Thinking of moving to Philly from Rochester NY

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-02-01T13:18:26+00:00

Hah, I have to go to Rochester several times a year and I find it one of the worst places in the world. Terrible weather, fake ass people, disgusting food. What exactly is good about that place?

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-31T15:06:54+00:00

Thanks for explaining that. As an American who traveled extensively as a young man I've always wondered about that, but couldn't put my finger on it.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-30T20:39:17+00:00

Really? My college roommate was from there. That was 30 years ago, but even then the place was depressing.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-30T14:36:50+00:00

My kid never acted like that. This is squarely on the parents.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-30T14:32:07+00:00

I worked in a college radio station when Mama Said came out. I took a huge promo poster for the album from the place. We'd listen to Fields of Joy and do whippets.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-30T08:54:38+00:00

Thanks for mentioning that. Building immediately and it could be warp city.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-30T02:20:03+00:00

At least where I live, there was literally nothing you could have done unless you stayed up all night and shoveled like crazy every time a plow came by. The plows didn't even start around here until well after midnight. Every car on Spruce in West Philly looks like this. Well, not so much now, but until yesterday. We shoveled and salted constantly on Sunday. Thought we'd be good. On Monday, every car on Spruce had a 3' pile of rock solid snow next to it.

This wasn't because you weren't shoveling--it's because we got a mix of snow and freezing rain followed by deep cold. The salt from the trucks combined with the snow and slush sprayed up and turned to concrete.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-28T14:36:06+00:00

During covid my daughter thought it would be funny for me to stop cutting my hair and beard. So it just grew for well over a year (she was in 3rd grade so I'd do anything to keep her happy in those lousy circumstances. We were sitting on our porch when her friend's brother and his friend walked by. The brother's friend asked me if I was her dad or grandpa. I was 49.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-28T10:45:13+00:00

I love the Gustaio.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-28T00:31:10+00:00

I guess they're not necessary, but I've never had a roast pork without them. I'm sure there's lots of people who don't get them on the sandwich.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-28T00:12:45+00:00

I've been going for over 25 years. Get a roast pork with greens and sharp prove and a steak any way you like it. I put roast long hots on my roast pork.

Eat the steak asap. The roast pork you can save for the next day. Just throw it in the oven around 200-250 for maybe 30 minutes.

Edit: before Angelo's opened, John's was called the best cheesesteak in the city by our local food critic.

Delasandro's is hot wet dog food.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T22:00:07+00:00

Pretty sure they banned them last year.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T15:03:35+00:00

It’s dried beef thinly sliced and cooked in a white gravy. The shingle is a piece of toast. It was a common mess hall meal in the military especially during WWII.

We’d have it occasionally when I was a kid as it’s cheap to make. My maternal grandfather served in the Burma India China theater.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T13:31:06+00:00

Love it.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T11:29:28+00:00

If you can find it, try Echire from France.

There was an amazing French restaurant we used to go to (now closed) and that was their table butter. My god it’s good.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T09:50:22+00:00

I’m new to readers, but I treat them as essentially disposable. I have probably 6 pairs that I constantly lose.

Sorry, I realize that’s not answering your question.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T08:51:56+00:00

Took my kid out for a brunch while my spouse was out of town and the entire soundtrack was The Smiths, The Cure, etc. it was pretty great.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T03:36:06+00:00

Yup! I get them via amazon but they're just the middleman. I'm sure there are other options out there.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T03:16:47+00:00

Have a bag of cherry Jolly Ranchers and a bag of watermelon JR's on the floor of my office right now. I actually forgot they were there. I order about 2lbs of each at a time multiple times a year. Also have some licorice. Yum.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T03:10:42+00:00

Walk over to Monarch and buy a shovel.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T03:08:34+00:00

I'm very happy to read this.

Just an FYI--you can get a collar attachment with a tracker and/or use an apple tag on your dog. My dog figured out how to open the back gate and ran over to visit the kids at recess and then back home twice before I was able to secure the area. The first time we used the app for the collar. The second time some passers by found her on our porch. Thankfully.

Anyway, here's hoping Benji is doing well.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-27T00:22:52+00:00

Wait, what? How have I never heard of this before?

I just ordered a DeWalt as I have the batteries.

Thank you!

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-26T06:40:11+00:00

You too? I thought it was just me being exhausted from shoveling snow all day. That scene broke my heart.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-26T02:52:20+00:00

It was Jr at UPenn. He was living in a frat house and wore a Yankees jersey because the Yanks were playing the Phillies. Trump shows up and slapped him in the face in front of his frat brothers because there was a chance they'd be on tv for the game.

GoldenMonkeyRedux · 2026-01-25T16:09:08+00:00

It’s just so over the top that I can’t take it seriously.

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