Vacation has long been over. I no longer stare at metro ads because ads in the New York City subway just aren't as fetching to me, since I can understand them all. Ads are much cooler in a foreign language. There's a fascination with the unknown. All good things must come to an end though, because it's the everyday grind that makes one appreciate vacation all the more. After all, I don't see loads of Parisians lining up to watch the Eiffle Tower get lit up at night, but boom, there's a shit ton of tourists enjoying it. It is very cool I have to say. If you get a chance to visit Paris, seeing the Eiffle Tower at night is a real treat. Also try to do it at the top of the hour, say at 8 or 9 or 10, because they do a four or five minute light show. It's pretty popular. Tour buses drive people to the tower just to watch these things and then leave. Amongst other must-do things in Paris, let's finish up the vacation posts with a quick word about Pierre Herme. That's right, you must go if you're in Paris.... [Continue reading]
Before I talk about the wonderful meal that Steph and I had at Les Cocottes, I want to talk about a new feature that consumer camera makers should add to their point-and-shoot cameras. Plainly, they should add a feature where you click a button, and it'll tell you whether or not the picture is printable to a 5x7 or 4x6 picture based on clarity/sharpness. I just wish that sometimes after you ask a fellow tourist to take your picture, that instead of picture review, the camera shows the helper a message like, "Good job!" or "It's fucking 2011, and you don't know how to do the half-shutter press and take a good picture for other people on vacation? What are you, fucking stupid?" Like one day we asked this nice looking older Italian woman to take a picture for us, and she was playing hot potato with the camera. And then she handed the camera back and ran away looking scared like I'm Amanda Knox or some shit. WTF YO?! But as I was saying, the food at Les Cocottes is superb and great for vacationers because they open on Mondays! gasp!... [Continue reading]
One of the worst deals required by society is college. Two things about college. One, I loved eating cheap food throughout college. The length that we went to eat cheaply probably crossed the line of legality at some point. Two, I didn't learn all that much. I can remember that in college, one time the assignment was to read Allegory of the Cave. To this day, I have no idea what the hell that story is about. This actually brings me back to point one, about cheap foods. One of the things that was consumed often was Mamoun's Falafel. It was close to campus and back then, it was just $2 for one falafel sandwich. While I loved their falafel as a youngin', I've come to appreciate other falafel sandwiches that layers the ingredients in a more organized manner. It also makes me think about vegetarians because falafel sandwiches is one of those things that a group of people can get if someone's a born-vegetarian. But in a born-vegetarian's world of non-meat food, does a vegetarian ever know what food is? I mean, is eating fake chicken and fake meat just like people stuck in a cave, staring at shadows? Even if it's the most realistic shadow ever, or the most delicious falafel sandwich ever, does a vegetarian ever get to see the sun? I'm not so sure. What I can tell you about falafel sandwiches is that in Paris, at L'as du Falafel, they serve up a crazy delicious version of a falafel sandwich.... [Continue reading]
Yes, more France posts! At some point, New York related posts would be more essential, but I realized that it doesn't get much traffic if I visit places that are really well-known or places that have been open far too long. So in the end, I might as well just write without much concern for traffic. Since there's no concern for pageviews, I could just keep talking about Paris and bore most of my local viewers. That is OOOOKIE DOKIE! On we go...... [Continue reading]
Lately I've been busy with some random maintenance on the blog, and now I'm going to finish up the Paris posts since they've gotta be written. I want to talk about this idea of food waste too, and I'll get to it at the end of the post, but keep that in your back pocket for now. Let's talk about Patisserie des Reves. If you want pastries in Paris and you're short on time, you would have no regrets placing this patisserie at the top of your to-eat list. It is simply one of the best pastry places in Paris.... [Continue reading]
A new thing that I'm trying to do more of is to assume that things are going to work out for the better. Too often it's easy to get caught up on things... [more]
It's difficult to find something more affordable than doubles from the Trini Paki Cart. I actually had it maybe a month or two ago and I can't even... [more]
Recently I tortured Steph into watching Game of Thrones with me. There's dragon eggs in that show, and I've previously told many of my friends that... [more]
Thirty five point two nine percent. That's how much of my life has passed by based upon a life expectancy of getting to 85-years-old. It certain could... [more]
Did y'all catch the article last week by Eric Asimov about the state of being a critic? I think if there's one thing to note about the state of restaurant... [more]
