Sunday Morning Shards #14
On my mind and in my reading queue this week. The “New York Summarized” Edition.
*The Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design has two superb exhibits on midcentury and functional design. They book run through the beginning of next year. Highly recommended if you are in the New York City area.
*Neil Labute’s new play Fat Pig, about a shallow office worker who can’t accept that he’s in love with ann overwieght women, has begun its run at the MCC theater in the West Village. Starring some of favorite supporting actors like Jeremy Piven (protagonist), Keri Russell (his imperious ex-girlfriend) and Andrew McCarthyAshlie Atkinson as the love interest who is funny, charming and quite cute.
*Better Burger was a major disapointment. After hearing about it on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, I had to see this healthy interpretation of fast food. Sounded right up my alley.
Until I got my tray. Twelve dollars for a hamburger the size of a hockey puck, fries that tastes like salted wall insulation, and a “regular” milkshake that came in an 8 ounce glass. What? Who only drinks eight ounces of anything? It may has well have come in a sippy cup.
Listen, I’m more than willing to pay more for quality. But giving me an afternoon snack at a lunch-for-two price is plain old bad faith. I won’t be going back.
*My iPod conked out after 30 minutes on the treadmill in the hotel gym. So I’m going to reformat it using this method. It can only help. Right now the thing’s about as powerful as an alarm clock (via Del.icio.us Popular).
*Little Havana is the best Cuban food I’ve had in a long time.
*Oh and there was a parade or something.