I’ve managed to force myself to do regularly is situps at work, which requires me to lodge my toes under the water fountain in the hallway. Good thing I work a night shift most days.
My first thought was that a device that would numb client matters would be extremely useful.
Really.
Gary,
You’ve been doing it wrong. It’s not a device, it’s the libation of your choice, heartily recommended to create numbness when dealing with certain clients and their matters.
“Nothing. What you got?”
Uh, all the stuff I posted on my blog today, yesterday, and the day before? Approximately fifty or so fresh topics? Hell, there were over twenty in this one alone.
And can I assume, per Hilzoy’s query about Burma yesterday, that no one cares about Haiti?
Or there’s Giblets here, and with a well-chosen link here.
Clearly I’m doing something wrong. But what?
No, teh hott. n00b. ph33r teh 1337 h4x0r.
What’s the length of the bicycle part? Looks as if the swim is just under 1000 yards and the run is 10k.
1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, 10 km run. (I get tired just typing it.)
No plans to use this as a marketing opportunity, CharlieCarp. (Billing for a triathlon …. interesting.) This is more of a response to a deep seated need to prove that I am not, in fact, 31.
Ah, so it’s roughly a mile swim; I thought the website said something funky like 982 yards.
I am not, in fact, 31, but I feel less of a need to prove it.
“Clearly I’m doing something wrong. But what?”
No kitten pictures.
No childbirth porn.
OT (even by Open Thread standards), but I can’t find the thread where we had the discussion of how discouraging it was that Bush the Younger does not consider involvement in Iran-contra a disqualification for office. We may be seeing a new data point, Supreme Court nominee Roberts.
If the collective kitten wants to start a specific thread on that point and leave this one open, I’d support it.
Billing for a triathlon …. interesting
I’m sorry to say, von, but you’ll never be a partner at a NYC firm.
I mean here we have DTM, clearly a prospective client, and you’ve gotten his attention with your post.
“I mean here we have DTM, clearly a prospective client, and you’ve gotten his attention with your post.”
Not likely. The amount of patent litigation involved in my company’s real estate business is so small that I can handle it myself.
Yeah, and?
Surely, DTM, you understand that in a firm like von’s, he’s better off bringing in clients who need something other than patent litigation. That way he’s got other people stuffing money into his pockets while he rides his bike around listening to his iPod.
“Yeah, and?
Surely, DTM, you understand that in a firm like von’s, he’s better off bringing in clients who need something other than patent litigation.”
No doubt it’s better for him. But the advantages to me of choosing an attorney from a significant distance away who has no expertise in this field (as opposed to the folks we currently use as outside counsel) are…?
Wow, go von! You’ll have to change your nick to Ironman or something. What kind of training have you been doing?
So here’s something fun for the open thread that has nothing to do with von both being younger than and in better shape than I am. (Although I have lost 40 pounds since January, so there.) Next month, my wife and I are spending a weekend in New York, and this will be the first time, at the age of 35, that she has ever stepped foot in New York City. Ever. The closest she’s ever been was a business meeting in Newark. (And it isn’t like we’re hicks; she grew up in suburban Cleveland, and we live just outside DC.)
So, two questions: 1) What’s the ONE absolute must-do thing for one’s first visit to NYC that doesn’t involve traveling to the top of a tall building? 2) Where can one get some good vegetarian or Indian food near Times Square?
Hope it’s not too hot in Chicago, von – as I recall it’s still high summer there
True, but our high summer has been going through a low spot this week — highs in the low 70s to low 80s and nice, cool, turn-off-the-AC nights.
What’s the ONE absolute must-do thing for one’s first visit to NYC that doesn’t involve traveling to the top of a tall building?
the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Central Park (in which the museum sits) are worth doing. a Daily Show taping is a lot of fun, too.
“Although I have lost 40 pounds since January”
under a doctor’s supervision, I hope…
There’s the MOMA and the Natural History Museum if you prefer something more or less and more recent than the MET.
Where can one get some good vegetarian or Indian food near Times Square?
I don’t know the neighborhood well enough to give you restaurant names or exact locations, but what you want to do is walk west two blocks to Ninth, and then walk north. Lots of decent little ethnic places, and while I’m not sure about Indian, I’m sure there’s decent Thai, or Vietnamese, either of which should have some edible vegetarian options.
