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Lazarus Bocanegra

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  1. I'm not the demographic for it, but that Alba location needs a playscape, an ice cream window, a fence, and booze
  2. We did a trip in '10 to Madrid. Stayed in the Roommate Hotel Plaza Santa Ana. Used Madrid as the base of operations and did several day trips - El Escorial, Segovia, Toledo. Went to the bullfights, watched a lot of futbol (it was during the Mundial), and hit up all of the major museums in the city. One of the lesser-trafficked museums is the Museo de las Americas, where they keep the plunder of the empire. It's up to you whether you want to do the cross-country adventure or keep it local and live like a Madrileno for a bit. We chose the latter, and while I'd still like to see Granada, it worked out great for us.
  3. since I made that post I went last night and had meatballs. $6 per meatball and it's worth it
  4. next time add a meatball or two. Step the game up. It took me years to figure that out. Also, a couple of visits ago we were seated next to a young couple who were arguing because the girl had checked a text from some other guy during dinner and the dude was raging at her throughout the meal. I was completely oblivious to the whole thing until numnuts slammed his wine glass down on the table hard enough to break the stem. What was really funny though was that the waitstaff very coolly and professionally appeared within moments with a replacement glass. When numnuts stormed off, we tried to ask the girl if she was okay, or needed help, but she noped off and went and caught an uber with the dude. /csb
  5. if anyone you know needs a blue watch
  6. enjoy it while it lasts, amigos. May your ownership never tire of pretending it's about the football Sincerely, The Houston Dynamo
  7. Not going to read through the thread yet, but Mrs. Laz and I are currently watching for the first time. We're about halfway through season 2. I intentionally stayed away in the early days so that we'd be able to go through it all once the series finished, and just didn't get around to it until now. With this much distance, it's fairly easy to avoid spoilers, but every time I get the urge to look up one of the actors, I run a real risk.
  8. the new sushi spot on ella is serviceable. /Laz
  9. Thought it was good. Took me about two weeks to get through it, including one night when I fell asleep and had to go back to my previous stopping point. And if you're looking to read the film as Scorsese's mea culpa for all the mob glamorizing over the years, one need only contrast the prison scenes at the end with those in Goodfellas
  10. Went to MAD last weekend for our anniversary. Like the Madrilenos do, we booked a 10:30 dinner reservation. Place is unholy bananas of a scene, and the food was outstanding. Good enough that I got over the ridiculousness of the place. Will be back. Suckling pig rice for the win.
  11. I'm old enough to remember when General Abbott did some employment sleight-of-hand so that he could hire his campaign manager to be his 1st Lieutenant AG who would be placed in charge of what was essentially a 700-lawyer litigation department and who had never tried a case in the scant years since graduating law school
  12. if you're looking for colorado-like skiing, don't bother with NE. If you just want to strap boards to your feet and slide down a mountain, it will suffice. Killington, Stowe are decent
  13. yeah this shit is a beating. I'll believe the cooler temps when they get here. I bought a hydration vest from Orange Mud about a month ago and it's been a life saver. I'm going out for long runs with 2L in the bladder, a 600ml hydrapak with tailwind, and another 600ml in the bag with tailwind preloaded when the first one runs out. 20 miler this saturday. No matter how early I get up and on the road, I'm still gonna be taking a beating for an hour or two of sunlight since I'm slow. 3.5 weeks out from MCM. Been reading up on what an overcrowded, disorganized, shitshow I'm in for. Bring it on. On a different note, I've always been a shorts-with-liner kind of guy. A buddy of mine in Hong Kong is obsessed with the T8 Sherpa Shorts and sent me a pair along with their Commando underwear. I tried them out on a 5 mile run yesterday, and preliminary results are holy shit. The shorts have a built-in stretchy belt are great for carrying a bottle, towel, keys and phone, and the commandos are very breathable, snug the junk, and hit right at that sweet spot on the inner thigh that always gets a chafed at high mileage. I'll probably put both in the kit for MCM. As much as regular running shorts are these days, the sherpas + commandos are only moderately more expensive.
  14. Oaxaca City is badass and you are definitely doing it wrong if you don't have a 4 hour lunch at Criollo while sipping mezcal
  15. I was at the Washington Square Hotel right across the street. Somehow I managed 2 nights for ~$700 during the UN General Session when even the Springhill Suites was going for $800/night. There was linoleum on the floor of the room and the bed inexplicably had rollers on it. Strange, but ultimately a non-issue. Love the neighborhood, and if your business takes you to both downtown and midtown, there isn't a more convenient location. 20 minutes each way
  16. Late to the game on this one, but we started it last week and have binged our way halfway through S3. It's a terrific show. I'm a huge Maron fan, and thought his role in this was only a bit part. Had no idea he was a main player. Lots of his standup schtick shows up in his dialogue, but it works, and his self-reflection and emotional honesty is 100% on-brand.
  17. just got caught back up and this show is still very good. Not liking at all where Frankie's dumbassedry is leading, but they've been setting that up since the pilot. Also, that strange confusion of the early days of the AIDS epidemic aside, it is curious that millionaire has zero reservations about sexing former prostitute turned porn star.
  18. perhaps the greatest bit of philatelic humor in movie history, and a damn good money spender too
  19. Dinner at Babbo was fantastic. No pics. Had the pig's foot milanese and the gnocchi with braised oxtails. Both were delicious. I audibly laughed when the pig's foot came out because it had been pounded thin (what else was I expecting) and looked like Barf's foot after it gets crushed in Spaceballs. I may never not stay in the village again. Had work downtown and midtown, and it was perfectly situated to get to both in <20 mins.
  20. he's right you know
  21. furk. On another note, if one is staying across the street from Babbo, does one really need to look further in the area for a one-night dining option?
  22. I would keep going to 110th. There's some cool topography and trails in the north side of the park. Keep in mind that every feature you see in the park is man made. Every outcropping was carved into the bedrock, every babbling brook has a valve somewhere that will shut it off
  23. I was hesitant for many reasons, but caved a couple of years ago. Been on rosuvastatin, no side effects.
  24. concur entirely. I just spent a few minutes reading about the movie and seeing the phrase liberatis tutemet ex infera literally sent chills up my spine. I love the whole premise of the movie, the construction of the gravity drive, and the sheer friggin terror of the whole affair. And to have pulled it all off in that twilight period between advanced special effects and full-blown CGI meltdown--standing ovation, slow clap, 100% in for this series if it gets made
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