I'm fucking READY for Thanksgiving, man. Gotta get back in shape but first lemme get all those carbs.

Going to New York next week for 8 nights (work related, but a lot of fun will be had). My wife's going too, and since I'll be working all day - she needs things to do during the day. She's never been to NYC. Any recs that aren't the obvious touristy things? Or what are some of the more touristy things she can skip? I've been, but not for a VERY long time so I might just do the typical stuff too.

Fall weather in California is the shit. Just thought ya'll should know.

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OUR HOUSE WORDS RING TRUE THROUGH-OUT THE LANDS

AND WITH THE PROMISED RIVERS OF MOLTEN, CHUNKY GOLD

COMES A CLEANSING

THE FETID CHEESE-MONGERS OF THE NORTH SHALL BE DISPATCHED MOST CRUELLY UPON THE ALTAR OF THE TURD'UCKEN

SO SPEAKETH THE KING

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Not that the King is limited. I assume He consumes both. But does He consume more of one than the other?

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My italian family makes turkey both not dry and full of taste

Or skip turkey altogether if you're a commie. Just go for stuffing, mashed potatoes, rolls, green bean casserole, etc etc.

If you don't like Thanksgiving then WHATS WRONG WITH YOU

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>If you don't like Thanksgiving then WHATS WRONG WITH YOU

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Gimme a break, if turkey was so good u wouldn't need all this shit to make it better.

Steak don't need no gravy, turkey is borderline unchewable without it.

Give it up

http://i.imgur.com/vPqCzVU.jpg

Either does rub or any other thing people put on steak

Every steak is just cooked and eaten plain no matter how good the cook is, taste of the meat does not vary by how well it's made.

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All turkey is bad

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>Steak don't need no gravy, turkey is borderline unchewable
>without it.

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I boycotted few years ago tho.

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Let a live cook handle that

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is it "wrong" to have a thanksgiving day chicken in lieu of the traditional bird?

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Not sure why people try and stick up for Turkey

It's not good, it's ok

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>Not sure why people try and stick up for Turkey
>
>It's not good, it's ok

and if my family was cool with frying one (something I really only see or eat at football tailgates), I'd imagine that they'd be cool enough to ditch the whole traditional route of TDay foods altogether and we just pick out something people actually enjoy otherwise.

But if I'm with my parents, pops & I are prolly just trying to find any/all dark meat & I'm still seasoning it up.

I don't even really fuck with gravy either, so that makes it that much harder for me.

I've finally in later adulthood gotten us off Christmas turkey, which is just cruel & unusual punishment only a month later (and two weeks after you get done eating turkey soup or sangies), or at least providing an alternative entr�e.

bought that shit smoked whole from a deli.

damn.

Combination of apple and hickory wood chips after sitting in a sage and allspice brine. Cannot beat it.
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kinda excited now. just got a big green egg (medium size, only).

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When I was young she was pretty good at it...

Now that she is old an senile.....sigh.....

My mom isn't much better...which makes me afraid to even attempt it....

My next door neighbors used to bring it over for Thanksgiving when I was a kid. They were Brazilian. After a couple repeats, this kind of got associated with Thanksgiving to me - more than turkey, which I never really cared for. By the time I was making my own Thanksgiving dinner, we just dropped the turkey entirely.

After that, we go a bit crazy. My wife and a friend, our third co-host, collaborate on a survey to all the invited parties about the menu items. After that, my wife is on pie, I'm on the bulk of the dinner items, and friend is on booze. We hole up in a place on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, get super drunk, and cook for a few days.

It kind of rules.

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Both in taste and preparation.

John Smith would be proud.

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got my duck and cornish hens ready. fuck turkey forever.

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>got my duck and cornish hens ready. fuck turkey forever.

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for the first and only time EVER, thanksgiving and hanukkah overlap. we're combining the two for some awesome alternate recipes and celebrations.

Here's the awkward part.

typically, holidays have always been done with/by my dad's side of the family, because they're the ones who still live in NYC, with the exception of my one cousin on the other side and her husband/kids, who live in Harrison.

So I'm inviting my dad's side of the family, and my cousin and her family from my mom's side.

Plus, I'm inviting my mom....... and her boyfriend.

My parents split up 4 years ago, and my dad's side has seen her since then, and has invited her to family events (my dad lives in Arizona, so he wouldn't be there), but the invite has always just been to her (she doesn't talk about the BF in front of them, so they may not even know about him, but he obviously wouldn't have been invited anyway).

