Can't tell you how much I've been playing this song on repeat lately. So damn catchy.
Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company in NYC
I don't really like bagels. There's just too much dough happening. Anytime someone tells me that they love bagels - well, I just assume they're also the kind of person who would fold their pizza slice in half and eat it like a curled up ball of dough. Why the hell does anyone do that? If you just eat the slice like a regular human, you get to have so many more delicious little bites and less of those few gross, gigantic, really bread-y bites of what was supposed to be a pizza. Never gonna understand that. But I digress.
It's not just the plethora of dough that I hate. Sometimes, it's the fact that no person alive knows the right amount of butter or cream cheese to put on a bagel. And I'm talking about professionals here. I always get too much or too little. Or it's never spread around evenly enough so then I have to dig up a knife somewhere or, ugh, use my own finger to finish the job correctly. Hate all of these things.
Now... it really doesn't seem like you're gonna trust my further opinions on the matter, but Brooklyn Bagel & Coffee Company has probably the most fantastic bagel I've had in New York so far. Why? They offer mini bagels! And they're cute as fuck. They do give you a ridiculous amount of cream cheese, yes, but it's better to be over the limit rather than under (I think it's about an ice cream scoop and a half almost. A Tim Hortons employee would hurl a French Vanilla right at your face before they'd ever give you that amount of cream cheese.) But the great thing is that they have a variety of different cream cheese flavours! I tried a bacon scallion flavour that blew my face right off, it was so tasty. They also have flavours of the month such as pistachio and (this week's) Snickers! What the hell?! Yeah, Snickers.
Gotta go eat one of these bagels, dummy.
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Meet Joe Black
This is my favourite Brad Pitt movie that you probably haven't seen. Why is that? God only knows. I guess it didn't do so well in theatres? I can't really remember. Maybe 'cause it's a bit long? Whatever the reason, get over it and see it. Brad Pitt's good and all, but the main attraction here is Anthony Hopkins. Now there's a real man. Something about his voice... I just love him. Especially when he loses his temper, oh my how I love that.
What's it about? It's about a man (Anthony Hopkins) who's turning 65 (who's this billionaire/cool guy) and he is visited by Death (who has taken the form of Brad Pitt's body) . Death wants to see what the world is like, so he visits Anthony Hopkins and asks him to be his guide for awhile before Death must take him away with him. What happens? Anthony Hopkins' daughter falls in love with Death - and, oh dear, Death falls in love with her! What will happen? Ah, well you have to go watch it. I can't tell if that's the worst description of this movie ever or a really intriguing pitch to make you want to see it. Either way, I am all about this movie. Just love it.
I was gonna livetweet watching it with my mom the other day, but only came up with the idea half way through the movie, during the sex scene. These were some of her gems:
The hashtag would have been: #meetjoeblacksexscenewithmom
“Holy! Look at his body!”
“Whoa, careful! He’s a dead guy, girl!”
“Just remember, dead people can come back and do you.”
“Dead people are very gentle, nuh?”
Maybe those aren't actually that funny, but I was losing it. She says the perfect things sometimes and I love it.
Anyway, see this movie! Go!
(Ugh, I shouldn't have told you how long it was. That's gonna make you not want to see it. But it really doesn't feel like three hours, I swear. I got my mom to stay up until past 1:30am 'cause she was so into it and she usually starts complaining to go to bed at 11:30pm max.)
Infomercial GIFs
Love these so much.
Mom Says
Illustration by Andrew Hamm
Illustration by Andrew Hamm
Birth to Death As Told By Cinema
“I am jealous of your bedsheets — the ones you wrap yourself in over and over when you are unreasonably cold for the season. I am jealous of the people who get to pass by you in the metro and who will never know your name. They don’t know that they are lucky, that their shoulders touch someone wonderful.”
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Maybe I'm only excited for this 'cause of Kristen Wiig - or maybe it's just gonna be really good. You can see the trailer here.
The Filling Station in NYC
The Filling Station is a unique shop located in Chelsea Market in Manhattan. They specialize in all natural oils, vinegars and rare salts.
I love this place. Does it sound like a dumb recommendation? Well, if you think so - I doubt you've ever tasted their Apricot Balsamic Vinegar (sidenote: IT'S NUTS! so good.) because you wouldn't think this is a dumb post if you've tasted it.
I love olive oil, I try to use it as much as possible since it's the most supreme oil. (Canola can EAT IT.) And vinegar?! Oh man, I would carry vinegar all OVER the place if that weren't an inhuman-like quality. Stuff tastes amazing on almost everything. And there are tons of amazing oils/vinegars I've yet to try that sound amazing, such as:
- Blood Orange Olive Oil
- Black Cherry Balsamic Vinegar
- Dark Chocolate Balsamic Vinegar
- Espresso Balsamic Vinegar
- Peach Balsamic Vinegar
- Merlot Salt (what! I know!)
Anyway, if any of this has made your eyes bulge out of your face, go visit this store when you're in New York. Just a fantastic place to be.