Noise P*pped

Tobias & John D.

A solo Mr. Mould

Bob & fan singing "Celebrated Summer"

NYC Food & Drink Awards

Perfect single dish and "last meal" nominee -- Momofuku Ramen

Best Cup of Coffee in NYC -- Sarge's Diner. (also best waitresses!)

Most ridiculous dessert @ the office. Choco something puddin' squirted into a perfect egg cup and eaten with tiny spoon - created by Le Bernardin guest pastry chef Michael Laiskonis (!) Best associated ridiculous celeb chef sighting - Eric Ripert (!) bussing his tray back to the self-service Goog cafeteria clean up area. Redonk.

Best Snack in a Dive Bar - Pickles at Bushwick Country Club.

Best Bar Tap Handles! Brooklyn's Fette Sau (that's "Fat Pig" in German)

The Human Blockh*ead

Chinese New Year Parade

Gum Lung was the star of Saturday's Chinese New Year parade. A new arrival from Hong Kong, this golden dragon is 238 feet long.

It's the Year of the Ox. mooooo.

The SF Police dragon, nicely coiled. note "pearl of wisdom" on stick.

I touched the Kung Fu dragon many times for everyone. Above? That very well may be DJ Big Cookie's hand on the luck as it dances past.
Happy Ox Year!

Love parades? Me too! More pictures here.

So Long LUX

Drunk on kamikazes and in the front row at G.S. Vigs, I watched slackjawed as Lux Interior climbed up on the drum kit and bashed a giant hole in the ceiling with his microphone. He was amazing.

They didn't fix that hole for a long time and it turned into legend. People would point to the ceiling and say "Lux Interior did that!"

RIP LUX.

The Latest Phrase

Today in a four hour meeting I heard the phrase "I think we peanut butter it." I quickly wrote it down. What? We are "peanut buttering" things at work?

Later I asked people what it meant and there was some disagreement. One person said, "laying it on thick!" and another said, "that we are spreading ourselves too thin!" Then there was a long conversation of creamy vs. chunky and Skippy vs. store brands.

Funny.