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Food in Mouth

Almost fighting a cabbie and being scared

One thing I've never done in my life is engage in a physical fight. But just as Steph and I were about to get on an airport shuttle, I was close to getting into it with a Parisian cabbie who jacked 3.40 Euros from me (yo, I'm cheap, 3.40 euros is like over $5 bucks). And let me tell you, I was scared. This is how it went down, the cab fare to the Opera was 16.60 Euros and I just thought, "Hey, I can just give him a 20 and get change...

Haiku of wild dog tacos and new york anime festival

I'm on a roll. Two weeks in a row, we have a completely random haiku. It's lovely, ain't it? Lately I just don't feel very poetic on Sundays. This Sunday the fridge was graced with the line, "I want more wild dog tacos." So you see that it just had to be used! I think that line came from Matt, so big props for saving me some work. What would really help the Sunday Haikus (which now mostly fall on Mondays), is if I could have a lifeline. This past weekend I wanted to go check out the Maid Cafe at the NY Anime Festival. Yea, that's right, a maid cafe, where the waitresses and waiters dress up as maids and butlers. If you've never been to an anime convention before (and I hadn't until this past Saturday)...

Bastille Day parties in NYC

Yay! It's Bastille Day! I don't know what that means. Actually did you know that in France, they don't even call it that? It's true. Steph told me that it's just an American thing. But here in New York, the France national day celebration is still called Bastille Day Celebration. In fact, there's not one, but two such parties in New York every year. Many people are familiar with the one in Carroll Garden's on Smith St. There's pétanque in the streets and everything. The second party is in Manhattan around 60th street by Lexington Ave. This one is backed by the fiaf. If you're into food, I say go to the 60th street celebration next year, and if you're into chilling and drinking beer, then go to the one on Smith st. If you go to the party on 60th street hosted by the fiaf,...