Showing posts with label New York. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

和風日式炸豬排

Japanese fried pork chop
今天下班一時興起,看到冰箱裡有兩盒豬排,突然腦袋裡浮出了日式炸豬排的畫面@﹍@

雖然身在美國,在這邊要吃炸豬排其實是一件很方便的事。(就像在台灣出門轉角7-11買御飯糰一樣方便吧!)拿起電話打給佐治(Saji)或Cafe Swish,二十分鐘豬排就會送來了,好像也不需要大費周章動手親自下廚。不過兩盒豬排在手,在加上記憶中的和風炸豬排一直跟我呼喚讓我口水直流,想想Rachel Ray的名言:「A great meal is only 30 minutes away!」我還是自己動手吧!


材料:
豬肉片(Pork chop - butterfly cut) x 4
麵包粉
麵粉/pancake粉
蛋 x 2
醬油
鹽
糖
沙拉油

作法:
1. 先用刀背或著鎚肉的鎚子把豬肉拍軟拍扁。肉片因為是butterfly cut,會有一條「脊」,請對準多拍幾下,拍軟拍扁才會好炸+好吃。
2. 醃肉:把醬油、糖、鹽、少量沙拉油跟肉片放在碗中混合,放到冰箱冰二十分鐘(或更久,看你有多少時間)。
3. 打蛋。加入一些麵粉,會有一些麵粉塊,所以要花點功夫打均勻。
4. 拿一個淺盤子倒入麵包粉,如果沒有麵包粉,可以用超硬的美國麵包拿去用果汁機打碎,我就是這樣做的。
5. 肉醃好以後,燒一鍋熱油吧。
6. 夾一塊肉片沾滿蛋汁,裹上麵包粉,放到鍋裡炸,口水不要滴到油鍋裡喔:-)
7. 過給分鐘將肉片翻面,炸到金黃。
8. 重複6-7 直到肉片用完。假如油不夠請記得再添加。
9. 起鍋。

註:
1. 材料比例份量請隨意。
2. 豬排可以配自己喜歡的醬,例如泰式酸甜辣醬。
3. 可以配高麗菜絲跟檸檬。

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Friday, February 22, 2008

Finally snowing

Heavy snow
Now matter how heavy the snow is, we still have to go to school...

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Monday, January 21, 2008

One if by land, two if by sea

Entrance (Carriage house) - One if by land
紐約餐廳週終於開始了,利用這個機會,我們終於有機會到這家傳說中紐約最浪漫的餐廳朝聖「註1」。


坦白說,這家餐廳的外表真是一點都不起眼,畢竟它是之前十八世紀的carriage house改裝的「註2」,位在Barrow Street的入口,很容易經過而完全沒有注意到。不過裡面的裝潢,真是古色古香,壁畫跟火爐讓人有暫時離開了吵雜髒亂紐約的錯覺。

A picture is worth a thousand words. 我想還是用照片讓大家感受這家餐廳的氣氛吧。

古典的壁爐跟裝潢。
Entrance decoration - One if by land

進門後就是吧台。
Bar - One if by land

這就是一樓華麗的dining room「註3」。
Dining room - One if by land

現場的浪漫鋼琴演奏。
Live piano music - One if by land

今晚的菜色,還不錯吃「註4」。
Dinner - One if by land, two if by sea.

註:
1. 因為浪漫,所以這家餐廳也是紐約無數情侶求婚、定情處。

2. carriage house就是以前以馬車為主要交通工具時,用來放馬車的地方。看大門入口的照片不難想像吧。

3. 當然,餐廳週時每家餐廳都大爆滿,One if by land, two if by sea也不例外。它餐廳內分為兩層,樓下是照片中有美麗燭光跟吊燈的dining room,樓上(還是算做balcony?)則是「稍稍」擁擠,兩桌之間間隔不到40公分的小房間。樓上一樣有壁畫跟燭光伴你共進晚餐,但是假如你沒有坐在靠一樓dining room的balcony窗戶,很有可能你是完全聽不到美妙的現場鋼琴伴奏。所以訂位時請盡量訂一樓的位置。

