Unutterably Silly So what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[carld]

I'm going to sit down and read Dog Days for about a half-an-hour. I'm reading it in paperback, so it's rough on my eyes. It's a well written urban fantasy that reminds me of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, but the small print is a killer.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by recluse

For Polish food in New York, you have to go to Greenpoint, Brooklyn or Maspeth, Queens.

I believe there's at least one good Polish place in walking distance of me in Manhattan. There's at least one good place serving Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Indian/Pakastani/Bangladeshi, Korean, Turkish, Afghan, Tex-Mex, German, Italian, and French cuisine within walking distance, too.

Multiple Indo/Paki/Bangladeshi places, in fact, as I'm a block above one of the areas known as Little India. Beef curry and fresh nan bread at 2am? No problem. I know where the Indian cab drivers working the night shift go...
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Dennis

[glowhappy]

Originally Posted by carld

I'm going to sit down and read Dog Days for about a half-an-hour. I'm reading it in paperback, so it's rough on my eyes. It's a well written urban fantasy that reminds me of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, but the small print is a killer.

That sounds like something I would enjoy, I'll add it to my TBR list....my TBR list is growing in leaps and bounds since I've joined MR. I never need to harrass friends for book rec's anymore

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by beppe

Gals/guys. I do not have the faintest idea of what that means. If there is anything that I can do for you, to you, with you, over you, under you, through you, astride, missionary, whatever, just ask. Worst come worst I'll call a couple of cumpa'.

Wait. I got an idea. I just launched via trebuchet few cases of beer (Leffe and Pelfort brune), Cucumber sandwiches, chocolate with a multi Reentry device. I put few Michigan hotdogs, and lots of French Fries. A choice of soft drinks. Tpunch anybody?

Kewl!

H_T, you're fired! (Maybe if you'd provided beer...)

[pshrynk]

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Impossible. I would not be a worthy teacher. I don't know what having class is...

Besides that, he speaks Quebecois (add yer own damn accents) French, which resemble French about as much as American resembles English.

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by glowhappy

That sounds like something I would enjoy, I'll add it to my TBR list....my TBR list is growing in leaps and bounds since I've joined MR. I never need to harrass friends for book rec's anymore

Your TBR list will expand beyond recognition on MR, and your new quest will be extra hours in the day to read them all. Cultivating the ability to read a book with each eye is recommended.

One advantage to eBooks is that I don't worry about a need to call the paramedics if my TBR stack falls over on me...
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Dennis

[recluse]

DMcCunney, I didn't mean there wasn't anyplace for Polish food in Manhattan. I meant Polish markets, for cooking at home.
As my name indicates, I'm not a restaurant kinda guy.

And thanks for "merde"!

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by pshrynk

Besides that, he speaks Quebecois (add yer own damn accents) French, which resemble French about as much as American resembles English.

Though it's a lot closer to the French back when the French colonized North America than the current dialect in Paris is.

I heard a story years back about a big construction project in Montreal, where most of the workers were French speaking, and they decided to import French speaking foremen from Paris. After a while, they sent the Parisians back and hired English speaking foremen, where at least it was explicit that different languages were being spoken.
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Dennis

[DMcCunney]

Originally Posted by recluse

DMcCunney, I didn't mean there wasn't anyplace for Polish food in Manhattan. I meant Polish markets, for cooking at home.
As my name indicates, I'm not a restaurant kinda guy.

I can probably find that in Manhattan, too, but agreed: a real trip to the market requires leaving the borough.

("You want me to go to Brooklyn? I didn't get my passport renewed..." )

And thanks for "merde"!

Followed by Yvanleterrible's all purpose expletive.
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Dennis

[Verencat]

Originally Posted by glowhappy

I try to avoid Ikea usually because its such a large showcase of a store that you spend more time in there then you intend to. Its like a mini-theme park complete with restaurant.

I met a woman, a couple weeks ago, who told me she actually brings her kids there about once a week, leaves them at the kids station for an hour and goes for a coffe at the store's restaurant - her only "me-time" in the week! She doesn't shop, just uses the free babysitter!

