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This is a very mild version of my opinion.

Is Acme even remotely still Acme? I checked their Yelp page and it seems like a bottle service club, with a particularly nasty server named Natalie.

Bluefish in curry sauce, fava leaves with oil and lemon. Not pictured: Me realizing that the bluefish was grievously undercooked, and scraping all the fava leaves off so I could microwave it (after that, it was really nice). Also not pictured: Me wondering why some of the fava leaves had neat little holes in them, before discovering that I’d been refrigerating a small black slug for about a week.

Most definitely. Everyone's getting priced out of Brooklyn. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/dining/these-brooklyn-restaurateurs-are-crossing-the-east-river.html

My drink was excessively reasonable, in that it was free, because the bartender took pity on dopey-ass me. How does this work? You would go often, but only for intermittent periods of time? I used to go now & then in The Wayland's early days, and the vibe was VERY different than it is now. A lot more laid back, an older crowd.

Last night I went to The Wayland to see my friend perform in a Loretta Lynn birthday tribute. Which was actually at The Waylon. So all I saw was crowd of raucous 20-somethings drinking Tecate. Sigh.

Did you leave something for the ramp fairy?

Amoon Farm, as per USQ’s Instagram today.

I thought I had all the ingredients for an absinthe frappe, but no, I am missing seltzer. So I am drinking an absinthe frappe minus seltzer, which is probably called a Bad Idea. I've been up since 5am. I'm about to pitch forward onto my keyboard.

Shirak-oy.

You have some time.

Here is a thing that has happened. https://abcnews.go.com/US/oj-simpson-former-football-star-acquitted-murder-dies/story?id=16354000

Okay. I need capers anyway.

Pre-gaming, part II. This time with traif!

UConn has won the championship eleven times. Iowa has won zero times. That in itself made me root for Iowa, even without Clark.

That was a fucking GAME.

Yes, the bookshelves in the living room were shaking. Me and El Gato did not notice, here in the back.

I heard stuff knocking around in the living room and went out there to check on things. Cat was flat on the floor, staring at the bookcase. I guess the chachkas were shaking. I don't think earthquakes in NYC are all that rare, as @bloviatrix said. We're in a pretty active fault zone. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramapo_Fault

It will probably be on TikTok.

Excuse me while I bury them under the floorboards.

Is that the place that used to be Uncle Charlie's?

Wait, I need to buy more canned food.

I wonder what trends Urbane Cafe is setting, because everything looks awfully familiar to me.

Who's the other one?

I must've gone in the early '90s, for an office holiday party. The food reminded me of my grandmother's cooking, which is not a compliment.