I hate NJTransit but I know how they could get me to hate them less
As you know, I pretty much despise NJTransit and my now-dead Twitter account, which started as a normal one, turned into a microphone for my vitriol against the transportation company.
From flickr user Stephen Rees
After 3.5 years, I think I’ve learned a few things and I’m going to share with the world my ideas on how to improve NJTransit. Read more…
Realtors of New Jersey: Stop abusing the word “luxury”
Hello! I’m back! Well, it’s not like I went anywhere to begin with–I just took a break from posting. I present to you my triumphant return to blogging. Or not.
A few months ago, I was feverishly apartment hunting when I noticed a pattern: every apartment complex I looked at billed itself as a “luxury” apartment, when clearly, it was not. I chastised myself at first, thinking that I was mincing words, but the more I searched, the more this word popped up and the more I found myself saying, “Really?” It was at that point I got mad.
Luxury is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as:
a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity.
Based on this definition, let’s assume that every apartment I wanted to live in came with, by necessity and law, heat, air conditioning, water, electricity and optionally, gas. Let’s also assume that every apartment came with four walls, a floor and a ceiling. And finally, let’s also assume that every apartment has flooring of some type, such as carpet or linoleum.
Now, with all of that in mind, we can safely say that every “luxury” apartment will have all of the aforementioned necessities plus many additions that would make living there “sumptuous” or “refined” or “elegant.” Without naming names, let’s see a photo of one of these refined abodes. Read more…
For some reason, I only enjoy burgers when I’m craving them. It’s not that I don’t like them in other instances, it’s just that they don’t have that certain extra edge that makes biting into a burger special. The juices that flow mean nothing. The crush of the bun right before it gives and tears away… that normally magical moment fails to give me rapture. Luckily, my recent trip to Fl!p Burger, located inside Bloomingdales (1000 Third Avenue), coincided with a craving for ground red meat patties. Read more…
Cherry dippin’ in a handstand
Have you ever had a great meal but at the end of it, failed to feel completely satisfied? I had one of those moments last week. Let me tell you about it.
Mister Softee
The archetypal Mister Softee truck. Photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid (laughingsquid.com)
I know that the temperature in New York is on the rise when these blue and white caravans of joy start making laps around the blocks of Manhattan. Unfortunately, they don’t patrol near my office. Read more…
Website Fail
I’m apartment hunting and I found this.
The imagery is very fitting for a place that doesn’t allow pets.
We deny you the joy these children are expressing!
Possibly Making a Difference in New Brunswick
A couple months ago, I became the first person to mention My Way, a Korean restaurant in downtown New Brunswick (NJ), on the Internet. Since then, my restaurant review has been generating a ton of traffic to my blog and my review has become the top result when searching for the restaurant on Google. How cool is that?
It’s not like this been some big plan of mine, but I’m pretty sure I’ve contributed to the business of the restaurant. In this day and age, you can’t start a business without an online presence. And in a city like New Brunswick, where only the younger generation has money, the first place people will look up a new eatery is online. I am that first place for My Way since they have no website of their own. Read more…
My Favorite Crab
It’s a rare variety but it tastes AMAZING.
And it’s totally not dungeness crab. That’s silly. It’s a rare, Chinese breed of crab. Top secret.
Only $7.99!
More proof that there’s a real market for my services in Asia.
