He's Lookin' for a Home - Part Two

On Saturday, we hooked up with Jen for dinner at Cafe Steinhof.














They don't have Stiegl, false advertising. It's a good joint anyway.














We hit up the Gate after dins. We first went to Barbes, but it was a bunch of oldie olsons so we bounced.














Gatewise blur.














When we got to Great Lakes, Steve grabbed the camera.














El Machuca by Steve Miller.

The night was more exciting than it seems here. We did more than pose for pictures. I think I am getting worse with the action shots. I promise more exciting snaps in the future, but just not this week.

He's Lookin' for a Home - Part One

The Homeless One visited this weekend. He requested at least three blog entries. This is the first.













Cheers, at the Great Lakes. Duh.



















This place is so dark, I never knew the walls were green.













This guy is like a Puma model, always pimpin the gear.













As usual, the last stop of the night was the Grecian Corner.













Stephen, you should use this for your Myspace page.













Even our presence couldn't perk this guy up.

The Bedroom

Sonic Youth is re-releasing their first LP on Tuesday. Since the original is very hard to find, this is to be a very exciting event. To get you in the mood:

The Bedroom

This is one of my all time favorites by them. Recorded Live in Irvine, CA on 11/03/1990.

73 degrees and breezy

It's a glorious day, leading all in New York City to think one thing:


















YES!!! Finally, we can eat ICE CREAM on the street!

Seriously, everybody's eating ice cream today.

Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Winter hasn't been that bad his year, but I'm over it.













A man can only play so many games of Moon Patrol.













I'm ready for the spring and slower days.













And new skate spots.

My Oscar goes to...

See this movie.

And the Oscar goes to...

Horrible.



















Just horrible. Worst movie of the year. Want your intelligence to be insulted--this is the movie for you.

Elliott Got Robbed

The Oscars are on tonight. My favorite Oscar moment:



No one will beat that.

Snowy Memories of Sleep

This is happening again.











The snow was great news, but the funniest news bit I saw today was about Ruth Bader Ginsberg sleeping during testimony at the Supreme Court. Classic.

That reminds me of the times I would sleep during class. Come on, we all did. The most memorable time was during American Lit in the 11th grade. Mr. Bodenmiller was the teacher, known for his wry humor and his Keillor-esque stories of childhood Michigan. Well, there I was, taking a nice little snooze, head down on my book, and Bodenmiller commented loudly, "Now Mr. Chamberlain is giving us all a demonstration on how to read through your ear." Laughs wrung out and I sat up to finish my Starburst.

All this to say...I'm feeling you Ruth.

Mardi Gras

Marriage is all about compromise. Last night I wanted to hit up Two Boots for Mardi Gras. Sofia snubbed my suggestion and said she would rather get a couple beers and go home to watch Gilmore Girls.

Oh great, nothing says New Orleans Party Time like Gilmore girls.

In the end I agreed, but only if I could pick the beer.

I wanted to get some Dixie Beer, which they have at Two Boots, but could only find Lone Star. I figured this was close enough. When Sofia saw me with the Lone Star she was not happy. But I told her "If we are staying in, this is what we are getting." And she consented.

See compromise. That's how it works folks.

Gilmore Girls was pretty good. Jole from Brian Jonestown Massacre was on the show again. They even played a Sonic Youth song from the Dirty album. If I was to see one Gilmore Girls, this was the one. Thanks Sofia.

More Book Posting

Mark Kurlansky's new book, The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell, comes out today. Mark, as you may know, is the master of what I like to call History-cito. I've read and thoroughly enjoyed Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World. He also wrote Salt: A World History. As soon as this newest book comes out in paperback, I am most def. gettin it.

Read Cod, it's a quick and fun read. Salt, I heard is longer and a bit more tedious.

Salt, Oyster, Cod...I'm getting hungry.

Blag

Blog is a combination word made from the two words web log.

Blag is a combination word made from the combination word blog and the word lag.

Deep!

Spring and Summer are coming, which means one thing: Stoop Sales! More importantly leftovers from stoop sales. The best leftovers are always books.

During the winter it's very hard to come across abandoned books. And that is when you have to turn to actually buying books, which blows. Luckily, there are two used book stores on our block. Yesterday we bought 4 books for $13. Excellent!

Sunday Brunch

Scottadito has a $12 brunch on the weekend. It includes an entree and unlimited champagne, mimosas and coffee. Obviously, this is the best deal in NYC. For some reason we never took advantage of this, until today.













Anthony and Christina braved the bitter cold to come to Park Slope for brunch.






























































Don't forget to watch Christina tomorrow on the Today Show 8-9am. She needs a fan base.

Oh and another thing, Ernest was going to make his triumphant return to the blog, but he canceled. His loss.
Jessica. Kristin. Give Dad a call.

Another Exciting Friday Night

Just spaghetti and Oliver Twist. Rather brilliant.

Stew Skates

Sofia has been bothering me about wanting to use the camera more. Today she begged me to go to the skatepark so she could take some photos. I begrudgingly went along with her little outing.



























































































You know it.

Great snaps Sofia. Imagine what you could do with a better subject, say Geoff Rowley. Soon Thrasher is gonna be knocking down your door.

FABULOSITY

Yesterday after work, we met Anthony and Christina at Corner Bistro for some burgers and brew.




















Corner Bistro, home of the $2.50 McSorley's and the smallest menu known to man.

This place is almost like the restaurant Brandon wanted to open, where you just order the number of meals you want. You go in, say "1 please" and they bring you a burger, fries and a coke. No substitutions. No extras. No choices.














Christina was in town shooting a segment for the Today Show. The segment is airing this Monday. The point of the segment is to hock Kimora Lee Simmons' (worst website ever) new "book," Fabulosity: What It Is and How to Get It. They used Christina, giving her a FABULOUS makeover. The whole thing is quite ridiculous, but it should be entertaining. She had a lot of funny tales from the afternoon shooting the segment.














On the way back to the subway, this creepy pug was staring out at us. I dubbed him Holy Pug: Guardian of All.

an afternoon project

Today, among other things, I decided to make banana bread.
Recipe
Measure out 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour and resift with 2 1/4 teaspoon baking powder. Set aside.
Blend until creamy 1/3 cup shortening (at room temp.) with 2/3 cup sugar and 3/4 teaspoon grated lemon rind. Beat in 1-2 beaten eggs (at room temp.) until blended then add 1 cup mashed ripe banana. Add the flour mixture to this in 3 parts, mixing well after each addition. Add 1/2 cups nuts if you want (I didn't have any so my bread is nut-less). Grease loaf pan and bake 1 hour in 350 oven. Yummy.

Perfect Day

Monday, another beautiful Brooklyn day, just look.



























The sun was so bright, my new white Rowley's were literally blinding.















One thing Brooklyn is known for (I think) is its many churches. From our rooftop you can look out across the hills of Brooklyn and see dozens of steeples. Until recently these steeples were the highest structures in all of Brooklyn. These are just two of the many you can see along 7th Ave.














I had Monday off and we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In honor of President's Day I present you with Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze. This is the first time I've seen it in person and I never realized it was this big. Although, Sofia and I agree, the room it is in is much too small.














This is for Tere.














Bloody Lobsterbacks!














The perfect day was only ruined by the fact that we had to work at the Food Co-op later that night.

RIP-Harold Hunter

I think Harold past away on Saturday night. He was the quintessential New York skater and one of the most entertaining in the whole game. Patrick O'dell has some photos up on his site. I only met him once, but he will be missed by many.