Wilfrid
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Hmm, it doesn't say Lower East Side unless you point your cursor at it.
@rozrapp I have never heard of Waterside Plaza either. The only Google result for it is an individual apartment building around E. 26th. So that just looks wrong.
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It has Ocean Hill, so it has credibility.
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The Noodle Bar wll be 20 years old next year. These are long runs by NYC standards.
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Here’s one that transfixed me.
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I got there yesterday and was headed here to recommend it. Essential and surprising large. I will say that I thought it was uneven, that some paintings simply didn't work (he reportedly paints at speed and sometimes it shows). But there are enough amazing paintings here that that doesn't matter.
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It has certainly kept a low profile. No entry in my 1300 page [i]Encyclopedia of New York City[/i]. It goes straight from Swope to Sylvia’s.
In the landmarks book it’s listed as a historic district; map, no photo.
I am feeling less bad about my ignorance.
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Times Square has a sardine store? Is it aimed at tourists?
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Only match I saw was England losing narrowly. Well done Springboks.
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I have the landmarks of New York book and am looking it up.
I am sure the residents don’t want tourists gawking at it.
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On 10/27/2023 at 11:04 AM, AaronS said:
the shs system doesn’t penalize you for how you rank schools.
Is that different from the one we would have used? I don’t know the acronyms.
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Doubtless mentioned back in 2019 but I was invited to a (corporate) Lady Gaga concert. I assumed it would be okay, but yes, she was great.
The corporation that mounted the event was (is) big enough to rent a stadium for its guests and book her. Not cheap.
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Any New Yorkers here know Sylvan Terrace? I had never heard of it. Stumbled across it heading for the Morris-Jumel mansion; 12 blocks from me so I was overdue to visit.
The Terrace, with its row houses, was one of several streets providing accommodation for people working at the mansion and the estate. Now practically a gated community with the (small) wood frame houses selling for a fortune.
But visually striking: looks imported from another city.
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9 hours ago, Sneakeater said:
Sure, it's the same mistake in reverse (you don't make it cuz you're now Mid-Atlantic). British writers refer to American places with British usage; American writers refer to British places with American usage.
But in a way, you could say it isn't a mistake when they're writing for their native audiences. For example, it was "the" Kingsway Hall (when it still was standing). But to an American reader, that would look weird. So maybe it wouldn't have been a crime for a writer writing in America for an American readership to just have called it Kingsway Hall, as we would have if it were here.
It’s not a UK/U.S. usage thing. I would never have put a definite article before Carnegie Hall even when I was in the UK. And I bet knowledgeable American journalists would not write “Arts Council.” Queen Elizabeth Hall has no “the” in front of it.
And if anyone but you called me “mid-Atlantic” I would deliver a Bronx cheer.
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For almost everyone, a waste of a first choice.
I recall some useful guide that told you how many applications schools received versus places available.
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13 hours ago, Sneakeater said:
You always read British music writers, for example, talking about concerts at "the" Carnegie Hall. NO ONE in New York would call it that.
That is equally objectionable. I would never think of calling it that. But come to think of it, it is the Royal Albert Hall.
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Another dish, the kangaroo tartare had transformed into mush by the time it arrived at our table. The kangaroo shipped from Australia may indeed be lean, but it also has no flavor you might distinguish from beef. The dish came sided with a thick black blob said to be eggplant...
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QuoteThe “escabeche air” that topped a clutch of plump, raw oysters enticingly resembled sea foam but tasted more like air than like escabeche, and the “green apple ‘pearls’ ” promised within were just tiny spheres of raw apple, one per oyster, a measly hidden treasure.
The latter seems much more precise and informative to me. Of course, I may be biased having eaten the first dish and not the second. I mean, the kangaroo tastes like kangaroo and the eggplant very much like eggplant. What is he saying?
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I should put some goat in the crockpot. It's been a while.
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33 minutes ago, Sneakeater said:
While SIetsema certainly has a chip on his shoulder (against ambitious restaurants) (and rich people), it is entirely possible that was unfamiliar to him -- as he is unfamiliar with this entire segment of the industry.
"I don't know how much starters cost in ambitious restaurants and it's not my job to know."
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17 hours ago, voyager said:
I'm not a big spender but I've seen many starters no larger than the infamous shrimp that are priced at/near $28. I boggle that this was unfamiliar to Sietsema. Are food critics allowed to carry chips on their shoulders?
Right. I think my last restaurant meal was at Francie (unless it was before Chama Mama). Starters are priced $24-$31, and the cheapest one is a salad.
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As the stats show, hardly anyone says Alphabet City any more.