4. 這家餐廳印象中視沒有a la carte(一道一道菜單點)的服務,完全是套餐(prix fixe)的形式消費。一套套餐最低$75大洋,這就是為甚麼我們要趁餐廳週趕去利用$35大洋的折扣價湊熱鬧了。

餐廳地點:
One if by land, two if by sea.
17 Barrow Street, New York, NY


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Beef noodle soup - 清燉牛肉湯麵

Beef noodle soup

不久之前心血來潮做了清燉牛肉湯麵,照了照片但是一直沒有寫blog紀錄。其實以前這道菜也蠻常做的,但是今天我想說萬一以後哪天做菜的點子用盡,臨時想不出要做什麼菜,我可以翻翻自己的blog,抽籤決定要做什麼給自己吃。

準備材料:
義大利天使麵線(angel hair)
牛肉(chuck steak)
蕃茄
洋蔥
糖
鹽
黑胡椒(可有可無)
馬鈴薯(可有可無)

作法:
1. 為了省時間,燒兩鍋水(A,B)。
2. 等水滾的時候,牛肉切塊,切洋蔥、蕃茄,準備鹽跟糖。
3. 於A 鍋川燙牛肉,川燙後移到另一鍋(B)繼續煮。
4. 將蕃茄、洋蔥、馬鈴薯等等加入B 鍋,煮到滿意為止(請用眼睛、鼻子跟筷子判斷)。
5. 在4.進行時,把A 鍋洗好,燒水準備煮麵。
6. 麵煮好之後,放入B 鍋的牛肉、菜跟湯,上菜!

註:
1. Angel hair是一種超級細義大利麵,煮久一點,會變得很Q,口感很像麵線。我不曉得紐約哪邊有賣麵線或者是好吃的(中式)麵條,我也不太想花時間去找,巷口(其實是好幾個blocks away)超市賣的Angel hair是我心目中最合適做湯麵的No. 1。
2. Beef chuck在超市都是一片一片牛排的包裝,他的口感比起超市賣的beef for stew不知道好幾千萬倍,會帶有一些牛筋,也不會吃起來乾乾硬硬的。
3. 我做菜對於食材的量相當隨性,大家做菜高興加多少牛肉、幾顆蕃茄或洋蔥自己衡量,高興就好。

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Sunday, January 6, 2008

New York Winter Restaurant Week 2008


今年紐約的冬季餐廳週終於開始了。從Jan 21到Feb 1,星期一到五,紐約許多知名餐廳將會提出「相對」便宜的套餐,讓你可以以較低的價錢,享受到平日每人動輒七八十塊美金的西餐廳用餐的樂趣。

所謂比較便宜的價錢是什麼呢?這個價錢每年都會隨著物價波動而改變,根據餐廳週網站的說明,今年的公定價錢為:午餐$24.07,晚餐$35.00。午晚餐都是三道菜的prix-fixe套餐,不過因為晚餐價格稍貴,晚餐菜單的內容可能會包括比較不同的選擇「註」。

有興趣的朋友可以先到各大美食評論網站(雜誌)參考一下各家餐廳的評價。我通常會去紐約時報的Dining & Wine版,或者是New York Magazine的Restaurant版,利用他們的搜尋功能找到行家們對各家餐廳的評價,以及各餐廳註明的菜色。舉例來說,紐約市有一家知名的日式餐廳Nobu,假如用New York Magazine來搜尋,我們可以發現這個餐廳主廚Nobu Matsuhisa的招牌菜是那幾道:

his miso-marinated black cod, rock shrimp with spicy mayonnaise, and tuna tartare with a bed of crushed avocado all have stood the test of time


這個網站也會順便跟你說這家餐廳的價位如何,有哪幾道菜是非點不可的,以及從1到10一般消費者的評價。例如:

Recommended Dishes
Kumamoto oysters with Maui onion salsa, $10; black cod with miso, $19; Omakase dinner, starts at $80 per person


當然餐廳週菜單不一定會剛好cover推薦的菜餚,不過總是可以幫忙抓個方向,知道哪些菜可能比較特別。如過要更仔細的做功課,當然還是要去把餐廳的menu調出來,用Google好好研究大家的評價囉!

