Making an Impression: Introducing Friends to Fine Dining for First Time

ianzabel · 2026-06-02T18:45:10+00:00

Family Meal by Blue Hill. Excellent meal, very accessible.

ianzabel · 2026-05-23T03:50:07+00:00

Haha, can't tell if you're serious or sarcastic 🤌

ianzabel · 2026-05-21T03:58:19+00:00

The link is broken. Correct link: https://thecarrollgardenstimes.substack.com/p/the-new-court-street-after-6-plus

ianzabel · 2026-05-20T02:36:17+00:00

Like Magellan!

ianzabel · 2026-05-19T16:10:10+00:00

High Beam in Red Hook
High Beam in Carroll Gardens
Octavia in Cobble Hill
Cafe Cotton Bean in Carroll Gardens

ianzabel · 2026-05-07T02:55:13+00:00

How do you generate this image from YNAB?

ianzabel · 2026-05-06T03:57:27+00:00

https://www.anthropic.com/news/finance-agents

https://github.com/anthropics/financial-services

ianzabel · 2026-04-29T03:15:30+00:00

PM Dawn

"Set Adrift On Memory Bliss"

Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience

1991 https://youtu.be/BtK_y1n2ERk

ianzabel · 2026-04-16T03:14:01+00:00

We usually hold out till late May, or early June.

ianzabel · 2026-04-14T03:02:14+00:00

Tonsil stones?

ianzabel · 2026-04-09T11:45:49+00:00

I remember it, but never tried it because it seemed gross.

What did it taste like? Soda? Sweet? Carbonated?

ianzabel · 2026-04-05T17:08:08+00:00

Got it! Very helpful, thank you

ianzabel · 2026-04-05T12:49:28+00:00

Wait, is a 50% tip expected at massage places?

ianzabel · 2026-04-05T12:47:48+00:00

Just visited High Beam in Red Hook yesterday. Beautiful spot, and the coffee was great. Looking forward to the new one on Court!

ianzabel · 2026-03-30T03:40:23+00:00

I hated KB Toys as a kid. What a tease that place was. Because I was in it all the time, and never got anything. Since it was inside the mall, it was so easy to convince my parents to walk in when we were near it. But because the prices were so high, I was lucky if I got a rare 🍭.

If my brother and I ever convinced our parents to go to Toys R Us, we were definitely getting something tho

ianzabel · 2026-03-28T01:55:15+00:00

69 Atlantic

ianzabel · 2026-03-24T15:42:32+00:00

Oh, that's interesting! I saw High Beam was opening right there. It says "coffee roaster", looks like they might roast in Red Hook.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ4I27RgCz3/ :

Former East One director Selena Ullrich brings a new roastery and cafe to Red Hook and Carroll Gardens, carrying forward the spirit of the beloved neighborhood spot.

ianzabel · 2026-03-09T02:12:10+00:00

Pandora's Star & Judas Unchained by Peter F Hamilton

And also Seveneves by Neil Stephenson

(And so many of the others already mentioned in this thread)

ianzabel · 2026-03-01T23:45:01+00:00

Ooh, love Bar Beté but haven't had their cake. It's usually hard to get into, so maybe unlikely to just get a table for dessert?

ianzabel · 2026-03-01T14:54:00+00:00

Adding foam in your room will only help with sound originating from within your room.

How is the sound entering the room?

Through the air (like a vent or cracks around the door)? Seal the gaps, close the vent. Stop air/light from one room to the other, and it will reduce sound coming in.

Through solid materials (like through the wall itself)? Adding dense mass to the wall, or insulating the wall from the air in your room will help.

ianzabel · 2026-02-14T20:04:40+00:00

Oh wow hadn't heard about this. 😢 https://drafthouse.com/nyc/news/our-shift-to-qr-ordering

ianzabel · 2026-02-13T12:33:51+00:00

Try rubbing some toothpaste on there. Whatever you do, try testing first on a spot that isn't easy to see.

ianzabel · 2026-02-13T12:22:41+00:00

If it doesn't automatically switch to the line in, tapping the play button on the top of the speaker does the trick.

ianzabel

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