Daily Archives: July 28, 2011
15 posts
Well Hello there gang. Hope you had a great day and are ready for the weekend. Here, this should help you relax. Continue reading
Watch the first Kalbi Burger Challenge and listen to me read the rules.
On Sunday, July 24th, I was drafted to be the host of the first annual Kalbi Burger Challenge. Six competitors at my favorite Koreatown burger place were going to try to eat 4 Kalbi burgers in ten minutes for glory and the potential to be in a plaque on a wall. Since I was the Foursquare mayor of this fine establishment (seriously guys, I love food) I was asked to be the emcee and judge. Continue reading
Have you heard? All the young hip children (the hipsters, as we believe they’re called) are sporting beards these days! Is that a good thing? Alex Williams, the man who once told us that the verb ‘curate‘ is now meant for food stands and burlesque clubs, has the answer, but first, let’s go over how ubiquitous the beard has become:
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The Lower East Side has always been food-centric with its pickles and bialys and kosher bakeries. But only in the past few years has it become foodie-centric.
The biggest changes to the neighborhood have occurred below Delancey Street, which used to be a ghost town but is rapidly becoming a destination. Below are a few places that I recommend your taste buds get better acquainted with: Continue reading
I’ve lost 110 pounds. Minus 60, plus 40, minus 50 is the rough outline of my transformation. FYI, in my universe, the second time’s cause I ain’t gaining weight again. Continue reading
EthologyNerd and Alluson, two (sexy) liberal ladies who both happen to own guns and have had similar experiences with guns throughout their life, sat down last night and decided to mull over what gun control means to them, the problems we face in the USA as a trigger-happy nation, and what happens next.
We’ve all had a dirty job or two, haven’t we? We had to get through high school and college working a series of demeaning and often unsanitary part time jobs. Today’s Question: What is the dirtiest job you’ve ever done? Continue reading
In conjunction with yesterday’s post on street art, today’s column will highlight the remaining 10 artists who have each contributed to the global street art movement in highly original and unique ways.
Forget the debt ceiling! You know what’s really going to have global repercussions? Germany’s hatred of foie gras. The French™ are enraged like a Montmarte whore who’s missed her period now that some German food fair has banned their most precious foodstuff. Why, it’s like banning German sausage in France, they say! It’s a scandal! Le shock! Le awe! E tu Bardot? Porquois!? Porquois!?
Why is this such an economic blow? Germany eats 170 tons of bird liver a year. Wow. We don’t even know what to say to that.
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