***FREEBIE ALERT***
Straight from the inbox:
DoubleTree by Hilton New York Times Square West Celebrates their 500th Hotel & National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!
Come Enjoy a Warm Cookie and a Chance to Win a Stay at their New 500th Hotel!
WHO: DoubleTree by Hilton New York Times Square West
WHAT: National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day -
Monday, May 15th is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day and The DoubleTree by Hilton is celebrating! Between the hours of 2PM and 4PM, the newly opened hotel will be handing out their famous warm DoubleTree Cookies in their outdoor atrium. All are welcome to stop by and enjoy a warm DoubleTree Cookie.
Attendees are invited to take a guess at how many chocolate chips are in their cookie jar… The person with the closest guess receives a complimentary 1 night stay and a copy of Doubletree’s Cookie Cookbook – “We Have Cookies: Taste the World of DoubleTree by Hilton.”
WHERE: 350 West 40th Street, (between 8th and 9th Avenues)
WHEN: Monday, May 15th | 2PM – 4PM
Freeloaders, engage!
Posted by Yvo at 9:15 am, May 15th, 2017 under Free Stuff.
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I don’t know about Wayne, but I’ve been hanging out in the Gold Room with LLoyd, the best goddamned bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine. Or Portland, Oregon, for that matter.
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No beer and no TV make dbug something something.
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Go crazy?
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Don’t miiiiind if I do!
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This week Fred was unable to comment as he was preoccupied in Venezuela, pasting up Chavismo posters. ¡Patria, Socialismo o Muerte!
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If you could only focus your mind long enough, you too could aspire to greatness. Alas, it is not to be.
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I’m eagerly awaiting a 5 o’clock cocktail
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You wait until 5? EDT?
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Well, I have kids, need to maintain appearances
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It’s Freak O’Clock Somewhere
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
The “better late than never, or at least I hope the chinese MTL overlords agree” edition
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I waited and waited for Fred, but no dice.
FREAK OF THE WEEK
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¿Dónde está Fred?
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Anonymous reports have come in that Fred is still hung over from over-indulging in vodka & rum during his beloved May Day celebrations.
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Yabba Dabba Spew!
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Où est Fred?
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This week Fred was unable to comment as he was preoccupied in Venezuela, pasting up Chavismo posters. ¡Patria, Socialismo o Muerte!
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Fred, Fred, Fred
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Did you say that into your bathroom mirror just now?
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I was trying to summon him like Beetlejuice. I didn’t think of the mirror, and there probably should be some candles and animal blood also, come to think of it.
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If you light the candles, I’m sure when Fred arrives there will be plenty of animal blood.
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Man, errrrone gone. Y’all freaks. Errrr week.
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Gdzie jest Fred?
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Maybe he met up with that Doubletree cookie “chef” on the third anniversary of her appearance on Midtown Lunch?
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Pretty sure I spotted Comrade Fred on the news last night, looting a case of Metamucil from CVS. Without Street Meat in his diet to keep him regular he’s gotten desperate!
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
The “Wayne speaks the truth, ya’all should put together your own StreetMeatPalooza” edition
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When I move to Midtown, that’s tops on my list. Until then, you’d get reviews of the two or three carts that still seem to exist near home, and that isn’t much help.
Also, FREAK OF THE WEEK
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Freak of the Week! The “Better Shout It Before The Zombie Falls Down Again” Edition
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In before it’s gone for good!, he said for the umpteenth time…
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Freak of the zzzzzzz……
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FREAK of the ?th week working from home!
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That’ll teach me to create a new thread for my FOTW sentiments (14 minutes prior to yours).
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FREAK OF THE WEEK :-)
The “prodigal son” edition
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FREAK of the Wednesday!
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Freak of the Freaking Hot Week Outside!
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FREAK of the week! Sitting in the dark edition
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My turn! Freak of the Week, humid garbage edition
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Freakstones, Week the Freakstones!
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Late by a day but still ahead of the dwindling attention spans of the last remaining Freak Holdouts of the Week!
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Freek of the weak! Keeping Dave from owning the board edition
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I thought about posting yesterday just to be that asshole, but I gave you all day today to be fair.
