Maybe there will be photos. Maybe other stuff.
Thursday, 18 February 2010
In short, take pictures of shoes on the porch. Then look at the pictures, and decide:
* Will this be interesting?
* Are shoes compelling?
* Do people value the porchiness of the shoeporch?
* Is it “shoeporch” or “shoe porch”.
* Porches full of Shoes?
* Shoe Tree?
* Related to Project Ugly Pile of Shoes.
That is all. Thank you for indulging me.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
I have installed Pixelpost for use as the main photo blog for Pete Olsen Photo. While WordPress is awesome and does have some good support for photoblogs I am testing out Pixelpost since it was specifically designed for photo blogs. I did a backpost of some older wirk and I have almost officially decided to post a new image every day. You can check it out on the Pete Olsen Photo Pixel Post Site.
Monday, 24 November 2008
Post Number 10 of the NYC Food Adventure
This night I decided I needed more sushi so I went back to Ooki Sushi. I was not disappointed. I again had the whole Aji sushi and shashimi, absolutely delicisous.
In addition I tried some of their rolls. The Ooki Roll, and the Spicy Yellowtail Roll. I do not remember what was in each one (you can check the menu online), but the spicy roll was kinda bland, really tastly just not very spicy.
One thing I did make note of this time was that the sushi did not come with wassabi. This time I ordered more King Salmon, and Eel, neither had any wasabi, but they were both very good. Another good rathing for Ooki Sushi.
Next Meal: UNKNOWN!
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Blah blah blah, on going series, post 8 and 9 together, blah blah.
Today is a redo as I again had breakfast at the Corrado Bread and Bakery and again had lunch at Sopie’s Cuban Cuisine. Neither one failed to live up to me high expectations.
I had the usual in the morning: coffee, apple danish, and a almond croissant. Why I need the second is pastry is simple, both are delicious and I cannot decide between the them.
Every day at Sopie’s they have different specials, neither appealed to me particularly so I ordered the grilled chicken with beans and rice, which came smothered in yummy onions and peppers. This was great just like yesterdays meal. My only complaint is that the chicken was slightly dry and the portion of beans was light. The rice portion was huge, but the bean were not. I would have liked less rice and more beans. I like beans. Yummy beans.
Next Meal: Dinner!
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
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Blah blah blah, 7th in an ongoing series of posts on NYC food.
Sala Thai Restaurant
1718 2nd Ave New York, NY 10128 (212) 410-5557 http://salathaidc.com(not the correct site)
When I found this restaurant via the google maps I quickly looked at all the reviews it had gotten. It seems that Sala started out awesome went and went downhill recently and then began to right itself. My experience reenforces this idea. While the food was pretty great the service as pretty bad. They seemed to have four people on waitstaff, one being the hostess who was hopefully on the phone taking orders and not just gabbing away to her friends. The other three waiters seemed to run about aimlessly. When we did get our order taking they were nice enough they just seemed to have to much on their minds to give really good service.
As I said before the food itself was quite good. I had the chile pork which was very spicy fried pork in a sweet sauce with greens. The chicken disk I ordered was also very good, with a Thai coconut curry sauce. The rice portions were small but they gave us more for no extra charge.
I rate this as very tasty but it is not for you if you are in a hurry or a real stickler for good service.
Next Meal: Breky
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
The sixth in a series of post on restaurants in NYC.
Bummer no breky today. Could not find a place in time before class. 
I made up for this at lunch. 
Sophie’s Restaurant
75 New St New York, NY 10004 (212) 809-7755 http://sophiescuban.com
Lets just start off by saying that Sopie’s is delicious. You get way more food than you can eat and it is all delicious. My lizard brain almost made me devoir the whole plate and lick it clean but I had my un-fat pants on so the high order brain functions won out. I had one of the Tuesday specials, Beef stew with rice and beans. The stew consisted of 3 large chunks or slow cooked beef in a sauce of tomatoes, corn, green beans and spices. You could tell that the meat had cooked in a braise ahead of time and not in the stew itself. The meat was tender and easily cut but firm enough to hold itself together. This happens when after the meat is braised it is allowed to cool, overnight maybe, and then added back a sauce/stew. The cooling lets the gelatin in the meat firm up and hold meat together. Yummy yummy chunks of meat. Oh, the beans and rice were good too.
