The Swamp

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:33 am I'll die saying the NYC area has the best standard (NY style!) pizza, the top-level is better than any other regions top-level, the mid-level places destroy other cities mid-levels and the area mostly avoids the absolute horror-shit I've had in Philadelphia and Boston.

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:00 pm Off to Google New Haven style.

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:00 pm Off to Google New Haven style.

rass wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:32 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:00 pm Off to Google New Haven style.

It’s when he fucks you missionary so he can shout “Did I mention I go to Yale?” in your face.

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:33 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:00 pm Off to Google New Haven style.

It’s good.

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:50 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:33 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:00 pm Off to Google New Haven style.

It’s good.

Our plan this fall now includes driving through Connecticut so looking forward to trying.

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:50 pm

rass wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:32 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:00 pm Off to Google New Haven style.

It’s when he fucks you missionary so he can shout “Did I mention I go to Yale?” in your face.

I’m scared to ask if there’s a Boston style.

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:50 pm

rass wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:32 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:00 pm Off to Google New Haven style.

It’s when he fucks you missionary so he can shout “Did I mention I go to Yale?” in your face.

I’m scared to ask if there’s a Boston style.

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:08 am

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:47 am New Jersey’s 44 greatest bagel shops, ranked

This list confirms my suspicion that NJ is actually a bad bagel state, especially relative to geography. On the flipside ...

The Best Bagels in America

... would appear to confirm that its a NJ problem and not me problem given that my 3 favorite places all made the list.

Very nice! Looks like there's one near our hotel this weekend for the Stadium Series game.

rass wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 9:58 pm I first saw them at the high school in the town I recently described as the Duke University of Union County, NJ.

Big, plastic, weather-proof, plastered to a fence outside of the stadium photos of members of sports teams of the school. Seniors? I’ve seen them elsewhere since, including at the track that prompted my NJ mascot post (hey Syb!). The kind of thing the district (or parent boosters) in my town can’t afford.

The HS in the town where I’m sure some NYR fan on our forum lives has had them for probably as long as Duke, NJ. But the ones I saw this morning on my run were another level. Because the ones at Syb’s kid’s school were barely in focus, and from the acne clearly untouched. But these? These were done by pros.

They were another level. Some upper torso shots. Some full body. Some full body action. All with the same background which means they were greenscreened.

And the sports! Fencing! Field hockey or lax or something with a netty stick. Cheer/dance.

And the last set, the posters gently swaying in the spring wind that set the bar for suburbanized excess, were for the Ultimate Frisbee team. Smiling Ultimate Frisbee players. Who do they play??!?

And I’m upset we just missed the charity outing for the HS golf team.

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mister d wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 11:13 am My stereotype of Westfield was that its where new money native New Jersians flock to. And that there have to be a ton of contractors who actually live there tearing down and building to the absolute limits of how large a house can be on a lot. Is that wrong?

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:36 am Every now and then a small bagel place will open up around here and I'm almost always (there's a good one in St. Pete) disappointed. It doesn't seem like it should be that hard to make a tasty bagel.

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:56 am Holding you in my thoughts today, AB.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:27 am I bet they don’t even have Taylor ham.

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:05 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:36 am Every now and then a small bagel place will open up around here and I'm almost always (there's a good one in St. Pete) disappointed. It doesn't seem like it should be that hard to make a tasty bagel.

I decided to go get a bagel. Only place between work and house is a chain, so we were off to a bad start. Then it's a left turn off the main drag, so strike 2. Then, they weren't open for breakfast yet. At 7:30. On a work day. WTF? They're off the list. Tomorrow I shall take a different route to a locally owned place. We shall see.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:52 am

A_B wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 7:05 am

govmentchedda wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 11:36 am Every now and then a small bagel place will open up around here and I'm almost always (there's a good one in St. Pete) disappointed. It doesn't seem like it should be that hard to make a tasty bagel.

I decided to go get a bagel. Only place between work and house is a chain, so we were off to a bad start. Then it's a left turn off the main drag, so strike 2. Then, they weren't open for breakfast yet. At 7:30. On a work day. WTF? They're off the list. Tomorrow I shall take a different route to a locally owned place. We shall see.

Einstein?

In any event, that's got to be a staffing issue. That's insanity. I'm sure something like 60-70 percent of their business is conducted during breakfast hours.