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None of you freaks will own this board while I’m around! FREAKS!
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Freak of the week! Second week back at virtual school (aka anyone else want to start an AA group) edition
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Freak of the Week!
And next week I’ll be back in the office, so fingers crossed there are plenty of places left to get a Midtown Lunch…
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The two Mexican women are serving up good cart food on 50th, and the “impostor” Halal cart is still as good as it was 6 months ago, so my first week back is off to a good start.
Oh, also, FREAK OF THE WEEK!
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Thanks. Wayne, if you’ve been in, how’s the situation by Grand Central?
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Seven days back, seven different places eaten, six carts (plus Park Italian because chicken parm). What a time to be alive. Glad I’m not the FREAK OF THE WEEK!
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FREAK OF THE WEEK BECAUSE NO ONE CARES, NO ONE CARES, NO ONE CARES…
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Freak of the Week! ‘Is it sad I miss Pret’s Thanksgiving sandwich’ edition
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Hot tip from The Fried Kitchen stand in Rockefeller Plaza, they of a delightful fried chicken/cheddar waffle sandwich: there will be a Thanksgiving sandwich “soon,” if all goes well.
There are several very tasty-looking options in that little pod of vendors from the Night Markets the city used to have. Worth the visit.
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Freak of the Week … The “It’s Been Over 3 Months, Should We Put Fred’s Picture on a Milk Carton?” Edition
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Maybe Fred lost the URL?
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I told that mook that writing it on a Post-it was a bad idea
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
“Vote early and often” edition
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I went in last week, had my Pret thanksgiving sandwich. It was rainy so I didn’t walk around
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Since at least last week that little Night Market pod has not set up. I can’t imagine it was particularly lucrative anyway.
Freak of the Week, dwindling Midtown options edition
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FrEaK oF tHe WeEk! Hello darkness my old friend edition
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freak, freak. freak of the week!
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Fraek of the week! Is this thing on edition
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Freak of the week! Who runs Bartertown edition
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My alert just went off that someone owned the Top 4. Off the throne with you, dbug !
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What fresh hell is this? I go away for a few weeks and I get usurped?
FREAK OF THE PRODIGAL WEEK
“Snowpocalypse VII” edition
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Deck the Freaks with boughs of Weeks!
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As I turned to make my way back home
The Freak turned into Week… -
FREAK OF THE WEEK
“2021 is the same as 2020 damnit” edition
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Just keeping the lights on here.
Brought to you by the letters Freak and Week, of the.
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Now let’s test to see how long it takes wayne’s alert to go off when someone owns the top 4….
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This
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Shall
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Not
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Stand !
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You are correct, sir.
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Freak of the Week!
“Almost forgot today is Tuesday” edition
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Freak of the Week! Sneaking in early edition
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The terrorists have won.
Also, I’ve only got about 7 trucks/carts in my rotation this winter. It’s sort of depressing.
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I miss halal. I keep forgetting there’s a Pakistani-owned pizza place nearby that has a respectable combo over rice.
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Freak of the week! “Watch that first step, it’s a doozie!” edition
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I’ve no shortage of Pakistani food when I am not at work, but Pakistani pizza… hmm…
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
“In before dbug” edition
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Sigh … guess you slackers are leaving it to me this week.
Freak of the Week! The “It’s Tuesday, Not Monday” Edition
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Did you really wait until the end of the day, hoping someone else would step up? How altruistic.
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Freak of the Week! Back to the Overlook edition!
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Freak of the Week! “Wednesday is Tuesday at Carvel” edition!
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Freak of the Week! “Nice day for it” edition!
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Thanks for stepping up while I took some time off for my birthday and also COVID!
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Freak of the week! The “I’m both sober, and up early today” Edition !
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Wow, are you guys ok? Happy birthday
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Freak of the Week! “Spring is Finally Here!” Edition !
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Thanks! One unpleasant week and a half, followed by travel, but now I’m fine and I’ll get my shots to finish the job soon. Meantime, no Midtown Lunches for me this month!
I see wayne is back attempting to foil everyone’s comment domination plans, so all is right in ML-Land.
