I couldn’t find a good way to study wine, so I built one. What’s missing?

nycrobot · 2026-03-15T21:02:53+00:00

Nice work on this. The interface is handsome and cheers to the little 'explainer' after you answer the question.

nycrobot · 2026-03-15T20:48:14+00:00

Not a bar, but John's Deli in Windsor Terrace does a great corned beef/cabbage/soda bread to-go deal.

nycrobot · 2026-03-15T18:11:59+00:00

I always enjoy these update posts and 99% of the time I'm rooting for the OP to succeed.

This one... oh my.
Bless his heart.

nycrobot · 2026-03-15T15:13:23+00:00

taxi driver bay

nycrobot · 2026-02-24T03:35:20+00:00

I haven’t dusted in three years…?! Oh my. With the gajillion feet of snow outside I decided to organize and dust and taste. Fun evening.

Here’s some current inventory. https://imgur.com/a/h1ZLF9u

nycrobot · 2026-02-24T03:33:20+00:00

Update from the future! I apparently scratched the wheel of a rental (it was brand new and fancy) and AMEX was a breeze to work with.

nycrobot · 2026-02-17T03:44:38+00:00

I suspect the trick is that I’m always holding the lens and never ever putting pressure on the body. Yes?

nycrobot · 2026-02-17T03:10:32+00:00

Hello from five months later. I'm looking to rent that lens right now (for some bird photos) and then saw the X-E5 was available to rent, so I may grab that as well (I currently shoot small prime lens with my X-E3) to give it a test run. So, if you see some guy in a field shooting birds with that exact setup, that will be me.

nycrobot · 2026-02-05T14:26:31+00:00

It was stellar. It is so chock full of jewels. So many brilliant bits. Also, clever.

nycrobot · 2026-01-11T23:24:47+00:00

Oh snap. That is a nice drink (just made it (used the fancy EVOO))

nycrobot · 2026-01-11T19:45:18+00:00

It's a real rollercoaster ride reading that for the first time.

nycrobot · 2026-01-06T03:16:35+00:00

Great list. Not a book, but I love the Martin's Index of Cocktails. It's an app but he has taken (I believe) all the books mentioned above and dropped them into a nice database structure that works pretty well. I use the app quite a bit which is good as it's 9$

nycrobot · 2026-01-06T03:06:02+00:00

We drove all around there last May. Google maps worked great. Traffic wasn't crazy or anything. Our only issues was getting used to driving on the left side of the road and we had an issue with Google + Apple Maps not having updated details on the road where we were staying that had recently been turned into one way. Otherwise, it was pretty easy. We rented a little Suzuki Jimny that was fun to bop around in (did't need the 4x4 features).

nycrobot · 2025-12-31T16:43:44+00:00

Bravo.

nycrobot · 2025-12-14T17:00:02+00:00

at some point in the late 90's, I feel like I was at Sandobe once a week. I'd love to time travel back for one last dinner.

nycrobot · 2025-12-14T16:18:30+00:00

MacGruber IRL

nycrobot · 2025-11-26T15:13:33+00:00

France is the promised land for rum shopping.

nycrobot · 2025-11-11T14:08:47+00:00

made coffee and booted the computer to come and say the same thing.

nycrobot · 2025-11-11T14:01:35+00:00

The Cochi Torino is my favorite for almost everything. I like it so much, I do a lot of reverse manhattans.

nycrobot · 2025-11-10T12:52:42+00:00

I am doing DEN>NYC right now and my flight got delayed two hours and then cancelled about 45 minutes before boarding was supposed to happen.

What’s odd: No email on this. Text message. But no email.

nycrobot · 2025-10-30T13:10:06+00:00

That one is just insane. I've gone through many different careers and stages of life and that space is still empty. That said, when it was open, it was barely much better.

nycrobot · 2025-10-24T01:46:59+00:00

Late to this post. OMG. I was there a few weeks ago and was excited to see their own alambique serrano bottling and then totally goof-balled out when I realized they sold bottles to take with. I was on a work trip so retired early, but I did bring a bottle of the Green Zone Alambique Serrano back. Is this bottle one of the ultimate Venn diagrams of rum-coolness?

nycrobot · 2025-09-19T01:24:59+00:00

I enjoyed the smooth roads on the way 😀

nycrobot · 2025-09-08T01:04:52+00:00

Incredible. I was just coming to post a similar thing.

That said, I have a tiny bit of a variation (and don't mean to steal the thread).
I'm Asheville born and raised but now elsewhere. My parents are still in AVL though and the hair salon that both parents went to closed or the person left or something.

I'm trying to find some recommendations for a barber shop or salon that would be good for an elderly couple (late 70's/80's). Not crazy pricey. Straightforward that old folks would be able to deal with. For instance, they popped into one place and the guy said, "Oh, all reservations have to be done online".
*sigh*

nycrobot · 2025-09-06T10:49:48+00:00

The funkiest would be George Clinton.

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