Remy Martin has a way with women and nightlife, but it appears people don’t agree with Remy’s perspective. Apparently the chain connecting these two women wasn’t enough.
This was taken on the 14th Street E uptown subway stop in NYC.
Things are getting interesting
February 14, 2010
Chinese New Year – the year of the Tiger. It fell on a Sunday on Valentines Day on President’s Day weekend. What a confluence of factors!
During the day walking down Bayard street in Manhattan’s Chinatown. It was packed and the sky and streets were filled with hand operated confetti cannons. $10 per cannon (I have no doubt I was overcharged) for about a 1 second of celebration. May everyone grab the tiger by the tail this year.
I used to live in the Lower East Side – about a block away from Spring street. I lived on Lombardi’s Pizza about once a week for about 2 years (well, pizza and cheap steamed dumplings from Chinatown). This was before Lombardi’s expanded and catered to tourists rather than the locals. The pizza was delicious – pizza sauce with a slightly tangy flavor with a crust that was out of this world. My favorite had pancetta, Italian meatballs, calamatta olives and extra garlic. It was a bite that took you to a different planet.
Once they expanded, it started going downhill – it was hit or miss. The “miss” was that moment when you bit into the slice and closed your eyes – and that bite made everything right in the world, at least for a few seconds.
I moved out of the neighborhood a few years ago and have been back irregularly – each time back, I’ve tried to recapture the experience, but it has never been the same as the first 20 pies. I just went back the other day – first time in about a year - and ordered my fav combo, just to try it. Something seemed off – I think they changed the pancetta – it was way too salty and the sauce…well, it wasn’t the same. The crust was still good, but the whole experience was just a little anti-climatic.
Sorry Lombardi’s – it might be time to find a new pizza.