October 31, 2017

Like add-on,FBI - Full Blooded Irish.



Wandering around lower Manhattan. One of my long time favorites: Lightship AMBROSE.



Brooklyn bridge.



Konditori, or Coffee / bakery shop.

October 30, 2017

Perfect score !

October 29, 2017

$10 win !



Never had Bucatini,the name comes from Italian: buco, meaning "hole." The sauce sticks to this pasta.



One of my all-time favorite Chinese restaurants has reopened. Their Cold Sesame noodles don't taste like peanut butter. I don't see Shrimp with Black Bean Sauce but maybe they will cook it anyway.



Day of Dead coming Wednesday.


Marjo Guzman /European Pressphoto Agency

Mexico City had their parade Saturday. The movie Spectre inspired it and it is now a yearly event. La Calavera Catrina is a constant presence.

October 28, 2017

Trout Town Brown Ale.



Nice sunset.



Birds (pigeons) in sky just flying around in a flock. Usually it is because something spooked them. They fly in a circular pattern swirling around to confuse the predator. DaVinci book says: look around and figure out why things happen.



Although there are Cornucopias, I thought this display was different and cute.



Well, it is still October.

October 25, 2017

$20.50 win !

October 23, 2017

Wedding on top of a mountain.



Reception in a ski lodge.



Some real good food. The Cubano was excellent. Place was packed but they gave you games to play on picnic tables outside while you waited.

October 18, 2017

Queens Bully a new BBQ place. Tried ribs, pork and brisket. OK, not great. Brisket more like Pot Roast, lots of pepper. Not up to the special BBQs in NYC. But they just opened.



They do have terrific beer. This was a Dubble Dark.



Perfect score !

October 16, 2017

The Force is made up of something called midichlorians.



Next two on the reading list.

October 15, 2017

Sylvia Hoeks was terrific in Blade Runner 2049. The movie was long and complex. It certainly makes you think. Visuals were stunning.



Nabokov’s “Pale Fire” is part of the action:

Cells interlinked within cells interlinked
Within one stem. And dreadfully distinct
Against the dark, a tall white fountain played.

October 14, 2017

Finally made it to Fette Sau in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.



BBQ was excellent.



Beer Tap handles were cutlery.



"Rose Crystal Tower" by Dale Chihuly.



In Union Square Park.

October 13, 2017

Paraskevidekatriaphobia !



Let's go Yankees ! Never thought they would go this deep.

October 10, 2017

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, arriving December 15th. "Let the past die."

October 9, 2017

As a warm-up, Blade Runner: The Director's Cut.

Batty: Yes!
[smiles]
Batty: Questions... Morphology? Longevity? Incept dates?
Hannibal Chew: Don't know, I don't know such stuff. I just do eyes, ju-, ju-, just eyes... just genetic design, just eyes. You Nexus, huh? I design your eyes.
Batty: Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes!

Jackie Chan in Police Story.



FALSTAFF
[…] Well, 'tis no matter.
Honor pricks me on. Yea, but how if honor prick me
off when I come on? How then? Can honor set to a
leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a
wound? No. Honor hath no skill in surgery, then?
No. What is honor? A word. What is in that word
'honor'? What is that 'honor'? Air. A trim reckoning.
Who hath it? He that died o' Wednesday. Doth
he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. 'Tis insensible,
then. Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the
living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it. Therefore,
I'll none of it. Honor is a mere scutcheon. And
so ends my catechism.

October 8, 2017

Saw American Made, not bad. Loved the recliner movie seats. I will be returning to this theater soon.

October 7, 2017

TCM on demand has plenty of monster flicks. Right now they have: The Black Cat, The Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, Dracula's Daughter, Frankenstein, Island of Lost Souls, The Mummy, Nosferatu and The Wolf Man.



Sunflowers.



The Hawk ! R.I.P. Tainted by his association with Jack Molinas. Never engaged in point shaving.



I really want to see Blade Runner 2049, but it just came out. Will see this one first to avoid the crowds.

October 5, 2017

Was by Grand Central, so a trip to the Oyster bar and New England Clam Chowder was in order.



Statue at the The New York City Bar Association.

October 3, 2017

R.I.P. Tom Petty.

Runnin' Down a Dream

It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin'
Trees flew by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway
I was flyin'

Yeah runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream

I felt so good like anything was possible
I hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes
The last three days the rain was unstoppable
It was always cold, no sunshine

Yeah runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream

I rolled on as the sky grew dark
I put the pedal down to make some time
There's something good waitin' down this road
I'm pickin' up whatever's mine

Yeah runnin' down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream

Songwriters: Jeff Lynne / Michael Campbell / Tom Petty