Category: Bronx

So, what have we got?

– BBQ – soo much meat. I don’t think I’ve eaten that much meat. Bee-yoo-ti-ful weather. A nice subway ride to the Bronx (passing by Yankee Stadium, I realized that I really do go to that many more Met games; I really so don’t make trips to the Bronx, so at least the annual picnic is an excuse to make a trek) – love how MTA makes it possible to have basically only one subway going out of my end of Brooklyn, and then only local all the way up. Eh. At least I got air conditioning and a seat and – seeing how the subway really does seem like the only place where I read books anymore, thus I am now more than halfway through In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote.

Oh, and by the way – the kal bi – great marinade. Bit rare for my preference (I like my meat well-done), but still tasty. The hamburger, the chicken-turkey burger, the hot dog — okay, I had more than my fair share of protein. Thanks again for the ride back to Bklyn, FC and P – and you two really did a great job with the food!

A great lyrical and enlightening summer read, which I finished this weekend – The Planets by Dava Sobel. If you’re into planets, as I have been, this is a highly recommended book.

Finally watched “A Fish Called Wanda” off of my tapes – not nearly as laugh-out-loud-funny as I had long hoped, but very entertaining nonetheless, as the plot twists are absolutely head-spinning. George “leads” a band of theives; Ken (fantastically played by ex-Monty-Python Michael Palin) is the stutterer/animal lover thief; Wanda (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) is George’s girlfriend/thief; Otto (played by Kevin Kline) is ex-CIA (who’s too stupid to actually be ex-CIA, but eh…) and joins the band as “Wanda’s brother” (uh-huh, sure); and Archie Leach (great name! coincidentally – or not?! – Cary Grant’s real name; Leach the character is played by fellow-Monty-Python John Cleese) is George’s barrister, who also falls for Wanda – and ah, that Wanda – she manages to wrap all the men in her fingers…

Personally, I really enjoyed Palin – never realized that he was this good a comedic actor (ok, basically I’ve only seen some of the Monty Python stuff and his trips around the world documentaries, so what do I really know?). Cleese is always consistent. The movie pretty much stands up to the test of time, and well, gee, there really is a difference in how British lawyers and American lawyers practice law… Well, whether this will be a keeper in the SSW collection remains to be seen…

P and I just finished the leftovers of my meal Friday night.

After a long work week, my co-worker L was contemplating doing his taxes (I had just finished them two days ago), but after an hour of shooting the breeze, the discussion had led to yesterday’s fire at the Morris Yacht and Beach Club on City Island. L decided on the spur of the moment to jump into the car and go to one of his favorite seafood restaurants on the island, Sammy’s Fish Box.

The main strip of City Island seems to be entirely populated with seafood restaurants. I must have counted at least a dozen of them before we reached the end of City Island. At the end sat Sammy’s, free valet parking on the left, and the seafood emporium on the right.

Traffic was very heavy on the way to the Whitestone Bridge – they’re doing some construction and one lane is closed through the entire northbound side. Also, the weekend migration out of town traffic didn’t help either.

Once we got to the free valet parking, we waited about 20 minutes to finally get seated. We snagged a 4 seater booth, which gave us plenty of room to spread out.

L ordered the lobster tail and alaskan king crab legs, while I ordered the crab leg combo sampler, which was composed of alaskan king crab, snow crab, and Dungeness crab. Boy they were huge! Each platter could easily feed 2 or 3 people. Free bread, soup or salad, pickled veggies and a baked potatoe or fries round out the meal. Incredible! Too bad it is such a pain to get there.