Sunnyside is home to my favoritest greasy spoon in the world, the New Post. When I moved to Sunnyside back in 2000, it was the first place I frequented. Cheap eggs, French toast, pancakes, sausage (American and Irish), bacon (American and Irish), and cheese (American and the rest) were the draw, and it was an [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2010
The Human Element
Everyone’s talking about the umpire who ruined the perfect game today, so I figure I might as well join the chorus. I love baseball. I think it’s an inherently perfect game. And part of that perfection includes human error. Whether it’s a boneheaded base-running play, a second baseman with a serious case of the yips, [...]
I Really Need to Savor My Food
A couple of weekends ago, the missus got inspired to make a delicious shrimp salad. I’m not sure exactly where she got the recipe, but it was sort of a egg salad/shrimp salad concoction with Tabasco and other deliciousness. This past weekend, while in the Berkshires (Lah-di-DAH, B&E readers! Lah! Di! Dah!), our generous host [...]
Holy Shit, Can Those Cats Play
The missus and I have been privy to a couple of really nice music shows in the past week. Obviously, I rather enjoyed the Carolina Chocolate Drops, as evidenced by the post immediately previous. Over the holiday weekend, we hung out with a couple we don’t know all that well at a mutual friend’s house [...]