i go to new york

actually due to what is probably "seasonal allergies" i am not in drinking condition tonight, g'luck sic.

booo

yeah, that's what I say to my body every day, and to mind when I notice I've been taking antihistamines that expired in 2010 for three days.

that's some impressive stockpiling though

morbs is a hayfever prepper

I've hated taking any kind of pills my whole life, until I had to.

today i cut a piece of my fingertip off with a meat slicer. i am staying in.

ouch.

can anyone recommend an optometrist for an eye exam that takes insurance and is cool with people buying their glasses elsewhere after they have their prescription (i.e. gives you your PD without being a dick)

Simply in the crowd

Ha wrong thread

i have the *best* place for that in hong kong, sorry not in the us though, optometrists in the us are such a huge scam, i recommend booking a vacation to a country with a sane policy towards optometrists and getting a 'script there, possibly your glasses there too, good luck usa

goto an optometrist and buy the cheapest glasses you can and use those as yr backup glasses then order the sick ass ones you want from warby parker or w/e

uninformed advice from a guy who doesnt wear glasses

warby parker have them on-site now, but they don't take insurance. if it comes to it i will pay their $50 rather than waste a uk vacation day going to specsavers.

doesn't chinavision have a guy? he seems like he would have a guy.

this article says get a costco membership and maybe they will do it for you for free http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/eyeglass-giant-fights-back-against-tiny-online-competitors-124045195.html

also this is unsolicited but if you need some cool frames but don't want warby parkers, you might find some sick vintage ones at fabulous fanny's, and then have some shop in chinatown make the lenses

i also like moscot a lot but they're pricey

why doesnt the warby take insurance seems dumb

is there a thread to talk about avonte oquendo

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).