Category: events
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Resignation / I Don’t Like Mondays
I resigned on the last Monday of 2009, which was the start of the last work week in the first decade of the 21st century. It felt good. Thought about this song by Bob Geldof and The Boomtown Rats. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsVbhVEAb-M&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] I had this metal dice sitting on my desk for a long time. Each of…
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A Bad Day
Wednesday was a bad day. Sue and I drove into the city during the day on a weekday (against our better judgement). We had to get our visa from the Swiss consular office on 3rd Avenue and East 41st street. We parked in a garage on the east side which cost $28 for under…
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Christmas Bash / Nor’easter
Last night we went to the annual christmas bash in Montclair. As always, we had a great time: conversations, live music, carol singing, food and drinks, karaoke, etc. Calebc and Shecrow are great hosts, thank you. Outside was a roaring Nor’easter tearing up the East Coast. The snow storm persisted much of the evening and…
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Christmas Party 2009 #1
We went to our first christmas party of the year at Ron and Betty’s. Having tasted their past culinary efforts, we knew this lunch was something that cannot be missed. They started with a warm celery root soup, fried pancetta, with a drizzle of chive oil, followed by meguez sausages sandwich with caramelized balsamic onions.…
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Banana Flambe – Betty Don’t Die
Sue organized a surprise birthday dinner with friends for me at Les Halles at Park Avenue last night. The evening concluded with desserts, one of which was the banana flambe prepared tableside. Our waitress wheeled over a little serving trolley with stove, and parked it next to Betty. Sprinkled with powered sugar, the bananas were…