想要抓住這個罕見的機會到紐約高級餐廳看看嗎?請到opentable.com訂位。

註:當然小費是不包括在內的。請自行加入計算。

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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Super Mario Galaxy - 結局??


好不容易,馬力歐終於集到了足夠的星星,開著太空站到了宇宙中心。
打了上百個galaxy之後,顯然我的功力已經提昇得還不錯,沒有花太多時間就把大魔王打敗了,也終於解救了被他控制的宇宙,galaxy能夠恢復正常。

破關之後,原本以為遊戲就到此為止(可以專心做研究了???)不過回到太空站卻發現Rosalina跟我說另外再集滿50顆星星,可以解開隱藏的關卡。看來這個遊戲還真的是值回票價,打完大魔王後還有這麼多的關卡可以讓我有空慢慢玩。

剩下的這些隱藏關卡想必都是挑戰性極高的,例如要蒐集三顆綠色星星才能解開的trial galaxy,就有可以測試你會不會手振的Rolling Gizmo Galaxy跟Electric Labyrinth。(當然youtube上面有影片,可是還沒過關以前千萬不要看!!)想到有50個挑戰性高的galaxies心理就高興~

馬力歐的結局??看來還有一陣子我才會知道了。

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

Riverside Church, New York

Church in the Clouds
幾個月前去New Jersey玩,順手在Hudson River對岸拍了一張Riverside Church的照片,放在Flickr上面。沒想到前一個禮拜,竟然有一個旅遊網站(Schmap New York)寫信給我請我授權讓他們使用我的照片。

這個旅遊網站看起來滿有意思的,首頁放了一張互動式的紐約地圖,旁邊的旅遊內容,是依照歷史或主題分類的。再配合上Flickr裡面的照片,旅客們應該很容易就可以找到心目中理想的景點。有興趣的朋友可以在我網站右下角看到縮小版的地圖。

除了Riverside Church, 這個網站我再粗略地看了一下,該有的紐約景點應該都有包含了,不過就介紹而言,內容似乎稍嫌單薄,每個景點都是一個paragraph簡單帶過。不過既然這是一個免費的網站,大家就看看照片跟簡單的景點介紹,想要深入再Google別人的遊記好了。這邊想到一點它的好處:這個旅遊簡介有pack成電腦上可以直接執行的一個小程式,可以download再在自己電腦上看。假如有PDA的話帶著出去玩應該就很方便吧。

接下來是對應我照片的旅遊景點說明:

Riverside Church

490 Riverside Drive

New York, NY 10027

Tel: +1 212 222 5900

www.theriversidechurchny.org

A soaring neo-gothic church with architecture inspired by the cathedral at Chartres, this church houses the world's second largest carillon in its impressive tower. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave the bells to the church in memory of his mother. Construction was begun 1927 and completed by 1930. Riverside Church, which is interdenominational, is also a thriving multicultural community center and sponsors a wide array of programs including anti-racism and anti-poverty initiatives. Carillon recitals are held on Sundays and on special occasions. Check the schedule for regular services and tours.

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Sunday, December 2, 2007

Winter has finally come!


