Gothamist Loves AskMeta January 5, 2006 11:09 AM Subscribe
I like Gothamist but for some reason it creeps me out when they link to AskMe threads that I have participated in.
posted by mds35 at 11:21 AM on January 5, 2006
posted by mds35 at 11:21 AM on January 5, 2006
Come on, Jake Dobkin, pony up the 5.00 and then you can answer the questions here instead of there...it's fun. You know you want to.
posted by iconomy at 11:25 AM on January 5, 2006
posted by iconomy at 11:25 AM on January 5, 2006
I know MetaTalk has become "MetaTalk and anything related to stuff I'm doing in NYC," but this is a little much.
posted by MarkAnd at 11:30 AM on January 5, 2006
posted by MarkAnd at 11:30 AM on January 5, 2006
Quonsar uses tired "film at eleven" gag for a record seventh time, film at eleven.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 11:30 AM on January 5, 2006
posted by Optimus Chyme at 11:30 AM on January 5, 2006
Optimus Chyme chides another user for not living up to his high standards. No film at eleven since nobody really cares.
posted by jonmc at 11:41 AM on January 5, 2006
posted by jonmc at 11:41 AM on January 5, 2006
Scody continues the volley. Hot for quonsar comment at 11!
posted by iconomy at 11:48 AM on January 5, 2006
posted by iconomy at 11:48 AM on January 5, 2006
Sciurus hot for quonsar! Incriminating IM log at 11!
posted by selfnoise at 11:50 AM on January 5, 2006
posted by selfnoise at 11:50 AM on January 5, 2006
Could being hot for Quonsar harm your children? Find out at 11.
posted by amarynth at 11:57 AM on January 5, 2006
posted by amarynth at 11:57 AM on January 5, 2006
Metatalk misused, NSA denies the existence of intercepts at 11.
posted by nkyad at 12:02 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by nkyad at 12:02 PM on January 5, 2006
Local police say they've acquired a film whose contents might disturb you -- we'll tell you about it later in the broadcast.
posted by cortex at 12:04 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by cortex at 12:04 PM on January 5, 2006
MarkAnd: "I know MetaTalk has become "MetaTalk and anything related to stuff I'm doing in NYC," but this is a little much."
Listen, MarkAnd. There's only one way to improve it, and that's to post twice as much Chicago drivel. Ready, go!
Beer with scody and jonmc at 11? I'm there.
posted by Plutor at 12:05 PM on January 5, 2006
Listen, MarkAnd. There's only one way to improve it, and that's to post twice as much Chicago drivel. Ready, go!
Beer with scody and jonmc at 11? I'm there.
posted by Plutor at 12:05 PM on January 5, 2006
I don't get it. Will get it at 11.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 12:05 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by Kirth Gerson at 12:05 PM on January 5, 2006
jonmc keen to think up some musical reference. Amps now at 11.
posted by dash_slot- at 12:17 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by dash_slot- at 12:17 PM on January 5, 2006
I didn't post this because it's a NYC blog that loves AskMeta. I posted it because it's a blog I consider popular that loves AskMeta, and when a popular blog posts about a popular blog, it's MetaMetaMetaMeta!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:22 PM on January 5, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:22 PM on January 5, 2006 [1 favorite]
Yeah, people, don't get jealous. There's likely an -ist near you.
posted by mds35 at 12:28 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by mds35 at 12:28 PM on January 5, 2006
I didn't post this because it's a NYC blog that loves AskMeta. I posted it because it's a blog I consider popular that loves AskMeta, and when a popular blog posts about a popular blog, it's MetaMetaMetaMeta!
Yeah, I got it... in 2001. I thought we'd moved a little past that, and it seems a shame to give Gothamist free publicity if we're not going to do it for the 13,607 more popular websites.
I hear that Google mentioned MetaFilter recently!
posted by MarkAnd at 12:51 PM on January 5, 2006
Yeah, I got it... in 2001. I thought we'd moved a little past that, and it seems a shame to give Gothamist free publicity if we're not going to do it for the 13,607 more popular websites.
I hear that Google mentioned MetaFilter recently!
posted by MarkAnd at 12:51 PM on January 5, 2006
Snarkfests in MetaTalk threads. Ric Romero reports at 11.
posted by driveler at 12:53 PM on January 5, 2006
People in the comments go on to recommend "good" Mexican food places which are indeed "not good"
Whats the definition of good? A friend who moved here from Manhattan told me that he thought the Chinese food in NYC was good until they tried Chinese in San Francisco and realized that what they thought was good was actually bad.
