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Last Books Read

(T) This Perfect Day - Like a blast from the past, I felt like a 10 year old again reading this 1970 Ira Levin sci-fi. How life might be if everything around us was controlled to be efficient and healthy. Surprisingly, nakedness and sex plays a big role...
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(T) In Defense of Food - Eat food. Not so much. Mostly plants. An informative read on why Westerners spend so much time trying to eat right and almost always get it wrong.
****

(T)Are You There Vodka? It's me, Chelsea - The ramblings of Chelsea Handler. Pretty funny. Good candy.
****

(T) Namesake - I didn't enjoy this book. At all. I do now crave Indian food.
*

Latest Restaurants

Enoteca Barbone -Still awesome Italian/Babboo rip-off. I really like the owner, prices and pasta.
****

Slurp - New Vietnamese restaurant in LES. We were the only ones there. Comparable to Compuchea, but better and cheaper
**

SavorNY - A FoodCandy article on the wall! Tapas from around the world. Pretty good
***

Taisho Yakitori - Best in groups, Taisho is maybe my favorite restaurant in the city, currently.
*****

Clinton St Baking Company - An LES brunch favorite, the pancakes and crab cakes are some of the best we've ever had, but the line outside on a weekend make it something only worth it on the weekday.
***

Chickie Pig's - Literally across the street, Chickie Pigs servers up thin, oval-shaped pizzas in a brick oven. Focus is on the crust and not the toppings.
**

Banjara - Finally! Good Indian. Embedded in the 6th St Indian madness is Banjara with delicious curries, dosas and samosas.
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The E.U. - A new chef prepares European comfort food including a thick and rich cassoulet, braised short ribs and Chicken and Dumplings along with a wide assortment of european beers. Very good.
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Falai - Modern Italian. Homemade Pasta. Creative Dishes like Beet & Lobster Risotto. One of the best meals had in NYC so far.
*****

Cafe Glechik - A Ukrainian cafe in Brighton Beach known for their dumplings. Try the veal and the Siberian.
***

Rosario's Pizza - A tourist favorite of the LES, we read about this in one of our guide books. Pretty good pizza, but nothing special. Stay with the cheese.
*

Trattoria Spaghetto - Also mentioned in our guidebook, this Italian eatery actually turned out a better than expected lunch.
**

NY Noodletown - A decent Chinatown stop for Shrimp Wonton Noodle Soup. Reminds me of Canton Wonton Noodle House in Seattle
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New Running Partners

Posted on February 21, 2008 by kelch25

As it turns out, Doree, whom I had been running with, can no longer do morning runs. Luckily, I had several runners respond to my Craigslist and RoadRunner “Looking for running partner” ads, and after my vacation and recovering from a weird bug, I decided it was time to start a little e-mail list and organize some runs.

At 7am today, I met with Holly and Shelley in front of Katz’s Deli (yep, right where they filmed the When Harry Met Sally scene where Meg Ryan fakes an orgasm). We did a 4-miler and got to know each other. Both seem very nice and cool. Holly is going to be running a marathon in Rio de Janeiro, and Shelley has a VERY cool little story. She just moved here from London because she got a professorship with DONNA KAREN at the Parson School of Design. How cool is that? I tried not to sound too impressed when she was telling me all of this, but my guess is that I failed miserably.

I’m running with Shelley again on Saturday, and we’ll be joined by another girl, Lily. Should be fun.

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