MitchW

I ride the M14 a lot, and I’ve never, ever seen the Omni machine out of order.

FWIW, I never don't pay - I feel as if it's my civic responsibility.

Is it possible that Eater is getting worse? To whit (from their "Best Pizza"): First they write that a third location opened on the lower east side. Then they write a third location is on the upper west side. In the same paragraph. I guess what they don't really know is that the third location is, as Lucia's web site notes: On the fucking upper east side! Why I even bother to read this shit is beyond me.

Well, we have this to look forward to: In her first review as our new critic, Ligaya Mishan checks out the View, the revolving Times Square dining room with a nostalgic menu and a stunning panorama of the city.

That sucks. RIP, Mick - a one-of-a-kind guitarist. Ian Hunter is still around - at 86! I've seen him many times over the past 2 decades, often at City Winery, where he played with the Rant Band. I was recently talking with James Mastro, lead guitar player for the Rant Band, owner of 503 Social Club in Hoboken, etc. etc. and asked him about Ian - evidently not in the greatest of health, but hanging in there.

Humidity?

Amazing what happens in that 70km stretch!

The pastas are quite good, albeit small (though I could definitely do without that veal tortellini with amaretto, one of the strangest pastas I've ever had (and I've had a few). Yet it is still on the menu, so I may be the only one in denial. We've sat at the bar most times we've been - only once at a table. As is usually the case, I prefer bar seats.

Yes…it’s been a few months since our last visit, but I quite like Foul Witch. Expensive, though.

Tomato/broccoli fried rice.

Gemelli pasta with sausage and broccoli.

Interestingly, I think we saw his previous farewell tour at the Garden.

Coq au Vin. Mashed potatoes.

Yep, just forgot. And a couple of people who were on tour with him back in 1975: Joan Baez - also 84 T Bone Burnett - 77

Ray Davies - 80 Neil Young - 79 Ringo Starr - 84 !!! Joe Ely - 78 (and not doing all that well) Joni Mitchell - 81 The list goes on and on...

Stir-fry of pork, broccoli, carrots with Szechuan flavors. Can you use too much ginger?

And for 82, evidently.

And piles and piles of steamed Dungeness! Once the Embarcadero Freeway came down after Loma Prieta, all bets were off; but let's be real - if you were ever there before the quake, the wharf was the wharf, but the Embarcadero was not somewhere to spend a lot of time: Unless you liked hanging out under a double decker freeway. Not quite as bad as the old West Side highway however, which was always fun...

One of my favorite barbecue restaurants anywhere is (re) opening in San Francisco, at fisherman's Wharf. https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/oakland-based-soul-food-staple-to-open-at-fishermans-wharf-in-sf/ Back in the day (let's see, I lived in the Bay Area from 1978 - 1994), when both the 49ers and Giants were playing at the dearly departed Candlestick Park (man, could it get cold in that place!), E & J on 3rd St. was often a stop after a game...warily. I believe that location closed after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, and on subsequent trips to San Francisco over the years, we'd always make sure to get to the Berkeley branch, which remains open and I'm sure remains delicious. Seems like there are a bunch of changes happening at the Wharf, as Alioto's (closed for the past 5 years) will finally be coming down, and that area will be made into a pedestrian plaza. You really can't go home again.

At 82. Fairly legendary. RIP. Dance to the music, Sly!

Ummm... https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hinds-tickets-1402113692799

It's a nice exhibition space and pretty cool Frank Gehry building. Saw a Mark Rothko show there earlier this year.

I wonder if the cover has anything to do with this?

Formaggio Essex carries a fair amount of salumis from Fra' Mani (and others). Mortadella from California and Italy. And a couple of really nice mozzarellas. I never have any problem with the (admittedly few) cheeses I buy from Di Palos, most of which are used for grating.

I had an itch: For crab cakes (jumbo lump). Scratched it: And these looked good when I went shopping in the morning: Steamed, with garlic slivers throughout. Served with tzatziki I'd made earlier, as well as za'atar dusted pita crisps.