今天紐約市終於「正式地」下了今年第一場雪。
希望隨著這場雪,心情能有所轉換,不愉快順心的事能夠隨風而飄去。

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Friday, November 9, 2007

Barcode scanner


今天在玩我的MacBook,發現Mac上面好玩的東西還真不少。

其中有一個很有意思的程式,Delicious Library,這個玩意兒能夠建檔案清單,管理你所有大大小小、從幼稚園到現在買過,在床頭櫃、書架上、電視旁的堆積如山的小說、CD、跟DVD。

能管理書本清單並不是一件大不了的事,Delicious Library吸引我的地方,是他精美與使用者友善的介面,建檔之後,一本一本的書整齊的列在螢幕中的書架上,讓人忍不住驚嘆自己擁有書籍之多、學識之廣博。看著這有質感的桃木書架,好像比拿到博士學位還神氣。

Delicious Library最方便的地方,就是你可以用你那小巧玲瓏的webcam,來充當barcode scanner。稍稍對一下焦之後,書本的條碼立刻被Delicious Library辨識而登錄在你的資料庫中。一眨眼,七本哈利波特就掃描完畢正式進入我的個人圖書館了。

可憐的Windows使用者,Delicious Monster(Delicious Library的製作公司)已經明白表示你們在可預期的將來是不可能享受到Delicious Library帶給你們的便利(還有視覺上的享受):Delicious Library將會留在Mac的世界朝極致美學的目標邁進。不過沒有關係,來玩個網路版的barcode掃描器過過乾癮吧!拿出你塵封已久的web cam,對準書櫃上離你手邊最近的那本書,享受掃描建檔的樂趣吧。

註:請先按accept開始使用這個程式介面。



延伸影片:David Pogue on New York Times

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

未來的紐約市容 - 上西城區

想像一下未來的紐約,假如我們可以把所有地面上的交通問題解決,這個城市會變成什麼樣子呢?紐約會是一個行人friendly的好住所嗎?


See more events at: Livable streets

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Thursday, November 1, 2007

美國的柚子

很多人以為美國沒有柚子,中秋的時候假如不去Chinatown買就沒有辦法享受吃柚子賞月的樂趣。

其實呢,這是不正確的。在美國超市是買得到柚子的,只是他的形狀跟顏色都和台灣的柚子差了十萬八千里。更不要說看到柚子的英文名字(pomelo/ pummelo/ pommelo)你可以反射想到:「哇!有賣柚子ㄝ!」

這邊我買過的柚子都長得跟保齡球一樣大,標準的圓球狀。賣相絕對比Chinatown那些醜不啦嘰又扁的進口柚子漂亮。口感也不輸記憶中的台灣柚子。

Anyway, 去看看家附近超市有沒有賣pomelo吧!




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烤栗子


先把栗子用水洗一下,再用毛巾擦乾淨,然後用小水果刀往栗子圓圓滾滾的那邊刀尖刺一下,然後小刀向旁邊轉一轉,這樣子栗子殼就開口了。放入烤箱烤到熟之後拿出。怎麼樣是烤好呢?聞到栗子香味就表示好了。

不過這次買的栗子好像不太有味道ㄝ。在Chinatown買的,長得大顆,烤的時候香氣逼人,可是吃得時候就是沒那麼甜。下次還是去Fairway買好了。

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

地下鐵的小金人

Holding on to my fortune
紐約的地下,除了忍者龜外,還住了許許多多的小金人,一不小心他們就會跑道你身旁,提醒你不要迷失在這個紙醉金迷的城市。

其實這些各式各樣的小金人,是一位知名藝術家Tom Otterness的作品,大家可能對這個名字一點都不熟悉,但是他的雕塑其實早已出現在大家生活周遭而不自覺。

很多人都有到過Times Square「註」,也看過這個大時鐘。再張大眼睛仔細看看,是不是隱約有個小金人在跟你揮手啊?沒錯,這個時鐘也是出於Tom Otterness之手。


(取自Tom Otterness網站。)

如果到他的網站看,可以發現他的作品遍佈全球,紐約、舊金山、德州、北卡、西班牙、以色列...而且不是只有小金人喔~還有許多稀奇古怪的可愛雕塑。住在紐約的朋友們比較幸運,除了許許多多地鐵中的小金人,還可以到The Museum of Modern Art跟The Whitney Museum of American Art去看他的作品。最近十月到十一月初Marlborough Chealsea藝廊有展覽 The Public Unconscious,有興趣的朋友可以去逛逛,看可不可以把小金人帶回家:)



