food and exercise day

some are weird but those soba noodles look pretty yummy and easy

so many ruts to bust

i know renaming is lame but why is one food stamps program the "women infants and children" program? are poor women as helpless as infants and children?

also these criticisms are weird:
Critics of Roe’s proposal say that the tighter nutritional requirements would actually be more of a burden for low-income individuals and families who rely on SNAP funds. (of course it's more of a burden. isn't that the point?) They also point out that Roe previously opposed efforts by first lady Michelle Obama to improve national school lunch nutritional standards. (so? incidentally the article linked to, while very liberal, talks about how students were barred from getting seconds and how the school staff threw away any extra food. not exactly helping to feed the hungry kids there. )

i think what they're getting at here is that maybe low-income people do purchase healthful food but maybe they're purchasing less healthy food with their food stamp card as a supplement. sorry, your doritoes have to come out of your own money.

9/11

i saw this a little while ago and thought it was hilarious. there is something of a cottage industry for these but i thought this one was the most subtle.

addendum to the isabella post- i won't put any lyrics in....

and from the tom sietsema chat today:

KAPNOS REDUX

Does Mike Isabella think there's some sort of contest to see who can open the most restaurants in the shortest amount of time? It doesn't count if they all implode within a few months, like Bandolero, dude.

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TOM SIETSEMA :

I do not worry that Kapnos, or any other Isabella venture from here on out, is going to implode.  He has a good team in place.

– September 11, 2013 11:28 AM

i don't know all these songs but i like the ones i do know

one of the best answers of all time

is this too weird?

apparently the u.s. isn't taking to the syria thing and doing something on 9/11 seems pretty gauche but i still have to read your posted articles.

if you had stayed in rosslyn, well you wouldn't have starved. but it would have been less delicious.

ok the first one's not a bear but how could i not?

have we even started talking up the mother yet?

this was more helpful re syria than those wsj articles

Enforcer Bear is on the Prowl

In a world that features crystal meth, chemical weapons, and this woman, I don't know how Crossfit could be everything that is wrong with America.  But this person seems to think it is, though it's not obvious why until the end.

Here is some news on the new iPhones.

I'm not sure what to make of this, but I'm going to have a candy bar while I think about it. :)

At this point, I mostly agree with Ted Cruz on Syria.  And George Will has a point too.

B

isabella ella ella eh eh

kapnos got 2.5 stars

g is doing ok as well

his cookbook comes out later this month

graffiato has a new chef but the article is largely uninteresting

this came up when i looked up graffiato but it's not about it

not isabella but close. among places to get snakehead - range!

isabella-adjacent: i always find that asian people tend to scoop up the money though not necessarily the acclaim

Too Slow

Jay and I were talking about it last week.  In case you haven't been in the loop (I hadn't until Jay told me about it):

James Taranto provided a nice take on it.  Mine is similar to his, though I am particularly annoyed that Obama went to Congress when few think he needed to just to launch a couple of cruise missiles.

At this point, rather than leading, Obama has punted the problem to Congress.  Also, everybody's credibility is on the line except his.

Also, Great Britain won't be a part of any action against Syria since the House of Commons voted it down.

In other news:

We were too slow on this.

Ohio jailers were too slow on preventing this from happening.  Of course, if I were in charge, I would not have been in any particular rush to stop him...

B

Get Excited!

How about an ode to fried chicken, thanks to the Wall Street Journal?

Here is the article about the dad who killed the child molester and avoided indictment.

I hope you're still getting excited for RGIII's return.

Articles like these remind me how much of a dork I am.

Responses:

2. Amen.

3. Schaller & Weber is super close to me.  I will be checking them out after I move into my real apartment.

4. I was at South Street Seaport yesterday with Tim McK and Caitlin.  (Note: they are going to the U.S. Open tonight, and I am super jealous.)  There is some outdoor stuff (we were at Beekman Beer Garden, which I am convinced turns into an outdoor club of some sort on Friday and Saturday night), but the mall is a little sad.

B

culture but mostly food

 red velvet + shake shack

on being a nice guy but only because we talked about it before. i thought this article was more interesting.

because you have to get your meat

the only thing i got out of this was that the south street seaport is dying - that's where they opened america's next top greatest best restaurant with such fanfare