After 265 posts over almost 2 -1/2 years , almost 25,000 hits I am calling it a day. It’s been fun but now it’s time to move on.
I thank all those who visited this site ,particularly those who took the time to comment.
So long, goodbye … ciao!!
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So long, Goodbye…
Posted in Uncategorized on August 6, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The Re-Birth of the Dollar Store
Posted in Uncategorized on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It must have been about 15 years ago that I noticed that dollar stores were popping up like mushrooms. All of a sudden it seemed that every shopping center had a Dollar Mart, a Dollar Place, a Dollar Barn or some such variationof the name. This was in addition to the 99 cent stores. On [...]
Cricket : The Fallout from Lahore
Posted in Asia, Cricket, Uncategorized on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For any right thinking person , the first two reactions to the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore are relief and sorrow. Relief that the cricketers themselves came through almost unscathed. (It could have been much , much worse. ) Sorrow that eight Pakistani police personnel lost their lives in the [...]
Eating My Way Through India… Part II
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If there is a better known restaurant in Delhi than Karim’s , I dont know what it is. Every first time visitor to Delhi is advised ” You must go to Karims.” It happened to us the first time we went to Delhi in 2003 and we remember Karims vividly. It was just after the [...]
SuperBowl Predictions and Menu
Posted in Food, Sports, Uncategorized on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So… the Steelers have been installed as 7 point favorites and according to the sports pundits the Cardinals need not even bother to show up.The Steel Curtain is going to shut down the Cardinal offense , knock Kurt Warner silly and the Pittsburgh offense is going to do it’s part as the Steelers wallop the [...]
Karachi Kadai & Biryani… An Update
Posted in Uncategorized on November 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In August, I wrote about Karachi, a new Indo-Pak restaurant that had just opened in nearby South Plainfield, just across the border from Edison. I said that the Karachi buffet was great value for the money and that their goat biryani was excellent and could not be improved upon. Unfortunately, the quality of the food [...]
Ruminations on the New York Skyline
Posted in Random, Thoughts, Uncategorized on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last Sunday, we attended a classical music concert at NYU’s Kimmel auditorium. The concert was held in a spacious hall on the 10th floor and on one side of the room were large picture windows which afforded a wonderful view. We were high enough that we could look out over the trees in Washington Square [...]
What is your Favorite Book ?
Posted in Culture, books on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday was World Book Day and the Daily Telegraph ( U.K) posed this question to it’s readers ” What is your favorite book ?”
What a question ! Almost impossible to answer for any serious reader. Most of us read books in several different genres and we would be hard put to even select one book [...]
Pontoon : A Return to Lake Wobegon
Posted in American Scene, books on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lake Wobegon is , of course, the fictional Minnesota town immortalized by author Garrison Keillor in several best selling books and in his long running radio show . It is a place where ” all the women are strong, all the men are good looking and all the children above average”. It is home to [...]
I Wish I was Anthony Bourdain !
Posted in Life, Random, Thoughts, Uncategorized on February 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At a Toastmasters meeting several years ago, I had to make an impromptu two minute speech on the topic “If you could be anyone in the world , who would you rather be ?” I remember saying that I’d like to be Michael Gilbert .
The name may not be familiar to many people these days ; [...]
