Five points to the first person who can guess where Lisa, a fellow Altoona High alum, and I posed for this shot. She is in town on business so we got together and I took her to Republic for noodles. The restaurant has no assigned servers, instead they use a roving staff with wireless computerized handsets that allow them to instantly take and send your order to the kitchen. I try to take visiting people to places that are unusual but not necessarily wonderful. The food at Republic is very good, but the atmosphere is sort of a hipster cafeteria.
Editor’s note: Brad Pseres was the first to correctly identify that Lisa and I were at the Southern end of Union Square, looking Northwest.
Have I mentioned how much I love Joe Millionaire? I can point to it as a demonstration why I am still single. The show features 20 different women, each bitchy and psycho in their own individual way.
I self-indulged this morning and took the train to work to avoid the cold. In the newsstand at the West 4th Station, two magazines caught my eye. The first, Heavy Metal, had a painting of J-Lo in chain mail on the cover. I’ve never understood the appeal of that publication, but I do like J-lo. Not enough to purchase. Mad Magazine also intrigued me because Grand Theft Auto Vice City was featured on the cover. I played for two hours last night and I realize now that other than facial hair and income level, I haven’t changed much since I was twelve.