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Glad you’re well Dave … we can’t afford to lose any more commenters. dbug and I were going to recruit Irv if you croaked
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
The “I’m not remotely ready to visit Rudy yet” edition
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Freak of the week!
The “Rudy would have had an awesome comeback” edition
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I had a comment in before, but it’s waiting for moderation. The only reason I can think of is I mentioned a much hated former commenter (initials DC)
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you mean the commenter formerly known as DC… DC is with Rudy I believe, croaked about a decade ago
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I’m pretty sure they’re at different levels – circles, if you will.
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DC definitely hovering between fraud and treachery, while being beaten like a pinata. Rudy is straddling lust & gluttony … and a Liv Tyler look-alike… and loving every minute of it.
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Liv-Prime would be repeatedly taking bites out of Rudy’s McBagel, but that’s kind of his fantasy so the joke’s on her, really.
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Freak of the Week!
The “I Bet Zach Played The Obesity Card To Cut The Vaccine Line” Edition
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Freak of the Week! 420 edition!
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I logged in to pull up an old knish article I wrote to send to a friend and see you goons are still at it! Amazing, bizarre, just wow
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Without us Zach wouldn’t get that advertising windfall, and we can’t have that.
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Guest appearance by an actual Tuesday Freak! Who proceeds to look at us like we are some kind of freaks. Which, I suppose, we are.
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Yup, even Fred gave up on us
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Freak of the Week!
“The show must go on and on and on…” edition
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Freak of the Week! “May the Fourth” or whatever edition
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Freek of the Weak! “This list is too damned long” edition
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If the vast list of people who post FOTW messages would occasionally start a new thread AND responders respond there…
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Fred tried that… and look what happened to him.
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Freak of the Week! “Pour one out for Fred” edition
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
“I wonder if there are still people getting alerts with every reply” edition
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I just heard from someone on Gothamist that Mamacita passed away late 2019. Not sure if it’s the same person. Her name was Sharilyn
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Oh that’s terrible, especially so if it was “our” Mamacita. She’s way too young.
Granted, the nickname “Mamacita” must be very common, so perhaps it was a different person? I never talked to her in real life so I don’t know her real name.
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I got the impression it was the same person from her posts, but I hope I’m wrong
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OMG … I have bad news… “our” Mamacita did go by Cherlin … full name Elva Cherilin Stephens. We knew each other from ML and even met up a few times back in the day. We would still exchange emails every year or so, last heard from her in April 2019. I sent her a note last year, never heard back, which was odd as she was always online and quick. she was only in her early 40s. incredibly sad news
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Well, shit. What a terrible loss.
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It’s Tuesday again.
Freak of the Week, thunderstorms aplenty edition I guess?
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I came to the office today, I couldn’t find any street-meat near Park & 40th, settled for Pret :-(
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Did anyone else notice the 10-year anniversary post is now at the top, and yesterday was ML Anniversary #15 ?! Methinks Zach is quietly sending us a signal, like a crop circle from a space alien.
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I would much rather it be a Sign, instead of a mechanism that puts that post at the top on every anniversary date for a week, yes.
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Yes, a sign! Street Meat Palooza 7 is neigh!
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Are you slyly implying that the carts’ meat might not be chicken and lamb/beef but… some other animal? I know Medina Spirit got disqualified but man, that’s a rough final act.
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Damn typo, I guess that makes me….
FREAK OF THE WEEK! -
FREAK OF THE WEEK!
“Last week in Midtown before the company closes its office space here” edition
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Hey dbug… can we find out what happened to Mamacita from your Gothamist pal? I’m still having trouble accepting it
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All I know is she said it was a heart attack. Here’s the obituary: www dot dignitymemorial dot com slash obituaries slash montebello-ca slash elva-stephens-8845688
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I’m in midtown today, near Grand Central. Anybody interested in a last minute meetup?
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Wish I could have but I worked from home today. What’s for lunch?
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Haven’t eaten yet. I still haven’t seen a halal cart in a 3 block radius, so I’m hoping to find a better choice than Pret
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I did end up getting halal but I had to hike to 50th and Park. It was great having street meat again even if it was meh. I’ll probably be coming in every Wednesday now.
