SANDWICH, REDEFINED

yesterday raymond, gibson, and i began adventuring around the times square area. after leaving the hotel, our fist stop was the world famous carnegie deli. raymond had been talking the place up for weeks... "the best reuben sandwich in the world," he claimed. i decided it was in my best interest to put his word to the test. and though i'd been warned, nothing could prepare me for what the waiter set down in front of me. the photos provide a better description than i ever could... but really, we're talking about a mound of meat here -- corned beef to be exact. the giant pile sits atop two pieces of rye, but you'll never see them. the whole mess is covered with melted cheese... and god, does it ever look disgusting. completely vile. but goddamn... that sucker is good. very good. the sandwich could feed three to four, in my estimation. actually, i don't care what the menu says... that's not a sandwich. i did my best but could only get about halfway through it. raymond, though, bested it with grace. i was impressed. they cost twenty dollars each... whew.

following the feast, raymond headed back to the hotel while jon and i hit a few stores. two dudes were hocking some independant hip hop in front of virgin... five bucks a disc. i decided to give both of them some business. cdrs, of course. hopefully later i'll be able to give you a review of crook factory's "hottest mixtape shit" and black gemz' "kings of da underground."

additionally, we took excessive amounts of photos around the times square area. unfortunately, gibson's camera is far superior to mine, so you get to see the crappier batch of shots -- 8 megapixel sonys are pretty sweet... anyways, take a look: last night, we filmed thq's wwe superstar challenge. basically, it involved a bunch of wrestlers arriving at planet hollywood to compete in a tournament... not a wrestling tournament. nope, they just played against each other in a wrestling videogame. that part of the event was pretty boring... but we did get to interview a bunch of the guys (and gals) and they were pretty interesting. we also shot the second episode of spycam. (if you haven't checked out the first one, hit this page now.) i also pumped up a large crowd of folks by simply pointing a camera at them... it was cool. anyways, the work must continue... the ny adventures will commence later today... so head back for more soon. Posted by ryan at March 12, 2004 11:42 AM