Showing posts with label Brunch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brunch. Show all posts

Sunday Funday

Not so fun for the Yankees.  After winning the first two games of their series with the Twins, the immortal one, Mariano Rivera walked in a run with the bases loaded and followed that up by allowing a grand slam to Jason Kubel, as the Yankees blew a 3-1 lead in the top of the eighth inning today in the Bronx, eventually falling 6-3 to the Twins.  I watched from the seventh inning on, and was in total shock when Rivera blew it.  Hey, the guy is human.  He just fools people into believing he isn't.  Jon Rauch let up some hits in the 9th, but got Jeter swinging, Gardener swinging, and Teixeira looking to end it.  They must have been scared by his tattoos.

On a lighter note, brunch with Paul and Jenny was good - even though the Bloody Mary's we ordered had bird food in them.  Or so it seemed - there was so much pepper corns, and all other sorts of stuff that looked like bird food in it, it made it almost undrinkable.  It was a shame because the BM was actually pretty good.  But then again, I've only had a BM two other times, and both were made by a person under the influence of alcohol.  The omelet was great - had bacon and cheddar.  Lindsay got goat cheese and mushrooms.  And they made these donuts, cinnamon sugar, holy crap.  I could have eaten 45 of them.  Easy.

In our celebrity sighting of the day, while at the Beer Garden at The Standard after our brunch, Lindsay and Jenny wandered off to the restroom and when they came back, I was told to come take a look inside.  Thinking there was someone famous in there, I walked back in with Lindsay and saw Jesse Tyler Ferguson sitting at a table inside.  For those of you who don't know who he is, he plays Mitchell on ABC's Modern Family, probably the funniest show on television.  We were in the meatpacking district, so seeing celebrities is not too far-fetched down there.  Here's a look at who I'm talking about: 

So Sunday is almost over, weekend is almost over, and setup for graduation is almost set to begin.  Awesome!! (sarcasm).  I am exhausted, Lindsay is sleeping on the couch, Nathan is passing out on the window sill.  I am trying to hold it together enough to get this post done, take Nathan out to pee, and pass out.

See you tomorrow suckaaaaaaaa!!

High Line, NYC

Heading down to see our good friends Paul and Jennifer this morning, gonna share in a little brunch at The Standard Grill.  It's located down the the Meatpacking District on Washington St. and 13th St., underneath the High Line.  Looking forward to eating, but I feel as if I always look forward to eating.

For those of you not from around the NYC area, the High Line used to be an elevated train track used to deliver milk, produce, meats, raw and manufactured goods to factories and warehouses - it was designed to create less street-level traffic, and seeing how the trains pulled right into the factories, it was super convenient.  The High Line was opened in 1934 and used through the 1980.  Instead of demolishing the entire thing, they decided to leave it, and ultimately renovated it to an elevated park, opening in June of 2009.  The section from Gansevoort St. to 20th St. is the only stretch opened as of now, with a new stretch from 20th to 30th St. set to open in 2011.  Here's a look at some of what it is. 
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