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Hey fellow OT parents — I did a couple of things this weekend that I thought I would tell you about. You may already have done these but in case you haven’t I enjoyed them and recommend them to anyone with smallish kids.
1. Swimming at Fahnestock State Park. Drive up the Taconic about 40 miles or so, go to Canopus Lake, there is a well maintained public beach. $7 parking, no other fees. It’s great with little kids who are intimidated by ocean waves. Kids feel very comfortable going in. Downside – Relatively small swimming area if you’re an adult who likes really going out there to get some exercise. It’s basically a great kid place but no so much a grown-up swimming place. There is also a place where you can rent rowboats ($7 / hour) and row around the lake, but we didn’t get that far.
2. NY Hall of Science in Queens. Wow! Just as good as the Boston Science Museum IMHO. Great way to keep parents and kids cool for a few hours on a sweltering day. There’s stuff that appealed to my middle kid and older kid (3 yo and 5 yo) and there was stuff that seems like it would appeal to much older kids (heck, there was lots of stuff I enjoyed – I watched my kids’ eyes glass over when I excitedly explained how a convergent-divergent nozzle works while standing under one of the huge rockets outside).
Also, if you are a regular customer with expense account business, a japanese restaurant will pad your expense account and then, when you want to come back on your own $ for a personal dinner, will charge you a lot less!!!
Best hand roll is Negi toro. Most places don’t do it properly where you chop up the toro and the green onion and mix them together. most places just through a few green onions with a few slices of toro and wrap it up. 🙁
dittoburg, there is a form of sushi called ikizakana. (iki means live, zakana means fish). They have live fish in the place, slice it up and then serve it while the nerves are still working and making the fish move on the plate.
I don’t want my food eating other things on my plate. I like my fish dead.
Hey fellow OT parents — I did a couple of things this weekend that I thought I would tell you about. You may already have done these but in case you haven’t I enjoyed them and recommend them to anyone with smallish kids.
1. Swimming at Fahnestock State Park. Drive up the Taconic about 40 miles or so, go to Canopus Lake, there is a well maintained public beach. $7 parking, no other fees. It’s great with little kids who are intimidated by ocean waves. Kids feel very comfortable going in. Downside – Relatively small swimming area if you’re an adult who likes really going out there to get some exercise. It’s basically a great kid place but no so much a grown-up swimming place. There is also a place where you can rent rowboats ($7 / hour) and row around the lake, but we didn’t get that far.
2. NY Hall of Science in Queens. Wow! Just as good as the Boston Science Museum IMHO. Great way to keep parents and kids cool for a few hours on a sweltering day. There’s stuff that appealed to my middle kid and older kid (3 yo and 5 yo) and there was stuff that seems like it would appeal to much older kids (heck, there was lots of stuff I enjoyed – I watched my kids’ eyes glass over when I excitedly explained how a convergent-divergent nozzle works while standing under one of the huge rockets outside).
Also, if you are a regular customer with expense account business, a japanese restaurant will pad your expense account and then, when you want to come back on your own $ for a personal dinner, will charge you a lot less!!!
Stop urchin me on Biff.
Best hand roll is Negi toro. Most places don’t do it properly where you chop up the toro and the green onion and mix them together. most places just through a few green onions with a few slices of toro and wrap it up. 🙁
genuine japanese sushi chef is at least 85k salary so if prices aint very expensive, dont expect the sushi roll be prep’d by genuine sushi chef
“My last boss had a handshake like a dead fish.”
Ditto’s on a (hand) roll.
I love Japanese guys…they are soooo kinky.
My last boss had a handshake like a dead fish.
dittoburg, there is a form of sushi called ikizakana. (iki means live, zakana means fish). They have live fish in the place, slice it up and then serve it while the nerves are still working and making the fish move on the plate.
I don’t want my food eating other things on my plate. I like my fish dead.