The mexican food here in san francisco is generally considered to be good but its questionable whether it is authentic. Someone from texas may not like it and someone from Mexico would be mystified by this invention called the Burrito.
Even within Mexico, people within one region will generally dislike food from another region. In the north they have an unusual passion for barbacoa which is not shared by the south. Some regions think anything but white rice is inauthentic and the only true tamales are those made from the proper mixture of corn dough and no other type.
My mexican grandmother cooked moles and carnitas and made us tamales nejos and atole and a whole slew of soups - albondiga, tortilla etc. The word "flauta" would have meant nothing to her.
Major cuisines include Sonoran style, Yucatecan, Veracruz and Michoacan. Its funny that Chinese places distinguish themselves as say Hunan or Szechuan but Mexican places will often just serve a mishmash of the above. My parents friends operate a Mexican place in San Diego (La Especial) and try to serve mainly Michoacan-style. People are puzzled why a Mexican restaurant has two pages devoted to soups.
Sorry for the derail.... :P
posted by vacapinta at 12:58 PM on January 5, 2006
Whats the definition of good? A friend who moved here from Manhattan told me that he thought the Chinese food in NYC was good until they tried Chinese in San Francisco and realized that what they thought was good was actually bad.
The mexican food here in san francisco is generally considered to be good but its questionable whether it is authentic. Someone from texas may not like it and someone from Mexico would be mystified by this invention called the Burrito.
Even within Mexico, people within one region will generally dislike food from another region. In the north they have an unusual passion for barbacoa which is not shared by the south. Some regions think anything but white rice is inauthentic and the only true tamales are those made from the proper mixture of corn dough and no other type.
My mexican grandmother cooked moles and carnitas and made us tamales nejos and atole and a whole slew of soups - albondiga, tortilla etc. The word "flauta" would have meant nothing to her.
Major cuisines include Sonoran style, Yucatecan, Veracruz and Michoacan. Its funny that Chinese places distinguish themselves as say Hunan or Szechuan but Mexican places will often just serve a mishmash of the above. My parents friends operate a Mexican place in San Diego (La Especial) and try to serve mainly Michoacan-style. People are puzzled why a Mexican restaurant has two pages devoted to soups.
Sorry for the derail.... :P
posted by vacapinta at 12:58 PM on January 5, 2006
i'm writing lame articles to make my site sticky. at what hour would you show the film?
posted by andrew cooke at 1:17 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by andrew cooke at 1:17 PM on January 5, 2006
So - how's the Mexican food in Bangkok?
posted by Kirth Gerson at 1:28 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by Kirth Gerson at 1:28 PM on January 5, 2006
I just want to check the new spell check.
It works. film at 11.
posted by oddman at 1:42 PM on January 5, 2006
It works. film at 11.
posted by oddman at 1:42 PM on January 5, 2006
I just want to point out that the bottom left sign on this page on Gothamist is mine. That is all.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 2:24 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by Armitage Shanks at 2:24 PM on January 5, 2006
One of the most brilliant of the pack, Armitage Shanks, and very true! That's a big reason I want to get a camera with a phone.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 2:59 PM on January 5, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 2:59 PM on January 5, 2006 [1 favorite]
So - how's the Mexican food in Bangkok?
I don't know, but I once at at a Mexican restaurant in Norrkoping, Sweden, and I think it was perhaps the worst food I have ever tasted.
posted by Otis at 2:59 PM on January 5, 2006
I don't know, but I once at at a Mexican restaurant in Norrkoping, Sweden, and I think it was perhaps the worst food I have ever tasted.
posted by Otis at 2:59 PM on January 5, 2006
The worst sushi I've ever had was in Vienna. Lesson learned: Never have sushi in a landlocked country.
posted by horsewithnoname at 3:08 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by horsewithnoname at 3:08 PM on January 5, 2006
"I know MetaTalk has become "MetaTalk and anything related to stuff I'm doing in NYC," but this is a little much."
