I checked off a few boxes today…. I finally finished Under the Dome. I think it’s the longest book I’ve ever read – even longer than the extended version of The Stand! Whew! What a beast.
I also had white truffles. By mistake – but what a delicious mistake! I went to a fancy late lunch / early dinner for my last day in NYC. A place that is hailed as having the best pasta in the city. The lunch menu was set up so that lunch included a first and second course. My first course was grilled octopus with tiny potatoes, pickled onions and two incredible sauces.
For my second course I chose tagliatelle with Parmesan and truffle (oil I assumed). I had noticed an up charge but thought that was if you asked for the shaved truffle. I knew I was in trouble when they (THEY) brought my plate. One guy carried my dish. The other guy carried a locked wooden box. Yup. I did it. He shaved truffles all over my pasta.
I know that nothing phases New Yorkers. They don’t look sideways for anything. The two fancy attorneys sitting next to me stopped discussing cases and watched. Then watched me take a bite. Then asked me how it was. Hahaha! I’m a total baller! I am so embarrassed that I spent so much money. But…..I am not sorry. It was the best plate of food I’ve ever shoved down my gullet. BEST. I seriously wanted to lick the plate.
I also accidentally went to Queens. I went to Apple Fifth Avenue which is just a glass block on the sidewalk with a capsule to take you down to the store. No phone for me. I got a Gray’s Papaya for breakfast just because of Seinfeld – and it was there. I fed most of it to pigeons – thinking of Home Alone 2. I went to Central Park- such an unexpected piece of heaven in the midst of concrete. I thought of Home Alone 2. I saw The Plaza and thought of Home Alone 2. Then I thought about how Trump owns The Plaza. Then I remembered he was in Home Alone 2. Ugh.
I wandered around. Got lost. Left. Drank a beer on the train. Tomorrow I move on. But, I’ll be back. For sure. I’m in no way done with New York City. We got along just fine.
Onward ♋+♊
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