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superjohn said:
Sounds like a really strange business model.
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Yeah, the vibe could be seen as akin to Seinfeld's Soup Nazi at times.

For a long time, they operated with hand-written meal slips, no cash register, adding up the bill with a calculator, and the expectation that you knew the drill. There was chilly & impatient attitude if you didn't.

Then again, across 40+ years, things can and have changed, and for all I know someone might read this and respond, "That's such a 2009 description."
 
Hoophound said:
My dad gives off a bit of the Clark W. Griswold vibe sometimes. I’ll never forget driving through the California mountains on our way to Point Reyes or Yosemite or something in the mid 80’s. My dad was eagerly reading all the great things to see and do and telling us kids about them as my mother drove. Most of it was not very exciting to us at all. My dad said, “Guys, look out for an albino deer, apparently there are a few around and they are extremely rare.” I looked out the window and said, “There’s one”. My dad was like “yeah right”. Standing right there, 20 feet away, was a big, white albino deer. We still laugh about that.
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Along the same lines.. Hans might get a kick out of this.. Going to Ithaca again .. An hour or two from Cornell-our destination.. I'm riding shotgun and kind of spacing out-We're in farm country. I look to the left at a small farm and see a camel laying down under a tree in the shade. For the record-- I was stone sober!!

We talked about that for the whole weekend and agreed to look for him on our way home. Sure enough.. There he was..

Turns out that this farm was a rescue facility for retired circus animals. Saw my first camel(and albino deer) on the way to Ithaca/Cornell.

Can't make this "stuff" up.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
It was a speculative comment, and actually meant as a positive.

I lived in the North End on Lake Forest for 7 years, before moving to Westville. I prefer New Haven overall, though I like having familiarity with and access to both cities.
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Nice I’m right on Griffin ave and chopsey hill
 
Dean Wormer said:
Montclair NJ.
After living in Manhattan, moving to Montclair with my ex was like night and day. Loved my time there.
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Among other things, it was a popular destination for folks from Park Slope, Hoboken, and Upper West Side, after the birth of their 2nd child.
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
Among other things, it was a popular destination for folks from Park Slope, Hoboken, and Upper West Side, after the birth of their 2nd child.
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For a town of less than 40K, it's got pretty much any food you'd want, plus a couple of excellent arts festivals.

And for me, a key attraction was being only 12 minutes from Star Tavern, which is the best proxy for Colony pizza I've found to date.
 
Dean Wormer said:
Montclair NJ.
After living in Manhattan, moving to Montclair with my ex was like night and day. Loved my time there.
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Surprised to hear this town mentioned. Granted I have no concept of it, but I lived around there for a few years when I was really young, and both my parents went to Montclair State. I always just assumed it was meh....because Jersey
 
Birmingham

Five Points Birmingham (fivepointsbham.com)

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huskiesNhoos said:
Surprised to hear this town mentioned. Granted I have no concept of it, but I lived around there for a few years when I was really young, and both my parents went to Montclair State. I always just assumed it was meh....because Jersey
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IKR. I was pleasantly surprised since Jersey to me was smokestacks in Elizabeth & concrete in Newark. But I realized there’s a reason it’s called the Garden State. Really nice areas, lots of greenery in the Montclair area. Too many upper west side transplants of course, but overall a really great location.
 
Dean Wormer said:
Montclair NJ.
After living in Manhattan, moving to Montclair with my ex was like night and day. Loved my time there.
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bloomfield ave is nice! to think it takes you right down to newark
 
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superjohn said:
Milwaukee- Got my tickets for the September 11th weekend of Summer Fest. Tickets for Chappelle and ZZ Top, Living Colour, Wilco, Filter, Toad the Wet Sprocket, 311...
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Wow, Living Colour, that's a blast from the past. I saw them on Memorial Field when I went to visit my siblings over Spring Weekend years ago. They rocked!
 
superjohn said:
Milwaukee- Got my tickets for the September 11th weekend of Summer Fest. Tickets for Chappelle and ZZ Top, Living Colour, Wilco, Filter, Toad the Wet Sprocket, 311...
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nice, I went a few summers ago and it was Lit, Nelly, Alien Ant Farm, The Wallflowers, cant remember the other headliners. It was thursday so they had throwback thursday on drink prices as well.
 
Hans Sprungfeld said:
All true.

I've been visiting my sister during her summers (and now year round) in Ithaca & north for nearly three decades, so I'm well-acquainted with Ithaca & Moosewood

As to Bloodroot, by my perception, it has often given off a chilly vibe toward men, but things jumped noticeably in my favor after one time when I encountered my original yoga teacher. A connection was made because one of the two restaurant partners did a class at a different time & location with Sophie, one which I later joined occasionally. It was like I got issued a credible ally card.

Then again, it had felt like an understandable, "Yeah, we don't get treated so great out in most of the world, so allow our cold attitude to raise your consciousness some." I've known men who have stayed away.
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Moosewood - they need to have a fire hose in the back so they can give their staff their circus elephant treatment and hose them down before a shift - those folks stink to high heaven.
 
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Yardigan said:
Greenville, SC
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Wall Street Journal did an article on where people are moving, focus on smaller cities where people go from big cities. Greenville was #1 on the list. It looked really interesting.
 
Umami Zen said:
Along the same lines.. Hans might get a kick out of this.. Going to Ithaca again .. An hour or two from Cornell-our destination.. I'm riding shotgun and kind of spacing out-We're in farm country. I look to the left at a small farm and see a camel laying down under a tree in the shade. For the record-- I was stone sober!!

We talked about that for the whole weekend and agreed to look for him on our way home. Sure enough.. There he was..

Turns out that this farm was a rescue facility for retired circus animals. Saw my first camel(and albino deer) on the way to Ithaca/Cornell.

Can't make this "stuff" up.
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Went to undergrad up in Ithaca. Cornell is just a beautiful campus. I will be going in October for the first time since 1990. I had always intended to be a regular visitor. I was '83 Econ and by '93 had a 4 and 2 year old so didn't go to my 10 year. Mistake.

I will hit Moosewood and will have to Google College town to see what still exists. Chanticleer bar downtown. Was already old when I was there. Bet it still exists. Can't wait.
 
Ewekon said:
Went to undergrad up in Ithaca. Cornell is just a beautiful campus. I will be going in October for the first time since 1990. I had always intended to be a regular visitor. I was '83 Econ and by '93 had a 4 and 2 year old so didn't go to my 10 year. Mistake.

I will hit Moosewood and will have to Google College town to see what still exists. Chanticleer bar downtown. Was already old when I was there. Bet it still exists. Can't wait.
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Visited a few times for weddings.. Have heard great things from my Ithaca College and Cornell friends
 
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