The surrealism of everyday life

[voyager]

Many thanks, people.       We do our best.   😀

[Wilfrid]

This has happened to me before but not for a long time. I am headed down Broadway around 64th Street and two people stop and ask me if there are any good restaurants around here. "Like burgers and fries?"

Rendered speechless, of course. I pointed them downtown and assured them they would find something.

[voyager]

On 1/10/2025 at 5:13 PM, Wilfrid said:

This has happened to me before but not for a long time. I am headed down Broadway around 64th Street and two people stop and ask me if there are any good restaurants around here. "Like burgers and fries?"

Rendered speechless, of course. I pointed them downtown and assured them they would find something.

My drop-jaw tourist question was at Union Square where I was asked for a Starbucks and a Pottery Barn.    For these you come to San Francisco?

[StephanieL]

Some people only want familiar.  Hence the popularity of Applebee's at Fisherman's Wharf and Olive Garden in Times Square.

[hollywood]

I looked on the site for the Venice Biennale 2025 and found this quote from the curator: "To face a burning world, architecture must harness all the intelligence around us. I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to curate the Biennale Architettura 2025”.

A little close to home.

[hollywood]

Oh, thank god, the king has turned on the water!

[MitchW]

Just...

Midday yesterday, getting on at the 68th St./Hunter College 6 train headed downtown.  I was suspect at first, but the car was clean and 100% empty.

Of course, at 59th St., a psycho got on and sat directly across from me, even though every other seat was empty.

 

 

[small h]

23 minutes ago, MitchW said:

Of course, at 59th St., a psycho got on and sat directly across from me, even though every other seat was empty.

You have to remember to turn off your psycho magnet. I forget all the time.

[MitchW]

Oy - this guy was speaking loudly - to the map on the wall.

[splinky]

25 minutes ago, MitchW said:

Oy - this guy was speaking loudly - to the map on the wall.

those maps are so snobby, they hardly ever reply

[Steve R.]

I have never - and will never - stay in an empty subway car.  I know you have better survival skills than to do so.  You got lucky.

[relbbaddoof]

"Empty subway car"? What's that?

[Wilfrid]

It's easy to find a subway car with only one person.💩👃

[StephanieL]

Today, we've had 4 measurable earthquakes hit us, all centered just a few miles from our house.

[voyager]

3 hours ago, StephanieL said:

Today, we've had 4 measurable earthquakes hit us, all centered just a few miles from our house.

I felt 2 of them.

[StephanieL]

Wow.

[Wilfrid]

I see Sex Pistols are commencing a North American tour with a John Lydon impersonator, Frank Carter, on vocals.

They have, of course, recorded without Lydon in the distant past, but I don't believe they've attempted to replace him with a singer from outside the group.

Unless you count Ronnie Biggs.

[Wilfrid]

Danny Meyer's The View is serving a pastrami sandwich-flavored martini.

Gin is fat-washed with dry-aged beef tallow and spun into a wet martini with a whisper of aquavit, which adds the caraway- and dill–spiked flavor of rye bread. The garnish? Katz’s pastrami spice rub, naturally, and a pickle.

[small h]

I did not care for that article.

[stone]

Guess which one is mine.

[stone]

On 11/21/2025 at 10:44 AM, Wilfrid said:

Danny Meyer's The View is serving a pastrami sandwich-flavored martini.

Gin is fat-washed with dry-aged beef tallow and spun into a wet martini with a whisper of aquavit, which adds the caraway- and dill–spiked flavor of rye bread. The garnish? Katz’s pastrami spice rub, naturally, and a pickle.

Maybe some day I’ll get around to making my pastrami ice cream.   Steep Katz’s pastrami in the cream to flavor the ice cream.  Add chunks of pastrami, Orwasher’s rye, and a spicy mustard swirl.   I’ve been threatening to make it for years.  

[maison rustique]

When his kids were young, my husband and I always used to tell his kids we were having chicken-ripple ice cream. We weren't of course, but we'd love the horrified look on their faces.

[small h]

9 hours ago, stone said:

Maybe some day I’ll get around to making my pastrami ice cream.   Steep Katz’s pastrami in the cream to flavor the ice cream.  Add chunks of pastrami, Orwasher’s rye, and a spicy mustard swirl.   I’ve been threatening to make it for years.  

Hurry up, or Van Leeuwen's gonna beat you there.

[splinky]

20 hours ago, stone said:

Maybe some day I’ll get around to making my pastrami ice cream.   Steep Katz’s pastrami in the cream to flavor the ice cream.  Add chunks of pastrami, Orwasher’s rye, and a spicy mustard swirl.   I’ve been threatening to make it for years.  

too late. Salt & Straw created a limited-edition "Pastrami on Rye" ice cream for its first New York City location, which deconstructs the classic sandwich. The flavor features butterscotch ice cream with pastrami, a mustard custard swirl, and toasted rye crumble. It was made in collaboration with Carnegie Deli and is part of a New York-themed series of inventive flavors. 

 

Edited December 5, 2025 by splinky

[StephanieL]