BonChon Chicken in Koreatown


Spicy Rice Cake (and fish cakes) :: BonChon, Koreatown, Manhattan


Mexican Corn :: BonChon, Koreatown, Manhattan


Tien Spooky Over Chicken :: BonChon, Koreatown, Manhattan


Rachelle & Jeannette :: Herald Square, Manhattan


Rachelle & Jeannette :: Herald Square, Manhattan

Last night I arrived in Newark, took a cab to Hoboken, and then met up with Tien and Jeannette in Koreatown in Manhattan. BonChon specializes in Korean fried chicken. We had drumsticks and wings in the ginger-soy and spicy flavors. We also got Mexican corn (you read that right) and some spicy rice cakes. I liked the food but the service was horrible!

This morning Jess, Julie, Stephanie and I left for South Yarmouth, Cape Cod. We’re here right now in our rental house. I was glad that Jeannette and Tien were free to meet up because it might be the only time I have to see them on this trip and a visit with each of them was long overdue.

PS. Check out BonChon’s site. Really strange. I think maybe it’s just very literally translated from Korean? The way they describe the restaurant and the food is like they’re making a power point presentation about TPS reports more than enticing you with colorful language to make you want to eat there. Check out this graphic I pulled from their site, for example:

Macy’s Christmas Windows

Macy's Christmas Windows
Macy’s ‘A Christmas Story’ Christmas Windows, Herald Square, Manhattan

Macy's Christmas Windows
The scene where Flick gets his tongue stuck to the flagpole

Macy's Christmas Windows
“Hey, smart ass. I asked my old man about sticking your tongue to a flagpole in the winter, and he says that it’ll freeze right to the pole, just like I told ya.”

Macy's Christmas Windows
“What is a lamp you nincompoop, it’s a Major Award. I won it!”

Macy's Christmas Windows
“No! No! I want an Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!”

Macy's Christmas Windows
The scene when the dogs ate Ralphie’s family’s Christmas cooking & they had to eat Christmas dinner at the Chinese restaurant

Last night Jess & I got a bunch of Christmas shopping done at Macy’s. We saved tons of money thanks to Kevin‘s 20% friends & family discount. Thanks again for sharing it with me, Kev! On the way out of the store on the way to the F we stopped to admire Macy’s Christmas windows. Each window has a scene from the movie A Christmas Story, a movie that I really hate. I think it’s because we always had to watch it on Christmas at my Aunt Deb & Uncle Rich’s house. Much to my chagrin, this movie is often proclaimed to be the best Christmas movie ever made.