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  Kommentar till text 24264 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 RH> We're no where near affluent enough to be able to afford NYC.

 ML> There are ways of "doing" New York without breaking the
 ML> bank. One can stay at a perfectly respectable hotel in
 ML> Joisey for cheap (meaning $100 a night), finding one with
 ML> free parking and a shuttle to the train station. The NJT
 ML> train is probably about $5 into town. Of course, there's
 ML> nothing free in Manhattan any more but Central Park, but
 ML> one can always go for senior or retired military discounts.
 ML> Food? Eat in the suburbs, or do the street food thing, or
 ML> sandwiches at, say, Papaya King. Or Chinese food, always a
 ML> good bet. Or uptown around Columbia (or farther, if you
 ML> are feeling adventurous and ironclad).

We'll probably hold off for a bit, have some other travelling planned.

 RH> Wouldn't mind seeing a Broadway show, just for the experience, if we
 RH> could afford it, and found the right show. Also, if I had the money, a

 ML> Well. There's the half-price ticket booth TKTS, where the
 ML> tickets are no longer half price, plus there's a service
 ML> charge. Last time I went to the Twyla Tharp production
 ML> based on Sinatra songs called "Come Fly with Me" - it
 ML> cost about $100 a head, even at TKTS with discounts. You
 ML> can try for rush seats in the nosebleed section (something
 ML> I can't consider for eyesight issues) by showing up at the
 ML> theater the day of a performance.

I'd want seats closer in too. I don't know what's on B'way now, if
there's anything worth going to see or not.


 RH> swing thru the garment district for sewing stuff could be a fun trip.

 ML> That I'd not know anything about!

OTOH, I could spend a day and a lot of $$ just in a small portion of the
district. And, I know what to go for in it as well.


 ML> that I go there maybe once a year, see a couple museums,
 ML> dine a couple times with friends, and then out of there
 ML> about as fast as my wings can take me.
 RH> And you don't have to worry about traffic, since you're not driving.

 ML> Who is it whose slogan was "leave the driving to us"?

Greyhound, IIRC. I've come in to and out of the Port Authority via bus
several times.

 ML> Sensible people don't drive in the city. I once conned
 ML> the Shipps into taking me to Aura's house, but that was
 ML> late at night, and there wasn't so much traffic.

 ML> But time before last when I was on the bus to Manhattan
 ML> it took an hour just to get across town to Port Authority.

The city is not a fun place to drive in.

 RH> Curry ketchup? It's not my favorite condiment either. As far as it
 RH> goes, I don't use much regular ketchup either.

 ML> I wish the Germans would stick with native foods that they
 ML> know about - kebabs and pilaf and stuff like that. Currywurst
 ML> is more worst than curry.

It's the wurst of the curry? (G)

 RH> Tempting, but I think I'd rather have a biscuit with it and eat higher
 RH> protein the rest of the day. I'd rather not have that much milk, even
 RH> with a pill or 2; I just don't care for the taste of regular milk that
 RH> much any more.

 ML> I just imagine that it's sausage chowder and suck it up and
 ML> do the pills thing. The best commercial version I've had is
 ML> at the Sheraton in Anchorage, where Lilli gets free breakfast
 ML> for two (only if she's staying there of course). It's real
 ML> white sauce made from scratch using sausage drippings, with
 ML> large knobs of sagey pork sunk in the pot. I'd generally get
 ML> a cereal bowl and fill it with the stuff, and that would be
 ML> breakfast, and lunch, too, if I had seconds. Last time we were
 ML> there, there was no ladle in the pot, so I inquired of the
 ML> staff, who said, we're out of biscuits, so we didn't bother.
 ML> I looked funny at the bearer of these news, and he said, oh,
 ML> yeah, you could use a waffle, and went off and got a big
 ML> serving spoon. I did my usual; unfortunately, though it was
 ML> good, it wasn't like usual and not good enough for me to want
 ML> to squander the pills for a second bowlful.

It's tempting, but I'll pass for now. I've had enough carbs already
today.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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