Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:58:49 -0700 >From: "Jack McLain" <jmclainaz@comcast.net> >Subject: Re: [Leica] PAW wk 30/sl/the story about this picture >Message-ID: <015901c352ce$05674360$6401a8c0@Jack> >References: <BB46D2F3.1C76%steve@streetphoto.net> > >> I am very surprised at how many comments this picture generated. So for a >> little bit of background: > >you should'net be; it's a good shot >> >> As an expatriate New Yorker living south of the Mason-Dixon line I have >> cravings for hot-corned beef on rye with lots of yellow mustard, deli >> pickles, the smell and feel of the hundreds of mom & pop Delis in New York >> City. > >Oh... how I know that exact feeling. NYC was where I spent my formative >years and I miss the place dearly. Never lived there, but have spent a LOT of time in NYC. Each trip involves a pilgrimage to either the 2nd Ave Deli or to Katz's for pastrami on rye w/ mustard, a fried knish and cream soda. Mercy. >I recently spent 5 years in North Carolina. There are NO Delis there, >despite several wannabe establishments that somewhat capture the ambience >(but fake, like a movie set, not the organic reality that only comes from >growing in the proper substrate). Closest thing we have here in the Raleigh are that I'm aware of is Horowitz's...and in a nod to local realities they serve Virginia ham. >OTOH... They have barbeque (Eastern Carolina vinegar based) which I grew to >appreciate in a major way. Glad to hear that. You must have been no farther west than Raleigh...any further west and the sauce goes red Lexington style. But eastern is The Holy Grub. >I will go farther than you; I dont believe rear diners exist anywhere >outside of the northeast, and I dont believe one can get real pizza outside >of a 40 mile radius of Nutley, NJ (with a second smaller nucleus centered in >Chicago). Pineapple Pizza... good god... We got some good Noo Yawkers that have moved in here and they do a decent NYC-style pie...they even deliver so we don't have to put up with the chain-store swill. >Thanks for more of your "deli" shots. Seconded! - -- Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html WARNING: Above message may contain nuts or nut products. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html