baseball's best burger

i love sweet and savory or sweet and salty combinations--pancakes with a side o' bacon, garlicky grilled pork, black beans and rice, with a side of sweet plantains, a hot tub of hot buttered popcorn with a bag of peanut m&ms thrown in...

still, there are some combinations that i question, like the mcgriddle.

and some that i'm positively afraid of, like this new concoction known as "baseball's best burger." it's a bacon cheese burger, on a krispy kreme "bun"--seriously, it's a krispy kreme doughnut, sliced in half...

anyone else scared?

that said, if it ever came to yankee stadium--or shea--i'd HAVE to try it.

(and since it packs about 1000 calories and 45 grams of fat, i'll need either a couple of lipitor, or a week's worth of personal training sessions shortly thereafter.)

dinner whores

sometimes the news cracks me up. read and hear all about latest cultural phenomenon--dinner whores-- here (via 1010 WINS).

not so happy happy happy anymore

yet another LES small business closing--this time it's the vegan bakery, happy happy happy. not because of a rent hike, or because busines was slow, but because their moderate success was still outpacing the "market"--they couldn't justify a bigger baking facility. to be honest, i fell out of love with them --their scones used to be a regular part of my weekend routine, but their service got spotty (the scones were often not done when i stopped by, and when i return to buy them, i'd find they'd been sold right out from under me!) and even the quality occasionally disappointed (i remember a particularly scorched banana walnut scone, and a tooth-cracking cinnamon scone). but still, other patrons seemed exceedingly pleased with the cookies and other goodies, so i expected to see happy happy happy around for a good long while...