When we're a dirtybomb site/smoking crater/mass grave, you'll regret that comment, mister. ; P
(feel guilty yet? huh? huh?)
posted by amberglow at 3:15 PM on January 5, 2006
When we're a dirtybomb site/smoking crater/mass grave, you'll regret that comment, mister. ; P
(feel guilty yet? huh? huh?)
posted by amberglow at 3:15 PM on January 5, 2006
Man, i never see anybody masturbating in public...
oh wait, that's a good thing...
posted by hellbient at 3:37 PM on January 5, 2006
oh wait, that's a good thing...
posted by hellbient at 3:37 PM on January 5, 2006
I saw someone at the Jefferson stop once, hellbient. Guess you were at DeKalb.
posted by dame at 4:41 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by dame at 4:41 PM on January 5, 2006
This just in: oddman wins best double entendre AskMe of the week:
So, I've got quite a bit of gooey stuff on my the keyboard of my laptop. How do I get it off?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 4:48 PM on January 5, 2006
So, I've got quite a bit of gooey stuff on my the keyboard of my laptop. How do I get it off?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 4:48 PM on January 5, 2006
I once at at a Mexican restaurant in Norrkoping, Sweden, and I think it was perhaps the worst food I have ever tasted.
Try the Chinese food in Athens sometime.
posted by languagehat at 4:57 PM on January 5, 2006
Try the Chinese food in Athens sometime.
posted by languagehat at 4:57 PM on January 5, 2006
There's a local sign, which I've filed in my oxymoron collection, that says "Mexican Cuisine". Try that.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:05 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 5:05 PM on January 5, 2006
I don't understand how that's an oxymoron, I've filed you in my might-be-racist-but-probably-doesn't-mean-it collection.
Mexican food in Auckland is ... few and far between, but you can sort of get it. Wellington has a great place called Flying Burrito Brothers. My partner lived in Texas for about 6 months, so nothing is quite how she'd like, but that place came close. We do great pizza all over the place, and I bet our coffee is better than yours, wherever you are.
I wonder what the Korean food is like in Mexico.
Suck it, haters.
posted by The Monkey at 7:27 PM on January 5, 2006
Mexican food in Auckland is ... few and far between, but you can sort of get it. Wellington has a great place called Flying Burrito Brothers. My partner lived in Texas for about 6 months, so nothing is quite how she'd like, but that place came close. We do great pizza all over the place, and I bet our coffee is better than yours, wherever you are.
I wonder what the Korean food is like in Mexico.
Suck it, haters.
posted by The Monkey at 7:27 PM on January 5, 2006
Try the Chinese food in Athens sometime.
Try a Vietnamese/Thai/Indian/Mexican/**** (where ****='not Korean') restaurant in Korea. If you can find one.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:50 PM on January 5, 2006
Try a Vietnamese/Thai/Indian/Mexican/**** (where ****='not Korean') restaurant in Korea. If you can find one.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:50 PM on January 5, 2006
* checks watch *
Hell-LO. I'm here for the FILM, now.
* waits *
Typical. Never believe anything that's promised, especially that many times.
posted by yhbc at 8:00 PM on January 5, 2006
Hell-LO. I'm here for the FILM, now.
* waits *
Typical. Never believe anything that's promised, especially that many times.
posted by yhbc at 8:00 PM on January 5, 2006
this movie sucks.
posted by unknowncommand at 8:08 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by unknowncommand at 8:08 PM on January 5, 2006
The Monkey: Mexican cuisine is an oxymoron because cuisine is a French word, implying a haughty elegance. I know, we've adopted the word, but it's still funny to me--like saying cerveza française.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:51 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:51 PM on January 5, 2006
yahoo search massively understates results of quonsar's use of film at eleven making optimal chump an optimal chump, film at eleven.
optimal chump loses another thread, film at eleven.
posted by quonsar at 10:19 PM on January 5, 2006
optimal chump loses another thread, film at eleven.
posted by quonsar at 10:19 PM on January 5, 2006
that's downside up if Gram Parsons is as close as you get to Mexican food down under.
posted by carsonb at 11:18 PM on January 5, 2006
posted by carsonb at 11:18 PM on January 5, 2006
weapons-grade pandemonium, I probably don't read the word the same way as you do - to me it just means food or 'cooking' or something, only, yeah, I guess a bit of snootiness. Murdering, terroristic, arrogant snootiness.
carsonb, was that for me? I have no idea what a Gram Parsons is. Sorry. Google tells me 'dead country singer'.
posted by The Monkey at 11:39 PM on January 5, 2006
carsonb, was that for me? I have no idea what a Gram Parsons is. Sorry. Google tells me 'dead country singer'.
