Going Away, See Below

February 25th, 2009 | Escapes

Be back next week!

Crif Dogs – The best dog on the planet

February 20th, 2009 | Culture, Food, Nightlife

What you are looking at is my redcoat friend, a couple of coors light tallboys, and a delicious, 100% fried meal.  Crif Dogs is the place to get the best hot dog New York has to offer period. I’ve only been there this one time, but seriously, this is lightyears beyond any other hot dog [...]

Warm Beer

February 19th, 2009 | Uncategorized

I’m sold!

Vertical Parking

February 18th, 2009 | General

This parking arrangement is a good example of why one should not own a car in this city.

Chinese New Year

February 17th, 2009 | Activities, Culture

So after Columbus Park, I tried to get close to the parade route for the Chinese New Year celebration.  This was my last mistake of the day as I immediately followed it up with the decision to stop battling mobs and leave.  Chinatown is unique in that it is ALWAYS crowded.  For some reason this [...]

Columbus Park

February 15th, 2009 | Culture

I was wandering around Chinatown the other day and took a break from the mobs that always clog the sidewalks, streets, stores, you name it of the neighborhood.  I stumbled into a pretty nice little park that had some places to sit and a good amount of room to walk around pretty effortlessly.  Then I [...]

David after PCP

February 12th, 2009 | Humor

David went to the dentist and it was there that he was heavily sedated. Good thing his pops was there with a video camera and now he’s being exposed all over the blogosphere!

Vermont Snow Trip

February 8th, 2009 | Activities, Escapes, Weather

A couple of weeks ago Audrey and I went up with this mass group of friends that we’ve sorta latched onto. The group does this snow trip every winter and we were lucky enough to be invited this year.
Basically there were two noteworthy parts to the trip:
1. Snowboarding
Very fun… there was a ton of people [...]

Obama v. Cat

February 6th, 2009 | Humor

Central Park Frozen

February 1st, 2009 | Activities, Weather

When Jason was out here, we did the usual tourist circuit, which includes Central Park. Much to my amazement, the pond that Audrey and I paddled around during the summer has frozen! It is so frozen right now that people walk out onto the ice to the islands that you could only swim to in [...]

This is going to be where the search and other helpful things go. Patience baldies!