Hosive

when people come into the city, we are always surprised by where they want to visit or to go eat. they are equally surprised that we do not frequent those places or want to go eat there. no. i do not want to eat at ruby tuesdays , bennigans or tgifridays in times square. then they ask where we go……so here are the places we like…not the best or the cheapest or whatever category….just where we go and go on a regular basis…

we found a lot of symmetry in our labor day trip across the bridge ending in a meal at a brooklyn heights joint recommended to us by a number of people for good polish and ukrainian food. first, the unnamed place turned out to be called teresa’s. then my dad said he used to come here when he worked in brooklyn. all the pieces came together serendipitously.

we started out with soup….one of these is the regular borscht and one of them was the special borscht. both excellent. don’t worry which to order….just make sure to order some borscht!

many of us went with the standard winner of beef stroganoff with or without noodles. i think steph got this avocado salad that looked yummy even to carnivores.

my mom got the roast chicken and as you can see all the meals came with sides like corn, cucumber salad, french fries or a few other choices. hearty, yummy food at non-manhattan prices! a great meal to finish off our new york loving, affirming night. hope to make it back soon.

the last of my pre-playoff reports of the regular season yankee stadium…and food reviews…..

here mike and i are minding our own business enjoying an interdivisional tussle with the blue jays…a pretty vanilla, going through the motions game…but being at the ballpark is still magical….and a privilege. i never forget that.

mike tries something i have yet to try….he has an urge for some cheesesteaks….and he is impressed with the yankees version.  i took a bite and determined that this would be my next meal at the stadium! it was tasty. expensive for what you got….but good, satisfying ball park food.

this was not the size of the sandwich….the other half is in mike’s mouth.

but then all nuttiness broke out….not once but twice….players running onto the field, fighting, drawing blood, yelling….and the fans in the stadium started to get scary…at least in the bleachers….

security made fans sit down…they threw out drunks threatening our canadian friends…people inched toward the field….

too bad, this was the most exciting part of the game….i had never seen a brawl at the park before.

this is what wrapped up my year at the stadium unless the yankees win the alds and send me to my second round tickets. i hope i get to go!

as promised….as we build up to the playoffs, more yankee action and stadium food tour. josh was nice enough to join me for a sunny day game! yeah! no more rainy mini-plan!

again, a great part of the stadium is that you can move around and plant yourself in another location-even behind the plate!-and watch the game from the lower deck, behind the rich people seats! you can stand all game if you’d like. this is why i got bleachers for the alcs…i’ll have the nuttiness of the bleachers and the option of crazy good views if i take a stroll.

the other great feature of the park is pretty good ballpark food with a nice diversity around the promenade. so different perspectives and getting good eats go hand in hand.

josh went for something that theresa asked for but wasn’t able to get when we came for the pre-season cubs matchup: cheese garlic fries! maybe they got the idea from her denied request?

josh also tried out the buffalo chicken sliders, a personal favorite.

and the game…..two magical words: enter sandman.

as the playoffs finally approach, i’ll be documenting the last few games i got to go to as part of my mini plan to the first season at the new yankee stadium before they become entirely irrelevant(the games not the yankees).  but no worries to non sports fans! i will likely focus more on ballpark food than the games.

i bought josiah to his first new yankee stadium game in an obvious attempt to usurp his father’s authority. after a few disappointing innings with joba, we went to get some nachos and get some different views around the ballpark. josiah knew exactly what he wanted in terms of grub.

he was disappointed to learn that the meat only came with the deluxe nachos and decided not to upgrade. when the lady was making his order, the manager came over….and i think he thought josiah was younger than he was….and asked if he wanted the topping on the house! josiah politely accepted but the lady looked over to double check if she heard correctly. the manager winked and nodded the go ahead….so josiah got a bonus on his cheese nachos.

he declined on free jalapenos.

the game was a laugher but josiah wanted to stay until the bitter end. i complied. who can say no to a kid in the summertime?

then the yankees started coming back and cut the lead to 1 in the bottom of the ninth with the tying run and winning run on base with nobody out. but a botched bunt and a line drive, bang bang double play left us with unexpected heartache.

or maybe that was from the “meat” in the nachos.

i met my cousin jaq jaq last week.

we are getting along famously.

we also have the same fashion sense for fashion week.