I’m off to a real late start today. I got home after two and slept late and once again had trouble with the post office, but now I’m ready to rumble. I mean write.
Yesterday was a long day, I went from therapy and seeing my psychiatrist in Harrison all the way down to Brooklyn to see The Kennedys at Jalopy. I had a lot of time in between so I decided to go to Mile End for Poutine. I know I had poutine twice in Sunday but that was not Mile End Poutine, the best in New York. If I’m in Brooklyn and have time, it’s where I eat. The poutine in New Bedford was good but Mile End is special. I have still not had it in Quebec, so I can’t judge it against the real thing, but the owners of Mile End are from Montreal.
I wanted to follow it with special ice cream. I did a search for ice cream nearby. There was an Ample Hill a third of a mile away but in the opposite direction I was going. There was a Van Leeuwen, just a few blocks out of my way so I went there. I have seen them around but never tried them, so this was even better. When I went it, I saw it was pricier than the other premium ice creams, but I had a craving and want to be knowledgeable about Ice Cream in New York. I had the New Your Sundae, coffee ice cream, hot fudge, and cocoa nibs. It was a total disappointment. The ice cream is not at all special, no better than Briars or any supermarket ice cream. It can’t hold a candle to Ample Hills let alone Cones. It was not particularly creamy or flavorful. There was so little hot fudge that it was more of a garnish than a topping. The nibs were the only part that shined; they were great. If you want to spend more money for inferior ice cream go to Van Leeuwen, otherwise go just about anywhere else. I could have had something just as good for half the price across the street at Baskin-Robbins. If you want premium ice cream my hierarchy is.
Cones – Davey’s
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Ample Hills – Oddfellows – Eddie’s Sweet Shop
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Sundaes and Cones
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GromVan Leeuwen and Big Gay Ice Cream are simply not worth the money.
*I have not been to Oddfellows in ages. Last time I checked the had only foo-foo flavors. If a place thinks they are too good for chocolate and vanilla I have objections. I hesitate putting Grom on the list as they are not destination ice cream. I will stop at the Columbus Circle shop because there’s nothing else top quality in the area, but I would never go to their store in the Village as it’s just a few blocks from Cones. Do you have a favorite ice cream shop you think I should try? I might make a page on Word Press for rating ice cream.
After a stop at Trader Joe’s I made my way to Jalopy. It’s a little more than ten minutes away by bus. It always seems so hard to get to, but it isn’t. It is a destination venue, perhaps the best in the City. It’s worth the trip from the Bronx.
The Kennedys have been on a mini-tour with Adam Traum & Colin Gilmore who I was unfamiliar with. Adam is the sun of Happy Traum and Colin of Jimmy Dale Gilmore. I was doing the merch and when people asked I added that Pete and Maura Kennedy were the sons of John F. Kennedy. Yes, both are sons. When bending reality don’t take half measures. There is no spoon.
As a deep in Brooklyn show there were some attendees I don’t usually see at Kennedys shows, David, Carolyn & Peter, and Athena. I was shocked that David had never seen Pete & Maura do a show of their own music. I see David all the time and I see The Kennedys all the time, I had assumed I had seen them together.
Adam & Colin were up first. They are solo performers working together. Neither was particularly reminiscent of their father until they did a Jimmy Dale song; then Colin sounded like his dad. They were excellent, had a great chemistry with each other and with Pete and Maura.
I write about the Kennedys all the time, I see the Kennedys all the time, but yesterday was a first, with an asterisk. Someone liked them so much that he flew in from California just for the show. He flew back today. The show was his only reason for the trip. The reason for the asterisk is that Steve Wozniak flew in from the California to see the CD Release show of Maura’s Solo album, Parade of Echoes. I didn’t find out till the next day that he sat next to me. That was a solo show, so this was the first time someone flew across the country for them as a duo. Next time I invite you to see them don’t give me any crap that the show is too far when it’s an hour away. They are worth crossing a continent for.
My phone’s battery and back up died before the show as over. That meant I couldn’t time the bus back to the subway. It comes every half an hour or so. I left after midnight and was not optimistic. I got to the bus stop less than a minute before the bus. That proves I’m a good person. My subway luck was not as good which is why I got home at 2:15.
Know that package that was supposed to be redelivered by the post office? It wasn’t. They now admit they have no idea where it is. I suspect they never did. Amazon sent a replacement via FedEx. I just got a text, it might not come today. It was already in the Bronx, but they are claiming it’s delayed by weather or natural disaster. The weather is fine and there have been no earthquakes, volcanos, tsunamis, or meteor strikes today. This is a conspiracy. I asked my therapist if she’d sign a form saying that I’m legally insane, so I could kill someone at the post office and not go to jail. She said, “no,” but acknowledged that killing people at the post office is close to justifiable homicide.
I have to pick up my meds. How much do you want to bet that FedEx comes while I’m out for the 20 minutes it will take me? Ack, they close at 6. I have to run there. I’ll post this when I get back. I’m back. I lost the bet. The FedEx didn’t come at all. The natural disaster in the Bronx that nobody else seems to know about it prevented it. I’ve been on the phone with FedEx and Amazon since I got back. I’ll write about this tomorrow. One point that might prove useful to you. You can’t order a hit on Amazon; I asked.
Wise Madness 