The two of them live together now, so I can't just not invite him. I have absolutely no idea how this is going to play out.

but on the other hand, sweet potato latkes and a turkey brined in manischewitz.....

*Jews you*

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I feel like I'm in uncharted territory here. This is the first time I can remember in my lifetime that Hanukah has come so early at the same time as Thanksgiving coming so late. Throw in my Mother's birthday the Saturday after Thanksgiving too makes this feel even stranger.

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and near the earliest Hanukkah can happen.

first time they've ever overlapped, and it won't happen again for SEVENTY THOUSAND YEARS

*Jews you*

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Proceed with caution. I am overtly racist.

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lived in Alabama two Christmas ago & her mother-in-law was toasting to our Christmakauh dinner (while my Catholic father sat there with this 'can't we have this one day?' in-law look on his face at the end of the table).

Fast-forward to two years later & my parents are going (I'm staying West) to visit them a their new house in Portland, ME for Thanksgiving & somehow that's falling on Chanukkah?

Seems like a crazy holiday date swing over a two year period, is Chanukkah now 18 days long instead of 8?

>Seems like a crazy holiday date swing over a two year period,
>is Chanukkah now 18 days long instead of 8?

It's kinda hard to explain, but, essentially, the Hebrew/Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles where the years are essentially 353 to 355 days long. Except every third year, is a leap year, where there's a whole extra month, making the year 385 days long. It's why the holidays are in December every year, but not exactly on the same day. Or something.

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>>Seems like a crazy holiday date swing over a two year
>period,
>>is Chanukkah now 18 days long instead of 8?
>
>It's kinda hard to explain, but, essentially, the
>Hebrew/Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles where the
>years are essentially 353 to 355 days long. Except every third
>year, is a leap year, where there's a whole extra month,
>making the year 385 days long. It's why the holidays are in
>December every year, but not exactly on the same day. Or
>something.

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Muslims similarly have a lunar calendar, but they don't have the leap month, which is why Ramadan was in the middle of the summer this year, but 15 years ago it might have been in November. The calendar slips a little bit each year until it makes a full circle back to where it started.

Jews throw in the leap month every few years, I think it's like 5-10 days long. this keeps the holidays in relatively the same place.

*Jews you*

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..this is guaranteed entertainment


*skatin' the rings of saturn*

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..and miles to go before i sleep...

The last 4 or 5 years or so, me and my best friend from my hometown have been running a 10K on Thanksgiving morning down in Belmont Shore in LB before we go off to our usual family activities. Pretty good way to get that appetite extra rolling before stuffing your face (and feeling at least slightly less guilty about it). Running that + usual Thanksgiving lunch at my folks' house = passing out extra hard by the afternoon football game... I haven't actually run that much lately though so I need to get back on my grind there.

I hadn't done the tour guide thing in a while but she was from South Africa and it was her first time in the States so it was fun.

The #1 thing to do in NYC, shape permitting, is to walk. Walk everywhere. Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge. Walk from Midtown to the Financial District. Walk all over the East and West Village. Walk Central Park. Walk Brooklyn. Walk Williamsburg. Walk the BK waterfront.

And eat, obviously. For $15-20 entrees you can eat some of the best food of your life.

The Empire State Bldg is still cool after all these years for me but go early, the wait can be long.

The Statue of Liberty tour isn't worth it to me. There are other ferry/boat tours around the harbor and they don't involve waiting in line for hours and hours.

There's hop on hop off buses.

That's off the top of my head.

agreed re: the Statue of Lib...I just take ppl on the Staten Island ferry and you can get pretty good pics/views from the boat (otw there, not so much back)

the Village

Museum Mile


Freedom Tower

i cant think of anything else in Manhattan that hasnt been mentioned already.

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there's always good stand up comedy.

make sure to eat pizza once a day. either neopolitan-style or ny-slice-style.

I was back in late August as a visitor which meant I actually had time to just float around the city....walked all over the Westside, a couple incredible days.

