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At yakitori taisho Japanese restaurant

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:35:00 +0000

So yelp says that this place is pretty good.... It's at Astor place in the east village where there are lots and lots of jp food.. Let's see here..

so i ordered a huge meal.. i figured i had 4 hours to spare in manhattan before jumping on the bus back to philly, plus 20-30 dollars..

setting: it's in the east village, so there's more than plenty of places for japanese food. the setting is great.. like the down-to-earth raman eatery stalls you see all over japan. it's a nice wood finish. i came in at the opening at 6pm, but by the time i got my food (around 6:15) the place was packed and people were waiting for tables. actually this is the first time i passed by when i had the slightest chance of getting a seat

most of the seats are stalls by the chefs, though there are a few tables. the chef (shown) was really impressive.. you can tell that he's done this everyday, for years.. his hands would move in and out of the flames (literally) moving the skewers around.. they even roast rice cakes, which is something i should try sometime

for starters, the salmon sashimi, miso soup, green tea, and as always, sapporo beer

The salmon sashimi was great... first of all, it's not even called sashimi (i forgot the name).. it's really this 30% cooked salmon slices that are just right- just enough to feel the freshness of the fish, but crisp enough to have a mouth-feel to it.

the main dish was the "taisho don", which is skewers plus egg in rice... it's pretty good. the meat is tender and juicy, with just enough honey but not too sweet, though the sauce sort of settled to the bottom of the rice, making the end of the meal a bit too sweet for my tastes

overall, pretty good. again, you can never tell a place wrong if the place is crowded all the time.

where: Yakitori Taisho Restaurant (East Village, New York City)

Address: 5 Saint Marks Pl

New York, NY 10003

(212) 228-5086

yakitoritaisho.com/

What I ordered:

Green Tea

Sapporo Beer (draft)

Miso Soup (comes with Taisho Don)

Salmon Sashimi (sic)

Taisho Don (Chicken, beef and pork skewers on rice with egg on top)

Bill: $26 (incl tip)

Take: Very Good (78%)

Holy crap this is AMAZING

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:58:00 +0000

Apple Store, Upper West Side, New York City

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Me and honey at home

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:32:00 +0000

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Visas for foreign talent

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:47:00 +0000

From the Daily Pennsylvanian
http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com

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Delanda at penn

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:48:00 +0000

Delanda lecture on linguistics

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ve portfolio acai

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:16:00 +0000

Acai now online
Check out the new portfolio page at http://portfolio.veuda.com

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Up to NY

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:35:00 +0000

On the way up to NYC for a day to get some supplies up to my new place

Also testing put the new blogger app on my phone.

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wow! the macbookair!

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:58:00 +0000

on display at the Apple Fifth Avenue, the Cube

renderings

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top

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top
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overall2

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street1-2

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street view

sexy....

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:11:00 +0000

a bird's-eye view of the sanctuary... this is a very very initial rendering with no context, but it's such a sexy rendering i have to show it......

single thread- detail

noreply@blogger.com (vincent) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:49:00 +0000

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single thread

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iphone 001
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model of our scripted gestural form

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model of our scripted gestural form
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model of our scripted gestural form

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model of our scripted gestural form
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model of our scripted gestural form

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model of our scripted gestural form
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model showing the outcome of all 6 seed programs in single script/thread

18- 2 modules with site strategy

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16- chapel module

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14- module and nodes

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15- programs

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13- close up

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12- diagram showing the moment-separated investigation of 1 module

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we divided each module to about 105 points. this isolation allowed us to look at specific loops and determine their appropriateness per program

the script

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