{"id":1126,"date":"2011-05-23T01:10:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T05:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/?p=1126"},"modified":"2011-05-23T01:10:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T05:10:03","slug":"walkabout-nyc-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/walkabout-nyc-may-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Walkabout NYC &#8211; May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dannychoo.com\/\">Danny Choo<\/a>&#8216;s long running <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dannychoo.com\/landscape\/en\/post\/all\/weektokyo\/all\/all\/all\/all\/1.html\">A Week in Tokyo series (possible NSFW link)<\/a>, I want to post an odd assortment of photos taken around NYC in the month of May. Instead of one off twitpics, a series of unrelated NYC photos makes for good juxtaposition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1127\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1127\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1127\" title=\"IMG_2423\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2423.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2423-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2423-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYC Subway Ad<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dorky yet amusing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1128\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/shillanyc.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1128\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1128\" title=\"IMG_2438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2438.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2438.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2438-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2438-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kalbi from Shilla Ktown<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You can never have too much Kalbi.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1129\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1129\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1129\" title=\"IMG_2447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2447.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2447.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2447-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2447-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vintage Bowling Set<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t remember what UWS furniture store this came from.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1130\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1130\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1130\" title=\"IMG_2468\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2468.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2468.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2468-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2468-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Mango Fulton St Grand Opening<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More pay by the ounce yogurt shops is a good thing. The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/icanhasfffpeach\">white peach yogurt<\/a> I got was a bit too runny<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1131\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1131\" title=\"IMG_2470\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2470.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2470.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2470-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2470-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soul Daddy sauces<\/p><\/div>\n<p>South St Seaport area &#8211; Soul Daddy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbc.com\/americas-next-great-restaurant\/\">American&#8217;s Next Great Restaurant<\/a> fame<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1132\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1132\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1132\" title=\"IMG_2498\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2498.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2498-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2498-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Xiao Long Bao sauce stacks<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So great, so far away. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/nan-xiang-dumpling-house-flushing\">Nan Xiang Dumpling House<\/a> in Flushing<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1133\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1133\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1133\" title=\"IMG_2499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2499.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2499.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2499-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2499-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shaved Ice topped with Condensed Milk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As you can tell, I&#8217;m never one to shy away from blanket generalizations! Condensed milk goes great with everything! So does tapioca pearls, aloe vera, and bacon (though not necessarily all in the same dish)<\/p>\n<p>Also in Flushing, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/ice-fire-land-flushing\">Ice Fire Land<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1134\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1134\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1134\" title=\"IMG_2509\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2509.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2509.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2509-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2509-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uniqlo Captain Jack Sparrow Shirt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Disney hype machine is building up for the latest Pirate&#8217;s movie. This shirt was spotted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uniqlo.com\/us\/stores\/ny_soho_store.html\">Uniqlo<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1135\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1135\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1135\" title=\"IMG_2521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2521.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2521-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2521-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goomba hats<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendoworldstore.com\/\">Nintendo World<\/a> store, goomba merch<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1136\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1136\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1136\" title=\"IMG_2524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2524.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2524.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2524-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2524-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bowser backpack<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You guessed it, from the Nintendo World store. I&#8217;d buy this, but $50 is too much for a novelty backpack<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1137\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1137\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1137\" title=\"IMG_2533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2533.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2533-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2533-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TSL3 Afterparty<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the TSL3 afterparty, you can see Thorzain in the background with the adidas three stripes garb<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1138\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1138\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1138\" title=\"IMG_2629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2629.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2629.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2629-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2629-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brown Butter with Candied Bacon on Brioche Cookie<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/eatcoolhaus.com\/new-york\/products\/\">Coolhaus<\/a> in NYC. That is one seriously heavy dessert<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1139\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1139\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1139\" title=\"IMG_2654\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2654.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2654.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2654-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2654-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monopoly Graffiti<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Representing the streets of NYC<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1140\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1140\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1140\" title=\"IMG_2668\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2668.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2668.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2668-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2668-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chelsea Market exit<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Chelsea Market is a great example of repurposing old buildings (but this isn&#8217;t new news)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1141\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1141\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1141\" title=\"IMG_2742\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2742.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2742-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_2742-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whole Foods - Columbus Circle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Looking down at the Whole Foods in the Time Warner Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspired by Danny Choo&#8216;s long running A Week in Tokyo series (possible NSFW link), I want to post an odd assortment of photos taken around NYC in the month of May. Instead of one off twitpics, a series of unrelated NYC photos makes for good juxtaposition. Dorky yet amusing. You can never have too much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,312,19],"tags":[142,473,783,787,774,769,102,772,777,55,786,775,771,303,778,776,789,790,770,781,37,219,785,106,784,313,792,779,791,782,793,738,768,773,187,35,788,767,622,57,780],"class_list":["post-1126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-food-2","category-photo","tag-ad","tag-ads","tag-angr","tag-bowling","tag-bowser","tag-chelsea-market","tag-columbus-circle","tag-coolhaus","tag-disney","tag-flushing","tag-fulton","tag-goomba","tag-graffiti","tag-ice-cream","tag-ice-fire-land","tag-jack-sparrow","tag-kalbi","tag-ktown","tag-monopoly","tag-nan-xiang-dumpling-house","tag-nintendo","tag-nyc","tag-red-mango","tag-sandwich","tag-sauce","tag-sc2","tag-shady","tag-shaved-ice","tag-shilla","tag-soul-daddy","tag-subway","tag-thorzain","tag-time-warner","tag-tsl3","tag-uniqlo","tag-uws","tag-vintage","tag-walkabout","tag-whole-foods","tag-xiao-long-bao","tag-xlb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1126"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1147,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1126\/revisions\/1147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rexfeng.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}