I rate this a very good, very filling lunch enough for 2 mortal people for less $15 .
Next meal dinner!
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
Part of my 19 part series documenting all my meal in NYV during my visit.
Ooki Sushi
I know I had Japanese food for lunch but I hate eating alone and I felt that sitting at the sushi bar would let me sit and talk with the sushi chef and the other patrons. Unfortunately, I was the first sushi bar patron of the night. This did not stop me though, as I was promptly greeted by all manor of helpful and attractive waitstaff. The while aji was recommended as was the king mackerel. Both were awesome. The aji was a while fish, about 13 inches long. I was filleted and prepared as both nigiri and shashimi with a citrus ponzu sauce. The fish was mild but with a slightly stringer fish flavor than the much more mild yellowtail or salmon. Oh, I also had baby yellowtail and salmon nigiri sushi, also freakin tasty. Finally I had what was called a BBQ squid. It was a whole squid about 12 inches and fat. The tentacles where slightly dry and quite tough, the body/rings where almost perfectly done, and the very light not very sweet terriyaki sauce was a nice touch.
About the images. This was by far the prettiest meal so far and yet I gave no images at all. I was tired of lugging my camera all over town and even though it was only 1 1/2 blocks to Ooki I did not bring it as I thought the cell phone camera would suffice. Well, it did not. My battery died just as I tried to document the awesome sight of the aji.
I would rate this as a very good meal. The prices where not cheap but if you factor in the great service, quality, and atmosphere, it becomes quite reasonable.
Next meal: Breky!
Monday, 17 November 2008
Part four in a series of posts about each of the food places I eat at this week while I am in NYC for training. There is the potential for 19 food posts!
Kokura Japanese Restaurant
19 S William St New York, NY 10004 (212) 482-8888
I was in the mood for some soup for lunch so I decided on udon at a place a few feet from the building where I have class. I had the tempura udon (cell phone pic coming soon despite remembering to take the picture after I had already eaten half my meal).
When I first walked in I was worried, it was noon in the business district and I imagined that most restaurants in this part of town do 80-100% of their business for lunch, Kokura was empty I was the only patron. I suppose it was not difficult as I was the only person there, regardless, I received very good service, including a nice hot towel for my hands.
The udon and tempura came out wicked hot. The tempura was tasty and included shrimp, sweet potato, and broccoli. The soup had udon noodles, of course, spinach, napa cabbage, onions, and mushrooms. The broth was fine, not too salty, but a little thin on flavor.
I rate this as a utilitarian meal a little on the expensive side for what you get.
Next meal: Dinner!
Monday, 17 November 2008
Part three in a series of posts about each of the food places I eat at this week while I am in NYC for training. There is the potential for 19 food posts!
Corrado Bread and Bakery
1361 Lexington Avenue @ 90th Street 212-348-8943 http://www.corradobread.com/
Ordered black coffee, apple danish, almond croissant. Drank coffee, devoured almond croissant. Saved the apple danish to take it ‘s picture. It may be worse for ware by the time I take the picture. On second thought I wil eat it right now and buy a new one take a picture of it and then eat it too. The croissant was light, flaky, and contained the perfect amount of a tasty almond flavored cream. Corrado does not only make pastries that taste good, they make them beautiful as well. The fruit danish are very cute, for lack of a more manly term, and are shaped like the fruit they contain.
I rate this as a damn tasty sweet breakfast. I am sure they have savory items as well but I favor sweet pastries in the morning.
Next meal: lunch!
