This map was made for 2 reasons: (1) frequently, when I'm walking downtown, I find myself asking people, "What neighborhood are we in, again?", and (2) I'm sick of people who think Columbia is located in Harlem. Street boundaries listed for downtown areas are approximate.

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Vietnamese:

* Saga (Morningside Heights: Amsterdam, b/w W 122nd & W 123rd St.): Serves both Japanese and Vietnamese food. Ambience is fine. I ordered "goi cuon tom" (shrimp summer rolls), "pho bo" (beef noodle soup), and "bun tom" (rice vermicelli w/shrimp). All these dishes were on the bland side but OK. Prices are kind of high unless you ( Read more... )

Here are my 3 favorite short poems by Yeats ( Read more... )

I went to the elevator because I needed to bring my dirty dishes back to the dining hall, and there was a guy in the elevator who didn't get out when the doors opened, so I concluded that he was planning to stay in there forever, so I got in the elevator, but then he got out of the elevator and said snidely, "Where I come from, people wait for ( Read more... )