“I don’t know the neighborhood well enough to give you restaurant names or exact locations, but what you want to do is walk west two blocks to Ninth”
My brother used to live in that area (near 47th and 9th). It used to be part of Hell’s Kitchen, but it’s been so improved with gentrification that he called it Hell’s Pantry. Lots of good restaurants there, including a great New Orleans one at 48th and 9th, but the only Indian ones I can recall were one on either 43rd or 44th just east of 9th, which was fairly expensive, and an Indian buffet around 51st and 9th. Don’t recall the names of either.
What’s the ONE absolute must-do thing for one’s first visit to NYC that doesn’t involve traveling to the top of a tall building?
If you have time, take the subway to Brooklyn and walk to Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge. It’s all the sightseeing you will need to do.
At the Met, there’s a really cool Matisse exhibit that focusses on his love for textiles; it made me appreciate Matisse in a whole new way.
At the MoMa, there’s a Cezanne-Pisarro exhibit that I’ve been meaning to get to. The new building is spectacular, so it’s worth the pricy entrance fee.
But the one thing you simply can’t leave NYC without having seen? Central Park.
According to the Not For Tourists guide, a recommended Thai place in that neighborhood is Pongsri Thai, at 244 W 48th (b/t fifth and sixth). I tend to pass through that neighborhood quickly.
Oh hell, you wanted Indian. The NFT doesn’t have any conspicuously Indian places listed for that area.
I have a bad memory for numbers, and anyway perhaps it’s changed, but there at least used to be a block further downtown that was practically nothing but Indian restaurants; people always joked that they all shared one central kitchen. 23rd St? Definitely possibly further south, but I don’t think further north.
Of course, a relevant question would be how much or little do you care to spend, but I’d suggest checking out NYC restaurant guide websites; there’s no shortage of them, last I looked.
I didn’t answer your general question because I don’t believe there’s One Single Answer; it depends entirely on you and your wife’s interests, really, as to which museum you want to go to, or do you prefer just strolling, or do you like galleries, or music, or bookstores, or landmarks, or history, or parks, or waterfronts, or etc., etc. Better to either list some primary interests and/or what thrills ya most, and also to find a local guide (not paid) to take you around.
I guess I wouldn’t miss a stroll up Fifth Avenue from at least Rockefellar Center to 59th St. and the park, and a bit of sampling of the park. You might want to walk over to Lincoln Center, or you might want to go to the UN; you might want to do some of Greenwich Village; you might want to do some of the East Village; you might want to visit Battery Park, on the way to the Statute of Liberty; you might want to visit the Upper West Side and Zabars; you might like the Lower East Side and the Tenement Museum, and a famous deli; go up to Washington Heights and see the Cloisters; you might… well, you get the idea; rather a lot of choices that someone else may not be the best person to make for you, at least not without knowing you fractionally better. You can also fork out for a guidebook now, and see if anything strikes you as a must.
And not to forget that Manhattan isn’t the only part of the city; perhaps you’d like to go to Coney Island and the Aquarium, or to any number of ethnic neighborhoods.
I do quite like both the Metropolitan Museum and the Am. M. of Natural History, myself (Hayden Planetarium is also good), but that’s me. And you could easily spend at least a couple of days running through just one and still not see everything.
Oh, but don’t fall for the three-card monte, the shell game, or the pigeon drop. On the other hand, have no fear in taking the subway.
No doubt it’s better for him. But the advantages to me of choosing an attorney from a significant distance away who has no expertise in this field (as opposed to the folks we currently use as outside counsel) are…?
We’re a full-service firm (the largest in Indiana) with a national practice, and we charge Indianapolis prices for New York/Chicago/LA quality work. (Having spent my first three years of practice at a large law firm in Chicago, I can confirm that our (relatively) lower prices result in (relatively) lower compensation.) Incidentally, my work has included traditional business fraud/fiduciary breach/RICO stuff; the closest I’ve come to real estate, though, is some work for a real estate trust.
There, CharlieCarp, you happy with with what you made me do? 🙂
Wow, go von! You’ll have to change your nick to Ironman or something. What kind of training have you been doing?
