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The ultimate fuel for people who like to walk around New York City all day. Lunch that costs more than $12 is a crime, and your dollar takes you very far at Pret. I recommend their Calabrese sandwich with a small orange juice. Something I previously didn’t know is that every day, the staff at Pret hides a star sticker on the back of one of the sandwiches in the refrigerator, and, if you select it, you get that sandwich for free. Unbeknownst to me, I selected one at their 50th street location a while back and when I brought it to the counter, the entire staff cheered for me. It was one of the best days of my life.
Mar 15, 2022
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somehow just spent $57 on sandwiches and coffee
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see previously sandwich craving post but shopsins is kinda like a very new york (but really les) answer to cheesecake factory: a million menu items, all bangers all the time. it’s a little pricy but always worth it. reccomemd going with friends and splitting a bunch of stuff because the sweet spicy salty thing is fr, menu linked for amusement
Mar 28, 2024
Court St Grocers is one of the best things about living in Carroll Gardens, which is 100% something a transplant like myself would say, but in this case it’s actually true. A great spot that fits into the fabric of the neighborhood and has delicious sandwiches. Their BLT may be $16 dollars, but you are getting a one-of-a-kind messy n’ delicious creation— the kind of sandwich that you have to eat with plenty of napkins nearby, and most important, during peak tomato season (which is the only time of year they’ll even do it).
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A great book about the birth of Los Angeles based around the intertwining portraits of engineer William Mulholland, director DW Griffith, and evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. It presents the city as founded upon myth, greed, and man’s desire to conquer nature- which I think fits into the narrative of just about any metropolis in the USA. In New York City, we have a tendency to write off LA as some kind of self-indulgent city of cars and convenience, but there’s a part of me that thinks that LA’s image is far more honest than NYC’s: it more nakedly illustrates our innate desire as humans to exploit the Earth and each other to claim what we think we deserve as individuals. It’s a true illustration of the “every man for himself” brand of American ambition, and, in my opinion, New York is exactly the same, but we’re just a bit better at hiding it.
Mar 15, 2022
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It’s very important for you to know that I have no taste when it comes to clothing, but a generic, black, pullover hoodie should be in every photographer’s toolkit. It has a ton of utility: it can be a napkin, a drop cloth, a pillow for when you need to take a break. I can’t be worried about what I look like when I’m out taking pictures, and a black hoodie rarely looks stained. Long story short: I need to be wearing clothes that, if I fell into a huge puddle, I wouldn’t care. I’d just throw it in the trash and keep on moving.
Mar 15, 2022
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The Star Wars prequels were this weird bridge between the old, physical world of blockbuster filmmaking, and the green screen orgies that dominate the field today. There’s something quaint about watching a huge production navigate this lynchpin moment, and the voice over session to record Sebulba’s lines is worth a watch on its own. Check out the whole thing here.
Mar 15, 2022