Posted: December 8th, 2010 | Filed under: Out Of Town
Tagging along on one of Jen’s work-related trips . . .
A Waterfront/Seaport District Bike Tour:
A RIB (rigid inflatable boat) Tour of Boston Harbor:
And a stop at Spectacle Island, which is a landfill turned public park (something they’re trying to do at Fresh Kills in Staten Island):
We walked over Moakley Bridge toward Downtown Boston and the North End, where we walked along Hanover Street where the St. Joseph Feast was happening:
Then through Paul Revere Mall over to Old North Church and Copp’s Hill Burying Ground.
I read that the so-called “Skinny House” at 44 Hull Street across from Copp’s Hill Burying Ground is an example of a “spite house” (here’s a Wikipedia about the concept):
We visited Haymarket. We later learned that the reason the prices are so cheap is wholesalers use the Friday-Saturday market to clear the decks in advance of getting new produce to sell:
We walked along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway toward the the temporary downtown location of James Hook & Company (it has since moved into its new permanent home across the Fort Point Channel along the waterfront in South Boston) where we ate Lobster Roll:
We stayed at the Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in a room that overlooked World Trade Center Avenue.
The next day we were taken to Congress Street and Charles Street before heading back to South Station for the train back to New York.
Posted: November 8th, 2010 | Filed under: Brooklyn, Feed, Manhattan, Out Of Town, Queens
Friday, May 28, 2010
There’s a story behind the weird stuffed animal menagerie on the corner of Bedford Avenue and North 1st Street in Williamsburg:
(See New York Shitty for more.)
We went to a keg party at the former Not For Tourists headquarters at 2 East Broadway. They had nice views of Chinatown and Lower Manhattan from the fourth floor there:
Paul Grieco of Terroir is a hoot. He’s right about street fairs, by the way, and feels strongly enough about it to include a page of his thoughts regarding the subject in the establishment’s book-length menu:
At Lupa, you can learn how to say “employees must wash hands before returning to work” in Italian:
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Mile End Deli in Boerum Hill has Montreal smoked meat almost as good as the stuff we tried in Canada back in February:
St. Agnes Church in Carroll Gardens. And the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Power House near the Gowanus Canal:
It’s weird how all power houses look similar. Here’s the IRT Power House on West 58th Street in Manhattan:
And here’s the former Pennsylvania Railroad Generating Plant in Long Island City:
The landmarked Coignet Stone Company Building at 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street in Brooklyn looks sad just sitting there all by itself:
Sunday, May 30, 2010
We took the train to the train station in Spring Lake, New Jersey, where we walked along the beach:
Then we walked along 3rd Avenue in town there:
Monday, May 31, 2010
Stinky beans at Sripraphai in Woodside:
An I kind of can’t believe that Yankees-Mets mural from the 2000 World Series is still there under the LIRR overpass at 39th Avenue and 58th Street in Woodside:
Posted: September 27th, 2010 | Filed under: Out Of Town
Six visits to Philadelphia, one Big Map Blog entry . . .
March 19-21, 2010
Dinner at Amis and Silk City Diner.
April 2-4, 2010
The City 6 5K Charity Run along Kelly Drive in Fairmount Park:
The Phillies vs. Pirates exhibition game, which is different than the 17 other games we were at in that we got really cool tickets down at the field level:
Yes, they actually make wine in New Jersey!
May 7-9, 2010
Phillies vs. Braves and Cochon BYOB.
May 13-16, 2010
The Ranstead Room in Center City.
The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fishtown, Philadelphia:
The Sheraton Society Hill.
June 18-20, 2010
Phillies vs. Twins and The Pub Restaurant in Pennsauken, New Jersey:
September 24-26, 2010
Adsum Restaurant. The new SugarHouse Casino in Fishtown (whether people in Fishtown wanted it or not . . .). A Phillies-Mets game on Fan Appreciation Day. I’ve been watching the progress of the ivy on the batter’s eye at Citizens Bank Park for a while and now it has its own page. It took about five and a half years for the ivy to reach the top:
Oh, and the Bennigan’s on Cottman Avenue became a TD Bank.