posted by The Monkey at 11:39 PM on January 5, 2006
yep, dead country singer and founding member of the Flying Burrito Brothers, proud forefathers of the altcountry genre. odd of them to pop up in outre-hemispherical Mexican restaurants.
also, in Tucson I follow this rule when considering where manger a la Mexican: the more frightened one becomes for one's safety between the time one places one's order and one receives one's food, the better that food will be. then again, je suis un guero, so whatever.
posted by carsonb at 12:55 AM on January 6, 2006
also, in Tucson I follow this rule when considering where manger a la Mexican: the more frightened one becomes for one's safety between the time one places one's order and one receives one's food, the better that food will be. then again, je suis un guero, so whatever.
posted by carsonb at 12:55 AM on January 6, 2006
hey, carsonb - i'll be in tucson in a couple of weeks (with a chilean, and a car, and we both speak spanish). can you recommend a good place? thanks!
posted by andrew cooke at 1:59 AM on January 6, 2006
posted by andrew cooke at 1:59 AM on January 6, 2006
well, depends on what you mean by "good place." for a nice sit-down meal where they'll serve you good alcohol and a huge plate of food at a halfway decent price, my favorites are Theresa's Mosaic Cafe (tequila! vistas!), Guadalajara Grill (excellent tableside salsa fresca, nice patio dining), Mi Nidito (warning: flash, ranchero music), Cien Anos (full disclosure--I got hooked when my kid sister worked there for a while), and El Sur.
these are the places I eat when I'm feeling rich, or someone else is paying. there's a whole other type of great Mexican food in Tucson, though, typified by the "gut bomb" burrito and the street vendor's taco. Counter service, cash only, no alcohol, and the rattiest, nastiest fast food atmosphere cannot hinder the greatness of Nico's Taco Shop, where the burritos are gigantic and the danger is real 24 hours a day. Los Alazones is less dangerous (well, I've never seen a shooting there) and their burritos are just as much the bomb. Don't bother with the knock-offs (Los Betos, Betos, Viva Burrito, etcetera).
The real spirit of Mexican food in this town, though, can be found in many a closed self-service carwash parking lot as the sun goes down and the kitchen trailer is moved into place. If you cruise anywhere south of Speedway you can't help but find some family's illicit stand where they'll sell you 3 carne asada street tacos for 2 bucks. These last two types of places--by some accounts--work best only after you're nice and drunk, though I'd have to disagree--the counter service joints are usually open 24 hours thus demanding I eat there whenever possible, intoxicated or not.
PS, if you find you really like the tortillas wherever you end up eating a nice sit-down meal, you should ask 'em for a dozen to go. They'll come out warm (which makes you want to eat them right away) and keep well for snacking on the next leg of your journey. No matter where, you should eat as many chimichangas and enchiladas and chile rellenos and drink as many margaritas and negro modelos as you possibly can while you're in town.
posted by carsonb at 2:53 AM on January 6, 2006
these are the places I eat when I'm feeling rich, or someone else is paying. there's a whole other type of great Mexican food in Tucson, though, typified by the "gut bomb" burrito and the street vendor's taco. Counter service, cash only, no alcohol, and the rattiest, nastiest fast food atmosphere cannot hinder the greatness of Nico's Taco Shop, where the burritos are gigantic and the danger is real 24 hours a day. Los Alazones is less dangerous (well, I've never seen a shooting there) and their burritos are just as much the bomb. Don't bother with the knock-offs (Los Betos, Betos, Viva Burrito, etcetera).
The real spirit of Mexican food in this town, though, can be found in many a closed self-service carwash parking lot as the sun goes down and the kitchen trailer is moved into place. If you cruise anywhere south of Speedway you can't help but find some family's illicit stand where they'll sell you 3 carne asada street tacos for 2 bucks. These last two types of places--by some accounts--work best only after you're nice and drunk, though I'd have to disagree--the counter service joints are usually open 24 hours thus demanding I eat there whenever possible, intoxicated or not.
