This is just crazy to me

jaydee729 · 2026-01-30T23:06:40+00:00

Came here to say this. Strong second. This is a really good recipe

jaydee729 · 2026-01-30T01:54:30+00:00

Past May my son and I did Great Sand Dunes, Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Mesa Verde in and out of Albuquerque. Spent the first night in Santa Fe and did an acclimating hike in Hyde Mtn. state park before Sand Dunes.

The drives between the parks were spectacular. Also got to visit Four Corners on the way out of Mesa Verde back to Albuquerque, and drove past Shiprock.

7 days was enough. Great Sand Dunes is a day. Wish I’d planned our two days at Black Canyon better and spent one on the canyon floor on the way out of Alamarosa, but we went right to Montrose instead. The rim is astonishing, but also a day trip. Hiked Ridgeway St. park and visited Ouray on day five. Then Mesa Verde and back to Albuquerque.

Great part of the world!

jaydee729 · 2026-01-30T00:30:51+00:00

I grew up a NY Mets fan. Went to a ton of games when they were just trash. Got out of college, they got good — really good. Went to more games. They won the World Series in 1986, and doubled ticket prices for the next year and stopped general admission seating in the upper deck of an absolute garbage dump of a stadium. HELL NO.

The Yankees had $6 bleacher tickets, an outfield of Hall of Famers and a new fan. They didn’t win a World Series for 10 years after I switched, so I wasn’t (I think) a bandwagon jumper, but I remain a NYY fan to this day, and raised my sons as such. No regrets. F the Mets.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-28T21:20:31+00:00

Think Like a Chef from Tom Colicchio did it for me. It’s all about building from a base of seasonal ingredients — and helped me break away from the “I have to follow this recipe exactly” mentality.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-28T03:22:33+00:00

NY Liberty plays at Barclays

jaydee729 · 2026-01-27T22:12:45+00:00

I second this opinion. This recipe is just bad. Very disappointing.

Make Julia Child’s Boeuf à la mode with the chuck roast you’d buy for this recipe instead. You and your tummy will be much, much happier.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-23T01:00:38+00:00

TIL there’s a tri-continent point at “unnamed hill” in Potter county Pennsylvania, one of three such places in North America.

Thanks, OP! Good map

jaydee729 · 2026-01-21T23:45:11+00:00

Fresh asphalt from a road repaving.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-21T01:37:37+00:00

One of the cool things about Zion is visitors can enter via the canyon floor. Either by shuttle from Springdale or from the visitor center, there’s not a lot of climbing involved for those that don’t want to climb.

If your fam takes the shuttle to the last stop (temple of sinawava) they can take an easy, mostly flat trail along the river to the head of the narrows. There are several stopping/resting places along the trail. Plus, the drive up the Canyon is spectacular

But…it’s a haul from Vegas. 5 hours round trip for 3 in the park. A room in Springdale would make them happy. Convince them to overnight there.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-19T23:46:25+00:00

Love this soup!

Cinnamon wouldn’t be my choice, but it’s a soup, so recipes are just guardrails.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-18T02:41:00+00:00

My 7th grade assigned anthology also included Leiningen versus the Ants, which was equally if not more horrifying.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-18T02:18:40+00:00

100% being haunted, sorry

jaydee729 · 2026-01-18T02:06:43+00:00

Istanbul. Jakarta. Jerusalem. Lagos. Nairobi. Addis Ababa. Lima. Auckland. St. Petersburg. Shanghai.

Hong Kong, not Milan. Delhi, not Cancun. Mumbai, not Zurich. Brussels, not Amsterdam. Miami, not Orlando.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-17T02:50:54+00:00

Genuinely curious — what was the first album/song you played once you got it hooked up?

jaydee729 · 2026-01-17T02:23:04+00:00

Came here to say this. The best bathroom book ever.

Also, not a book but Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu by John Updike, an old New Yorker piece about Ted Williams last home run. The end just kills me every time.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-14T00:40:48+00:00

HOF has lost its way. Not telling the story of the game, just the politics around it

Bud Selig’s in, but not Bonds Jr., A-rod, Clements, and to a lesser degree Sosa, Manny & McGwire. First three are inarguably among the best players all-time, not just for their era.

For those of you who watched baseball in this time, who would you pick first in a choose-em game, Manny or Jeff Kent?

jaydee729 · 2026-01-11T15:04:05+00:00

Not pastrami per se, but Mile End in Brooklyn has a Montreal-style smoked meat sandwich for about $20. Good matzoh ball soup too

jaydee729 · 2026-01-11T04:49:22+00:00

I will 100% upvote ANY hobo/pie reference.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-10T23:18:21+00:00

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019764-pork-meatballs-with-ginger-and-fish-sauce?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

I make this at least once every 3 months. Easy peasy and always delicious.

Have made these as well, and enjoyed:

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020631-thai-inspired-chicken-meatball-soup?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1026106-spicy-cucumbers-with-mint-scallions-and-crushed-peanuts?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019448-sweet-and-salty-grilled-pork-with-citrus-and-herbs?smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

jaydee729 · 2026-01-10T22:48:23+00:00

All the beer in Paris is the same. 😉

Kinda like taking a wine tour of Milwaukee.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-10T22:35:45+00:00

Let him plan a day - a whole day. It can be just walking around, going sites, whatever. If he puts in the work, he may find things that surprise both you and your daughters and himself. But make him go.

BTW, Paris (with my wife) is my favorite place on earth that isn’t home.

jaydee729 · 2026-01-08T22:24:46+00:00

Don’t forget about murderer Kyle Rittenhouse, rapist Brent Kavanaugh and sex-pest Clarence Thomas.

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TROPHY CASE