Al Jazeera covers NYC street food. (I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but it seems neat.)
Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Aug 21, 2008 9:07:13 am PDT #4708 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sean K - Aug 21, 2008 9:09:33 am PDT #4709 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I can't get a great shot of it today, because there's a lot of haze in the air, but here's the vista from my current living room window:
And here's another (quite spectacular) view of it:
§ ita § - Aug 21, 2008 9:10:24 am PDT #4710 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In unvista news:
Got into an argument with my father this morning. He insists that English has an overarching pronunciation rule that governs the spellng of "words" like Sawtelle and Sepulveda. A rule about where the accent goes if it ends in a vowel or a consonant. I think he's insane, but he's shifting the burden of proof onto me, and he's got my back up. Any suggestions for shooting him down?
Kathy A - Aug 21, 2008 9:13:35 am PDT #4711 of 10003
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
This is what I think of when I picture pretty Illinois farmland.
This is the flatter area, not quite as attractive, but more typical of Illinois farms, especially downstate.
P.M. Marc - Aug 21, 2008 9:16:19 am PDT #4712 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sophia Brooks - Aug 21, 2008 9:21:19 am PDT #4713 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
SailAweigh - Aug 21, 2008 9:22:24 am PDT #4714 of 10003
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
La Jolla. I spent as much time as I could here with a blanket, a boom box (back in the bad old days before Walkman or iPods) and a book. Peaceful.
Diego Garcia. We'd go sailing and snorkeling every Sunday. The undersea world became my house of worship.
I feel a need to be in places like these that it make my bones ache to be away from them. Since moving back to the midwest, I've felt like a displaced person. Ocean, beach, coral, cliffs are where I feel at home.
Daisy Jane - Aug 21, 2008 9:23:41 am PDT #4715 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
And in Texas in particular, the majesty of truly towering clouds and thunderheads is a sight to behold.
I told you Seanie, you say the word and I am on finessing you a ticket here like...something that's on something else a whole lot.
I'm such a Southern girl. I like any water, tons of green, and thick muggy weather. I'm also very much a city girl though, so I don't often get the green as much as I'd like, particularly here in Dallas, where the motto seems to regularly be, "If it's pretty, cut or tear it down!"
Barb - Aug 21, 2008 9:26:57 am PDT #4716 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
La Jolla. I spent as much time as I could here with a blanket, a boom box (back in the bad old days before Walkman or iPods) and a book. Peaceful.
God, I loved visiting there this year. It was SO gorgeous.
Trudy Booth - Aug 21, 2008 9:30:50 am PDT #4717 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
That Al Jazeera piece showed the coffee cart where I got my coffee this morning. Trippy.
Are coffee carts unique to NYC? Or do other citys have a fleet of silver boxes stuffed with coffee and pastries that appear in the pre-dawn hours and disappear by noon?