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
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- The highline as others have mentioned is a great stroll
- There's a great exotic burger place on 16th and 8th
- Great bike trail between the Westside highway and the Hudson River. Goes from Lower Manhattan all the way to Riverside Park (my fav spot in the city) on the Upper West Side (UWS)
- Milano Market at 110th and Broadway....incredible hero sandwiches. If you're a Seinfeld fan, you may recognize a certain diner near there.
- Central Park is always a must walk
- Some people swear by the food on Bleeker st in West Village but I found it all to be a bit overrated (esp Mahmoud's...meat was tough, the spicy sauce is just stupid heat...this coming from an Indian person used to heat)

Will add more as I think of it

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"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

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>was tough, the spicy sauce is just stupid heat...this coming
>from an Indian person used to heat)


wimp

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I don't eat fried foods so I had to opt for the lamb....and bro, spice is supposed to ADD to the flavor, not overpower it.

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"have fun reveling in your pettiness tho" (C) Dula summing up 98% of OKS

"I didnt finish a damn thing...matter of fact I jerked off after she left."
-Kobe speaking to investigators

L D E A

Never ever ask the dude behind the counter to add it for you if you're getting it to go. They put way too much and ruin it.

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Most hole-in-the-wall place ever. But the noodle soups are just fucking great.

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down to the village

and then popped in and out of all the free art galleries

cool way to spend the day...and free

I don't know about walking central park

that MFer is big, I rented a bike

Grand Central was a cool site

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I've never actually done it.

and yeah, if you're up for biking, that's the best way to see central park.

There's also a bike path that basically runs for about 100+ blocks down the West side of Manhattan, between the road and the river. It's an amazing and easy ride.

It honestly sounds pretty damn cool.

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..gives you a different vantage point of the city.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=B7E8dge7H8Y


..and miles to go before i sleep...

both sound incredible.

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Early evening with the city lit up (this shot is from said walk: http://kayceephoto.tumblr.com/post/18610516519).

First thing in the morning (http://kayceephoto.tumblr.com/post/20843804847)

And in the middle of the day when it's packed.

I love it any way I see it. Though I'm a big advocate of getting up early on a weekday and walking around the city from Washington Square northward while the city "wakes up."

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..and miles to go before i sleep...

Actually, I've been on it for the past three weeks. This is the fourth episode I've co-hosted. It's called "On the Roof", done by my homie. It streams live every Friday, from like 6 to 7 p.m., Pacific Time. At http://www.alldayplay.fm/.

DISCLAIMER: The site sometimes acts weird for reasons beyond my knowledge or control. There used to be a consistent archive of old episodes for all the different shows, but again, there's been something going with the site and I don't know what's up.

It's definitely different from my own podcast the HedRush (which I haven't been able to do in over a year). First, we mostly play new music. But it's diverse enough, so you'll hear 2 Chainz followed up by Oddisee, and then Devin the Dude, Black Milk, J-Zone and Danny Brown played later on. We have done throwback education shows on The D.O.C. And we'll likely do another theme show next week. Second, it's my homie Tim Diesel's show, and I co-host and contribute in whatever ways I can. So it's a lot less of me bumping my gums, which is a good thing.

So yeah, check it out if you feel so inclined:
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started in Meatpacking. went down the Hudson river walk to the WTC area, walked back up to Meatbacking, walked back down toward the Supreme Court buildings. then just walked north all the way to Central Parked, walked all the way thru that up To Harlem.

but yeah, definitely took the A south to Meatpacking again lol.

that was a really cool walk. walking all the way thru Central Park is fun, there's a lot of things you can miss.

i lived there for 4 months. i loved it, but wasnt really for me. cant escape the noise, no nature. NEED MOUNTAINS, GRASS, AND CACTI

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Wifey and I are super excited.

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good to hear

in the immediate interim, while getting other things situated, to know you won't miss a paycheck.

Congrats, good luck, booze at my boy's bar if you need it and tell 'em first round is on Bomb.

Not sure how this is going to work out.

Little history, dude loves playing racing games. Back in the day we had this game on the SNES called Top Gear. Dude would be up until 2 AM playing. Then when my brother and I got a Playstation, we introduced him to Gran Turismo, and that blew his mind. He was like, "I can make adjustments to my car and then go race it? It has real cars?"

Fast forward to a couple months ago, dude is retired and looking for stuff to do (says my Mom). He calls me and out of the blue, "Are there any good racing games out? What's up with that new XBOX I heard about on the news?" So, he's not ready for a new Xbox, but I found a 360 used for $100. Copped Forza Motorsport 4 from Amazon for $30 and sent both his way.

