I've been working late a lot this week and STC.com has suffered. Last night I found some spare time while Ildi was at the gym so I wandered into a new bar on Avenue A called Double Down. It's in the space formerly occupied by Julep and still has that name on the paneling outside. Last night was its second day in business and there wasn't a very large afterwork crowd. The bartender complained of being sore from setting the place up in less than a week. He gave me the low down on the joint:
"The place is owned by the former proprieter of Irving Plaza. It's got a good ole fashioned punk rock juke box and is basically a down and dirty drinking bar."
Alright then. There was a pool table in the back, edgy graphics on the wall, and anime p0rn on the the tvs. It's similar to many other bars in the East Village, but I'm always glad to see another psuedo-dive in the hood. It's the dance clubs that annoy me. … Crosswords have been a rare treat as of late and yesterday's kicked my ass. There is always a trick or gimmick on Thursdays (and Sundays) and it can throw you for a loop. The deal yesterday was that one answer was "INSIDE THE BOX" and three clues had answers circumnavigated a box in the puzzle. See in yellow how it says "SQUARE DANCE CLASS?" Very clever, Mr. Shortz and Mr. Farmer. So Thursdays and Sundays have a trick and each puzzle gets harder from Monday to Saturday, with the last being alway a real futhermucker. How do I know these NY Times crossword puzzle rules? I never read them. They just seeped in after doing hundreds and hundreds of puzzles. Like how I always know which way is north in Manhattan, upstream in a trout crick, how to unclasp a 34C, or pluck nose hairs. Practice, practice, practice. … Site of the Day: From Dan, "Check this out. It's realultimatepower.net meets Strongbad emails. http://www.askaninja.com" I think someone needs to ask the ninja if he lives in his parent's basement.
I've been working late a lot this week and STC.com has suffered. Last night I found some spare time while Ildi was at the gym so I wandered into a new bar on Avenue A called Double Down. It's in the space formerly occupied by Julep and still has that name on the paneling outside. Last night was its second day in business and there wasn't a very large afterwork crowd. The bartender complained of being sore from setting the place up in less than a week. He gave me the low down on the joint:
"The place is owned by the former proprieter of Irving Plaza. It's got a good ole fashioned punk rock juke box and is basically a down and dirty drinking bar."
Alright then. There was a pool table in the back, edgy graphics on the wall, and anime p0rn on the the tvs. It's similar to many other bars in the East Village, but I'm always glad to see another psuedo-dive in the hood. It's the dance clubs that annoy me. … Crosswords have been a rare treat as of late and yesterday's kicked my ass. There is always a trick or gimmick on Thursdays (and Sundays) and it can throw you for a loop. The deal yesterday was that one answer was "INSIDE THE BOX" and three clues had answers circumnavigated a box in the puzzle. See in yellow how it says "SQUARE DANCE CLASS?" Very clever, Mr. Shortz and Mr. Farmer. So Thursdays and Sundays have a trick and each puzzle gets harder from Monday to Saturday, with the last being alway a real futhermucker. How do I know these NY Times crossword puzzle rules? I never read them. They just seeped in after doing hundreds and hundreds of puzzles. Like how I always know which way is north in Manhattan, upstream in a trout crick, how to unclasp a 34C, or pluck nose hairs. Practice, practice, practice. … Site of the Day: From Dan, "Check this out. It's realultimatepower.net meets Strongbad emails. http://www.askaninja.com" I think someone needs to ask the ninja if he lives in his parent's basement.