Not enough. Due to work, I’ve only really been able to work out on the weekends. (When I started, I had this vision that, by this point, I’d be in incredible shape right now. Didn’t. Quite. Happen.)
I have a bad memory for numbers, and anyway perhaps it’s changed, but there at least used to be a block further downtown that was practically nothing but Indian restaurants; people always joked that they all shared one central kitchen.
East 6th, between 1st and 2d. Occasionally referred to as a Flurry of Curry.
Now I’ll add the real reason you should hire von. Best client service you’ll ever get. He’ll take a bullet for you.
I say this not because I know him any better than you do, but because I understand the business dynamic here. You’d never be just another client he bills time to. You’d be the one who’s very existence shows his superiors what a great guy he is. Since your work is out of his field, he won’t be doing it, and thus won’t be billing to the file. He will be reviewing the bills, though, and in every close case — and some that are not close — will favor your interests over his colleagues with respect to how much something ought to cost. His self-interest runs towards discounting to keep you happy, rather than against it. You want him to fly out to your HQ, on his own dime, on virtually no notice? He’ll do it.
(If you’re going to write blank checks on someone else’s account, may as well write ’em big.)
Oh and btw, I bet he can beat your current counsel in a triathalon (and now von’s race is chargeable . . .)
;- )
I had great Tibetan food when I visited NY in the spring. Very vegetarian-friendly. I think it was in the west village (definitely one of the “village”-type neighbourhoods, and I don’t think it was east) but I can’t be more specific… perhaps a local can expand.
(When I started, I had this vision that, by this point, I’d be in incredible shape right now. Didn’t. Quite. Happen.)
If you can swim 1.5K, run 10K, and bike 40K in a total of three hours, I’d say you make your cardiologist proud. It would take me a day each for the run (make that a walk) and the biking, and I’d never finish the swimming, since I would likely drown early.
What’s the ONE absolute must-do thing for one’s first visit to NYC that doesn’t involve traveling to the top of a tall building?
It takes four hours, and you want to be with someone whose conversation entertains you, because there are long slow patches, but the Circle Line (a boat that goes all the way around Manhattan), is a surprisingly good tourist activity. The city’s pretty from the water.
Ah The Warriors remake, helmed by Tony “Days of Thunder” Scott and produced by MTV productions. A fine recipe for total, unmitigated crap. What’s next? The Michael Bay version of Over the Edge?
Thanks for the tips, all. st, I definitely plan to walk the Brooklyn Bridge; Brooklyn is my dad’s, er, ancestral homeland, and I’ve never been there. I’ve been to NYC several times, but only for work, so my time has been limited to the area between the Lexington Hotel and the office on E. 52nd. So, this will be my first tourist-y visit since . . . 1979, when my family spent two days there after returning from three years stationed in Germany.
The first day we’re there my wife is attending a conference for work, so I’m going over to the NYC vital statistics records office to do some genealogy research, then we’ll go from there. The planetarium and Central Park are a must, as is, for me, the Dakota (I have a compelling need to see where John Lennon died). Other than that, we’re just going to wing it.
Occasionally I’m on a random windows machine and have to type in the url for this blog and type blogspot instead of blogs and get whoever it is who feeds off such mistakes. Hate that.
Random Windows Machine will surely be the name of my next band.
Phil–
the key word is “walk”–NYC is one of the best walking towns in the States. Of course, there are parts that it is dangerous to walk through, and parts that it’s boring to walk through; take a cab to leapfrog over those. But the previous suggestions have hit on some of my favorites–both favorite places to walk into, and also to walk around. Just walking around. When street life in NYC is good, it is very good–just the pulse and pace and the in your face.
There are parts of the Midwest that are irony-free zones; people assume you are being sincere and straightforward, and have a hard time adjusting if you’re not. In NYC it’s the opposite–start a conversation with a street vendor, and the default assumption is that you’re pulling his leg. Get outa here.
I still feel blind rage at the thought of people attacking NYC–whether via planes or talk-shows. It is a place of immense value, and the value is not solely localized in the obvious spots: it permeates the interstices as well.
Have a fabulous time.
“…the Dakota (I have a compelling need to see where John Lennon died).”
