Came up to New York last night for a gathering on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Crashed in Chelsea, woke up late for coffee from Cafe Grumpy before being picked up by friend. We drove out to Joe's of Avenue U (deep in the heart of old brooklyn) for Eggplant Parmigiana and potato croquettes. Returned to the city via the brooklyn bridge, a sunny and relatively warm March day. Browsed a sample sale at a Chelsea market flooded with visitors. Walked along the Highline: B+/A- Nice execution, decent concept, very Seattle.
Later, dinner at elephant and castle, hanging out in Soho with a friend and two dutch visitors, and then settlers...
Loisaida is a term derived from the Latino (and especially Puerto Rican) pronunciation of "Lower East Side", a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. Loisaida Avenue is now an alternate name for Avenue C in the Alphabet City neighborhood of New York City, whose population has largely been Hispanic (mainly Puerto Rican) since the late 1960s.
