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I see I am personally responsible for Hinds coming to NYC, thank me later.

Years ago someone in New Jersey used to make it for that Scottish restaurant that started in the Village then moved to -- was it Forsyth Street? Looks like it's available online.

I have tickets to see Hinds and Kayla Farrish in the same month. I guess 2024 is all downhill from there. Unless Adia Victoria returns.

Aha, of course they're headed this way after SXSW.

Mitch and I are already on this, but for anyone else: Hinds are playing Baby's All Right on March 18 and it will sell out fast. Same block as Peter Luger; I thought it was a fairly small venue. Imagine seeing the best band in the world in a small venue.

He has been replaced by...a Mancunian (who I've not yet met).

I saw canned haggis in Myers of Keswick recently. Not sure about that. Presumably it's just the stuffing without the casing.

Looks like it (I don't know the place). Reviews here from two weeks ago. https://xn--tengritaguyghurcuisinenyc-m059b958bhx8t8oxf.net/

Chama Mama, Piggyback, Coppelia. There is a pattern here: two people meeting for dinner who need to get to Penn Station or the 1,2,3 afterwards. But yes, who has been to Coppelia within the last five years? Not me, although I walk by all the time and it's clearly doing good business. Deservedly, because this is one of the places where the food is better than it needs to be. And the portions are vast. Frito mixto, to share thank god and we still didn't finish it. Four very large slabs of rabo for me, perfectly executed, plus a bowl of rice and black beans I sent home with my friend. For her, an apparently bottomless bowl of lomo saltado. I ordered some smoky negronis, not particularly smoky but just decent negronis. About $140 for two before tip. No wonder the place is popular.

Wise present from my daughter’s trip to Paris. Welcome Remy. (Especially as I live in a neighborhood where the city is experimenting with rat famine!)

Oh jeez are we competing for the last of the sausage?

Thank you, I was looking at the menu which is great but hadn’t heard any personal references in ages.

Very cool. I have never been to a Scandinavian country. I am ashamed to say.

You are right. I have been thinking about how much Mozart sausage could I store in my freezer, but really how much will they make and have to sell? I will go out there one more time and then I guess let go.

I saw the whole thing (uncooked) on IG. Impressive.

I am not citing WikiP as definitive, but clearly there are divergent opinions on this: Emphasis added, and the statement isn't restricted to the UK.

I nearly moved to Ridgewood once and that would have been a big reason. That will be an irreplaceable loss. (I have told the story before but I was going to take over a little flat as a pied-a-terre from my beautiful vegan friend - who Sneak has met - and she hadn’t even noticed Morscher’s five minutes away.)

Yes indeed.

I think Wiki is right for once: You certainly can't leave out the Germans. (Also the Dutch: Focus.) Wiki mentions The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Mothers of Invention, Spirit, Rush, Todd Rundgren. I might list Jefferson Airplane ahead of the Dead.

To my amazement I haven’t been to SF since 2019. I used to visit once or twice a year. I have a very short trip coming up and I am looking for one fairly special occasion restaurant. Not a nosebleed expensive tasting, but nice. Suggestions welcomed. (In the city. I am not going to take a car somewhere.)

I was pleased to see the piece on Trouser Press and Ira Robbins. Okay, so let's gripe about it: I can imagine that the term "prog" was more a U.K. term than a U.S. term (correct me if I'm wrong), but the assertion that these were British genres is jaw-dropping. The other two thirds, I assume, are vinyl 45s or perhaps shellac 78s. Either that, or someone thinks we should refer to CDs as "records." But what a tough fix, what is a sub-editor supposed to do? How about replace "records" with "albums"?

I ordered three new bookcases. For some reason, one came Saturday, the others on Tuesday. First one I unpacked. All pieces present plus two little plastic bags of screws and nails. Screws for the shelves so I put the thing together. The nails are to attach the back. Where have the nails gone? I know they're here; it's not like I took them somewhere to show them the sights. They should be in this very room. Can't find them.

I didn’t expect Phil Schaap.

I wonder if the writer could translate the name of the place into English. At least they got that it’s French.

Ham, cheese and tomato sandwich. More exciting than it sounds (for me, anyway) because this was on low-carb bread from the local supermarket, and Keto-friendly bread is now good enough that it's indistinguishable from real bread. I mean just regular, sliced bread, not high-end, fancy artisanal bread.