You and a jillion other tourists. I used to know someone who lived there. It’s a fantastic building, but, of course, all you can do is walk outside, and watch the guards glare at you; then go over to Strawberry Fields, if you like. Have you read Jack Finney’s Time And Again? If not, and you have any interest in NYC history, I highly recommend it; if nothing else, pick up a copy in a bookstore/library and flip through the old pictures of the Dakota before you go see it in reality.
If you’re going to do much touristing at all in NYC, I have a few generic recommendations. 1. Wear Comfortable Shoes; carry them and change if you half to. You’ll thank me. 2. Be prepared for immensely hot, humid, weather; it may not happen, but be prepared. 3. Whatever you’re planning on doing, allow somewhere between one and a half times and two times the amount of time you’re sure it can’t take more of. 4. Spend a few dozen minutes, at least, studying the subway map before you leave; when you’re actually in the system, make absolutely sure you’ve read the little notes about what lines are express and local; missing your local stop via express is a classic tourist mistake, and plenty of born and bred NYers make it from time to time anyway; whenever you have the slightest doubt, ask for directions; then ask someone else, in case they were wrong.
If you want to see a bit more of Brooklyn, there’s not so much that’s spectacular, but a lot that’s fine. Far too many interesting neighborhoods, for various reasons, from Williamsburg to Brooklyn Heights to Red Hook and on. The Brooklyn Museum is a worldclass museum itself (although I’ve not been there since the remake); it’s just down the block from Grand Army Plaza, which is also where the Main Branch of the B Public Library is; they’re all set against Prospect Park, which was Frederick Law Olmsted’s next project after his dry run, Central Park, and most park experts seem to think it was a far finer work (although possibly more rundown these days; that depends a lot on whether you go in from the richer side or the poor neighborhood side; dunno how it is today, but all my life the differences were dramatic.
And you really might not want to miss Coney Island, which is a pale shade of itself, but still has the Boardwalk, ride, concessions, and a few odds and ends; just ride almost any line to the end at Stillwell Avenue, and you’re there; Nathans; endless Russian immigrants; and the New York Aquarium. Maybe not your thing, but a quintessential Brooklyn thing.
“Of course, there are parts that it is dangerous to walk through, and parts that it’s boring to walk through; take a cab to leapfrog over those.”
Sometimes this works fine; but it’s also throwing money away to use a cab rather than the fine subway, which won’t get caught in traffic; if it’s rush hour don’t take a cab. Of course, there’s always a possibility of the train being delayed for a bit, but long delays are not all that common.
I should note that there are also about a million walking tours of every possible variety, focused around books, tv shows, history, any topic at all, practically.
Oh, and Chinatown is pretty cool in its own way, although best with a native guide. Loads of great cheap food, including dim sum, and plenty of color; from there you can walk a couple of blocks to the remains of Little Italy, or go further downtown towards City Hall, ground zero, Wall St., Trinity Church, Fraunces Tavern, and the Battery.
Oh, and if you’re walking where NYers are walking fast: kindly get out of the way. NYers are generally very kind to tourists, but the constant not keeping up to speed, let alone stopping and gawking when you need to get somewhere, is overwhelmingly pretty much the only thing NYers hate about tourists.
You’ll hear endless languages, of course, but if you really want to, go to the UN.
And, you know, the sight from the top of the ESB really is worth it.
And yet one more thing: instead of spending four hours on the Circle Line, consider spending fifty cents, or whatever the current price is, to spend fifteen minutes on the Staten Island ferry and fifteen minutes back; the best sight you can see from the water, in far less time, and far cheaper, than the Circle. (For a preview, see the beginning of the movie Working Girl.)
Of course, then there are all the other NYC movies to see and then visit the sites of. Ghostbusters; Manhattan and so on. Not so much like Midnight Cowboy any more, though.
Gary Farber–
yeah, agreed on the taxi/subway question. Sometimes taxis is better, sometimes taxis is worse (e.g. traffic), certainly subways should be used, and also provide an indispensable part of the scene.
Also agreed on ferries. I went with my daughter’s class trip out to Ellis Island. Great experience, also seeing the Statue of Liberty. God I love that thing. Very cheap rides, and fabulous vantages.
