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Ming

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About Me



Honestly, I don't know what I'm doing here. It seems like everyone is on this thing to pick up chicks and I'm already happily married with a cool kid. However if you can pick up a chick here and she turns out to be sane (legally sane, not just stripper-chick sane) then good on you, dude.
However if you're down with drive-in movie theatres, eating, taking photos of food, Raw Selvedge denim, Jimmy Choo or Christian Louboutin, hole-in-the-wall restaurants, not-so-hole in the wall restaurants, lots of sushi, Nobu Matsuhisa, Jose Andres and XM Satellite radio - maybe we can be friends.
I have a weird obsession with automatic timepieces made by Breitling and IWC.
Brian Lynch, Kevin Smith, Leon Breitling, Chay Carter and Scott Mosier are my heroes. Also included in this list is Jason Uhrig for his heroic avoidance of onions and ground beef.
I love ladies in Italian made stilettos. 100mm is very, very good.

My Interests

The game of baseball, Fresh ground coffee, Blueingreensoho.com, Midori and Big Sonic Chill, Eating, Irn-Bru, The Sunset Marquis, Drive-in movie theaters, Mexican Coke, Wildwood - New Jersey, Googie style architecture, Elvis, The Baltimore Orioles, McEvoy Ranch Olive Oil, Zingerman's Really Yellow Mustard, Sugar Cane Denim, Earnest Sewn jeans, Ben Sherman button downs, Pumas, snagging Rawlings baseballs, the crack of a wooden bat, ladies who love Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin, ladies who would never wear sneakers ever again if they didn't have to, apron tops, as much of LA and NYC nightlife as I can get get into, biggestmenu.com, english Cadbury chocolate, scarves, Lexington Market, Gil Elvgren, XM Radio, satellite navigation systems, hot dogs, fried food, east coast italian food, Macintosh computers and the people who use them, chronometers and chronographs The In-n-Out secret menu, the Jamba Juice secret menu, Diddy Riese Ice Cream Cookie Sandwiches, Neighborhood Boutique, Vitamin Water (XXX is awesome), Tellicherry peppercorns, iPhones.

Currently Saving For Currently saving my pennies for one of these babies:

Why yes, I'm a Baltimore Orioles Fan
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I'd like to meet:

See the 'About Me' section and follow suit.
The Master Restaurant List
California - Los Angeles:
R23
A.O.C.
Choke Motorcycle Shop (best coffee in LA if not the world)
Alcove
Asia de Cuba
Soot Bull Jeep
Senor Fish
Wat Thai Food Court
Chili My Soul
The Griddle
The Ivy
Pink's
Philippe's
Frying Fish
Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles (on Gower and everywhere else)
In-n-Out Burger
Diddy Riese
The Electric Lotus
Musso and Frank's
The Hollywood Hills Restaurant on Vermont (RIP? Someone let me know)
Lawry's the Prime Rib
Tito's Tacos
Johnnie's Pastrami
Mashti Malone's Ice Cream
Fat Fish
To Do:
Porto's Bakery
La Cabanita
7 Grand
Edison
Taylors
Blair's
Choke (Done - 10/12/2007)
Big Wangs
Matsuhisa
A.O.C (Done 10/12/2007)
Campanile Thursdays
Pazzo Gelato

California - San Diego:
El Indio
Sushi Deli 1
To Do:
San Diego Chicken Pie Shop
Hash House a Go Go
DaKine's
Connecticut
Rawley's
Doogies
Super Duper Weenie
Maryland
Five Guys
Nacho Mama's
Ze Mean Bean
The snack bar at Bengies
Sabatino's
Boog's Barbecue
Ann's Dari-Creme
Massachusettes
Fenway Park
To Do:
The Clam Box
Michigan
Zingerman's
Pizza Papalis
The Gandy Dancer
The Parlour
New Jersey
Rutt's Hut
The Hot Grill
Far East Taste
The River Palm Terrace
Hot Dog Johnny's
Galloping Hill Inn
Ciao Bella
The Circus Drive-In
The Windmill
Maui's Dog House
Amazing Hot Dog
White House Sub Shop
Restaurant Nicholas

