Gudphoto: Asking the Important Questions at the US Border -
Border agent (thick Brooklyn accent), looking at my passport:
“Guernsey Street, where is that, Williamsburg?”
“Close - Greenpoint.”
“Yeah, it’s a good up and coming area. I don’t like the hipsters though. You’re not a hipster, are you?”
“I don’t think so, but then no one ever admits…
Telling about Nows: Part 2: Red Hook Criterium Race Report -
Part 2 of Steely’s terrific account of riding the 2012 Red Hook Crit.
photo courtesy James Brosnan
Fear and fatigue plagued me from the start horn. Sure, I clipped in fine, but we were barely into the first turn before I was being shoved to the barriers and passed like a mile marker. The leg torque required to push my 200 pounds into and out of the tight…
savory breakfast, yesterday and today
savory breakfast, yesterday and today
C&H Halal strikes again. Chambers St.’s finest.
Left-over spicy pork banh mi and spring roll.
Today’s savory breakfast — turkey, mozzarella, eggplant, and gravy, on a half — got in my belly before I could photograph it. Fuck yeah, Defonte’s! Fuck yeah, Friday!
Savory breakfast: Italian sausages and baked beans (sorry, coworkers), roasted garlicky vegetables, sriracha, chips.
Today’s savory breakfast: chicken rice from the C&H Halal cart on Chambers St. Brown rice with peas! Hot enough to give me hiccoughs. There was a bit of a white sauce shortage, so there’s nothing to hold back the fire. These guys open at 5am, so the chicken’s ready to go during standard commuting hours.
Nice lemony vegetables, including cauliflower, which is above and beyond in my Halal book.
