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Seinfeldiana
Thu, 07/21/2005 - 06:31 — deadprogrammer
You know, living in New York you actually get to experience many Seinfeldian moments. The Soup Nazi’s store is shuttered and for sale, but it’s still there for the moment. Almost everyone I know, me including, got an unvitation (aka nonvite) to a wedding in India at least once. Loads of people are celebrating Festivus. And if you want, you can get to see Dominicans rolling cigars right before your own eyes. For 400 bucks you can hire them for your party (that comes out to 8 bucks per cigar which is not bad at all). Cigar rolling is a very intricate art and a very cool thing to watch. La Rosa Cubana cigar store/factory is located on 6th avenue between 30th and 31st. The guys there were kind enough to let me take a picture. Here is a cigar maker’s workstation, complete with inspiration. Unlike in that Seinfeld episode, these guys know how to roll cigars just right. Their King Churchill is very good. |
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My name is Michael Krakovskiy, and this is my blog.
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100 Views of the Empire State Building project: I try to take 100 interesting photos of Manhattan’s (sadly) tallest building.
My Gastronomic Adventures: I eat weird food - from 13 year old New Coke to Durian and parasitic fungi.
My attempts to grow exotic plants: pineapples, coconuts, etc.
My photos, mostly of New York City.
My musings about architecture mostly illustrated with my own photos. Would you like to learn about a mental patient who died at 103 who served as a model for some very famous sculptures? How about Brooklyn’s ugliest building? How about a wooden skyscraper?
I find myself frequently writing about logos. The most popular article I ever wrote is about the redesigns of the Starbucks logo.
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Psywarrior
Yes, Virginia There Is Synergy
Call Time Police - We’ve Got a Time Traveler
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dude, i hope you bought AMGN for your IRA account.
Oh man, festivus…. god I tried so hard for so many years to get my wife to let me put up the pole.
Hearing that others keep it would bring tears to my eyes if I wasn’r so blasé.
You have dissapointed me very much with this.
My family has pretty much turned “The airing of grievances” into a daily occurrence. Fortunately, we’re all too broken down for the “Feats of strength”….. :)
Well, you can always find something better to do.
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