PS, if you find you really like the tortillas wherever you end up eating a nice sit-down meal, you should ask 'em for a dozen to go. They'll come out warm (which makes you want to eat them right away) and keep well for snacking on the next leg of your journey. No matter where, you should eat as many chimichangas and enchiladas and chile rellenos and drink as many margaritas and negro modelos as you possibly can while you're in town.
posted by carsonb at 2:53 AM on January 6, 2006
oh, a little looking into things will tell you that nothing I recommended is really on the south side of town. there are plenty of excellent restaurants down that way, probably some of the best, however due to my transportation situation and the fact that I'm a gringo from the north side of town (and despite living here long enough, dammit) I don't know any of them.
posted by carsonb at 3:09 AM on January 6, 2006
posted by carsonb at 3:09 AM on January 6, 2006
thanks. i was looking for "picadas" - cheap places selling good local food in "modest" surroundings. sounds like the equivalent there is kitchen trailers. i've stayed before down near the swap meet and seen what seem like they might be good places out towards the airport. not sure if that is south, suspect it might be.
anyway, thanks, we'll check some of those out (makes a change from the gyros at the place on speedway - we're normally at the four points as it's near the office).
posted by andrew cooke at 3:26 AM on January 6, 2006
anyway, thanks, we'll check some of those out (makes a change from the gyros at the place on speedway - we're normally at the four points as it's near the office).
posted by andrew cooke at 3:26 AM on January 6, 2006
carsonb, sounds like you know about these things, so can you tell me - is a michelada a real thing? I mean, I know it was real when I drank it and several members of its family, but was it a local invention, or are beers with salted rims, lemon (or was it lime) juice, and some sort of hotness added available other than at that one place on Cuba St in Wellington?
posted by The Monkey at 3:55 AM on January 6, 2006
posted by The Monkey at 3:55 AM on January 6, 2006
The chelada and michelada (sp?) are realer than hell, forever in my beer-loving mind, at least. I fell in love with 'em when I lived in Cancun for 8 months or so, way back when. Don't know if they are Quintano Roo-native or not, though.
Chelada: big goblet, ice cubes, beer, salt, lime juice.
Michelada: same, plus chili powder.
I've talked about them a few times before, mostly in AskMe, if I remember correctly...
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:38 AM on January 6, 2006
Chelada: big goblet, ice cubes, beer, salt, lime juice.
Michelada: same, plus chili powder.
I've talked about them a few times before, mostly in AskMe, if I remember correctly...
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:38 AM on January 6, 2006
I probably don't read the word the same way as you do - to me it just means food or 'cooking' or something
La cuisine is literally the kitchen in French. La cucina in Italian, and la cocina in Spanish. I was not imitating the "airline food" oxymoron. In fact, if Pacific Grove wasn't so far away, I'd be at Peppers tonight.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:28 AM on January 6, 2006
La cuisine is literally the kitchen in French. La cucina in Italian, and la cocina in Spanish. I was not imitating the "airline food" oxymoron. In fact, if Pacific Grove wasn't so far away, I'd be at Peppers tonight.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:28 AM on January 6, 2006
I don't know where micheladas come from originally, but you can get them in any bar or restaurant in México.
stavros, you're right about the chelada, but the michelada is a chelada plus Worcestershire sauce, Jugo Maggi and Tabasco sauce. I'll be having one (or three) in about two hours.
It's also a great hangover remedy.
posted by Penks at 9:40 AM on January 6, 2006
stavros, you're right about the chelada, but the michelada is a chelada plus Worcestershire sauce, Jugo Maggi and Tabasco sauce. I'll be having one (or three) in about two hours.
It's also a great hangover remedy.
posted by Penks at 9:40 AM on January 6, 2006
my michelada has salt, limon, clamato, and tabasco over the cheapest beer on tap, or Tecate.
"picadas" is what you call 'em? ok. I like the one on St. Mary's and Grande (northeast corner), El Herradero is the name I believe. The sit-down restaurant is across the street from the tortilleria (pretty good in its own right, with tons of pastries and a damn fine torta) and deli of the same name. Taco Bron's good, too.
posted by carsonb at 11:31 AM on January 6, 2006
"picadas" is what you call 'em? ok. I like the one on St. Mary's and Grande (northeast corner), El Herradero is the name I believe. The sit-down restaurant is across the street from the tortilleria (pretty good in its own right, with tons of pastries and a damn fine torta) and deli of the same name. Taco Bron's good, too.
posted by carsonb at 11:31 AM on January 6, 2006
thanks!
posted by andrew cooke at 11:34 AM on January 6, 2006
posted by andrew cooke at 11:34 AM on January 6, 2006
Quintana Roo, of course. [/obsessive compulsive]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:44 PM on January 6, 2006
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 3:44 PM on January 6, 2006
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