再回到地上的世界。到隔壁Godiva吃個巧克力吧。


延伸約讀、相關連結:
Tom Otterness: Web Wikipedia
Marlborough Chelsea: 站覽連結
Tom Otterness本人現身介紹小金人與subway art:影片 1 影片 2 (一定要看!)
紐約時報專文:A Fractured Fairy Tale Set on Broadway

地鐵藝術位置:
"Life Underground," on the A, C and E subway platforms at Eighth Avenue and 14th Street.

註:是Times Square而不是Time Square,不要拼錯喔!Times Square的命名由來是因為那邊是紐約時報(The New York Times)的總部(Times Building)所處之地。

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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Moon Festival


Time to have some moon cakes.
住在紐約,雖然擁有四十分鐘內到達Chinatown的便利,但是要找盒好吃的月餅還真是不容易。好不容易今年在朋友的推薦下,興沖沖地跑到Flushing(法拉盛),買了一盒好吃的手工月餅。


酥脆的外皮

裡面是可口的心型蛋黃


有一點咖哩味的


棗泥月餅


就是這一家糕餅店,老闆不太裡人,態度有點跩,可是東西真的很好吃!店名是一美芳,Main Street地鐵站出來轉個彎就到了。

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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Yankees game 9/22/07


Game on Sep 21, 2007 vs. Toronto Blue Jays. Wang pitched a good game but didn't get offense support from the Yankees. The Yanks came back on the bottom of the 9th inning, crushing Halliday and made up a 4-run deficit. The incredible comeback was then unfortunately ruined by Brueny in the 14th.

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Friday, September 21, 2007

Ramen noodles


山頭火拉麵---不是火頭山喔~ 跟古中文一樣,日文也是會從右邊寫到左邊的。

住紐約住好幾年了,一直想去這一家有名的日式商場---Mitsuwa。
聽說這商場內,可以找到所有你夢想中的亞洲食物跟商品,拉麵、豬排、紅豆餅等等應有盡有。
身為貪吃鬼,到Mitsuwa當然要找一家好吃又有的餐廳吃囉。

Mitsuwa最有名的,大概就是這家山頭火拉麵了。我們在一個週末,從紐約曼哈頓四十二街的port authority,搭乘shuttle bus前往Mitsuwa「註」。

山頭火拉麵的菜單很基本,到這邊就是吃拉麵囉,你只要選想要的湯頭(鹽、正油、味增),要加辣與否(辛?),以及你想要多少肉(e.g.特選的話你會有一整盤的肉,一般的話就只有兩三片)。另外還有幾組套餐,可以讓你加小菜跟滷蛋。

反正我自己會滷滷蛋,就只點了拉麵。在經過漫長的等待(大約三十分鐘~沒錯,先去逛逛超市或商場吧!),終於等到了。照片中的正是這碗得之不易的正油拉麵。


正油就是醬油,跟所有我在日本吃的拉麵一樣,這家的拉麵湯頭也會稍鹹。不過他的麵跟叉燒肉都是一級棒,薄薄的肉有入口即化的感覺。


Mitsuwa Marketplace - New Jersey Store

Web site: http://www.mitsuwanj.com/
595 River Road
Edgewater, NJ 07020

TEL: (201) 941-9113
FAX: (201) 941-5437


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註:這部專車滿小的,大概只能做二十幾個人吧,所以假如有興趣搭shuttle bus前往Mitsuwa,一定要盡早出發喔,排隊隊伍很長的。

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

大提琴歷險記

今天看了馬友友的表演(林肯中心,電視上現場轉播),順手查了一下他的資料。想不到之前他的寶貝大提琴還經過這麼驚險的一段冒險。


In Concert, Searchers Retrieve Yo-Yo Ma's Lost Stradivarius
Yo-Yo Ma, the world's most famous living cellist, could not have planned a more dramatic and nail-biting performance in New York City yesterday.