Hey, I know–why don’t we *all* go to New York!
Put me down for raging w/ obsidian wingsians in New York anytime.
And since this is an open thread, it’s been awhile but maybe yall can help me out:
so today I bought a dirtbombs CD and the Hot Hot Heat Elevator CD but I still found myself at home listening to my Jimi Hendrix Cry of Love to psych up for some pre-weekend going out, so somebody tell me:
What is the ROCK, i.e., what should I be listening to?
Have you read Jack Finney’s Time And Again?
Repeatedly. 🙂 Sometimes I think, “Why hasn’t anyone made a movie of this?” Then I think, “Thank heaven nobody has made a crappy movie of this.” Although I suppose someone has, since Somewhere In Time somewhat liberally borrows from the premise.
Re: The view from the ESB, I have, in recent years, developed an enormous fear of heights where there are open spaces; rooftops, high balconies, etc. It appears to be an almost entirely 9/11-triggered pathology, oddly enough.
Am I the only one with a deep enough interest in dumb pop culture to remember the great Staten Island Ferry joke from Welcome Back, Kotter?
“Although I suppose someone has, since Somewhere In Time somewhat liberally borrows from the premise.”
Also now Kate & Leopold did much of the same thing, as well (with a ton of anachronisms thrown in for no apparent reason than that they figured no one would give a damn). No Dakota, but then, the residents would likely blow the place up with themselves inside than grant permission for filming inside, and quite possibly even outside.
Although I suppose someone has, since Somewhere In Time somewhat liberally borrows from the premise.
Fun fact: for quite some time (about five years, maybe more?) Somewhere In Time was one of the three highest-grossing films in Hong Kong history. No accounting for taste, I guess.
Could it be that we are witnessing the unmasking of the sustaining spirit of empire consciousness: an ability of the American Government not only to be ethically indifferent towards the suffering of others, but to market that suffering in an agit-prop image matrix that is a visual paean to power– Nietzsche’s ‘last man’ as the moral ‘right stuff’ for the invasion of Iraq. And, if this is so, are we not compelled to conclude that the United States as the spearhead of technological liberalism is itself the avatar of nihilism: a society driven forward by the spirit of exterminism, all comfortably camouflaged in the propaganda slogans of “liberty” and “democracy.” As the sustaining rhetoric of hyper-colonialism flashes across the media screen, we finally know something of what it means to live in a culture of cynicism that thrives by inflicting cruelties on the victimized bodies of ‘alien’ scapegoats.
From:
http://www.ctheory.net/printer.asp?id=374
“Could it be that we are witnessing the unmasking of the….”
Could be. Very probably not. Sounds terribly flowery though, and I bet a lot of teens of all ages find it very impressive.
Wauw Von, chapeau just for the intent! I’ve been trying to get in shape myself (aiming at pre-pregnancy state, not 31 year old state – I hate aiming for the really impossible). Losing 52 pounds made a difference and I am currently up to a 6 km jog OR a 40 km bikeride…
Unfortunately we didn’t jog at all this week since our beloved flatcoated retriever got ill and we had to put him to sleep today. He was 8.5 yrs and the best dog ever, so we are a very sad family today.
New York is my favorite town in the States, but that might be because many area’s remind me of my beloved country. Walking in Central Park on a sunny afternoon is what I like best I guess. Though there is a certain terras where you can have the most beautifull view of a sunset. Forgot the name, but it was recommended to me by New Yorkers so someone here might know it??
The Brooklyn Bridge walkway and the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park (near 65th St. I think but don’t take my word for that) are my two favorite spots in the city, in that order–the view from the bridge in late afternoon is sort of the quintessential NY skyline.
I also second the Staten Island ferry. I think it might even be free now.
“Doubt” is the Broadway play that people I know have liked best of the things running right now.
If you do go to Coney Island, a nice thing to do is watch a Cyclones game. They’re the Mets Class A short season team. Not a very high level of baseball, to put it mildly, but it’s right on the beach & it’s cheap and is just perfectly summery.
