Author Archives: therealtamara

For an opinionated woman such as I, blogging is an excellent outlet. This is one of many fori that I use to bloviate. Enjoy! Comment on my commentary.

Street seats

Biddy’s Pub is clearly in defiance of the “streatery cops,” but the tree-side seats are just conference ready. Would you believe this was the 2nd set of 4 I encountered on this morning.

A “good guys” notification:

The Drunken Munkey is on 92nd off 1st.

Pictures from my day

Left to right from top to bottom:

Jacob’s Pickles was so crowded (and this a weekday!) that we were obliged to take outdoor seating. This was fine until the breezes picked up around 2pm.

Related but no relation, a poster for pickleball reservations at the Westside Presbyterian Church, aka Inclusion Hall.

The space inviting the inclusion is ironically a Romanesque fortress. Not sure why that was my p.o.v. as I passed, admiring the events posted at the circumference.

The light of the sky obliterated the twinkly blue lights on the tree at Eleven E 86th. I intended to cite this as an example of holiday decorations around town. Oh well. Examples are photos 12 & 13, then 18 through 21 above.

Skyline views of selected UWS streets bring us Loyola School (12, 13) on Park at 83rd. I am flummoxed that I had not heard of this school til today. Surely I have walked this part of town  before. 🤔

Enjoy your walks.

Happy new year.

Piqued my interest

It’s a design touch that reminds me of vacationing at motels. The stairs lead to a common pathway for both entries.

The walkway is raised, hiding access to the disposal area for the buildings.

There are two sets of these, one address away from each other, so four walk-up homes all in all.

Furnished apartments seem like a brilliant idea. I wonder how they’re doing

Let’s catch up

What was the last thing you did for play or fun?

This is it, shooting pix as I toodle around my neighborhood. This set of photos presented after a nice lunch with a friend.

(We favor a Mexican place, but each of my friends and I tend to gravitate towards one or a few specific restaurants.)

The Sweet Shop, where I stopped on my way home.

Taking pictures, eating ice cream, and sharing this minutiae with you.

For a more nuanced gawk at  architecture, I refer you to the original predecessor of this site, The Sidewalk Super blog..

Coffee? Yes!

The Swiss are famous for their neutrality. I am not.

In truth, I notice a tendency to prefer the most recent cup I try. This is somehow akin to the «Ado Annie« principle. Akin, adjacent, similar but not the same.

I think I lost the thread there. I mentioned that the Swiss were neutral because my current favorite is the skim milk (to stay) cappucino at Zuri Cafe.

My friend J says “the barber” when I propose a meet ’cause that’s what was at this location.

The cappucino is superior, but the space is a little too little and cute.

Allow me to digress further and school you on why skim. For reasons, I can not explain with any science, skim milk foams more richly. End of lecture.

There are outside tables and an adjacent ice cream parlor that belongs to the same folks.