The Richardson

New bar (to us) w/ quite the delicious drinks.

A Rainbow in Brooklyn

A pot of gold in Queens?

Yes, yes indeed.

I had more than a few dinners here in college. It’s still standing, and I’m pretty sure they’re using the same fry-oil as last time I was there.

Ray

This is Ray, and also I’m testing a phone app.

The Wise King – Khalil Gibran

I read Khalil Gibran’s, “Madman” in High School. For me, it was that fringe book
that I read that no one else did, and so it became mine and mine alone. I think
of the following whenever I do something stupid, like create a Facebook page.

The Wise King

Once there ruled in the distant city of Wirani a king who was both
mighty and wise. And he was feared for his might and loved for
his wisdom.

Now, in the heart of that city was a well, whose water was cool and
crystalline, from which all the inhabitants drank, even the king
and his courtiers; for there was no other well.

One night when all were asleep, a witch entered the city, and poured
seven drops of strange liquid into the well, and said, “From this
hour he who drinks this water shall become mad.”

Next morning all the inhabitants, save the king and his lord
chamberlain, drank from the well and became mad, even as the witch
had foretold.

And during that day the people in the narrow streets and in the
market places did naught but whisper to one another, “The king is
mad. Our king and his lord chamberlain have lost their reason.
Surely we cannot be ruled by a mad king. We must dethrone him.”

That evening the king ordered a golden goblet to be filled from the
well. And when it was brought to him he drank deeply, and gave it
to his lord chamberlain to drink.

And there was great rejoicing in that distant city of Wirani,
because its king and its lord chamberlain had regained their reason.

mac & cheese

I’ve had this on the brain for a few days… I think it’s time.

You will need:
4tbsp butter
4tbsp flour
2 tbsp heavy cream
2 cups of milk
2 egg yolks
about 1-1.5lb. of cheeses to taste
A heavy bit of pancetta
box-o-pasta (I like radiatore for this)


Continue Reading »

Thursday Conversation

Noelle, “What was the West Wing episode that had Jeff Buckley’s, ‘Hallelujah’ in it?”

Me, “It was Posse Comitatus, when they go see the play about the Henrys, and Mark Harmon gets shot at the same time Bartlet orders Sharif to be executed, then Ron tells CJ… OH MY GOD what is wrong with me!?”

Trek through Central Park

Crown Rack

Happy to say I pulled these off quite nicely…

The pianist in his natural habitat

-->