Prospect Park is in good shape. Much more of a unified design than Central Park, but they both suit their locations. The Park itself is in pretty good condition on either side now, except Parade Grounds, which is still kind of a dump. The Brooklyn Museum is best known for its Egyptian collection I think. On a short visit I might do the Met and Central Park instead, as they’re in the middle of everything. If you want a more manageably sized museum the Frick Gallery is really great.
In general I’m kind of a Brooklyn chauvinist, though, as that’s where my husband’s from. It definitely has better and cheaper bars than Manhattan & more of my favorite restaurants (that’s probably more because that’s where my in-laws suggest than anything else).
A lot of the best Manhattan restaurants offer a three course prix fixe lunch (appetizer, main course, dessert) starting at $20.05 or $25.00 a person. Great bang for the buck. Jean Georges (in some giant Trump building at the Southwest corner of Central Park–so it would combine well with the Dakota) and Gotham Bar and Grill (near Union Square) are the ones I’ve been to.
The Indian places I’ve been to are mainly on the East Side. Haveli’s is good; there’s also a whole block of them near 6th Street between First and Second Avenues (I think) but that doesn’t really help. The restaurant I like best near Time Square–where lousy tourist traps abound–is an Ethiopian place called Meskerem, which is on 47th between 9th and 10th.
Chinatown combines well with a walk over the Brooklyn Bridge. My favorite place there is actually Vietnamese, it’s called Pho Viet Huong. I think it’s on Mulberry St. If you’d rather eat on the Brooklyn Side, I recommend Noodle Pudding on Henry St. (Northern Italian, a fair bit more expensive than Chinatown but still a very good deal and actually my favorite restaurant in New York) or if you’re looking for something cheaper, Grimaldi’s (very good thin crust pizza–this and Totonno’s in Coney Island are my two favorites–the downside is long lines for a table).
I miss New York.
.Sounds terribly flowery though, and I bet a lot of teens of all ages find it very impressive.
Posted by: Gary Farber | August 25, 2005
You should have heard the terribly flowery stuff on the build up to the war.
Oh, theater district: Zen Palate is a mini-chain of Asian/Vegetarian restaurants that I’ve never been to but my sister likes a lot. There’s one on Ninth Ave. and 46th St.
“Though there is a certain terras where you can have the most beautifull view of a sunset.”
My first guess would be the terrace of the Metropolitan Museum (which overlooks Central Park). But perhaps not.
Then there are the fifty cent hot dogs at 72nd St.
This terrace?
I’m assuming the terrace with the sunset is Bethesda, which is circa 72nd according to that link – I can never remember how the park correlates to the streets, even though I live across from it. I’d have to say Belvedere Castle is even better for sunsets however.
And the Staten Island Ferry is indeed completely free. No one should worry about iteneraries in NYC, unless theres something you absolutely have to see. Wander around, get lost, and you’re going to find something amazing and have stories to tell everyone for years.
Have fun! And the rest of you who miss this place so damn much should just come visit instead of sighing!
I think I saw an episode of the West Wing once where there was a republican apologizing to african american voters for the ‘southern strategy’ of Nixon and someone said that they shouldn’t apologize to the black communities, but take it down to the deep south and apologize to the racist whites there.
This week there has been talk of Mehlman doing the same thing, and I can’t help but thinking that Donna Brazile and all the other democrat pundits questioned on what Mehlmans overtures mean should say ‘hey, don’t tell us he’s sorry and it’s not the real face of the republican party, take it down south to the white racists and tell them it was, and is, wrong.’
So anyone whose got the ear of a dem strategist, please mention this to them…courtest of the West Wing, a tv show.
Legalising abortion increases a woman’s economic power
Not surprising if you have read “The Selfish Gene”.
Elas, neither Bethesda nor the museum or art, though I will include the latter if I ever visit New York again – it looks like fun. The friend I was with at the time is on holiday herself (us Europeans like balanced lifes and taking fresh decisions too 😉 ) so I can’t ask her. It was a view over water I remember, and a wonderfull afternoon….
But seeing the list so far it will be hard to put in more things to see and to do anyway 😉
So sorry, dm, to hear of your loss. One never forgets a good dog.
Same here, dutchmarbel. I’m very sorry.
dutchmarbel, I’m very, very sorry to hear about your dog. We lost a beloved cat while he was under anesthesia during a dental cleaning a few years ago. It’s never an easy thing. My sincerest condolences.