And an array of New Yorkers, including a phalanx of police officers and city officials and a cabdriver in Queens, could not have composed a more gracious reception: the safe return of his $2.5 million cello.

It was 1 P.M. when Mr. Ma, still exhausted from playing at Carnegie Hall on Friday night, got into a yellow cab at 86th Street and Central Park West, putting his 18th-century cello in the trunk.

But 18 minutes later, when he got out at the Peninsula Hotel on 55th Street, he forgot the cello.

''I made a stupid mistake,'' he said later at a news briefing on the steps of the Peninsula Hotel, ''and I just left without it.''

What followed -- an all-points search for the rare instrument -- was more Hollywood than Haydn.

All the thunderstruck musician had was the receipt for his ride, which had the taxi's medallion number on it, which he gave to hotel security officers.

They alerted the Midtown North precinct on West 54th Street, which put out an all-points bulletin to patrol cars around the city to hunt for the taxi. It also contacted the Mayor's office, which in turn called the Taxi and Limousine Commission.

The commission sent its inspectors on the road to find the taxi.

Close to 3:30 P.M., the 108th Precinct in Long Island City, Queens, sent a patrol car to the taxi's home base, the Maria Cab Company on 44-07 Vernon Boulevard.

It just so happened that the taxi driver, Dishashi Lukumwena, was getting off work at 4 P.M.

With worried police officers and curious taxi drivers standing by, he opened his trunk. There was the rare instrument, in its oversize blue plastic case.

The Venetian cello, known as the Montagnana, was made in 1733 by Antonio Stradivari. Mr. Ma had instrument makers in London and Paris restore the bridge and the tailpiece of the cello, known for its spacious baritone sound.

As he said in February: ''I always felt a little bad putting the Strad under all this pressure, souped up for maximum horsepower. You're always trying to find the right way to make an instrument sing.''

Mr. Ma was the one singing yesterday, when the police called him at 4:15 to say that they had retrieved the cello safely, clearing the way for Mr. Ma's planned performance last night at the Anchorage, under the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn.

And awaiting it eagerly, he was not alone. By 4:30 P.M., the Midtown North precinct was abuzz with television news crews. ''They have the cello,'' one reporter called out, as a police officer carried in the large case with its delicate cargo.

Meanwhile, a worried-looking Mr. Ma sat in the reception area of the Peninsula Hotel, wearing blue corduroys and a sweater and talking on a cellular phone.

Outside, the growing crowd was worthy of a Presidential motorcade. A horde of reporters, police officers, hotel security staff and gawking passers-by jammed 55th Street, with cars spilling into the intersection of Fifth Avenue.

''Who's coming?'' asked one woman, rolling down the window of her white Mercedes.

''The cello,'' someone in the crowd yelled back.

As Lieut. Keith Green carried the instrument out of a black police sedan, Mr. Ma addressed the crowd: ''I thought music was the glue that brought people together. But today, I think we are seeing some good examples of teamwork.''

He then thanked the rescuers.

When asked why such a famous musician was taking a mundane yellow cab, he responded: ''I'm like a regular person. I like to hear Jackie Mason tell me what to do.''

But Mr. Ma's sound is far more eloquent than the taped messages that plague New Yorkers.

One fan, Joan Bowden, who happened to be passing through the crowd, said: ''I've heard him play. It
will bring tears to your eyes.''

Source: The New York Times

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Sunday, September 9, 2007

Apple Fifth Avenue Store

Finally got my first Mac laptop. It's a 13-inch MacBook with duo processors and 1 GB of RAM. Technically it's not my laptop, but my boss is generous enough to let me use it on a daily basis. I did fall in love with this MacBook instantly but it might still be long time before I transfer all my work to the Mac platform.

