Cafe Zaiya, wtf!!!

via Midtown Lunch

Cafe Zaiya, how could you do this to me? Where am I going to get my leaf pies now? Apparently they were closed today because of nonpayment of taxes. Midtown Lunch called for more info and they were told that the store could be back in business pretty soon, but IDK, that SEIZED sign looks pretty scary to me!


thanks, Baker Bibi!

Cafe Zaiya calls these "leaf pies," and I always knew them as butterfly or snail cookies, but apparently they're palmiers. And wow, they're so easy to make. Maybe I don't need you after all, Cafe Zaiya!

Damn you, Google

What will it be? Will it be fun?

This Google Offers video is so sweet and catchy, and (might I add) totally false.



I just got my first Google Offer in the email and it's 50% off at Pommes Frites. That's great, I can't wait to go to the trouble of buying online, printing my coupon at work after everyone's gone home, then somehow remembering to bring it with me AND redeem it on a late-night drunken visit to Pommes Frites while I stage-whisper in front of the staff that I know truffles are really expensive but I actually HATE them and it's so gross they've put them into a sauce, it might as well be CILANTRO which makes me PUKE. It'll be worth it to save $2.

The song made me wonder, "will [these offers] transport me to space?" They're not even motivating me to transport myself via subway to the East Village. This offer has been done by Groupon, Scoutmob, BuyWithMe and Yippit, and half the time you can get them for free at Burp Castle anyway!

I'm so disappointed.

The Writing Process

Ed Yong's diagram of the writing process is so depressingly accurate.



And also adorably nerdy and British. I'm American! I don't "piss about" unless I'm actually pissing about, which I'm happy to say I've never done. Even when drunk. Also, let's replace "GOOOAAAAL!" with "TOUCHDOWN!!!!!"

I'm the dog.

And life is the cat.

Max Fish is closing!!!

Max Fish is closing due to high rent! The NY Times article does a great job of summing up how significant this bar is and how much it sucks that it has to close. Personally I never go in because it's my ex's favorite bar and I don't want to have to bloody up my new ring:



That said, I really liked it there the times I went, despite the fact that no one there appreciates my bling.

Happy weekend!

Seen before brunch at Rosewater Restaurant, which was a thoroughly disappointing experience. There was a string in the pork sandwich Rosa got, and the manager's response was, "Oh, we use that to cook the pork. We're usually good at making sure that doesn't go in the sandwich."

Stre-e-e-e-etch

Possibly the worst thing about leggings/jeggings/treggings:

YOU CAN'T TELL WHEN YOU GET FAT.

:(