Category Archives: near by

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.

Pictures from my walk

Northwell Health is expanding its presence in the nabe. This is a very pleasing building
Venchi, an ice cream emporium nearby, serves its coffee in these clever cups. See that lid¡!
Over the top at Halloween. Pretty darn extravagant in advance of the gifting holidays, too.
Switched from FIOS to Spectrum today, after already cutting ✂️ the cable cord. On impulse. Some saving is also involved. Belatedly, FIOS emailed me an offer to save on my existing lines.