Comments on: Restaurant Review: Essex

By: plumpdumpling

plumpdumpling — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:24:49 +0000

Hey, I’ve been there! There’s snow-covered mountains in one direction and sand dunes a mile in the other direction! And an entire hut that sells nothing but condoms! Awesome!

By: Tracey

Tracey — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:05:41 +0000

We should move to Idaho.

(Yes! Lamest comment possible!)

By: plumpdumpling

plumpdumpling — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:03:34 +0000

I’m sorry, dear, but you and I get a bit more excited about potatoes than the rest of the world does. And that, despite your need for crispiness, is what keeps us together.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:49:58 +0000

Home fries as something you’re not supposed to care about?! But… but! Breakfast potatoes are only the most important component of any brunch. I’m glad to hear you enjoyed them, but I imagine I would have agreed with Beth about the crispiness. (To which you will reply with something about how we can’t be friends anymore.)

By: plumpdumpling

plumpdumpling — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:23:39 +0000

I really enjoy that the picture in the link is so small that I can’t make out much more than the headline. I get that there’s another meaning, but I’m not going to acknowledge it.

By: plumpdumpling

plumpdumpling — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:18:30 +0000

(I’m really anti-flash, so the cigarette one can be explained away by the fact that the picture was near-black and then got pretty wrecked by my complete lack of Photoshop skills. Don’t blame the camera.)

I’m so pumped that the corn dog almost converted you! And now I can’t wait to post my pictures from the next weekend, when we went BACK to Coney Island and ate about a million more of them. If the good doctor is calling your eating habits only “tendencies”, then I’d say there’s plenty of room for a one-time corndog pigout feast in NYC.

If your most recent entry is any indication of what’s in your brain, then transcribe all you like. But it ain’t “drivel”.

By: Mr. Used Underpants

Mr. Used Underpants — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:25:04 +0000

The link to the picture can be found HERE

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3113/2668920231_7b4282e9eb_m.jpg

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:31:38 +0000

Hey, Thanks for the info, [with all the decadent extras]…I did honestly wonder if it was a different model for these shots {or that choice one of you with the ciggybutt}…being a fat girl myself, I should have been more forthcoming with the fact that it was the corn dog shot that cemented the NEED to speak with you on this topic…but my current yogic “situational ovo-lactic vegetarian tendencies” [as diagnosed by Dr. Leath] prevented such a confession…because let me tell you, detest Nathan’s but that pic was near conversion-inducing/worthy…! Will be on the look-out for Ziess bargains! Happy Snapping…p.s. if you subscribed, does that mean I have to transcribe more than occasional brain drivel? God help us both!

By: plumpdumpling

plumpdumpling — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:33:12 +0000

Hey, thanks for introducing yourself! (And thanks, Mr. UsedUnderpants!)

It’s funny that you chose this entry to comment on, because I used a different camera than I usually do for these pictures and was pretty unhappy about how they turned out when I resized them. For these, I was using Kamran’s Canon PowerShot SD600, which is so slick-looking and nice to handle but just doesn’t output like my camera does.

I bought my Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P150 on a whim for $179 just because it was small and had a 7.2 megapixel resolution. But when I brought it home and researched it, it turns out that it has a Zeiss lens, which a bunch of articles I read claimed was the best sort of lens. I have no idea why it’s supposed to be so good, but I’m always impressed with how clean my photos look. It has next to no manual settings, but it fits in my pocket and is great for my totally amateur use. I’d definitely recommend Sony and Zeiss, if you’re in the market for a camera.

Sorry that was probably about 400 times more information than you wanted. If it’s any consolation, I added you to my Google Reader so I can keep up with you now.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:51:48 +0000

Hiya– I’ve been visiting your blog for a couple of weeks now thanks to an introduction by Mr. ThriftStoreUndies, himself. I’ve really enjoyed the articles and have been equally impressed by the photos–if not always flattering, definitely crisp…can you tell me what model of camera you use? sirenianfeat@yahoo.com