Kayoed by the Blizzard

It's funny that people will close their eyes to all kinds of fraud and injustice going on in the city but they will never forgive the mayor for not plowing the streets after a snowstorm! It goes back to what someone said a while back that the mayor can never do a good enough job, part of his job is to be hated.

@Uraniumfish: You are right. Politicians are supposed to be hated. That is the way it works. If they wasn't hated, they wouldn't try harder to do a great job. When it comes to fraud and injustice, many people turn their noses to it, as if it doesn't affect them. At least they think it doesn't affect them personally. But snow removal does affect them when it is their street and they have to get out to go to work.

@hhusted you have a point there

Compared to London's troubles with a mere 5 inches of snow, I've got to say that this blizzard seems like a breeze! I'm here in NYC now and while there are some issues with garbage collection still going on, at least the city is functional (and remained so after Saturday's snow). Small mercies...

@Ajadedidealist: Are you here for the long-term or just for a short vacation? How did everyone cope with this last snowstorm?

By the way, storm or no, it looks like the garbage collectors decided to take some freakin' time off, because the same stuff has been out on the curb for a week now. Man!

@Uraniumfish: That means double-duty for the cleanup crew. Does it stink yet? Or is it just piled up?

@hhusted All of Chinatown stinks, so it's hard to tell. This is one area where no one can afford for the garbage collectors to take a day off!

@Uraniumfish HA!

@Uraniumfish: Oh, my. Good gracious. Give garbage collectors overtime pay.

@Uraniumfish ha ha!

I know you all feel my pain on this one. The routes I use daily to go in and out of my place are determined by which streets do not have fish vendors. Luckily I'm spared the worst, my little nook is relatively free of them.

I could never live in Chinatown, my nose would fall off.

@BroadwayBK I could happily live in Chinatown, as I mentioned in another post when I first moved to NYC, I used to spend so much time sourcing ingredients in Chinatown that my friends used to urge me to buy an apartment there.

@BroadwayBK: I have a feeling I know what you mean. I don't like the way Chinese people cook food. When I walked by a Chinese restaurant, the odor was really offensive. I couldn't wait to go by so I wouldn't have to smell it anymore.

@hhusted I love Chinese cuisine though I do agree that their markets can be offensive to some. Again I think its the same with Indian cuisine many Americans find the smells of the spices very offensive..but according to me these spices add flavor to the cuisine I really couldnt live on bland food..always need chili, cumin, coriander and garam masala to add flavor to my dishes..

@Uptowngirl: That's your culture, right. Indians love spicy foods. I grew up on country food. The only thing about country food is the chicken. If done right, chicken can be finger-licking good. Hmmmm hmmmm good.

Chinatown has so many charms to compensate for some of its drawbacks. Case in point: even with my awful cold, I was able to get some great fresh food in a 20 minute excursion outside. I love how much is within reach here.

@Uraniumfish: Chinese people are known for their fresh fish. When I worked in Brooklyn early last year, there was a Chinese market next to the place I worked at. They had fresh fish daily. And the price was cheap to.

I love Chinese food as well - I never meant to imply that I didn't; I have no idea why anyone would assume that the smell in Chinatown must be the food they are cooking. More likely it's the fish that didn't sell.

@uptowngirl - I'm with you! I need my food to be spicy or I can't taste it - if not with Indian spices, then at least with loads of garlic and chilli pepper (although I love Indian food, excepting the generic English "takeaway curry" kind)

@ajadedidealist a girl after my own heart! I too can't stand the random take away joints in England. I am lucky though the mother in law is an awesome cook so when I go to London I am assured of some great Indian food.. btw I am headed to London around Easter if you are around we should get together.

The only thing I can put on my foods is salt. That is as spicy as i can have it. Otherwise, anything stronger will burn my mouth and damage my stomach.

I'm with you gals on this. I love the spicy. It's just hard with most Chinese restaurants in the city because you know they got their meat in a pretty unsavory way.

@JenMac I close my eyes and lose myself to the flavors.. love Chinatown dives like Grand Sichuan, Jaya Malaysian , Singapore Cafe and Pongsri Thai and of course Golden Unicorn for some dim sum

Look at you uptown! You're the Chinatown master!!

@JenMac will gladly accept that title ha!

@Uptowngirl is the Chinatown Master. Yeah, yeah, yeah.... She's the uptown girl, she lives in a right pretty world...