Boxing Day

The snow came late last night, leaving little more than a scenic inch or two under sunny skies this morning.

Pancakes for breakfast, catching up on yesterday's food section, whence the good news of a wine glut, a piece on lutefisk, and an amusing restaurant review leader:

Universities have a way of raising real estate values and depressing culinary ones. Seemingly forever, the neighborhood around New York University has supported the lower life-forms beloved of urban students: the overstuffed burrito, the soggy slice of pizza, the desiccated lump of sushi. A few Italian restaurants from the Cretaceous period add color without improving the overall quality.

Hey, at least at NYU you didn't have to walk very far to get away from the Regrettable Food. The Village was certainly a better place to eat well on the cheap than my Upperer West Side neighborhood.

Posted by David on December 26, 2002 10:07 AM