I'm really curious how he's going to a) adjust to the controller and b) adjust to the amount of things he can do in the game. He's a tech guy, but not so much with video games. He has a nice HD surround setup, so I think he'd appreciate this. The research I've done on the game shows that you can adjust just about everything. So in theory he'll really like it. He's a car guy, how can he not?

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Forza is a great racing series and yes you can do any tune-up you can imagine. Hell, once you're done tuning up, you can tune-up your tune-up on test tracks.

Like Gran Turismo it's a simulator, it's as close to real racing you can get. People who aren't patient with this game give up within a week.

>Not sure how this is going to work out.
>
>Little history, dude loves playing racing games. Back in the
>day we had this game on the SNES called Top Gear. Dude would
>be up until 2 AM playing. Then when my brother and I got a
>Playstation, we introduced him to Gran Turismo, and that blew
>his mind. He was like, "I can make adjustments to my car and
>then go race it? It has real cars?"
>
>Fast forward to a couple months ago, dude is retired and
>looking for stuff to do (says my Mom). He calls me and out of
>the blue, "Are there any good racing games out? What's up
>with that new XBOX I heard about on the news?" So, he's not
>ready for a new Xbox, but I found a 360 used for $100. Copped
>Forza Motorsport 4 from Amazon for $30 and sent both his way.
>
>I'm really curious how he's going to a) adjust to the
>controller and b) adjust to the amount of things he can do in
>the game. He's a tech guy, but not so much with video games.
>He has a nice HD surround setup, so I think he'd appreciate
>this. The research I've done on the game shows that you can
>adjust just about everything. So in theory he'll really like
>it. He's a car guy, how can he not?

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That's exactly what I wanted him to have.

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i slacked on plane tickets so looks like i'm driving.

I have private information at the JO that some people are getting laid off next week, but it is generally people that should be let go. First time in my life where i am having to look at it from that side of things. It will be interesting to see the morale this month.

Taking my dad to MNF skins vs 49ers on the 25th. I wanna cop him a jersey because he has never been a jersey guy, skins fans RG3, Almor, Kerrigan or Sackpo which one you think? The first pro game i ever went to was MNF second year at fedex my dad gave my mom her birthday card which had Skins 49ers tickets in the card and a copy of the check for the seats. My dad is notoriously cheap and spent $300 on two tickets. I think i sat there shocked for a little bit and then asked why my mom got to go to see the 49ers and not me. they laughed and said the tickets where for he and i and gave my mom the real present. So this year that we are playing on MNF again at fedex i gave him a card and a copy of the check for tickets for his birthday. I hope we win but i don't care if we lose on Nov 25th because that is gonna be a great game.

For like the 3rd month in a row life is looking up Murf.

OKS, take back BEER TALK.

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What's the verdict?

I get it- everybody's doing belgian stuff, so now he's got hipster-rage to match his anti-hop crusade. But seriously - a) go to the dudes that were doing Belgo-American so well that Duvel bought them lest they have to compete with them. b) their dubbel, saison and quad are probably among my favorite American offerings of Belgian styles. c) The brewery is literally the most idyllic brewery in the states: http://cache.wanderfly.com/images/user/9f2/i-274224622_f9ce98afdf36535217b8ddcc097a36e5_b.jpg

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I just personally don't like belgian for more than 1 beer at a time.

However my concerns stand:

1. Too much of the craft scene is belgian, and too much of restaurant beer lists are devoted to belgian because it's easy for people who don't like beer to drink.

2. Too many belgian beers have high alcohol content.

Ommegang is quality shit, but it's not for me.

Drinkable, yes, for the non-beer folk, but also plenty complex for the snob.

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I don't put saisons in the same group as I do wit or wheat beers, or that belgian-y yeast flavor.

Also I'm still not clear on what exactly a saison is. They can vary widely in style.

and while Dark Saisons and Rye Saisons are delicious, they're not, in the strictest sense of the word, a saison.

A saison should be a light, effervescent ale with a really nice farmhouse yeast. citrusy if any dominant hop flavor.

And I brew a damn fine one with jasmine green tea.

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I don't care what the calendar says, I'm not ready for winter beers. I'm still drinking like it's July, and I kinda don't mind it. Everytime I pass by a new winter lager in the liquor store, my eyes just glaze over.

Anyone else ever have the urge to drink out of season?

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I pick my beer by mood and meal. I love when the seasons switch though because I stalk up on the "out of season" beers because they go on special. Hell, I just finished my last Goose Island Christmas Ale I got at the switch last year.
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