Archive for July, 2005
B-day celebration – a first
Last night, celebration for AJ and his new Iron Chef boy C.T. Apparently, being groomed for the next big thing SE Asia’s ever seen . Mother, kid and AJ are doing well and good spirits. (I hear he even took a swing at AJ, is that an omen?) The gang headed over to Sergio Valente’s [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2005 under Taipei.
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Making Room
First off, congrats are in order for AJ’s new baby boy, which arrived yesterday morning! Monday, we went to Coney Island for a friend’s BBQ. The area is much better now that the Stillwell station is renovated. We passed by the famed Nathan’s site, missing the actual eating contest (49 dogs by the perennial winner [...]
Posted: July 6th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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4th of July
Happy Independence Day. Celebrate America’s birthday, reflect on the troops, and pray that we’ll have a good Supreme Court justice nominee. And in other news, the NYC 2012 delegation is in Singapore to await the IOC vote for the city selection for the Summer Olympics 2012. I remain agnostic as to whether NYC should have [...]
Posted: July 4th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Battle Star Galactica!
Yeah, bring it on! Caught the promos, trailers and the 3 hour season premier (in Taipei) on Cinemax. Really enjoyed the acting and the action sequences and special effects. Had some Babylon 5-ish feel to it, as it was rather dark. Good story set up as to the who, why, wherefore. Could be part of [...]
Posted: July 4th, 2005 under Taipei.
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Food
Quick post on the run — going to Tanger Outlets today. P and I went to visit my godmother on Saturday. She’s the mother of all chowhounds; she’s kind of getting on in years and can’t get around as well as she used to, but she still manages to make the rounds. Will have to [...]
Posted: July 3rd, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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1st Saturday (in July)
So, of course, the big news is the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. The first reaction was shock (Around noonish yesterday, I received an e-mail at work from a co-worker that “Sandra’s retiring” and I was like, “Sandra? Yeah, so there’s a Sandra at work, how sad she’s retiring and…” and then I check [...]
Posted: July 2nd, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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