New Mexico
M&J Sanitary Tortilla Factory (RIP)
New York
Nobu
Aki Sushi
Cafe Asean
Crif Dogs
Joe's Shanghai
The Shake Shack
Ohio
Nancy's Home Cooking
The Top
The Claremont
Thurmans
Aladdins
Mama Mimi's
The Westerville Grill
Columbus Fish Market
Cap City Diner
Old Bag of Nails
Taste of Bali
To Do:
Figlio's
Starliner Diner
Dragonfly
Hyde Park Grill
Handke's
The Refectory
M's
Betty's Fine Food and Spirits
5 Star Asian Cuisine
Kihachi
Pennsylvania
Morimoto's
Pat's
Jim's Steaks
Primanti Brothers
South Carolina:
The Mellow Mushroom
Maurice's BBQ (aka racist BBQ)
To Do:
The Wreck
Tennessee:
The Buntyn
Washington D.C.:
Cafe Atlantico
Jaleo
To Do:
Zaytinya
Oyamel
West Virginia
Coleman's Fish Market
To Do:
Hocutt's Carolina Barbecue
Spain:
To Do:
El Bulli - Roses

An early "Where to get a good drink" list
Los Angeles:
Cinespace
Bar 1200 (aka The Whisky)
Three (of) Clubs - Santa Monica and Vine
The Cat & Fiddle - next to the Arclight on Sunset
Renee's - Wilshire in Santa Monica
Lola's - Fairfax
The Lounge at Fat Fish
Bar Marmont (RIP??)
Casa Escobar
Maryland:
Nacho Mama's - Canton
Red Maple - 930 Charles Street, Baltimore
New Jersey:
The Dublin House - Monmouth Street, Red Bank
Morgans - Holiday Inn Tinton falls during a View Askew event
New York City:
PDT
D.B.A.
Verlaine
Arlene's Grocery
The bar at the W Hotel on Lexington
Decibel
Ohio:
Bento Go Go
The Burgundy Room
Barcelona

Music:

The Smiths, Zero 7, The Doors, Pete Yorn, The Gipsy Kings, Wyclef, The Cowboy Junkies, Tears for Fears, The Killers

Television:

LOST, The Simpsons, Entourage, Wow Wow Wubbzy, Make Way for Noddy, The Good Night Show

Heroes:

DEBBIE CHEN!!!, Steve Jobs, Scott Mosier, Brian Lynch, Kevin Smith, the guy who invented fried cheese, Cal Ripken, Roy Halladay, Brian Roberts, Miguel Tejada, Jeff Kinney, David Mihalcik, Jason Uhrig for his heroic avoidance of onions, Chay Carter, Cinespace, Claire Hoover, Emily Hoover, Audrey Moore, Deena Moore, Kara Moore, all the Mihalcik's, Lillian Chen

My Blog

My favorite Holiday Card so far...

This was just sent to me:If I were single and very rich I think I'd forgo the house and just live at the Sunset Marquis.
Posted by Ming on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:09:00 PST

Scenes from L.A.

A bunch of not-so-random photos from L.A. and the stories behind them:10/4:Arrive in L.A. For the first time ever the rental shuttle is at the stop the second I exit the Terminal 7 baggage claim. I gr...
Posted by Ming on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:35:00 PST

Introducing the new kid...

Harrison ChenBorn August 23rd, 2007 at 3:15am8lbs 3 oz19 inchesRed Bank, NJHappy and healthy and hopefully not allergic to everything.Thanks to everyone who sent well wishes.And good luck to anyone ex...
Posted by Ming on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:12:00 PST

Bloodletting and more wallet filler

I decided to give blood last Saturday at a local blood drive in Red Bank billed as "Rock n' Roll Up Your Sleeve." I've never had trouble giving blood and I've always enjoyed these "fun" blood drives s...
Posted by Ming on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:47:00 PST

So this is why my ass hurts so bad...

No this isn't related to drunken antics from last week's View Askew Prom (more on that soon).My wallet was starting to resemble George Constanza's so I I decided to see what was taking up so much spac...
Posted by Ming on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:48:00 PST

Thing of Beauty

Way back in July or August of 2006 I saw this on the Puma website:A preview image of a Puma Clyde shoe with a really cool Burnt Olive-Oil/Green/White colorway which was presumably hitting stores in th...
Posted by Ming on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:48:00 PST

Presenting The Pool Cleaner

I saw this wonderful short at ResFest a few years back and loved it. Due to music rights (which are pretty essential to this short) the short was never really widely seen and I was never able to get a...
Posted by Ming on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 05:38:00 PST

eBay sluts

I stumbled across this huge listing of Playstation 3 eBay auctions featuring chicks posting "sexy" photos of themsleves with their wares in a feeble attempt to drive up the price:http://rubyurl.com/yO...
Posted by Ming on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:49:00 PST

Put me in coach

Anyone got Scott Boras' phone number? I need an agent.A birthday present from my in-laws....
Posted by Ming on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:49:00 PST

Merry Christmas indeed

I always thought Santa was a freaky looking guy. This pretty much confirms it.Happy Holidays everyone.--MING...
Posted by Ming on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:46:00 PST