Answering a query from rilkefan upstream re: weight loss, no doctor’s supervision for me; just plain old hard work and portion control on my meals. I was 220 at the beginning of the year (I’m 5’9″), we joined a gym and started attending on Jan. 1, and I was 181 on the scale this morning. Through better eating habits and some attention to heart rate, I can easily burn through 700-800 calories in a 45-minute workout, I’m walking more throughout the day and after work, using the stairs to go down to my office garage at night (10 floors), etc. Just lifestyle changes, nothing more.
Phil:
Yes, do the Staten Island Ferry. But if there isn’t time for that, take the ferry to the Statue of Liberty – you needn’t climb her, but you get a priceless look at Manhatten.
Do the Brooklyn Bridge walkway at night and, if you can, extend the walk to the promenade along the East River on the edge of Brooklyn Heights. I spent lots of time in the Heights when younger. If you do it at night, you get a load of Manhatten in its fully-lit glory –and it’s romantic.
Eat. There is a street fair along many, many blocks in Little Italy — some time during the summer; it’s probably over. Walk around the city. The place hums.
Remember, John Lennon said he moved to New York because it was the only city in the world that could keep up with him. Of course, he immediately hit the couch for several years at the Dakota.
See some shows; not up to date on what’s available, although there is a Lennon show, my friend. Off-broadway stuff is available, too. I read a favorable review of the Lennon show. But it doesn’t cover the Beatle days or songs, which is a little like a musical about Einstein and cutting the songs “Happiness is a Warm Relativity Theory” and “You’re Going to Lose That LIght Particle”.
Apparently, the show spends a lot of time on the assassination — which I can do without.
When you visit the Dakota, spend some time, too, thinking about Lennon sitting in that window, alive, watching the wheels over Central Park. That ghastly piece of sidewalk where the deed happened is, I don’t know, too sad.
Can we make predictions on open threads? I predict several lengthy posts soon from all sides regarding the beginning of the lovely eye-gouging tenure of one John Bolton at the U.N.
But now we’re all going to have to get in shape to argue with Von. Maybe he’ll be really tired. 😉
“But if there isn’t time for that, take the ferry to the Statue of Liberty – you needn’t climb her, but you get a priceless look at Manhatten.”
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I could easily be wrong, but I’d thought I remembered that the ferry to the Statue of Liberty runs far more infrequently than the Staten Island Ferry, and is rather pricey, to boot.
Trivial point: on the Staten I Ferry, you’re riding with real NYers and having a real NYC experience, not just riding a tourist ride with fellow tourists. Not that the Statue isn’t also a good visit. On the other hand, the Museum of Immigration at Ellis Island is well worth the trip for itself.
One thing NYC doesn’t lack is museums. I kinda giggled at Dutchmarbel’s innocent mention of “the museum of art” above; there are something like over 200 museums of art in NYC, or at least so it seems.
But indeed, many condolences on the loss of your retriever; I’m sorry.
Late to Phil’s question, but some more New York stuff. First – food. Don’t eat near Times Square :-). It’s become sort of a Disney fantasy version of itself and you can do a lot better food-wise almost anywhere else in Manhattan. For Indian food, there are plenty of places on 6th Street and also in “Curry Hill” (Lexington Ave. from about 25th to 30th) and any place that I’ve tried has been pretty good. For a vegetarian meal, I can second the Zen Palate recommendation, it’s pretty decent Asian style food and they have a bunch of locations.
As far as the one thing for a first time visitor to do, that’s a tough one. Any of the suggestions that folks have made that take you near the Statue of Liberty (the ferry to the statue, the Staten Island ferry, or the Circle Line) would have to be near the top of the list.
Always happy to entertain Gary ;), I’ll include ‘Metropolitan’ next time for those who wouldn’t get it otherwise ;p
Tnxs for the condoleances for the dog, Jimmy will be sorely missed.
Talking about musea; did someone allready mention the Guggenheim?
“Talking about musea; did someone allready mention the Guggenheim?”
No, but don’t forget to bring marbles, marbel. The guards love that.
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I’ve not been there since our boys joined the family – they would LOVE the marbles 😉