route 4

route 4 east

november 21, 2010

pretty city: this time it's for real

photos © anita aguilar

pretty city: the "it's new york, baby" edition

we don't have it too bad here, but this seems unwise.

"it's new york, baby..." said david, to three guys who yowled after stepping in a puddle that was better than ankle-deep.
(outside 185 madison avenue).

photos © anita aguilar

pretty city: the "falls like snow, wears like rain" edition

midday in midtown.
umbrella in one hand, the g10 in the other. (this trick needs work, but...here are a few quick shots. maybe more tomorrow...)

photos © anita aguilar

pretty city: "blizzard-like"

but really just kind of a slush-fest.

i took my g10 out tonight and snapped for a while.

maybe tomorrow i try again in the cold sunshine, with the 50mm.

i love the clover deli...

shadows and tall trees

i don't know about this one, but it's what madison square park looked like today, at the noon(ish) hour. so i'm posting it.
hooray for the weekend.

blue...

sunday in madison square park, nyc. december 6, 2009.
photo © anita aguilar

am i?
not so (anymore).

point and shoot: park ave, post-pacquiao...

rainy park ave. nov 14, 2009.

branches, off the avenue. november 14, 2009.

ghost bike memorial

david smith. sixth avenue/36th street, nyc.

saturday shoot

rufus...

miiiike

we ran in to mollie, who is featured in a couple of chaos theory episodes.

running with scissors

at the runway atelier. nyc. september 15, 2009.

a taste of tennis, 2009

my friend, kevin, called me this afternoon to see if i could help him out at the taste of tennis event at the w hotel--he had to try to get "red carpet interviews" with some of the players and chefs, and he needed someone to help to identify them (especially the "international" tennis players).

i knew there existed a universe where all of my dining out and tennis-watching and blog-reading would be of use.

i really enjoyed the event last year (mob scene that it was), but hadn't planned to go this time 'round. i had an idea this little gig would be fun--and a decent opportunity to re-test my g-10.

here's who we saw and spoke with (I think the interviews will go live in a week)...

andy roddick.

andy was kind enough to stop and chat with brandeis...

nicholas kiefer wasn't up for a tv interview...

neither was gonzo.

pretty ms. sabine lisicki.

sabine stopped for our team, too.

david ferrer made his way quickly down the press line, hardly stopping to smile.

brad farmerie, fresh off his iron chef victory over cat cora (that little tidbit, courtesy of my mom, came in very handy for the interview)...

is as handsome...

and charming as i remember him...

also returning this year...alfred portale...

vera zvonareva--our "first interview" of the evening--looking lovely...

and sweet.

postcard: food tour, tokyo stopover

i've been to tokyo 4 times--4 stopovers on the way to and from the philippines. in terms of total hours, i don't think i've stayed a day. but at least during our trip this year there was enough time between flights to wander around the gate. my dad was keen on having "japanese noodle soup" and while i wasn't terribly hungry, i had a feeling the next leg of our flight would not come with a proper meal. and let's face it. it's just not like me to refuse a meal, especially on the road.

we stopped at the casual asian cafe�@bowl bowl.

this long lacquered hot dog struck me as unusual, but i suppose there is a lot of food fakery on display at eateries stateside. maybe it was the proportions that threw me?
onion rings
wrinkly and pink

this is the waiting box. rather like the square vibrating pager they give you at the outback steak house and the cheesecake factory. (and five napkin burger. and, if memory serves, the rosa mexicano on 18th street.) anyway, the kicker with this is that you have to "touch" the waiting box to the table. it's not enough to have it and hold it, or rest it on the table. the "waiting box" has to touch "home base" (the rectangular panel affixed to the table). if it's not on home base a server will walk by and place it there. and if you move it, they will put it back. it's a precision system. and then your food arrives.

miso, looking like a trippy underwater adventure.

and, one of my favorite comfort foods: a beef bowl.

this fairly straightforward beef bowl was made extraordinary by the brilliant yolk. the richest and best part of the meal.