Archive for February, 2005
Sunday in the Park with Orange
Sunday began with an ultra early ultra late Chinese New Year’s dim sum with P-’s dad. Chinatown was swamped with an array of dragon dancing parading. Then we went up to Time Warner Center with P-’s brother as he hadn’t seen it yet. Williams-Sonoma had noodle soup and a olive oil bar on offer for [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Posted: February 20th, 2005 under En route.
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Saturday Itself
Ruby’s, the bookstore on Chambers St. in downtown Manhattan, closing shop on March 7. Very sad to see it go - even if I don’t go enough, it’s one of those places that has been around so long but has to go because of crazy rents and the changing neighborhood (apparently, the lack of [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Friday into Saturday
Friday’s “Star Trek: Enterprise” requires a second viewing to appreciate, because in the meantime, it’s so plot-heavy, it really makes no sense. All kinds of stuff are happening:
- we may be getting an actual explanation for why the Klingons of the Original Trek era were human-looking (i.e., without the forehead ridges), tied in [...]
Posted: February 19th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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Wednesday (wherein the post is sort of longish)
“American Idol” - is it me, or is it getting more annoying with each season? (and they’re now in the phase where they’re not focusing on the lousy singers)…
Thanks to the handy dandy VCR, I watched UPN’s “Veronica Mars” and it is a watchable fun show. The detective work is clever - it’s the [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2005 under Brooklyn.
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