I remember the first day Apple opened its Fifth Ave store in 2006. It was already in late May but the chilly weather made people to don heavy coats still. The long line waiting to get into the store extended several blocks but it never stopped the avid Apple fans. A shiny glass cube about 30 feet tall stood about hundred yards in front of me. It was then it came to me why Steve Jobs said: “With outstanding service and an amazing location open 24 hours a day, the Apple Store Fifth Avenue is going to be a favorite destination for New Yorkers and people around the world.”


I dug out this old video from Apple Store Fifth Avenue. I was among this huge crowd swarming to be the first to see the Store. Time to find Waldo!



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Saturday, September 1, 2007

剛到紐約的新生請注意!


剛到紐約的新生們,這是一個五光十色的大城市,不管你從哪邊來,請注意下面幾條注意事項,嚴格遵守:

紐約時報建議:
- Don’t fall asleep on the subway.
- Don’t drink too much beer and use the street as a toilet.
- Don’t ask a cabbie (or anyone else) to take you to “HUGH-ston” Street.
- Don’t play chess for money with the hustlers in Washington Square Park.
- Don’t try to swim in the river.
- Don’t count on following the highway signs to get to Yankee Stadium.
- Don’t spend money on condoms when the city gives them out for free.
- Don’t order bottled water.
- Don’t light up in a bar.

高登市民報建議:
- Don't sign up for free credit cards just for a t-shirt or potential airline miles.
- Don't go to clubs on the West Side - police raids and the like.
- Don't travel in huge packs and walk five people abreast.
- Don't confine yourself to the borough your school is in - visit others!
- Don't call subway lines by their colors.
- Don't fall for the You Broke My Glasses scam (when someone claims you broke something of theirs and they demand you pay for the goods)
- Don't go to chain restaurants when there are so many others out there (like why go to Pizzeria Uno when you can go to DiFara?)
- Don't be a Metrotard


延伸閱讀:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/nyregion/30students.html
http://gothamist.com/2007/08/30/what_the_class.php


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走~投票去!

常坐地鐵嗎?相信大家一定對紐約的地鐵有許多不滿, 心中有股怨氣想要發洩. 現在是大家表達意見的時候了:紐約市捷運局(MTA)最近舉辦了乘客意見調查, 評估各條地鐵線服務的品質. 最新出爐的結果評估的不是別的, 正是台灣人可能最常坐的7 號線[註].




7號車得幾分呢?根據MTA發佈的成績單, 7號車的總成績是C-, 最差的幾項分別為Adequate room on board (D), Station announcements (D+), 以及Train announcements (D+). 我相信地鐵其他這麼多條線, 大概這幾項都不合格吧!這後兩項如果要合格, 我想首先就要請列車長們上車前把嘴巴裡的滷蛋吐掉,這樣你們宣佈列車動態才有人聽得懂啦~

下面十項是 7號車最需要改進的地方.
1. Adequate room on board at rush hour
2. Minimal delays during trips
3. Reasonable wait times for trains
4. Train announcements that are easy to hear
5. Station announcements that are easy to hear
6. Cleanliness of stations
7. Working elevators and escalators in stations
8. Sense of security on trains
9. Cleanliness of subway cars
10. Sense of security in stations

我覺得 7號車週末沒有特快車真的是很麻煩的一件事. 也因為如此, 我已經好久好久沒有去Flushing打牙祭了.

不多說了, 大家趕快去投票吧!1,2,3,4,5,6,7,A,B,C,D一直到Z都可以評喔!

相關連結:

  • 紐約地鐵(MTA)
  • 7號車成績單
  • 紐約時報報導

    投票連結:
  • 中文
  • 英文
  • 其他語言

    註:7號線的底站位於皇后區(Queens)的法拉盛(Flushing), 是一個許多台灣人聚集的地方, 也因此可以在那邊找到許多台灣美食/小吃. 前一站Shea Stadium是紐約大都會隊(Mets)的球場, 過個街就可以走到USTA National Tennis Center, 這幾天US Open在這邊打得很火熱呢.

    New York. Subway.
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