i go to new york

also if you're not changing your script and just getting a a new pair, you can just ask any shop in chinatown to copy your old pair

i need a new prescription i think

afaict these old school places don't give you the full prescription including PD here even if you buy their specs

warby parker glasses are all too small for my colossal cranium (really, i feel like they would shatter if i clenched my jaw), but i figure they will give me the Rx to take to fabulous fanny's or whatever.

fab fannys just sells frames, you then take them to some shops in Chinatown they recommend, the Chinatown shops will then ship your stuff to china and you'll get it back in like 2 weeks

hah pd, you could just ask a trusted friend to measure that for you w a ruler. i got my script updated over the summer and they had a fancy gizmo that did everything iirc

I want to say that the packing slip from my glasses or contacts had the PD on it once

fab fanny's frames are ~100$ right? we're not talking 300$ frames, are we?

yeah that's about right, though they have more expensive options as well

they're literally vintage frames, so it depends on what they have on hand at any given moment. but most frames are priced very reasonably iirc

i am also going to the LES to try to buy a 2nd hand bike tomorrow, so my transformation is almost complete

I'm in North Carolina on vacation, but I just want to mention that I used the classic fab fannys/optical 88 combo. $75 for frames, $75 for light prescription lenses. Done in an hour.

I go to New York for two weeks in mid-November. What's happening?

localgarda and cozen are in town and we are doubtless going for beers

thanks for spectacle tips all btw

That sounds great! Let me check on my plans.

maybe i should go to new york this november

im am going to ny this november

Everyone go to New York.

Also there's this funny story in which I thought caek was saying that LG and cozen were here NOW and they were going out last night. It seemed like the other group I was with should meet up with them so I tried that but turned into this big mistaken identity thing and then I texted caek at like 11.30 to find he didn't even mean now.

Okay it wasn't actually that funny. A little funny, though, definitely.

Can't wait for November. I'm there 13-23rd.

i was there. it was pretty fun.

i thought it was funny, one time i tried to txt ian but instead i txtd this guy in chicago named ian and there was much confusion lol

november is a deece month in ny unless tbh. wife's family coming to visit for three weeks, getting here in two days. there are kids. should be fun.

We should all go see tylerw's band on the 1st

i want to do that but that is the weekend we're taking helen's family to visit my family in RI :(

Wait, what are the coordinates of tyler's band playing? Of course I will be disappointed if ian cannot go but...

i think it's at union pool in williamsburger.

ken, did i tell you how much i enjoyed the Gene Kerrigan book you gave me? so much so that now i'm reading all his other stuff i can get my hands on.

Yes union pool

Dates finalized... I'll be in NYC from Nov. 8 to the 20th.

are dogs and cats a hipster essential in nyc? almost every apt on airbnb has a dog or a cat. nobody i know in london has one.

dogs and cats are v popular in usa altogether iirc

yes single people have pets here and it's considered not weird

The one catch is that nobody spends any time with their dogs and cats. New York must have the highest per capita rate of roommates driven batty by lunatic cats starved for attention by their inattentive masters (who imagine themselves as doting pet-lovers when it comes time for Instagram).

strange that all the apartments allow them too, i reckon most places ban them here.

we have four cats fyi

<3

A dog three birds and two fish tanks

The one catch is that nobody spends any time with their dogs and cats. New York must have the highest per capita rate of roommates driven batty by lunatic cats starved for attention by their inattentive masters (who imagine themselves as doting pet-lovers when it comes time for Instagram).

I have lived this.

i think it's at union pool in williamsburger.

ken, did i tell you how much i enjoyed the Gene Kerrigan book you gave me? so much so that now i'm reading all his other stuff i can get my hands on.

we have four cats fyi

Wasn't judging btw...

so i'm staying on grand st/bushwick ave in an airbnb i got around there.

that's a good spot. grand st is my favorite part of williamsburg, it has kept some of the old puerto rican flavor mixed with newer stuff. kinda feels like the mission in SF a little bit.
Grand Morelos has good Mexican food in a open all nite diner setting, you got Huckleberry for fancy cocktails and snacks, Carmine's on graham has good pizza, Daddy's and Harefield Road are nice bars.

yeah it was a bit pricier to be around there but reckon it's worth it.

Grand Morelos has good Mexican food in a open all nite diner setting

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

that's going to come in handy i think, judging by the type of trip i'm planning.

any of you going to dj harvey on the 16th of november? am considering it.

ask a silly question, but can anyone recommend a driving school in manhattan or brooklyn? don't care about the quality of instruction (i'm an excellent driver an excellent driver), i just want it to be painless

this is just for the 5h bullshit course + the test and maybe an hour before the test of driving around

So...Elvis T is here now, Local Garda arrives on the 13th, and I don't know when cozen gets here. Anyone? Anyone else?? gbx???

I'll look into it

what is for dinner and drinking tnite? plz don't let me finish this review of Sokurov's Faust first.