Open Thread

Adam…most Americans have never eaten the turducken!!!!

Are you busy??? My lawyer says he’s swamped with refis.

CONFESSION- I’ve actually never eaten the Turbaconducken. I find it very scary looking as well. It looks crazy though.

It’s hilarious that there is a website devoted entirely to bacon though, and it’s updated quite often. Up to the minute with Breaking Bacon News!!!

On a side note, Is it just me or does anyone else need a vacation?

Things to do with goth girl;

-visit the Cathedral of St. John the Divine- morningside heights, gargoyles, naves, dark recesses with a religious theme. It’s the largest cathedral in the world and isn’t even finished yet.

-NYPD museum- mugshots, criminal lore and an old New York feel.

-Check out a concert in Williamsburg, several venues there, goth bands included.

-visit Egyptian exhibit at Brooklyn Museum, one of the best in the world and alot less crowded than the Met.

-top of the Empire state building on a clear night, go during the week and late to avoid large crowds.

-Isamu Noguchi museum in Long Island City and PS1 gallery nearby, both are edgy and unusual. Very cool.

-Visit New York’s newest Chinatown, and most authentic- downtown flushing- last stop on the 7 train.

-Visit the Frick museum, turn of the 19th century mansion, dark and beautiful.

-Visit the Night Creature building at the Bronx Zoo, all the night critters and bats you can shake a stick at and a world class zoo to boot.

-Take her to see The Phantom of the Opera, gothic, showy and a total experience even after 20 years.

-Take her to Houdini’s grave site, it’s at the cemetery on straddling the brooklyn/queens border in Ridgewood. Near the Ridgewood reservoir, off of Cypress Hills Avenue

You’ll love the planetarium, and the Museum, too. So will your sister. I’m sure you’ll find that after a just a little time together walking around the city, she’ll be much more interested and willing to try seeing things she’d normally reject. Start at AMNH, and then try the Cloisters: http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/the_cloisters
You might also want to try the Sony Wonderlab: wondertechlab.sony.com

THL, but you might have Overeating Pigs Anonymous on your case for referring to their members as “huge”! 🙂