My mouth is tingling again

Yesterday, mnemex, Beth, and I were bemoaning the loss of our beloved Dynasty, a really good Szechuan restaurant that closed when the building was torn down. We discovered that there are other Szechuan places, but decided not to schlep to them, choosing instead to patronize the 84th Street Ollie's. One of the waitresses there recognized us, as she had been one of the waitresses in Dynasty. Well aware of our tastes, she recommended some nice dishes: Shredded Beef, which was spicy, especially if one ate the small green peppers, and Basil Chicken, which was merely tasty, unless one chowed down on the red dried peppers. She said that Dynasty might reopen in about 2 years.

Today, mnemex and I decided to go to one of the new places we'd learned about, Grand Szechuan East, on 2nd Avenue, between 55th and 56th. Spicy bean gelatin. Spicy shrimp dumplings that are like har gow. Spicy cold chicken. Spicy braised beef. Oh, and mnemex got a hot and sour soup.

My mouth was tingling by the end of the meal, just like it used to when we did Dynasty. Mmmmm.

We have a new dalek!

It was getting about time to put in the air conditioners, as our place gets hot fast. mnemex spoke wistfully of our floor unit, and I agreed that we could buy another one to spare him the task of hoisting the window unit into the window, a rather complicated, laborious, sweaty, often painful, and always tiring task.

We went to PC Richards and purchased a cute little floor unit. We borrowed what is probably one of the worst hand carts for the purpose of hauling something the size of even a small free standing air conditioner home. We left the cart downstairs and just hauled the box up without it.

Tonight, mnemex put in the old floor unit, then shifted the bedroom window unit in its box out into the living room. He then installed the new floor unit, with much less effort and exhaustion than the window units take. When it was installed and functional, he proudly informed me, "We have a second dalek!"

"Exterminate! Exterminate!" I said.

"No, no, no," he corrected me. "Refrigerate! Refrigerate!"

So, does anyone want our old window unit? It's an 8000 btu unit with a slide out chassis. The only catch is that you'll have to haul it away before we otherwise get rid of it.