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Kate / Jack Spade
http://www.katespade.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2130331

11/16–11/19 Clothes for both genders are represented at Steven Alan, where Mayle, Rogues Gallery, and the house label are 30 to 75 percent off. Isabel Marant pants are now $55. 87 Franklin St., nr. Broadway (212-343-0692); Thurs. and Fri. (8:30–8); Sat. (noon–7); Sun. (noon–5).

Thanks to Chris for the info.

草莓的紅拂夜奔

This post is written by Just Crystal. The content is a little rated R, but it is such a funny read.
紅拂夜奔〈上〉
紅拂夜奔〈下〉

好康到相報

Leigo and Riceman plan to visit Taiwan and Singapore around end of Nov and to mid Dec. Every time we were in Taiwan, we did very little exploring. Maybe because we felt too much at home. This time, Leigo hopes to do some planning ahead of time and perhaps explore a bit than usual.

Any good suggestion? Food, destination, shop, quaint bed and breakfast, boutique hotel, club.....???

Crane accident

Few days ago, a four-ton steel section of a crane's rigging snapped loose and fell onto a taxicab at 110 Third Ave, East Village. Luckily, no one was dead in this near miss accident. Back then when I was working in the construction field, things often fell down from the sites, some will get caught by the horizontal nets, and some will not. On a winday day, if we see a construction site ahead of us, we often take a detour. Urge you guys to do the same. [Curbed Link]

可愛的洋蔥頭

前幾天跟老弟網上聊天, 抓下好多可愛的洋蔥頭...



http://blog.yam.com/onion_club/archives/cat_109038.html

Great penmanship

A great movie - Ikura

We saw a great movie today - Ikura. Directed by my all time favorite Akira Kurosawa in 1952. A black and white movie with no stunning effect nor femme fatal. It's a movie about a simple man facing death, his emotional conflict, revelation, and transformation. Quite moving. The way Kurosawa shot this film reminds me of Citizen Kane, yet another classic.

Restaurant review - Cafe Gray

Cafe Gray is one of the restaurant collections at the Time Warner Center. Riceman and Leigo went there this weekend to celebrate an anniversary and a birthday. The restaurant has a gigantic open kitchen near the windows. We requested a table near the kitchen, and watching the chefs at work is a spectacular event by itself. For first courses, we ordered the VEGETABLE RATATOUILLE (coulis of two tomatoes and pine nuts) and RISOTTO with mushroom fricass?e. The ratatoulle is a cool summer dish with two vibrant colors that Riceman totally enjoyed. Leigo felt that the Risotto was nicely presented but a little heavy for summer and it tasted a little too salty. For second course, we had SHORT RIB OF BEEF with soft grits and meaux mustard, and wild see bass on top of a sea of chopped heirloom tomato. The short rib dish was their signature dish, for the first few bites, it tasted great, but it became too heavy after that. The sea bass was good, but not dropping jaw awesome. For dessert, we had CHOCOLATE - PASSION FRUIT SOUFFL? with pineapple gratin. It’s very nicely done with a crispy outside and melting hot inside. The passion fruit syrup was a great compliment with the rich dark chocolate. The dessert was the best compared to other dishes.

In short, we find the food OK, the service SUPERB, decoration GREAT. In Zagat rating system, this is what we would have given Caf? Gray: Food 21 / Service 28 / D?cor 24. One suggestion, when making the reservation, got to request a seat near the kitchen.

One year later after Katrina

One year after Katrina, only 1/2 of the pupolation came back to New Orleans. The population before the storm is 485K, and now 217K. Of those who came back, mostly white. After one year, only 29% of the schools are up and running. The numbers are quite shocking. See more numbers on NPR's report: New Orleans by the Numbers

八卦

李亞鵬在博文寫了一篇關於小女兒兔唇的文章．一個爸爸的心聲，蠻令人感動的！
[link to article]
[Wiki Cleft]

Bad Pirates

Let’s start with a few numbers. At Rottentomatoes.com, a Web site that quantifies movie reviews on a 100-point scale, the aggregate score for “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” stands at a sodden 54. Metacritic.com, a similar site, crunches the critical prose of the nation’s reviewers and comes up with a numerical grade of 52 out of 100. Even in an era of rampant grade inflation, that’s a solid F. [From NY Times]

Mad funny monkey

forwarded by Magpie

News clippings

Read this story today in New York Magazine. Next time, when I go to East Broadway and see the Fujianeses on street, I think I will feel differently about them.

Branding and education.... HBS?! Got to admit, I have a complex of wanting to be an Ivy League. Not for the pursuit of knowledge but for the shallow reason of branding. Oh.. well... maybe next lifetime.

轉貼

Ah-Moon 是大學時代的好朋友，
開了個新鋪，寫了篇有點關於大小米的文章。
名筆出手，轉貼一下，分享閱讀。
[Click Me!]

這幾天會失蹤一陣子，打禪十。

OK Bong

Forwarded by Papa Huang. Thanks!

唱唱歌吧

【慈濟-讓愛傳出去】
愛是看不見的語言
愛是摸不到的感覺
愛是我們小小的心願
希望你平安快樂永遠
愛是仰著頭的喜稅
愛是說不出的感謝
愛是每天多付出一點點
雙手合十 不在乎考驗
讓愛傳出去它像陽光溫暖我和你
不管有多遙遠
總有到的那一天
讓愛傳出去那怕前方漫漫人生路
有你的祝福沒有過不去的苦

[MUSIC 歌手版]
[MUSIC 兒童版]
[MUSIC 歌手兒童版]
[MUSIC 飛越地平線∼唱上癮了]
記得ㄛ，有你的祝福沒有過不去的苦∼

Do not use ReNu MoistureLoc

Bausch & Lomb said yesterday that it was halting worldwide sales of its ReNu With MoistureLoc cleaner for soft contact lenses because tests showed that its misuse could leave consumers at risk for a potentially blinding fungal infection.... [MORE].

Tzu Chi performance music

Mother's hand (instrumental)
Let me take your hand

工商時間

Both Citibank and HSBC now offer e-saving accounts that have 4.5% APY. Attractive rate , huh?! Almost as good as the US Treasury Bond.

Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert reporting from the white house, Bush bashing with George W. Bush just a few feet away. The president did not seemed impressed, the audience barely laughed, but I find it very funny. Good job! NY Times Article.

Stphen Colbert on Youtube