MitchW

And then maybe @Orik can restore some of the good stuff previously posted re: Madrid and Paris? Unless, of course, Ori's busy! In any event, is there a way to find the history somewhere else anywhere in these funny tubes called the www?

As I said to friends, we had no service issues whatsoever - but we sat at the bar.

If you saw ther McCaffrey scamper... Then you saw the receivers Brandon Aiyuk and RayRay McCloud take out a few DBs. And if you're an old 49ers' fan, then it might have brought back some memories of John Taylor's two TD catches, with Jerry Rice blocking... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbvmTHzjtG4 (you'll have to click, it won't embed). On the second of the TDs, Jerry basically blocks for 95 yards, taking out countless DBs along the way. It was also great cause it was against the Rams on a MNF game.

I believe the butter lettuce in the Butter Lettuce Salad would be from Satur Farms, even though it might taste as if it's from Saturn.

We're so over that guy.

You slept through the game where Madison got broken at love, with 3 double faults = choke.

That was your second mistake.

Jeez - if Brock wins a super bowl this year, not only will I be floored, but he'll be worth half a billion.

This ought to be fun, but is Arverne on the way to Far Rockaway...or to the Rockaways? And my favorite Forever Jerk has their big set up on Arverne Blvd. and B. 62nd St.

Oy (I do think we once had a discussion about what "choke" means in sports. maybe last night was the definition?).

How about that Joe Burrows????!!!!

I find that there are more important things for me to be aggravated about. No one is telling you to look at that video, or buy that record. And since when have attempts to conceal our physical bodies all of a sudden become so pathetic? People have been doing that since the beginning of time. Maybe you haven't noticed tattoos?

If that gets you "pretty angry," you gotta learn to:

I seem to be seeing many of the matches (Coco earlier this afternoon, Novak/Fritz now) via youtube tv...of course, since SNY dropped youtube TV (or vice-versa, ya never know), I can't watch the mets since the end of June. Which actuallyt turned out to be a good thing this year...I'll drop youtube tv after football season.

They all seem to be real good. Johnny Mac, on his (in my opinion, most welcome) return today after a bout of covid, actually started to mention the cluster fuck vis-a-vis Disney/Charter you refer to; and then caught himself and kinda stopped. FWIW, and to quote @Sneakeater, all these services can bite me.

To say nothing of the $24 grilled cheese.

Oh, that ship sailed.

And much of the housewares section is crap... Like this.

The housewares section is better than the gourmet section.

Ahhhh, youth.

I'm less happy with $20 cocktails.

Rumors are just silly. They're already announcing dates in '24, and they'll probably have to carry him off stage in a box.

Checchi's is the newish restaurant, opened in the space which at one time (or twice) was occupied by Cafe Loup. I never got to Cafe Loup, as I wasn't a local during its heyday, and during it's non-heyday, did anyone go? Opened by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina, a lifelong maitre d'hotel here in NYC (and now an author as well), who some of us (ok, me) may remember from early Le Coucou days, it's a quite nice room. The service, as it should be in a place opened by a well-known maitre d', was great. As walk-ins, we got ourselves the last two available seats at the bar, just where we like to be. And we started off with two very well-made cocktails: A perfect Manhattan (hoping for autumn) and a Plymouth Martini (not wanting summer to end). These were both jiggered, properly stirred, served in iced glasses, etc. Drinks we saw being made with vodka (e.g.vodka "Martinis" and vodka "espresso Martinis") were free-poured, because it really doesn't matter with those. They evidently do the New York Special during happy hour on weekdays - a Martini and fries for $25, which isn't a bad deal, if they'll make a real Martini. The not-a-wedge salad is fabulous, and it's not really a wedge; loaded with bacon and blue cheese, it's a darn good salad, chopped up as it may be. Significant Eater had her favorite: A really excellent burger, cooked to her medium spec, great fries, good cole slaw and pickle. We're into $34 territory here for that plate (a few bucks more than Balthazar's similar plate), which ain't all that bad. My order: Chicken a la king, with a nicely made puff pastry "lid." Not a bad rendition, though as often happens with chicken pot pie, the chicken gets a little dry for my liking. Some nice by-the-glass wines accompanied the mains, no desserts were ordered (we had ice cream waiting for us at home). Enjoyable.

I think Zabar's is famous for the guys who left and started Sable's. It's kind of a shonda to be offering Iberico in the same store where appetizing is being sold.

RIP to one of the nice guys. (See, it can be easy for a billionaire to be nice).