Here are some random snaps I took in April and May. A nice break from all the food photos eh? Everyone should really take a moment and just take in all the great scenes and architecture NYC has to offer. Try not to walk too fast or you’ll miss some things like the beautiful reflected lights on the library or the intense shadows during sunset or a group of women dancing at night.
Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
No matter if you hate NYC or love NYC, you have to admit the skyline is pretty incredible. If you can, hop into a car, after sun down, turn on some jazz and drive down the FDR. This happened to me few years ago and it was one of those “wow I’m in NYC” moment. Something about the beat of jazz music, the lights and the buildings zooming by really got me inspired.
Fried chicken sandwich with hot pepper jelly and goat cheese. Potlikker in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
My journey of discovering restaurants serving fried chicken sandwiches had led me to Potlikker in South Williamsburg. Williamsburg is becoming THE destination for all things fried chicken (Allswell, Sweet Chick, The Commodore, Pies ‘N’ Thighs).
- When I was about 4 or 5, I almost got abducted by an old man.
- First movie, I remember seeing in a theater was Rambo: First Blood.
- In first grade, I tried to impress a girl by being a smart ass. It did not turn out well.
- Visited Tokyo for the first time in 1985 and my dad told me it was OKAY to slurp my noodles. That made me happy.
- I hated it when my mom made scrambled eggs over toast before going to school every morning. But I couldn’t get enough of it when she made it during the weekends. Yeah I’m weird. (She sure made a lot of scrambled eggs over toast.)
- We had a 12 inch fake Christmas tree on our dining table in Hong Kong, during Christmas.
- In Hong Kong, I lived on the 5th floor, door 4D.
- I once almost climbed out the window.
- My parents fed me “fat kid water” cause I was too skinny.
- In 4th grade, I tried out for the talent show. My thing was lip-synching Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson. I practiced in front of a mirror.
- In 6th grade, I was in choir and in band. I played the clarinet.
- My mom introduced me to steamed turnip cakes when I was 11. Still prefers fried ones.
- Last day of school, my aunt didn’t know it was a half day and was late in picking me up from school. I had no idea what to do so I dragged my school project about 5-6 miles home. I was in 3rd grade.
- I had a crush on Jenny in 5th grade. She kept taking my pens.
- My aunt loves astronomy. She taught me how to look at the stars and bought me a book about astronomy. Then I thought about becoming an astronomer, I was in 7th grade.
- When I was young, my mom would make spaghetti with meat sauce and tiny hot dogs with pineapple chunks on toothpicks for my birthdays. I kind of miss that.
Last week I trekked out to Bushwick to have brunch with few friends. We went to Mama Joy’s, close to the Jefferson stop on the L. Brunch. The concept of brunch is pretty new to me. Well new like 6 years new. When I used to live in LA, we go to dim sum on the weekends and that technically is brunch. But dim sum, for some reason, didn’t equal to me having brunch. Even when I moved to New York in 2003 for grad school. I mostly spent my weekends at school, doing work. Brunch was a sandwich at the local deli.
I didn’t really get into brunch until I moved to Brooklyn in 2006. I can see why some would hate brunch. French toasts, pancakes, eggs Benedict, mimosa, 2 hour long waits…etc. Though for me brunch isn’t so much about finding the best places for French toasts and wait 2 hours for it. Brunch for me is, alright, I had a long work week and it’s time spent with friends, catching up and all. I will stay away from popular places, crowded places. Mama Joy’s was good. Local spot, causal and it’s sort of a place where you linger a bit. It helps that their house mimosa is PBR and oj ($2)!
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