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Offline Jeff Wrangler

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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3560 on: July 16, 2024, 10:01:15 pm »
Well, shoot. It looks like I didn't receive the fiction issue. My issue came today and it has a portrait of the Supreme Court on the cover. (Funny, and sad)

Dang!  >:(   :(
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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3561 on: July 18, 2024, 09:01:03 pm »
Well, shoot. It looks like I didn't receive the fiction issue. My issue came today and it has a portrait of the Supreme Court on the cover. (Funny, and sad)

My issue with that cover arrived today.
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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3562 on: July 24, 2024, 11:30:55 pm »
"Inside the Trump Plan for 2025" (Jonathan Blitzer, July 22) was a disappointment. It was interesting to learn how incestuous these Trump/far right  organizations are, and how they raise money and finance each other, but I thought the article would be an examination of Project 2025. I've read about that elsewhere. It's 900-page document that lays out a plan for a second Trump Administration that would essentially turn the nation into a white Christian nationalist authoritarian dictatorship.

Ian Frazier's article on the Bronx is too long.

But the article about pirates was entertaining. Articles about pirates always are.  ;D
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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3563 on: July 25, 2024, 10:06:39 am »
It was great to read the article on Provincetown and find out what the fuss was all about.
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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3564 on: July 25, 2024, 11:19:57 am »
It was great to read the article on Provincetown and find out what the fuss was all about.

Do you mean the one entitled:  "Tea and Beachside High Jinks in Provincetown" by Hannah Goldfield?

I found it wildly inaccurate and biased. 
No one here calls it "Land's End".  Land's End is the name of the hardware store.
She blithely jumps from the Pilgrims in 1620 to 1899 without really noting the long maritime, fishing, whaling and salt production, done mostly by immigrants from the Azores.
She hardly mentions the real attraction in the early 20th century, which was theatre, including Eugene O'Neill.
For some reason, she pals up with not locals, but a couple from NY, who don't know the whole story. They only discuss the west end.
The rest of the article is an odd ode to Sal's restaurant.  Way overstated, Sal's does not hold such pride of place in Ptown ($40 for eggplant parm?  Please.)  I went there exactly once thirty years ago and never thought of it again.  So, some new eccentric Irish owner dominates the rest of the piece. 

If she truly wanted to write about food in Ptown, talk to a local.  Many more interesting spots in the east end.  For real Italian, Ciro & Sal's is much more authentic than Sal's, with lovely ambiance and better prices.  How about The Mews, which is actually open all year?? Some of the best food in town.  At least mention the Lobster Pot, a classic seafood place on the water that everyone knows. 

Of course, the real cool thing happened last Saturday:  a huge Democratic fundraiser with Kamala, Pete Buttigieg, our gay governor Maura Healey and Jennifer Coolidge.  They had a big party on the lawn of the Pilgrim Monument and raised over $2M. 

I'll stop now!


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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3565 on: July 25, 2024, 11:57:33 am »
Do you mean the one entitled:  "Tea and Beachside High Jinks in Provincetown" by Hannah Goldfield?

What issue is that in?  ???

I understand the light was a great attraction for artists, too.

I didn't know Ciro & Sal's still existed, and the Mews is wonderful!

The Lobster Pot has the best clam chowder the world.  :D

They used to have a good crab meat salad sandwich, too, but that's been gone from the menu for years, now.  :(
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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3566 on: July 25, 2024, 12:47:58 pm »
Thanks for giving me the real story! I did think it odd that so much was devoted to Sal's and wondered if there were other good restaurants in town. Jeff, this is in the back of the latest issue.
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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3567 on: July 25, 2024, 02:45:12 pm »
What issue is that in?  ???

I understand the light was a great attraction for artists, too.

I didn't know Ciro & Sal's still existed, and the Mews is wonderful!

The Lobster Pot has the best clam chowder the world.  :D

They used to have a good crab meat salad sandwich, too, but that's been gone from the menu for years, now.  :(

Ciro & Sal's is better than ever.  Also open all year, they are so welcoming on a cold, winter evening with their fireplaces and warm lighting.  Outstanding lobster bisque, freshest fish, and an interesting wine list. They also have a very inviting outdoor space that I haven't yet tried.

The Mews is under renovation, so they moved temporarily up the street. Same great food and great staff.

Gotta love the Pot!  I imagine the price of crab meat has made it prohibitive. 

Actually, my favorite place is Strangers and Saints (the name for the different clans on the Mayflower--Pilgrims and "others").  It's owned by friends of ours, and my good friend Joey does their books and payroll!  Situated in a gorgeous 19th century Greek Revival columned house, it serves creative food and even more creative drinks. 

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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3568 on: July 25, 2024, 04:30:30 pm »
I don't know why I'm so ahead of you guys, but I got July 29 yesterday. Cover drawing is of a man and boy on a bike, the man holding a torch and the boy a French flag. I didn't really get it but based on the title "Monsieur Hulot's Olympics," I gathered it's a reference to the Olympics and a filmmaker in postwar France. Not sure whether the merger of the two in one image is significant in some way, but I didn't find it catchy.

Here's an image from one of the guy's films, which the cover cartoon reproduces almost exactly with the addition of the aforementioned props:


 


Inside, there's a story about a Grateful Dead reboot with two members and John Mayer, a Louis Menand essay about the yuppie and an Adam Gopnik piece about abolishing prisons.

Meanwhile, I'm going through my stacks of partly-read, and in some cases not-at-all-read, New Yorkers. I found one from January that's full of good stuff.



Oh, and this just in: I went to find a link to the fiction issue for you, Lee, so you could read it online. Here it is. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/08

But on the way there, I came across an issue that I don't remember getting! Did I blank out on the memory, or is it some special thing I didn't receive? For one thing, all the other issues are identified by a specific date, and this one just says "July 2024." (Note differences in the URLs above and below.)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/the-interviews-issue-july-2024

It features interviews with celebrities and other people. A cartoon of Kevin Costner shows him looking like Teddy Roosevelt.

WTH? Have there been a bunch of these undated New Yorkers all along and I was just never aware?





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Re: In the New Yorker...
« Reply #3569 on: July 25, 2024, 07:08:23 pm »
I got that issue yesterday too. I wondered why the man was dressed so dowdily and then I saw the title. I'm not familiar with Mr. Hulot but I understand he is well loved.
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