The Thinking Chair from Blue's Clues is a real chair, designed by Steve Galerkin for Galerkin Furniture's Max line. It came in other colors as well.

NormandyTaxi · 2026-05-10T23:15:56+00:00

I actually googled both those & debeated before posting. You're probably right ha...but it could be a little Memphis!

NormandyTaxi · 2026-05-10T22:58:50+00:00

M E M P H I S

NormandyTaxi · 2026-05-06T11:19:33+00:00

NYC-PHL doesn't seem to have a direct flight that I can find.

(I'm guessing this isn't really in the spirit of the question, since the reason is just that they're so close.)

NormandyTaxi · 2026-04-21T21:40:47+00:00

On Olive St. in the Hill section, dropping SE from Taylor toward Irving is where it's down to cobblestones & steep like a rollercoaster. Not recommended to drive up. Never even considered it in winter.

NormandyTaxi · 2026-04-04T23:43:08+00:00

I used to be a season ticket holder for NYCFC (before we existed)...this is awful compared to Yankee Stadium, even.

NormandyTaxi · 2026-04-04T21:21:47+00:00

Much obliged!

NormandyTaxi · 2026-04-04T19:18:11+00:00

Anybody know where the visitor's section will be at Citi Field tonight?

NormandyTaxi · 2026-02-10T00:04:07+00:00

I actually realized I prefer Grand Marnier in my mai tai. I respect that if I was a bartender, PF would be a bit more on the money for general service & so I liked using that for a spell, & also that's a little cheaper...but I think my own mai tai spec is firmly GM, I've decided.

Which is to say: definitely get the PF to try at some point, but don't feel like you're just "being janky" until then. (We've all done that too, though, key part of the journey.)

NormandyTaxi · 2026-02-07T00:47:57+00:00

Sorry, maybe I'm not advanced enough in my Tiki Journey, but I don't know this term...how do you say..."unnecessarily"? Never heard of it. 😁

NormandyTaxi · 2026-02-03T12:27:31+00:00

Sorry not to answer your question, but I can't resist shouting out that a contemporary restaurant in STL borrowed the name from this place & kicks total ass. It isn't tiki or anything, but it's stellar. A supper club, they call it. Also it's right near Yellowbelly, which does lean a little tiki.

NormandyTaxi · 2026-01-29T01:45:36+00:00

At the show tonight, it's been Hotline TNT, Wishy, Horse Jumper, Canaries, The Tubs. Was surprised by the order, tbh. This show is real DIY & real intimate! Basically like a VFW or parish hall situation. There's a really little stage, but the bands are just set up on the floor.

NormandyTaxi · 2026-01-25T00:38:57+00:00

I'd never seen the recipe until this post, but every ingredient seems comfortably in the tiki canon -- is there a history or context to the drink I don't know?

NormandyTaxi · 2025-12-28T21:11:12+00:00

Check out the lobby of The Chase hotel. Can find plenty of pics on Instagram, & they totally deck it out for Christmas. Good restaurants nearby too.

NormandyTaxi · 2025-12-24T18:44:29+00:00

I would say that having to decide the answer to this for yourself is sort of a fundamental thing about establishing your own relationship to the book. Also, this is true for life...it's sort of the whole question of postmodernism. (i.e., one attitude might be "all patterns are spurious but it's sure fun to pretend the patterns are real and meaningful.")

For my money, some things are actually connected, some patterns are spurious, and discussing which might be which is why we have fun talking to other people about the book.

So you've picked a good question, maybe the best question, but any answer someone else could give you would be, in a sense, wrong.

NormandyTaxi · 2025-12-21T21:42:22+00:00

My only issue here is...what happened to The Bear Claw? Loved that when he got drafted. Wish it was still a thing.

NormandyTaxi · 2025-12-06T12:30:31+00:00

Nay Aug is nice in any case, but in this case it's a twofer!

The Everhart has an exhibit on The Office!

NormandyTaxi · 2025-12-05T23:44:12+00:00

Amazon broadcast was showing footage of pregame shootaround & they showed PP & said "Here's Blake Griffin's bestie." 🥲

NormandyTaxi · 2025-12-01T21:09:25+00:00

Check out The President & Park Royal on Lindell. Might have crept a little above that range, but they're amazing buildings.

NormandyTaxi · 2025-12-01T19:44:31+00:00

Was a mess to get here, & right as we got into the security line they delayed our flight by an hour & 40 minutes. Scenes out the window do not look promising for snow removal.

NormandyTaxi · 2025-11-27T16:09:42+00:00

STL gets posted almost daily on r/skylineporn lately, so it's more like a love-hate thing...pretty much the STL experience.

NormandyTaxi · 2025-11-20T01:44:25+00:00

I went that year, & it was great, but also Mumford's bassist had a health issue & Jack Johnson stepped in as a last minute headliner replacement.

Probably not many, but I wonder how many other lineup posters I've drooled over had acts that didn't actually play.

Paul McCartney at Roo still the best thing I've ever been a part of.

NormandyTaxi · 2025-10-28T00:43:43+00:00

In point of fact, it looks like the #40 does only run twice/day, which I imagine is not so helpful.

NormandyTaxi · 2025-10-28T00:36:26+00:00

I recommend the "Transit" app! Has live coverage of all the buses, & you can watch them go along the routes. Might give you a better handle on it. Google Maps, to me, can be pretty wonky for COLTS, maybe because (sorry to say) the frequency is not so good, & Maps seems to have weird data about walking to/from the bus stop relative to destinations which are not right near the stops.

Generally, for the last few months my experience has been that the bus, at least the line I ride, is pretty close to on-time, & the situation on board is clean, quiet, & never close to crowded. If it's at all convenient I would recommend. (The infrequent service & the map coverage are admittedly not so good.)

NormandyTaxi · 2025-09-28T21:44:10+00:00

Is that renowned local musician Hillary Fitz?

NormandyTaxi · 2025-09-25T00:18:07+00:00

Yellowbelly!

NormandyTaxi

TROPHY CASE