Holy blog lag

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 12:13 | E-mail

I meant to blog about some recent activity, but my first draft thesis has been the priority as of late. Time to catch up...

I've accepted the fact that I'm not nearly as gifted, eloquent, or articulate as most of the authors of the countless blogs out there, even limiting myself to the topics of travel or food. Most of them write more beautifully than I could imagine doing so myself, and that's perfectly ok for me. On the other hand, there are way too many people who think they are God's gift to the web, whose ramblings are worth the world's attention, if only in short RSS feeds. I wish I could write, especially since I'm still working on my thesis for graduation. So, don't judge me, I like to travel, I like to eat, and I like to take pictures of it all. Besides, my readership has grown little since the beginning of this blog--actually, I think I'm losing interested readers because I don't update enough. Whatever. In the words of Stephen Colbert, Happy February, and Happy Black History Month to all my black viewer. Happy Chinese New Year, too.

Went to New York City this past December, just a few days before Christmas. Vanessa, her mother and I took a red-eye out to JFK, which was perfect, weather-wise. We got in town just in time for it to start snowing, stayed while all the flights started getting delayed/cancelled, then flew back out after everything had cleared up.

Cortland Street, near WTC

From one night of snow

Brooklyn Bridge (wish I had my tripod!)

My favorite...

Rockefeller Center

Mostly, we just ate. Food carts, Dean & Deluca, Katz's Deli (twice), Mamoun's falafel/shawarma, Lombardi's Pizza, then the chef's tasting menu (7-courses) at the Modern (at the Modern Art Museum). I love beautiful food. Here is some.

The dining room at The Modern