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<\/a><\/p>\nIt was extremely flavorful. There was a bit a honey drizzled along the edges of the plate (as you can see above) at the just the right amount, and overall I think it had more flavor than the tuna tartare taco at Burke’s.<\/p>\n
The picture I took of my main course came out too dark, but it was quite a sight. I had the seared duck breast with cherry reduction sauce and gratin potatoes. Fantastic.<\/p>\n
I found the wallpaper in the bathroom pretty interesting, triggering something in me, though it took me a few minutes to place the memory.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n It reminded me of a painting my ex-girlfriend made for someone. It reminded me that once, she made a painting for me. It was a tiger face emerging from a bridge that was based on aspects of an actual bridge we used to walk past every morning. One day, about a year after it had been on my wall, and after exhibiting it somewhere, she decided to give it to someone else. That really sucked. That was one of the things I never even mentioned to her because I didn’t even know how to.<\/p>\n The thunderstorms last night were fast and pure. I arrived in Brooklyn early and while walking to the restaurant from the Burough Hall station, the sky opened up. Lightning strikes broke it all into shards of darkness and the thundering was immediate and satisfying. I stood out there under an umbrella in the middle of the huge, stoned walkway across from Burough. The sound of rain, drumming above and smacking around me, temporarily drowned all thoughts away.<\/p>\n My feet became too wet to ignore, and that almost never happens. I decided to wear “shoes” because I wasn’t sure if the restaurant had a dress code. The Limmers would have loved to be out there at that time.<\/p>\n My cold virus has lost the battle and I’m well today. I will train like a motherfucker in about 60 minutes. Tonight I will sleep early and long to make sure I’m 100% tomorrow for fighting at my MMA gym. They moved me up into the light heavyweight group because I’m now at 204lbs. I think it’s a pretty good fit, though the athletes in this weight class are huge. Two of them are transitioning from football to MMA, so that’s great. One was at the team trials for Greco Roman Wrestling and he said he missed selection by a point or something. So that’s nice.<\/p>\n I better do some work.<\/p>\n Be true. See you tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was asked to celebrate someone’s 30th birthday last night and I was happy to go. She’s an intense and popular person and her actual party was 80 people strong, \u00a0something I wasn’t up for. So when she asked if … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n