The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was great and not entirely what I expected. A lot of people love to chat about whether Frank Baum was really writing a political essay about the Populist movement but I don't know. I didn't see anything except about how small children look good in green dresses and such. Until I look into this I will say that it sounds like a hoax.
Seven Years in Tibet was wonderful. I don't read a lot of travelogues or biographies. This is actually one of the reasons I'm reading all 501 books if I can because I like the books I like and have bad luck choosing new genres at times. It is the story of an independent Tibet from an outsider's view. Heinrich Harrer's obvious love for both the Dalai Lama and Tibet itself comes through and really pulls you. He makes his way over a period of months through the Himalayas to Tibet from an internment camp in India and meets all levels of life out on the Tibetan Plateau. Starting with the nomads in the north to the nobles in Lhasa we are introduced to life before the Chinese invaded and learn not only their indigenous culture but their religious life. That he was there until the first exodus of the Dalai Lama means that we get to see the full circle of life, from him fleeing into Tibet to him leaving before the Red Army. I really want to see the movie now and the beautiful country it once was.
Last week Tad and I went out to a stand-up routine. I had the day off and we were both restless. The weather was turning bad but we still decided to head into the city down to the Lowe East Side. We stopped off at Pomme Frites, a place that serves Belgian fries with many, many types of flavored mayos. What is Belgian fries, I hear you cry? Potato wedges double deep-fried, it seems. Nothing amazing but still really good. We picked roasted eggplant mayo and got a large, meant for one hungry person. It really fed both of us and stuffed us up.
Remember, this is only meant for one hungry person. It's huge!!! The mayo was great but definitely salty after a while. By the end of the dish we were pacing ourselves to make it through. Very cute place, though, and even better than all of this it was hailing outside. just tiny snow pellets frozen solid in chucks no bigger than a pencil's eraser. This is the devastation outside following this horrific hailstorm.
One last thing. We have maybe found a place to live semi-permanently as we put down a deposit and we'll see tomorrow. I'll get the chance to update everyone afterwards. We'll see. Cross your fingers.
End result: 74.5/100 Huge servings, amazing varieties but a bit heavy on the grease after a while.
Pomme Frites (Fries)
123 2nd Ave (Between 7th Ave and St. Marks Place)
NY, NY 10003
501 books count: 61
Hail? I thought it was spring in NYC.
ReplyDeleteSorry I took so long to reply, things got crazy and we are currently without internet. I am across the street at the library. I thought it was spring here too, but it seems that spring really is just a Northerner lie, like snow and 'four seasons.' Spring is just more semi-cold weather and the trees start getting weird grotesque tumors everywhere.
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