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Central Greenwich Village/SoHo Food Tour

Where I was: Greenwich Village, SoHo, and Midtown Manhattan, New York City, NY

21 April 2007

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We began our tour by meeting the group at Caffe Del Mare, though we didn’t actually get any samples here.

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This is an example of food that looks really horrible, but tastes great! This potato kathi roll was slightly spicy, just a hint of curry and wrapped in very fresh, soft bread.

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Here’s the Indian Bread Co., from which we obtained the roll. Notice the two guys in the foreground … I like the Guinness shirt, and have to wonder why the other dude is hiding his face.

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PressToast’s offering was an awesome pressed sandwich of Swiss cheese, hard-cooked egg, and green olives, seasoned with red pepper sauce and za’atar. It’s an unusual but delicious combination, supposedly Israeli in origin.

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I spotted this little courtyard while our group paused for a moment on the only street in the Village that was quiet that morning.

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Here you go, R!!! I was so looking forward to enjoying a pint of McSorley’s at McSorley’s … but the place was a mob scene and though we we able to get in the door — just barely — we couldn’t get anywhere near the bar.

Filed under: Moosellaneous
—Zhanna

A Sunny Day Off, and Two Easy Roadside Benchmarks

Where I was: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Sussex County, NJ

10 April 2007

I had planned to take this day off several weeks in advance, which usually ensures poor weather. But this time, we were lucky. Though the day was cool and breezy, the sunshine was warm and inviting. Rich and I decided to take a trip to the Water Gap. We needed to change the container for one of our geocaches (Pocono Cold Air Cave), so that was the first order of business. It was so cold and windy along the river that I was almost wishing we had planned an indoor activity instead!

By the time we began our hike to GIRR, though, the air felt warmer and the forest shielded us from the chilly wind. Our potential access points for GIRR weren’t too helpful, and we never really found the woods roads or trails that the map indicated should take us near to the mark. Our hike was mainly a bushwhack, through open woods, to the top of the knoll. I was optimistic, but search as we might, we were unable to find even one of the three marks, which are now all underground. Without probes, we had to resort to using our fingers and boots to remove the soil. It was ineffective. Pondering the situation, we snacked on our consolation blueberry Smidgens (which were supposed to have been celebratory Smidgens!) and decided to try again another day, and with better tools. At least the area was pleasant and peaceful and sheltered from the breeze. (At this time we’re not going to log GIRR because we want to return and search more thoroughly, possibly with the aid of a metal detector.)

Watching my GPSr as we drove along Old Mine Road, I noticed that we were approaching another mark. This was S 30, which we stopped to find and document. T 30 is another silly roadside benchmark that we had been avoiding, but since we were in the area, we thought we would search for it. It was more of a challenge than we’d ever expected!

“S 30″, LY0753

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