My fake-sounding (but true) Olympic gold medalist* sighting
My co-worker and I have been discussing various food carts around Midtown, and yesterday we decided to commence our let's-eat-at-every-food-cart-in-Midtown thing (ugh, my brain is fried, I can't think of the proper word)... sort of like when guys (and girls) decide to drive around the U.S. going to every ballpark (like that cool MasterCard commercial that I like so much).
We started off ambitious: we decided to go to the famous halal food cart at 53rd and 6th (FIVE BUCKS for a great [and huge] meal!) and then head down to 51st and 7th to this highly-rated Jamaican Dutchy food cart. The Midtown Lunch blog said something like, "When Usain Bolt is in town this week, he should really stop by!" so my co-worker and I did.
When we get there, the cart is covered with clippings of Usain Bolt and even has a TV connected there with looping footage of him winning one of his many races. While perusing the many delicious-looking** items on the menu, we look up and realize that a Puma-clad*** Usain Bolt has arrived at the cart with some handlers and some gawking New Yorkers.
The funny thing is that Usain actually had an appearance at the show (and wore a Puma jacket). But when I put it in my away message, four people messaged me to ask whether it was true that I saw him at a Jamaican food cart. I mean, it does sound kind of fake, right? It's sort of like claiming you saw Jackie Chan in Chinatown or something. (Although Jackie Chan is from Hong Kong, which brings up all sorts of complications, so maybe my analogy wasn't that great [in fact a little {or very} culturally and politically insensitive] but it was the best sort of analogy that I could think up right now.)
Yummy food cart suggestions welcome.
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* I first put "celebrity" but figured that, as talented as he is, Usain Bolt probably wouldn't be considered one (at least not yet in New York).
** Yeah, we bought Jamaican food right after we bought halal food. So what?
*** His sponsors must LOVE him. Puma and McNuggets!
We started off ambitious: we decided to go to the famous halal food cart at 53rd and 6th (FIVE BUCKS for a great [and huge] meal!) and then head down to 51st and 7th to this highly-rated Jamaican Dutchy food cart. The Midtown Lunch blog said something like, "When Usain Bolt is in town this week, he should really stop by!" so my co-worker and I did.
When we get there, the cart is covered with clippings of Usain Bolt and even has a TV connected there with looping footage of him winning one of his many races. While perusing the many delicious-looking** items on the menu, we look up and realize that a Puma-clad*** Usain Bolt has arrived at the cart with some handlers and some gawking New Yorkers.
The funny thing is that Usain actually had an appearance at the show (and wore a Puma jacket). But when I put it in my away message, four people messaged me to ask whether it was true that I saw him at a Jamaican food cart. I mean, it does sound kind of fake, right? It's sort of like claiming you saw Jackie Chan in Chinatown or something. (Although Jackie Chan is from Hong Kong, which brings up all sorts of complications, so maybe my analogy wasn't that great [in fact a little {or very} culturally and politically insensitive] but it was the best sort of analogy that I could think up right now.)
Yummy food cart suggestions welcome.
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* I first put "celebrity" but figured that, as talented as he is, Usain Bolt probably wouldn't be considered one (at least not yet in New York).
** Yeah, we bought Jamaican food right after we bought halal food. So what?
*** His sponsors must LOVE him. Puma and McNuggets!
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