Skyscraper Holiday Display
Subject: Columbia Tower/Bank of America Tower/701 5th Ave
Perhaps you were thinking this would be "classy" because this is the "tallest" building in the city and it's where the white shoe law firms (used to) make their home. Well you, friend, would be closer to "wrong" than "right" because this display sucks. The placement of the tree is okay, IN THEORY, because you can see it quite well from the road. Unfortunately, the tree is covered with white things that sort of look like a hairy white eel. When you get closer you notice that they are WHITE FEATHER BOAS. Also, the tree is in a walkway and because there's "improvements" happening inside sometimes you have to go through that walkway and it just takes up too much space. Sometimes you have to touch people that are walking past and if you have issues with intimacy or touching this is just the worst. On the other floors of the public lobby there are smaller trees that don't look so tacky. In conclusion, the display could've been better.
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6:30PM PENNE AL THICK SLICED BACON
You will need: bacon - 2 or 3 thick-sliced slices (or if you want to be fancy, smoked prosciutto). Penne, 4 or 5 ounces. A 14 oz can of whole peeled tomatoes swimming in their own juice, unseasoned. Crushed red pepper. Something like romano cheese.
Start at a little after 6PM. Cut up bacon into small pieces. Cook bacon. Add tomatoes and their own juice, red pepper flakes. Smash tomatoes as they are cooked. Cook penne. Add the cooked penne to the sauce. Add cheese. Toss, eat.
