On a lighter note, I’m strangely pleased to see the Times do a nice round-up of affordable, exotic dining options on Staten Island. Although I’m not likely to ever get a chance to explore any of these places, it’s nice to take a moment to reflect upon the positive aspects of the place where I grew up for a change.
Trivia: that article quotes a food editor at the Staten Island Advance on whom I had a brief, unrequited, adolescent crush. I note that she apparently never left the Island, at least not for good.
Additional trivia: the Staten Island Advance is Staten Island’s local newspaper, whose offices and plant were just up the street from where I lived until I left for college. Most kids in the neighborhood hung out at some point in the woods around there or in a little spot beneath an overpass in their parking lot, but it was lame.
Oh! And another thing: The Advance seems to have a Gay and Lesbian Life section now. Huh.