Subj : Re: Serenity, NOW!
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Fri Sep 30 2005 21:43:51

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Trouble wrote:

> We stayed in a place called 'The Muse' something we saw on Great Hotels, 
> on the Travel Channel, the place is nice enough, and nestled in among a 
> lot of off-Broadway theaters. We didn't take advantage of any of their 
> Museum, Show, or Weekend pachages, but it was a nice place to call home 
> for a day and a half. I found a $249 deal on Expedia compared to their 
> $399 list price for the same Deluxe room on their website, and all the 
> other travel sites. At $249 this Four Star(AAA Four Diamond too) becomes 
> competitive with lots of other NYC hotels. 
> 

Did you meet that little gnome dude? I hope you kicked his ass if you did. 
Smug little bastard...

> 
> Saturday night we went to Mesa Grill, one of Bobby Flay's restaurants in 

See above.

> 
> We wandered out of there for about $130. Dollar for dollar we have a much 
> better time at the local Outback Steakhouse.
> 

Of course, a $130 meal for two at Outback would require you to eat the better 
part of a cow...

> 
> I had the clam chowder, which was not very thick, but otherwise standard. 
> I also had the mixed grill, a hot plate of chicken breast, two Romanaian 
> steaks, a very well seasoned and tasty strip of beef, and a half length 
> of hot sausage with grilled onions and peppers. For the $17-19 it cost is 
> was a reasonably hearty dish.
> 
> I forgot what my wife had to eat there, it was a regular meal of some 
> kind. It was well over the $6.95 a person minimum, for reference they 
> sell $7 foot long hot dogs.

ObHomer: mmmmmmmmmfootlonghotdogsmmmmmmmm aarrggghh....

> 
> Appropos of nothing our first meal in the city was at Grand Central 
> Station, there was a Southwest style restaurant called the Zocolo there, 
> I just had to add that for the B5 fans.
> 

Yay!

-- 
Jim

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