i met adan in harlem friday after rich and i had a terrible breakfast at a diner. it's a strange sensation going underground at 23rd and lexington and coming up at 125th in harlem. i was sticking out like a sore thumb....we had lunch at sylvia's...soulfood.
http://www.sylviassoulfood.com/
it's been around since 1962. i had fried chicken (dark) and a waffle. yum. it was good to see adan. i see him periodically when he comes back to dallas. i wish i'd had more time in harlem, perhaps some other time.
friday night we met ted and stephany for cuban food on the lower east side. boca chica. it's at 1st and 1st. we walked from the gershwin. great neighborhood, lots of different restaurants, little markets, flowers, produce, dry cleaners, etc...the city is alive. from there we hopped around. otto's shrunken head tiki bar where i had 3/4 of a beer to the beauty bar where i had two cape cods, to the crocodile where i had half a beer and some pizza. (you get a small pizza with every beer!) some of ted's friends from denison met us at the beauty bar. good times. medha and i talked c-stands. she works in tv and convinced me upon my move to new york there will be no photo assisting. i had had a glass of wine at dinner forgetting wine and beer before liquor even sicker. all four of us were hungover in the morning. we had to change hotels, trucked it down to the wall street area, it was rough. ted and steph didn't make it to brunch at the essex.
very cool. $16 brunch includes three mimosas, bloody marys, or something else to cure your hangover. i had mexican matzo brei which is the best migas i've ever had. and there are creamy white tennis balls stuck to the wall.
http://www.essexstreetmarket.com/
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