No matter how you slice it, fifthteen dollars for a single meal is a a lot of dough…And I call myself a Recessionist. We all need those times to splurge and GO IN on something really good even if it’s outside the normal spending limit. Now that I’m working back in Manhattan, I have to be very conscience of how my money is spent.
“How much for a plain slice? $4.50? American Dollars?”
“How much for a hot dog, sir? $3!! In real life?” Yeah, Manhattan will get you.
The ironic thing is that the last time I was working in the neighborhood I was a bit younger, making a bit less and I used to meal like this everyday. Ahh, to still be under my mother’s roof. This meal is from Bagel Maven on 30th Street and 7th Avenue on the northwest corner and I fully endorse their make-your-own-salads. $12 for a salad isn’t that much for some people (I’ll be going here once a week- max). But the meal was great: mixed greens with spinach and Mesculun; sun-dried and sliced tomatoes; feta cheese; garbanzo beans, walnuts (my true love); chopped bacon and cajun chicken breast. With some zesty lemon vinaigrette and lemon chipotle dressing, two kinds of BBQ/hot chips (nothing beats Wise, they’re the best, the original The Orange/ Peach/ Mango Tropicana was a must, as well. Wow, when it’s laid out all like that, it sounds like it should be $15, doesn’t it.
I then went to McDonald’s for a co-worker and got her two chicken “snack wrap,” “snackers,” “snackity things” for $1.39 each…what a world apart, that child is. McDonald’s is so 1998.
That meal had me satisfied for about five hours, by the way.
My blogger/ twitter friend Mateo/@MCiscart passed along one of his random rantings for me to post and comment on, 12/04/09: This Thursday, like every other Thursday morning for the past three months has been more or less the same. After dropping my SLMB off at school I grab the AM New York for a quick train read on my way to school. On page three there’s an article about the gay marriage proposal not passing, which in itself can be seen as basic news, though while reading this article I ran pass a passage, that to me seems very disturbing. Maggie Gallagher, director of the National Organization for Marriage, which opposed the bill said, “This is a huge and magnificent win by an unexpectedly large margin…It puts the nail in the coffin of the idea that the culture is changing.” This quote to me is very troubling, maybe its the fact that I’m currently reading about W.E.B Dubious and J.W. Johnson, both who part of black civil rights movements in the early 1900′s. This quote for me symbolizes the mind set that was also shared in the early 1900′s when sure blacks were “free” but still got treated like second class citizen’s, many seem to confuse culture with a way of life. Ms. Gallagher’s comment just show’s me everything that I see wrong in politics. What legal stand point other than religion do we have to deny anyone their pursuit of happiness. I recall a classmate who stated that she would vote for McCain, for the single purpose that she felt Obama supported gay marriage. Why do we look at political leaders as saviors of our religious beliefs. To me this is one of the reasons why change is slow and hard to come by. To me I don’t see what the big fuss is about, maybe it’s the fact that I live in the New York City and what I’ve come to see in my every day life isn’t the norm for the majority that live outside City limits. If someone happens to be gay has no baring on whether their a good or bad person. Read more…
This takes me back to when I actually watched MTV. Real World, Loveline with Dr. Drew and Adam Carolla and Daria… Daria was the original Debby Downer/Ms. Underwhelmed, she reminded my of the cartoon version of Janeane Garofalo‘s high school days.
This post was written with @PerfectEnigma in min, her Emo twitter rant range from AntiHorny sexcapades to delayed Bursar’s checks and suicidal laptops. It’s like Tracy Chapman 2.0
No matter how you slice it, fifthteen dollars for a single meal is a a lot of dough…And I call myself a Recessionist. We all need those times to splurge and GO IN on something really good even if it’s outside the normal spending limit. Now that I’m working back in Manhattan, I have to be very conscience of how my money is spent.
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