We went to lunch today at Grammercy Tavern to celebrate Joanne's birthday. Everybody raves that this is one of the top three restaurants in the city, so naturally I was very excited at the prospect of a delicious meal. I ordered pan-seared fois gras with cherries, almonds and lemon as a first course thinking it would be something like fried pate. It wasn't!! I can't even describe what it was like, although somehow I managed to eat it. I'm tempted to look it up, but I think I need at least 24 hours of digestion before I can handle the truth.
This is only the latest in a series of disappointing expensive meals in this city. The best meals I've had, with the exception of a pricey, yet heavenly Morroccon meal on prom night, have been cheap as chips. Three choice pizzas for $5 in Bulgaria, gazpacho and steak for 10 euros on the beachfront at Calella de Pallafruguell, Chopskie Jadlo in Krakow, fat chips on Brighton Pier. My favourite restaurant here in New York is Wild Ginger, a Thai place in the West Village where you get an outstanding meal for less than $10. I have never been cheap when it comes to food, in fact, it's one of the few things I will actually shell out for. But this is definitely the last big ticket meal I'm going to take a chance on.
Just wish there was somewhere in the city I could get decent chips...
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Love those logos
London rightly won the bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. I was so excited I made a giant poster with the London logo and displayed it on the cabinet above my desk. I loved the logo with the River Thames a ribbon of Olympic colours, wound through bold black letters. New York's logo, however, was clearly not a winner. Have a look. Okay, so this isn't the real one. A friend of my mate Joanne made this and posted to his blog. Familiar story. Only some clever clogs at Australia's Channel Ten found it and pasted it into a television new story. Ooops.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Everybody else is doing it...
All my friends have got a blog, and I'm not one to be left out of the fun!
This is for family and closest friends. I know you're all desperate for news of my escapades, my thoughts on world events, maybe some pictures... Expect travelogues, genealogical discoveries, even the odd scripture when I've read something really good, and, of course, there will be Jonathan stories. Please leave comments, questions, musings, brainwaves.
I'm going to launch this thing with my quote of the summer:
"I'm an optimist. If you dwell on the negative, it will hurt you, depress you and really destroy you. If you work on the positive and dwell on it and seek to bring it to pass, it will make you lighter and brighter, younger and more vigorous. That's my feeling and that's my program."
Three guesses who said that. Yep, that's right, who else but Gordon B. Hinckley. You can read the rest of the interview he gave to mark his 95th birthday and only imagine what he'll be doing to celebrate his 100th!
This is for family and closest friends. I know you're all desperate for news of my escapades, my thoughts on world events, maybe some pictures... Expect travelogues, genealogical discoveries, even the odd scripture when I've read something really good, and, of course, there will be Jonathan stories. Please leave comments, questions, musings, brainwaves.
I'm going to launch this thing with my quote of the summer:
"I'm an optimist. If you dwell on the negative, it will hurt you, depress you and really destroy you. If you work on the positive and dwell on it and seek to bring it to pass, it will make you lighter and brighter, younger and more vigorous. That's my feeling and that's my program."
Three guesses who said that. Yep, that's right, who else but Gordon B. Hinckley. You can read the rest of the interview he gave to mark his 95th birthday and only imagine what he'll be doing to celebrate his 100th!
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