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Heat attack?!? At 44… good lord. Thanks dbug, still awful, but, closure.
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Guess I gotta do it … HEAT … I mean FREAK…. OF THE WEEK!
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So Wayne doesn’t have to:
FREAK OF THE WEEK!, short workweek edition
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Freak of the Week! “Welcome to the tropics” edition!
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Freak of the Week! “Too much smoke to see the screen yesterday” edition!
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Since I won’t be in Midtown again for lunch in the foreseeable future,…
FREAK OF THE WEEK
“Upper East Side Lunch site coming soon” edition -
Freak Of The Week!
“Has Anyone Seen Zach?” Edition
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I nominate former Governor Andrew Cuomo as FREAK OF THE WEEK!
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/golf clap/
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Freak of the week! “How can she possibly be still holding up those cookies?” edition
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Freak of the Week! The “Fred hasn’t been seen in over a year, this is now a recovery mission” Edition
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Has anoyone checked with Mr. Slate?
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FLIIIIINT-STOOOOOONE!!!!!
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FREAK OF THE WEEK!
“Planning a weekly trip back to midtown strictly for lunch purposes once the weather gets better” edition
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LATE FREAK OF THE WEEK!
“I gotta do everything around here” edition
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Freak of the Week! “I got nothing” edition
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Freak of the Week! “Harvest moon” edition
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Freak of the Week! “Eating in the Rain” edition
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It’s a beautiful day in midtown! I found two closer street meat carts on 41st, one on lex and one on 3rd. I happened along the one on lex first so I only tried that. It was solid: good yellow rice, tender chicken and lamb, non-wilted lettuce in the salad and good white, green and hot sauces. The hot sauce was relatively spicy.
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
With that out of the way, I believe I’ll visit midtown Thursday or Friday to see my old halal cart guys. I miss them!
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Freak of the… I guess week, right? Is that what it is, still?
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All right, you glorious freaks, nice to leave this up to me:
FREAK OF THE WAY^h^hEEK
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been absent for so long and find myself back in midtown again. coincidentally, tried the halal cart at 41st/3rd. pretty standard $7 lamb/rice/salad in a clamshell. was warned the hot sauce was very hot, but didn’t find it so, a little thin and vinegary for my taste.
what have i missed?
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Sad halal lunch is sad.
All you have missed is the
FREAK OF THE WEEK, “Let’s see if dbug42 accepts this new starting point for weekly responses” edition.
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I’ll allow it
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Freak of the Week! “New real estate” edition
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I’m more excited about this than that time ML opened Downtown Lunch (and no one cared)
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Hey, I cared! There was that first Downtown FREAK OF THE WEEK profile, but… yeah, okay, I got nothin’ else.
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I was in midtown Fri morn and saw Jamrock setting up on 40th and Mad. Weirdly, the menu seemed to have been priced in Jamaican Dollars (JMD) … because there is no effing way a little box of oxtail could cost 19 American dollars
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A fine example of “Market Price” – even when the oxtails were $15 the first summer on 52nd/6th it was too much for too little, but the officeers came out in force.
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FREAK OF THE WEEK
“Even The Third World Has Inflation” Edition -
Freak of the Week! “How is it November already?” edition
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Freak of the Week !!!!! The “you bums left it to me again” Edition
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I did walk the nearly 2 miles to 52nd/6th on Friday for my halal cart, but that was my first Midtown Lunch in 4 months. I… I just don’t feel connected any more, man.
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Freak of the Week!
The “I’m Starting To Feel Waaay Too Much Like Vincent Price in ‘The Last Man on Earth’” Edition
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I thought you’d go for manly-man Charlton Heston in Omega Man, but you do you.
If I were still working in Midtown I would feel I had the right and privilege to comment weekly but alas.
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Freak of the Week!
The “I Sure Hope dbug Didn’t Go The Way Of Fred” Edition
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Doh! I was going to say TurFREAKin of the Week! Happy Thanksgiving, both!
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Hope y’all got a lot of bird and stuffing this weekend!
