Yep. Lots of good upper class money in NJ, despite it's awful reputation. I think most people think of Elizabeth or Trenton before Morris Point or Montville or Paramus area
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I think I shared this before as I'm a big Zohran fan, my best friend and SIL were his year at Bowdoin (and on student government) and he's always been super earnest and honest in his beliefs and thinking. He's the real deal and even was kind of an annoying pain in the side back then, what you see today isn't some put on for politics.
Sometimes some people are just made for the moment.
Man. I know it's closer to the Jurassic Park recorder than the original version, but I give it a 9/10 for the attempt and the vibes. Good stuff in my book.
I think there is a universal, human-being centric struggle that fights us with the "contentedness". It's probably evolutionary, sitting around content will get you disrupted and/or extincted by the hungrier species of action.
So they began living in their new home — in which, as always happens, when they got thoroughly settled in they found they were just one room short — and with the increased income, which as always was just a little (some five hundred rubles) too little, but it was all very nice.
I'm closer to Army Brat than to Helobious or one of these other young virile guys that run around here saying six seven every other word. I just want a brightly lit corridor so I don't fall and some decent free coffee in the morning.
Deuce Vaughn being drafted was the biggest show of fan service I've ever seen. Wasted a 6th round pick on a guy who never would have seen an NFL field otherwise, for the views and clicks from the tiktok showing his dad and the cowboys coaches doing a feel good story. smh
Moxy's feel like a sex dungeon to me in their aesthetic-- speaking of Chelsea, has anyone actually stayed at The Hotel Chelsea or is it just a place for strong pour drinks and chocolate chip cookies?
But he's off somewhere designing and manufacturing AI semiconductor chips and is worth a couple million bucks before he's 30, at least! That's the trade off.
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True that's a great thought there too about doing the boutique and independent hotels, I should have mentioned I heavily rely on the big brand hotel chains because it's work travel and points are a high priority for me, always. I'm just a poor schlub.
I am in NYC once a month and have noticed a pretty stark difference and rise in hotel rates over the last 2 years, it's quite crazy.
Used to get a nicer hotel for $500-600/night (think like Westin quality) and now you can't get a tier 3 hotel for that price (think like courtyard or holiday inn), anywhere from Fidi to midtown. I like to stay in Soho and/or Tribeca because it's a central location to where I will want to be as I don't particularly like going north of Bryant Park and hotels are crazy high.
I'm going to be doing some NYU & Columbia campus tours for my baby and last of the mohicans before I'm an empty nester and looking now for hotels in November and it's painful. YMMV.
Stayed at the Four Seasons downtown and wanted a steak. Pappas Bros was closed on Sunday and Morton's on Fannin/Walker area is a place I belly up to when I'm alone, but was having a colleague with me. I remembered Vic & Anthony's is a sloooowww dinner, like it took 3-3.5 hours the last time I was there with one other dude and it was just basic steak and sides...so I set the context to say this:
Decided to stay in house and eat at Toro Toro (https://www.fourseasons.com/houston/dining/restaurants/toro-toro/) and it was CHEEKS, my dudes. Was really disappointed with the service and the crowd, felt more like a Waffle House crowd after midnight (and maybe that is just a reflection of downtown Houston). Got the bone in bison and it was pretty mediocre. The sushi was actually really good though.