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peralta

food whore

About Me

i've been in new york since freshman year of college (nyu, 1996) and haven't left. now i'm an ophthalmology resident (yeah, still at nyu) just trying to figure things out.
food makes me happy, and people who love food make me happier. some favorites :
.: halal cart in front of tisch hospital (30th st & 1st ave)
.: k's deli (19th & 1st)
.: jess's bakery (23rd & 2nd)
.: gina's (13th & 1st)
.: build a green bakery (13th & 1st)
.: mollie's (22nd & 3rd)
.: buttercup bake shop (52nd & 2nd)
.: bruno's (22nd & 2nd)
.: zaragrosa's deli (13th & a)
.: pommes frites (2nd btw 7th & st. marks)
.: any chinatown dumpling place
.: most st. marks japanese places
.: gray's papaya (8th & 6th)
.: in-n-out burger (cali)
.: corned beef hash & eggs (me)
.: fish tacos & churros from baja california
if you're bored, check out my photos on flickr .
thanks MULS at createblog.com .

My Interests

food & sleep (red velvet cupcakes, belgian fries, belgian beers, in-n-out burger, coffee bean ice blendeds)

Music:

amel larrieux, erykah badu, the killers, stevie wonder, john legend, nelly furtado, robin thicke, radiohead, jt, jill scott

Movies:

kung fu hustle, shakespeare in love, the rock, kill bill vol 1, american beauty, 21 grams, talk to her, y tu mama tambien, v for vendetta

Television:

arrested development, 24, nip/tuck, seinfeld, american idol, scrubs, prison break

Books:

the amazing adventures of kavalier & clay, middlesex, 100 years of solitude, love in the time of cholera, life of pi, blindness, angela's ashes

My Blog

the return

i know blogs are gonna be ablazin' but just watched britney's opening act at the vmas and it made me, and apparently everyone else watching sad & uncomfortable, kinda like the time when i found an...
Posted by peralta on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:08:00 PST

pathetic

two posts in one day. it's like christmas over here. anyway, was watching the justin timberlake concert on hbo (yeah, i know) and i kept trying to catch a glimpse of either denosh (manface from mtv's ...
Posted by peralta on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:03:00 PST

the end

labor day, the "unofficial" last weekend of the summer. i love the summer, i love the heat, and i hate that it's almost over. that's why i hate those late afternoon sunsets, when the low angled sun bl...
Posted by peralta on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:18:00 PST

hospitals are nasty

i'm not easily disgusted, yet today it happened. when i went to use the "staff only" bathroom today at work, there was a turd on the edge of the toilet seat. i don't know who did it, and i hope it was...
Posted by peralta on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:03:00 PST

still racist

i love my apartment but i fucking hate the upper east side. i got stopped twice last week by the doormen trying to enter my own fucking apartment building, where i've lived for over a year alread...
Posted by peralta on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:29:00 PST

bloomingdales

did you know that bloomingdales sells crotchless panties? my friend has a bachelorette party this weekend, and one of the games involves the bride-to-be reaching down into what i imagine will be ...
Posted by peralta on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:22:00 PST

de ja vu

again, do i look like this guy? yeah, that's david chang again, the momofuku guy. this is the second time someone brought this up, so it's probably a little true. whatever. anyway, i guess i'm at th...
Posted by peralta on Sat, 19 May 2007 06:44:00 PST

sunnin'

fort lauderdale's weird y'all. a couple residents and i are down here for some conference, and this weekend happened to coincide with the mcdonalds air & sea show. which is fucking weird. i guess ...
Posted by peralta on Sun, 06 May 2007 03:02:00 PST

failed

not sure why i'm feeling so introspective, but maybe it's cause a bunch of my co-residents are unhappy. i mean, think about it. we've done all this schooling and shit and essentially sacrificed what's...
Posted by peralta on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:49:00 PST

glutton

roscoe's chicken & waffles bitches. that's how i do on vacation.
Posted by peralta on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 05:15:00 PST