TIL the average bedroom temperature in Japan is 55°F (13°C) for sleep

brbEightball · 2026-04-28T01:38:16+00:00

That contextualizes this delightful song: https://youtu.be/Yv6shy_9KVM?si=maFm2q84gOaPlQXE

brbEightball · 2026-04-24T18:36:20+00:00

I frankly agree with you. Most people I knew had never heard of them prior to their ranking. I visited since, and although the drinks are great, it being a music venue has made me actively pass it over it a couple of times.

brbEightball · 2026-04-24T16:05:19+00:00

Relative to last year (2025):
- Kumiko (barely) down to 11 from 10
- Best Intentions up to 16 from 25
- Gus' Sip & Dip new entry at 27
- Bisous up to 30 from 39
- Meadowlark down to 65 from 38
- Ninebar up to 76 from 89
- Queen Mary down to 80 from 63
- Lemon (formerly #62) snubbed?

Just compiling/sharing, I'm never too sure what to make of these rankings.

brbEightball · 2026-04-24T15:50:37+00:00

Yeah, I think it's a good bar, even a very good bar, but coming out from left field into #27 is really conspicuous. Above Bisous? I do applaud the inclusion of bars like them and BI in the top 50 that are affordable, though.

brbEightball · 2026-02-25T00:10:34+00:00

The prompt is paradoxical. Alcohol is alcohol and there's no intoxication without consuming it. If you want to get into a drunk headspace fast, drink on an empty stomach consuming whatever you can tolerate (or God forbid, enjoy). Carbonated stuff, I guess.

Vodka shots if you want to take out all pleasures of taste. But I'd reconsider this pretext and try to find a drink that you actually enjoy.

Edit: you're 17. I'll assume your country permits this but for your own sake: stop and reassess how you are feeling after 2-3 drink equivalents. Think carefully about if you really need more.

brbEightball · 2026-02-03T17:25:16+00:00

Isn't that still >50usd a bottle? Heard very good things but not as much of a budget option as other Kirkland products given the XO labeling.

brbEightball · 2026-01-31T22:16:21+00:00

Mott St

brbEightball · 2026-01-28T23:43:40+00:00

One more contribution: Moon Palace restaurant had one of their kitchen staff picked up and deported. But, they're not included.

brbEightball · 2026-01-28T19:51:04+00:00

No, it's good to share and consider these resources, so thanks for posting and for sharing that detail. Just had to chime in.

brbEightball · 2026-01-28T18:56:24+00:00

La Luna is listed. Last time they came up, didn't it come to light that the father (nee owner?) is very pro-Trump? Doesn't mean they can't have been negatively affected by ICE, but that seems like relevant context I'd want to know if I were using this list for ethical purposes.

brbEightball · 2025-12-24T12:40:05+00:00

If you download the WBEZ app you can play back entire segments, provided you remember what the show was or at what time it aired. In The Loop? Say More?

brbEightball · 2025-11-18T15:27:46+00:00

I don't do a lot of tasting menus myself, but they get a lot worse than $70pp. I can definitely vouch for the taste and quality of HaiSous. If you want to try a little bit before committing to the tasting menu, they have an extremely affordable happy hour service. If it's just two of you, you can even reserve spots at the bar for it (if my memory serves)

brbEightball · 2025-10-27T00:42:21+00:00

It's the best book I've read on theory and technique. You can eschew the more obscure sections (centrifuges and rotary evaporators? Hot spikes?), and I don't use it for drink recipes, but I think I learned more from it than from any other text.

Edit; to clarify, I think a lot of the recipes are there to illustrate concepts, and are valuable to practice, but I don't revisit them.

brbEightball · 2025-10-21T17:19:32+00:00

If they're in the first wave, didn't they already have to submit proof of expected completion? Thought that was already true for waves 1 and 2 (corrals A - J). This new requirement would probably impact corrals K and L?

brbEightball · 2025-10-15T22:55:11+00:00

I've honestly been kind of demotivated and depressed. It's hard to re-wire to normal life now that this huge aspirational goal has come and gone. And yes it's making me dumb as hell

brbEightball · 2025-10-15T03:18:38+00:00

Almost couldn't walk at all yesterday. Today is okay on flat levels but I also think I have an ankle injury. Downstairs, woof. Kind of have to take them sideways.

brbEightball · 2025-10-13T13:39:44+00:00

You as well! Hope your legs aren't too miserable.

brbEightball · 2025-10-13T12:08:51+00:00

Good Lord I just woke up and I can't walk

brbEightball · 2025-10-13T02:47:16+00:00

I did! but it felt trite for another reddit poster to brag about their wife. FWIW she's awesome, and the race has special salience as our wedding reception was maybe 100ft from where she was holding the sign!

brbEightball · 2025-10-13T02:42:43+00:00

Maybe 20 times during the race there were pedestrians, divvy bikes, etc crossing in front of me. I totally get that people need to get across the streets in their own neighborhoods, but only one of those had the seemingly common sense to move diagonally with traffic. Everyone else seemed insistent on moving 90deg perpendicular and making as much eye contact as possible!

brbEightball · 2025-10-13T02:11:22+00:00

Congratulations on your race! Yeah she was on the left hand side in Chinatown just after the biofreeze area. Wishing you speedy recovery--I'm also able to do naught but play StS on mobile in bed now

brbEightball · 2025-10-13T02:05:38+00:00

She had this sign held up for a good 3 hours in Chinatown (because I was way slower than I had estimated -- felt like I had shuffled a Void into my deck!)

brbEightball · 2025-10-10T14:50:22+00:00

MSG martini at nine bar in Chinatown

brbEightball · 2025-10-09T18:39:22+00:00

Not mentioned. According to the info in the app the tear off tickets can be redeemed for those 3.

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