The NEW YORK CHRONICLES: Hurricane Sandy

Thursday, November 1, 2012

HURRICANE SANDY NEW YORK ODYSSEY

The Day "HURRICANE SANDY" Hit NEW YORK Monday/Tuesday October 29 & 30, 2012 .... Got Most of My Supplies ahead of Time, enough Food, Water, and Flashlights. Was at "CAFFE REGGIO" in New Yorks, Greenwich Village twice that day hanging out 2 Hours each time, Sipping Cappuccino, on the phone and Laptop Reading and Writing, or Surfing The Net. Oh Yeah, before my first stop at Reggio I stopped in by My Buddy Giovanni at "Bar Pitti" (Proprietor) ... Had a coffee of course (Espresso) and Govanni asked me if I wanted something to Eat? Heck Yeah, Thanks! "I'll have One of Those Plaease," I said pointing to the Mortadella Sandwich one of the waiters (Lucca) was Eating. Yummm! Dam it was tasty! Giovanni gets the top-quality Mortadella from Emelia Romangna in Italy, "Tasty" and fresh. The sandwich was on a nice piece of Ciabatta Bread from The Sullivan Street Bakery (Some of The Best Bread in Town) ... So I had my Espresso and Pannino (Sandwich), hung-out, chit-chatted and thanked Giovanni for the eats and I was on my way. Went to Caffe Reegio, Cappuccino, Reading Writing and then went to the Grocery Store on Bleecker and LaGaurdia Place. Got paper towels, Water, Cheese, Eggs, OJ, and a couple cans of soup to add to what I already had at home, Then went home and had some of the homemade soup I had left at home. Was back home for an hour and 1/2 then when back to Reggio and did the same thing. Went back home about 8 O'clock. I was home about 45 minutes watching the News of what was happening with Sandy "The Hurricane" At about 8:45 the lights flickered. "Oh Shit" Yes, 5 or 6 minutes later they were "OUT" The Lights, The TV, The Laptop, Everything, "NO Electricity" we were in the "DARK" We being a Half-Million people living in lower Manhattan, from 39th Street down, no electrical Power at all. Pitch BLACK DARK! to be Continued Daniel Bellino Zwicke

The ONLY PLACE THAT I FOUND OPEN SERVING FOOD BELOW 26th STREET

Downtown New York on Tuesday October 30, 2012 The Day After HURRICANE SANDY

"HIT" NEW YORK and Left Downtown NEW YORK in The "DARK" Without SUBWAY or

BUS SERVICE ... Garys Was Serving "HOT DOGS" in CANDLE-LIGHT "THANKS GRAYS" !!!!

GRAYS PAPAYA "HOT DOGS" on The Corner of West 8th STREET and 6th AVENUE in GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK

See My HURRICANE SANDY ODESSEY

FRANKENSTORM

Before the STORM Hit

The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK

by Daniel Zwicke

Monday, October 29, 2012

COFFEE and "FRANKENSTORM"

Yes Boys and Girls "COFFEE and FRANKENSTORM" I'ts FrankenStorm a Hurricane and You Gotta Have Some COFFEE .. It's NEW YORK and The SUBWAY SYSTEM Has Been SHUT-DOWN ONCE AGAIN by "The BLOOMBERG" Th City Has Been Crippled with NO PLACES OPEN ..
NO PLACE to GET Some COFFEE !!! WHAT ! Dam! Gotta Get Some COFFEE ! Wanna Sit Down SIP SOME COFFEE and Just Hang !
Lokkin for a Some COFFEE, a Cafe, a Place to hang... Walkin down Macdougal Street in The VILLAGE "GREENWICH VILLAGE" That Is !!! A VISION !!! CAFFE REGGIO "THY'RE OPEN !!! YEE-Haa!
Goin To GET SOME "COFFEE" Sit Down, RELAX... Thank Goodness for "CAFFE REGGIO"
BRAVO REGGIO ! We LOVE Ya !!!

NEW YORK and The $3.00 PBR

New York and the $3.00 PBR, Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer has been a God-Send to many New Yorkers. As you all know, the US Economy has been in the Shitter for the past 3-Half years or so.

Many people are out of work, and many who are working, are taking home Half-as-Much Money or more of what they used to make. People have had to buckle down and give up or curb many things they enjoyed previous to the current state of our economy, which is in almost a Depression Era State.

Yes, everybody says that we are not in a Depression, we're in a recession. Those are the Rich and Well-Off talking. To many, the state of our Union and their feelings are of Depression.

So, because of the Terrible State of our Economy you have given up eating out 3 times a week, you buy less clothes, spend less on Entertainment and any number of things and you haven't had a vacation in the past two years, maybe more. You given up a lot. We all have.

Now when it comes to socializing, going out for a few Beers or Cocktails with some friends, you've had to cut back on that too. But hey, you gotta draw a line somewhere, and everyone is entitled to a few drinks to unwind every now and then. But if you live in the Great City of New York this can be a costly undertaking, especially in this day, and of all times, to be having a Boom in The $14, Sixteen-Dollar-Or -More-Cocktail.W hat is a Poor Working Guy or Working Girl to do??? Well Boys and Girls, let's Thank God for that great thing of wonder and the Bars and establishments who so graciously and kindly serve it, The $3.00 PBR, That's right, a $3.oo Beer in The Land of The Over-Priced $16.00 Cocktail, Manhattan, New York, NY..... It's quite Sad, Greedy too.

Yes, Thank God and let's thank the Kind-Heart proprietors who serve $3.00 PBR'S or any Beer for just $3 or $4 in a New York Bar. You are doing you fellow man a public service and we thank you for that. Whoever you are, you are to be commended, and Shame-On-You, all those places that serve $14 PLUS Cocktails. "RIP-OFF" !!! Wish the masses would Boycott these places and patronize places like Blue & Gold Bar, 7B, and anyplace who has a heart. Bars that serve 3 and 4 Dollar Beers.

I just have to say, it's great to go to a place like Blue and Gold Bar on East 7th Street and know that you can have 3 or 4 Beers for just $12 to $16, accounting for a Buck a Pop for the Barkeep. Now that's pretty good. I have had the best times hanging at Blue & Gold with some friends. You sit at the Bar or get into a nice comfy booth, drink your Beers ($3 PBR'S), relax, listen to the Music, Chit Chat, and just enjoy, and it's not going to cost you The Shirt Off Your Back.

Yes, you can have 4 Beers, tip included for the price of 1 Rip-Off Drink at one of those Rip-Off Joints. And if you are Dumb enough to have four drinks in one of those places, guess what it's going to cost you? About $75 my friend.

Well, do the Math, and if you can afford $75 for only 4 drinks, God Bless You. And if you can't, you've got an alternative. Right, your local $3.00 PBR Joint. They're a God-Send.

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke