Archive for June 16th, 2009
The great poppyseed strudel competition
By Tom Teicholz at 16 June, 2009, 2:41 pm
Finding strudel is not easy as it once was, and although occasionally one can find apple or cherry strudel, or even cheese, you have to already been initiated into the habit of poppyseed strudel to even ask for it.
I headed up to the Hungarian pastry Shop on 110th and Amsterdam and ordered a slice that [...]
more pics of NY: downtown becomes centra; the WTC seems to have moved further north and east
By Tom Teicholz at 16 June, 2009, 2:21 pm
Here’s a shot of the new Highline — which I took from a terrace at the downtown Standard Hotel — and let me say that corner of New York is still hopping — not sure how much biz the retail shops are doing but with the Chelsea markets and the Gansevoort Hotel, the Standard, and [...]
Read More >>the 12 step Buddhist
By Tom Teicholz at 16 June, 2009, 2:05 pm
The gym that I work out at (when I work out) is often visited by persons who are in the process of detox or recovery, former strung out dudes and junkie girls.
This morning the girl on the machine next to me was busy reading a book called “The 12 step Buddhist” — can’t say why [...]