This was a weekend in good and bad food choices
A male buddy, who is white, showed up with a female friend, who is Asian, at my home the other day. I introduced them to my wife and noted that my wife and I were a white female/Asian male couple.
Guests: (to wife) Hello!
Me: It’s like we’re the negative images of each other!
The girl was from Taiwan and had never been to America before so I gave the two of them a quick 45 minute nickle tour of my neighborhood before a phone conference I had scheduled.
Her: How long have you lived here?
Me: About 40 years.
She wanted a hot dog so I brought them to the Grey’s Papaya on 72nd.
Me: …and over there is where Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson had the phone scene in Die Hard III. And this is also the Grey’s Papaya from Fools Rush In and You’ve Got Mail.
Him: Cool.
Forget sometimes that I live in the middle of one of the most visited places on the planet; to me, it’s just home.
When people visit, I become a tourist in my own city again. Even if only for a little bit.
Picture from On The Set of New York.
Everywhere I look, the news is troubling and sad. Was going to write something about it, but I don’t think I’m clear in my head right now – my injuries are preventing me from going to the gym, which in turn has led to the return of my insomnia, which in turn is leaving me fuzzy.
Not a good start to the week but the weather’s cooled down enough for me to make some lasagne.
Life is better with lasagne.
Here’s an Instagram pic I took of it – oh, and find me on Instagram and Twitter.
Location: running out to get more coffee
Mood: fuzzy
Music: how could he resist when her dress let in the autumn sun?
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