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Lazarus Bocanegra

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  1. Not going to read through the thread yet, but Mrs. Laz and I are currently watching for the first time. We're about halfway through season 2. I intentionally stayed away in the early days so that we'd be able to go through it all once the series finished, and just didn't get around to it until now. With this much distance, it's fairly easy to avoid spoilers, but every time I get the urge to look up one of the actors, I run a real risk.
  2. the new sushi spot on ella is serviceable. /Laz
  3. Thought it was good. Took me about two weeks to get through it, including one night when I fell asleep and had to go back to my previous stopping point. And if you're looking to read the film as Scorsese's mea culpa for all the mob glamorizing over the years, one need only contrast the prison scenes at the end with those in Goodfellas
  4. Went to MAD last weekend for our anniversary. Like the Madrilenos do, we booked a 10:30 dinner reservation. Place is unholy bananas of a scene, and the food was outstanding. Good enough that I got over the ridiculousness of the place. Will be back. Suckling pig rice for the win.
  5. I'm old enough to remember when General Abbott did some employment sleight-of-hand so that he could hire his campaign manager to be his 1st Lieutenant AG who would be placed in charge of what was essentially a 700-lawyer litigation department and who had never tried a case in the scant years since graduating law school
  6. if you're looking for colorado-like skiing, don't bother with NE. If you just want to strap boards to your feet and slide down a mountain, it will suffice. Killington, Stowe are decent
  7. yeah this shit is a beating. I'll believe the cooler temps when they get here. I bought a hydration vest from Orange Mud about a month ago and it's been a life saver. I'm going out for long runs with 2L in the bladder, a 600ml hydrapak with tailwind, and another 600ml in the bag with tailwind preloaded when the first one runs out. 20 miler this saturday. No matter how early I get up and on the road, I'm still gonna be taking a beating for an hour or two of sunlight since I'm slow. 3.5 weeks out from MCM. Been reading up on what an overcrowded, disorganized, shitshow I'm in for. Bring it on. On a different note, I've always been a shorts-with-liner kind of guy. A buddy of mine in Hong Kong is obsessed with the T8 Sherpa Shorts and sent me a pair along with their Commando underwear. I tried them out on a 5 mile run yesterday, and preliminary results are holy shit. The shorts have a built-in stretchy belt are great for carrying a bottle, towel, keys and phone, and the commandos are very breathable, snug the junk, and hit right at that sweet spot on the inner thigh that always gets a chafed at high mileage. I'll probably put both in the kit for MCM. As much as regular running shorts are these days, the sherpas + commandos are only moderately more expensive.
  8. Oaxaca City is badass and you are definitely doing it wrong if you don't have a 4 hour lunch at Criollo while sipping mezcal
  9. I was at the Washington Square Hotel right across the street. Somehow I managed 2 nights for ~$700 during the UN General Session when even the Springhill Suites was going for $800/night. There was linoleum on the floor of the room and the bed inexplicably had rollers on it. Strange, but ultimately a non-issue. Love the neighborhood, and if your business takes you to both downtown and midtown, there isn't a more convenient location. 20 minutes each way
  10. Late to the game on this one, but we started it last week and have binged our way halfway through S3. It's a terrific show. I'm a huge Maron fan, and thought his role in this was only a bit part. Had no idea he was a main player. Lots of his standup schtick shows up in his dialogue, but it works, and his self-reflection and emotional honesty is 100% on-brand.
  11. just got caught back up and this show is still very good. Not liking at all where Frankie's dumbassedry is leading, but they've been setting that up since the pilot. Also, that strange confusion of the early days of the AIDS epidemic aside, it is curious that millionaire has zero reservations about sexing former prostitute turned porn star.
  12. perhaps the greatest bit of philatelic humor in movie history, and a damn good money spender too
  13. Dinner at Babbo was fantastic. No pics. Had the pig's foot milanese and the gnocchi with braised oxtails. Both were delicious. I audibly laughed when the pig's foot came out because it had been pounded thin (what else was I expecting) and looked like Barf's foot after it gets crushed in Spaceballs. I may never not stay in the village again. Had work downtown and midtown, and it was perfectly situated to get to both in <20 mins.
  14. furk. On another note, if one is staying across the street from Babbo, does one really need to look further in the area for a one-night dining option?
  15. I would keep going to 110th. There's some cool topography and trails in the north side of the park. Keep in mind that every feature you see in the park is man made. Every outcropping was carved into the bedrock, every babbling brook has a valve somewhere that will shut it off
  16. I was hesitant for many reasons, but caved a couple of years ago. Been on rosuvastatin, no side effects.
  17. concur entirely. I just spent a few minutes reading about the movie and seeing the phrase liberatis tutemet ex infera literally sent chills up my spine. I love the whole premise of the movie, the construction of the gravity drive, and the sheer friggin terror of the whole affair. And to have pulled it all off in that twilight period between advanced special effects and full-blown CGI meltdown--standing ovation, slow clap, 100% in for this series if it gets made
  18. My Saeco shit the bed about six months ago and I dropped it off at Espresso RMI in Dallas back in July. Picking it up Friday morning after about $300 in diagnostic and repair costs. I am beyond excite. I've gotten used to not having push-button espresso first thing in the am, but I'm looking forward to getting right back on the horse
  19. Did a quick weekend recently to take some clients to the Houston v. NYCFC game. I have not been since construction turned LGA into worse of a shitshow than its previous incarnation. The shuttle to the cab stand wasn't working, so I somehow managed to find an uber driver that was willing to brave the hellscape for the meager fare to Flushing and crushed an order of Szechuan Wontons at the White Bear on Prince Street. An uber from LGA to the UWS was going to run $70. $13 to flushing, $7 for wontons, and $14 for a LIRR ticket to Penn. Won that round. Spent some time running the westside greenway and did a 12 mile run in Central Park. Along the way I hopped a citi bike and rode it from 77th and Madison to 39th and 5th in Brooklyn. Nothing like pretending you're Quicksilver Kevin Bacon on a 50lb lumbering beast. Those CVT drivetrains are the bee's knees. Ate bagels. Drank coffee.
  20. right there with you. Ran an easy 12 in NYC last weekend. Woke up just a little late yesterday, hit the bricks at 7:30 for 13.1, got rained on almost immediately, and then straight to 100+ heat index. Bonked at 10. limped home and called it quits at 12. Somebody remind me why I agreed to a fall marathon
  21. This has been our civil war for years already. Know your enemies. https://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/133469/The_Turner_Diaries.pdf
  22. Been digging on You're Wrong About lately. Sounds similar to American Scandal discussed above, which I haven't listened to. Started with Terri Schiavo episode, Lewinsky, Clinton Impeachment, Iran-Contra, and a couple of others. Entertaining stuff.
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