Originally Posted by recluse

You would love the stores here. There are 2 stores dedicated to arts and crafts, and a fabric/ sewing supply store. My mom spends hours in them.

I'd love it! Here, we have a street with about 10 fabric stores in a row... I try to avoid it, for it costs too much...

Originally Posted by beppe

GrandMother1&2, Mother, 3 Wifes (2 MIL), 1 Concusomething (1MIL), between W1 and W2. That makes 10 concerned she-persons. Finally I understood that making coffee in the morning helps who is at the bottom of the reversed pyramid of command.

very good learner... wanna teach my bf now?

Originally Posted by beppe

Great, aha the big apple. Sorry, Aha the Big Apple! Send, the bill on me. Do send my friend. Let me rejoy. Our friend Yvan (or Verencat) can send up bagles (san Viateur) and smoked meat, and good old Molson Ale. Send the bill please.

Twelve dozens of the best bagels in the whole wide world coming up!

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

(...)

(Mexican cuisine has been called "one of the great undiscovered sauce based cuisines", and there is certainly far more to it than tacos and burritos.)
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Dennis

Originally Posted by beppe

(...) There was a restaurant, Mazurka. Heaven on earth, pirogy, kielbasa as you say, those huge bread crumb fried veal cutlets with fried eggs on top But the thing that I miss most is the bread, dark sour-breads. Heavy and tasty. They went so well with the Canadian stuff smockey, mapled. baconey, Ah.

Originally Posted by recluse

For Polish food in New York, you have to go to Greenpoint, Brooklyn or Maspeth, Queens.

I love pierogies. With sauteed onions and sour cream.

Will you guys stop that! I'm hungry now!!!!

Beppe: Mazurka is still in business, I have heard worlds of their food... but I have yet to try it... mmm now I know what I'm doing this weekend! Thanks!

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

My first choice would be "Tabarnak"

Hey! Criss! Tu peux pas écrire ça icitte, câlisse!

I'm of Ukrainian origin, well, my name... It's mixed with 13 other nationalities and cultures.

Me too, me too!

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by Verencat

I'd love it! Here, we have a street with about 10 fabric stores in a row... I try to avoid it, for it costs too much...

Even with Yvan's comments about the insects, I think I'm moving!

On the other hand, three fabric shops in one small town is too much temptation, and when I worked in a different part of London I had to plan lunches carefully so as not to end up coming up on packed trains with bags of fabric

[recluse]

Verencat!
Little sister!

What does Tabarnak mean?

[Verencat]

Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Even with Yvan's comments about the insects, I think I'm moving!

On the other hand, three fabric shops in one small town is too much temptation, and when I worked in a different part of London I had to plan lunches carefully so as not to end up coming up on packed trains with bags of fabric

Great tip: leave cards and money at home. I always do, since I have absolutely no self-control.

The 12 stores (yeah, I was wrong, it's 12, not 10) are very hard to visit in one day - I attempted the feat once with an aunt and I had to take a break and skip one, I was overstimulated and dizzy. It's *that* bad!

Mmm a good bad, still...

[phenomshel]

Originally Posted by carld

I'm going to sit down and read Dog Days for about a half-an-hour. I'm reading it in paperback, so it's rough on my eyes. It's a well written urban fantasy that reminds me of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, but the small print is a killer.

You definitely got my attention here... off to look these up.

Originally Posted by glowhappy

That sounds like something I would enjoy, I'll add it to my TBR list....my TBR list is growing in leaps and bounds since I've joined MR. I never need to harrass friends for book rec's anymore

Glowhappy, you are about to be buried in your TBR pile, or at least that's what happened to ME.

[Verencat]

Originally Posted by recluse

Verencat!
Little sister!

What does Tabarnak mean?

It's a derivation of the word tabernacle, considered to be a swear word in Québec because in our very catholic history we pushed the commandment "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain" very seriously.

(for info about our swear words - there a lot - see this wikipedia link)