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Dinner at TAQ, Tribeca. Tuesday March 10th 2026.
Image Description: a Brooklyn lager and housemade tortilla chips with elote dip. Image Description, foreground: Vieira (seared scallops w/ chile-avocado purée, crispy citrus salad, herb vinaigrette) and Coreano (Korean-style chicken w/ bell peppers, cucumbers, carrots, scallions) tacos. Background: Griego (lemon-herb chicken w/ homemade tzatziki, fresh veggie pico, feta cheese) and Pastor (grilled guajillo chile pork Continue reading
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A roll along Hudson River Park with My Girl. Tuesday, March 10th 2026.
Image Description: the view along the Hudson River Park, south of Pier 40, with a couple holding hands in the foreground, at sunset, Image Description: a different angle of the view along the Hudson River Park, south of Pier 40, at sunset. Image Description: the view at Pier 40, looking east to Hoboken, at sunset. Continue reading
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Good and Adequate for You.
If anyone is thinking of ordering Girl Scout Cookies, consider purchasing from Troop 6000, which is composed of girls living in NYC homeless shelters. 1 Continue reading
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Filthy Gorgeous Burlesque Valentine’s Day Spectacular! at LPR (Le Poisson Rouge). February 14th, 2026.
Image Description: two reserved cards rest on a table, reading “Ian Perge” and “Alejandra Ospina”. Image Description: a table full of food and beverages, consisting of Roasted Marcona Almonds, a Charcuterie Plate (prosciutto, chorizo, salami, dried apricots, fig jam, cornichons, mini toasts), waters, an Espresso Martini & a Ginger Beer. Not pictured, my follow-up Tito’s Continue reading
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Everyone Deserves a Bad Day.
The Partner: Today’s not going well, can I have a do-over? Me: Sure, we’ll try again tomorrow. It’ll be 2sday. 1 Continue reading
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Together.
We as both a people and a culture are greater than the sum of our parts, and our diversity is a strength, not a weakness. Image Description: a screenshot from Bad Bunny’s 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance, in which he’s holding up a football that has “Together, we are Americans” printed on it. 1 Continue reading
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50th Birthday Dinner with The Girl and MM.
Image Description: Short Rib Chapaguri (Korean ramyeon noodles with special jjajang sauce, greater omaha short rib, onion, scallion & fried egg), a portion of Crispy Corn Pancake, and serving of Take31 Honey Makgulli. Take31, Sunday January 11th 2026. 2 Continue reading
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Safe Journey, Mr. Reiner.
The Girl and I watched Rob Reiner’s “The American President” last night, and as someone who’s been a stalwart “The West Wing” fan since it premiered in September of 1999, I’m always reminded at how much Aaron Sorkin reused and refined his concepts between the two. An example in dialogue… TAP: “Someday, someone is going Continue reading