The Seaport Food Lab ^ Fried chicken has no bad angles 20 years ago, in my parents' wallets were candid pictures of my brother and I missing half of our teeth and wearing over-sized youth soccer shirts; fast forward to the present, and I'm over here like, "Look at this heavily filtered piece of short rib I ate 18 months ago. Want more? Here … [Read more...]

How Clean is the NYC Subway? ^ only on the MTA could someone be carrying a peacock and no one would look up a No one wants to take responsibility for the fresh Hell that is the MTA. De Blasio and Cuomo keep volleying the burden without making progress, so how do we improve this lovely service that 5.7 million people use daily? I have some ideas. … [Read more...]

Last hurrah before asphyxiation by infinity scarf/nutmeg So we need to reassess this dog days of summer thing because I have not been basking in a canine's holy light of godliness. IDK about you, but dogs are really having their year as they've essentially become deities; if aliens invaded earth they would 100% think dogs were walking us. Because … [Read more...]

The Time I Saw George Washington's Dentures So I have a increasingly legitimate infatuation with the American Revolution; many thanks to Rick Lawton the Eternal American Patriot, it's snowballed and is getting out of control. So much so that when I heard Washington's original dentures were in special collections at the New York Academy of … [Read more...]

Glamping  ---> Primitive Survival Techniques I have a few major hurdles to get over with the outdoors-thing. First, I have arachnophobia.  I still call my dad, who is 250 miles away and not amused, when I find a spider in my apartment. I'm also overly worried of getting lyme disease and I can't sleep in tents because I'm … [Read more...]