Ha, We had to go on an adventure to get it. We had to contact the roasting company, go to their warehouse in Brooklyn where they gave us raw beans in a paper towel no less, take them to the shop in Manhattan and wait while they roasted them before they brewed it for us.

I tried it. It was strange, not really like coffee at all. More like a really strong earthy tea? Hard to describe. It was pretty good and it was worth it for the experience but I’d never bother to seek it out again.

For years I drove an extended fifteen passenger van countless miles across the US with a completely obscured rear window. If you know how to use your side mirrors and pay attention to traffic you will know what’s behind you. How do you think truckers do it?

“cooking” in the context of doing something well has been around for a long time. Think, “now you’re cooking!” Or the less common “now you’re cooking with gas!”

I think it’s just in more frequent use currently. It will be interesting to see if people stop using it after it goes out of fashion with the youth.

Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen. It’s about realizing that you’ve peaked and your best days are behind you.

I doubt the millionaire co-owner of a major chain of grocery stores is involved in setting the price of whole boneless beef tenderloin.

Nbd for me, I shop at Conseco’s but Rouse’s does make really good Italian sausage.

Oh cool. I didn’t know that.

I second the tenement museum. Really great for New York history.

Local here:

If pizza is on your list then I suggest Lombardi’s in Little Italy. Classic New York pizza you can get anywhere but Lombardi’s makes a more Neapolitan style using the only coal oven still allowed in NYC so it’s totally unique. It also likely the oldest pizzeria in city. Gets kind of busy but worth it.

As others have said, take a commuter ferry. Staten Island ferry is cool but the east river ferry takes you under the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg bridges and offers good views of lower Manhattan.

DO NOT under any circumstances walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. A lot of tourists think that sounds cool but that is the problem. Waaay to many tourists think that. It’s a nightmare.

Definitely ignore the guy that said stay close to Times Square. It is tourist hell and gives you absolutely no insight into what New York is really like. Unless you like huge crowds and chain stores then by all means. There’s plenty of locals in this thread with much, much better advice. Listen to us.

My ex made me carry a window unit air conditioner someone was throwing away to the subway, take two trains then carry it home. She was visiting from New Orleans and didn’t believe me when I said people leave shit like that on the sidewalk all the time in New York. It was fall. I could very well find another one closer to home.

The process is the point

OJ trial. Every single day.

And the Springsteen version very clearly says deuce which means Manfred Mann had to deliberately change it.

I thought that Controversy by Prince was actually called Electric Pussy. Which, for Prince, actually tracks.

Maybe tmi but I was actually using my bidet when I saw this post and the water is going exactly where it’s supposed to.

Not a good karaoke choice though. I didn’t really realize how many words there are until it really gets going.

Ozzy makes breakfast

That had to be deliberate

Pfftt… “Aforementioned.” Well la-di-da.