Long night

Great weather this morning, 77 and sunny.

Woke up late after having been at work until 2:00 AM dealing with a connectivity mystery for our Tribeca office. First I was surprised by the fancy new paint job that had been splashed up since the night before. Our entrance way is a bright turquoise blue with navy accents on the art deco-ish designs that were seemingly hidden until this new makeover. *edit It's pretty garish, and it's no wonder when I returned from the casino this weekend one of my fellow 688'ers has put up a sign stating "WINNER Ugliest paint job in Hell's Kitchen" I have a feeling they might send the painter back do a touch up soon with some new colors.

Cleo and I stopped at Sullivan bakery to grab a slice of zuchini pizza and a peach bombolini. Both were out of this world delicious. I inquired what oil the Italian donut was fried in because it was so rich, turned out to be corn oil. Sullivan Bakery is one of my favorite neighborhood spots to get a real loaf of bread or a quick bite. Amy's Bread has more variety but each of Sullivan's items is well executed. My taste for bread was nurtured over the past decade by my friend Norton West, and by Stephen Lanzalotta. Stephen owned a little bakery called Sophia's next to Post office Park In Portland Maine. Previous to meeting these two guru's I would say I was "bread deprived" eating sliced wheat bread not knowing what a wonderful world of baking awaited me. Here is a link to Stephen's new spot and some background on him and his new spot at Micucci's grocery on India St. Portland ME.

http://www.mainetoday.com/diningreview.html?id=1011

Tonight I'll be traveling wth Mr. Fish and a slew of other friends for a weekend at Mohegan/Foxwoods. I've never been before and am looking forward to some debauchery with mah homies.

wish us luck!