Kristin Brown looks as though she could have been mailed first-class to New York for about a dollar and a half.

Bill Geist

Categorized in : Class New York Dollars

They used to have a fish on the menu that was smoked, grilled and peppered They did everything to this fish but pistol-whip it and dress it in Bermuda shorts.

fishing sea lakes

I'm a man. Men cook outside. That outdoor grilling is a manly pursuit has long been beyond question. If this wasn't understood, you'd never get grown men to put on those aprons with pictures of dancing weenies on the front, and messages like 'Come 'n' Get It!

dancing men long

There is a lovely warmness about feelings of nostalgia as though in one's head one is putting on a pair of comfy old slippers and curling up in front of a fire.

lovely fire feelings

Drawn by warm nostalgic feelings for the place and by two sweet l... by Bill Geist

Drawn by warm nostalgic feelings for the place and by two sweet little words: "Open Bar."

feelings sweet two

Grown men have been seen fleeing after reading the menu posted ou... by Bill Geist

Grown men have been seen fleeing after reading the menu posted outside.

fleeing reading men

Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar. by Bill Geist

Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar.

chilled caviar consistency

New York is a city of conversations overheard, of people at the next restaurant table (micrometers away) checking your watch, of people reading the stories in your newspaper on the subway train.

reading cities new-york