Monday, March 2, 2020

If Chicken Little Tells You That the Sky is Falling

Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder
A slow roasted pork shoulder is never a bad thing and the aromatic vibe in the apartment is very soothing.  If you get one on sale, they practically give it away but full price you're in for some bucks. 
Vinegar, red pepper flakes, spiked all over with garlic slivers, lots of salt.  I put it in a pre-heated 425 oven for 1/2 an hour before reducing it down to 325 and letting it go forever or until you just can't take it any longer.

We had a rare morning off together so we walked through a couple of neighborhoods to Clinton Hill for a nice Mexican Breakfast at Castro's.  There are hills around Brooklyn but I don't see this one, although they say it exists at 95' at it's highest point. However Boerum Hill is flat and not sure why it was named as such.  Cobble Hill I ride up everyday to work.  Of course there is a giant one in Park Slope.  That 9th Avenue bike ride you have to take standing up almost completely in order to scale it and you don't peddle once coming down for about 5 longs blocks. Manhattan was named by Native American's meaning island of many hills.  It's hard to see those unless you take a boat around the island. Then you'll notice all the high cliffs and bluffs along the sides, pretty remarkable. 
Chilaquiles with Chile Verde Sauce 
As was this breakfast and time spent with the old ball and chain.  There is so much going on in the world today that it's great to just sit and listen to how someone else see's it all.  To either connect on similar thinking or argue your point if you see it so differently.  When you can ease someone's weary mind there is a simultaneous comfort to yourself as well.  It's important right now that we all believe we can get through anything with grace.  When you are blessed with a good friend in a partner, you can set these conditions and believe that you'll be strong enough to weather anything.  On this day just two weeks ago we certainly knew of COVID-19 but it was not a constant topic of discussion as it is today.  Everything has changed in the city but not the least of what is to come I'm sure.  Suddenly, we are at a new time with unclear outcome.  So it's great to know in this sunny morning, we were not just having an easy breakfast but preparing and arming for possible struggles ahead.
Castro's Restaurant in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
Huevos Estillo Pueblo

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