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Freak of the Week! “όμικρον” edition
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Freak of the Week! “Date which will live in infamy” edition
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Freak of the Week!
“I miss my Halal cart” edition
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RIP Great northern Food Hall… I shall miss their smorrebrod, especially the steak tartare one. That said, the baterra pressed mackeral sushi from Katagiri on 41 was a most awesome substitute. FOTW!
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Freak of the Week!
The “Fairytale of New York” Christmas edition!
(But these days… only the depressing parts)
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Happy Remaining Holidays to all! May your wine be mulled, and your beer served at the proper temperature.
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Freak of the Week! “Are we really doing this again?” edition.
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Freak of the Week! The “Happy New Year – Things Can’t Possibly Get Worse in 2022″ Edition !
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I just noticed we’re still on page 7. It looks like a new page is added after 20 top level posts, and this page has 6. I propose we post to top level to get a new page.
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One
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Two
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Three
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Four
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Oh no you don’t! Wayne will have a fit if anyone has the whole Recent Comments list.
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Freak of the Week! “{pithy observation}” edition!
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FOTW! The “I Have No Idea Which Reply Button To Hit” Edition
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FOTW! “Let’s keep filling the editors’ inboxes with comment alerts for another year” edition!
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ML still has editors? They must be editors of the drooling, staggering, shambolic variety.
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In the sense that there are people/zombies who have email addresses listed that get notified with every comment or other thing happening on their stories… perhaps?
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Freak Of The Week! “Editors? We don’t need no stinkin’ editors!” edition
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Freak of the Week !
The “Three Freaks Left Standing in ’22″ Edition
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I resemble that remark!
Also, I’ll be midtown tomorrow afternoon and I’ll probably go to my old halal cart on 52nd just to retain membership in this club.
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Freak of the Week! “Dry January is over, welcome to High-Functioning February” edition!
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The “Let’s Celebrate Black History Month at the Golden Corral” Edition !
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Freak of the Week! “Give the gift of halal this Valentine’s Day!” edition
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Freak of the Week! “Day late; dollar short, likely due to inflation” Edition
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Freak of the Week! The “Where’d Everyone Go?” Edition
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C’mon wayne, we’ve grown up and moved on from this silly, childish… okay, okay, I’m going to be here as long as the site still exists.
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I’m still here, just been swamped. Hungry for Chicken Kyiv
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Completely off-topic … I had a bona fide actual Midtown Lunch today! $10 bill got me a Boi-licious Saigon Vietnamese Sandwich and it was FREAKING AWESOME. Best ML in forever. 44th between Lex & 3rd. Get it “spicy”. You will not regret it
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Oooh, and it looks new, too!
Also, I am amused that it’s truly off-topic to talk about Midtown Lunch lunches here, now.
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Freak of the Week ! The”Dave Showed Up… But Shirked His Duty… Again” Edition
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Dereliction of Duty, it’s true. I will atone with a Dos Toros burrito.
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Freak of the Week! “Still got nothing” Edition!
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But you do have the gift of starting a new comment thread, and it’s appreciated.
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Two more for a new page, I think
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Freak of the… wait, it’s only Monday? Nevermind
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Can we be freaks today, Papa?
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FREAK OF THE WEEK! “Got worried yesterday with a 502 error but thanks for keeping the lights on, Z!” edition
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502 error … my god, that’s a 404 with nearly 25% inflation !
FJB !
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FREAK OF THE WEEK! “Sorry about the 7h37m gap between posts” edition
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Actual midtown lunch: I had a combo from a new cart on Park by 40th last Wednesday. It wasn’t bad. The lamb was a little overcooked but the chicken, rice and sauces were good
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(we’re over 20 top level posts, so I guess we’re stuck with page 7)
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Freak of the Week! “Happy First Contact Day” edition, live long and prosper!
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PAGE 8!
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Four dbugs in the latest comments? That shalt not stand !
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For SHAME, dbug! But I appreciate the attempt at page 8.
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I think I broke it
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Freak of the Week! “” edition!
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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED
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Livin’ the dream!
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Everyone still around? We haven’t lost Wayne, have we?