lets go mets

the mets were in town so i had to see them.

b4 the game, amy and i went to the crossroads cafe. we both ordered the ahi tuna salad with manga salsa, but the results were not similar... my tuna was overcooked. so it sucked. if i were to review my salad based on that...

but i wont. amy let me have a piece of her very well seared ahi tuna, so ill write about that piece. the tuna (amy's) was great. well seared, the middle was still raw, the only way to eat tuna. the greens were tossed lightly with a vinaigrette? very fresh (cali, duh). the mango salsa was pretty good, it was mostly mango tho, i really could have used some spice to it. the salad itself was good, but overall it needed pepper and a little hot sauce.

food aside, the service was great. all the people that work there are ex-cons and its sort of a reintegration program, im guessing, for them. a lot of times, ex-cons get out and cannot find jobs so that increases the number of rescissions and many go back to prison as a result of society rejecting them for their past mistakes. the service was actually more than great, probably better than most waiters at other places.

the cafe itself looked like a great place to hang out and eat, there was a section with magazines and sort of a shop. it was a little too hot inside, so we ate outdoors in a garden area which had an abundance of seating.

overall, the crossroads cafe was a great place to eat. the portions are a bit on the small side, but the prices are very affordable. the staff was friendly and eating here just feels and tastes better knowing im doing my part in the reintegration of persons that have served their time and deserve a real chance.


good: benefitting society as a whole
bad: could use a bigger portion, but that might just be me


met up with Phoebe and then we were off to AT&T Park to see my Nigh Mets play the (s?)crappy SF Giants.




what can i say about the park? its beautiful. definitely better than shea and yankee stadium combined. luckily we have citifield and the new yankee stadium to look forward to next year.

short and sweet... view from bleacher seats, great... wind? holy shit windy and cold(i wore 5 layers, one of them was underarmour and it was still cold)... but...garlic fries? AWESOME!!!... giants fans? more enthusiastic than A's fans

after the 7th inning, we headed down from the bleachers. before we checked out field level seats, we had to try out the coke bottle slide. its like this huge coke bottle thing, you can see it in the picture, its to the left of the scoreboard... and inside are a few slides that go through the bottle. the slide gets an F-, only because i cant give it anything lower. its made of metal so someone (me) wearing jeans basically gets stuck and has to just crabwalk the whole way through.

we finally get to the field level which is pretty amazing. a lot of people left because the mets had an 8-run lead before the 7th inning, so we sat right up the left field line along with lots of mets fans that had stayed behind to cheer. it is really cool sitting so close to the field. and its a much better view of the jumbotron which is really cool. its a giant widescreen HD-looking screen.

(meet luigi francisco seal, now picture him thrusting his crotch in those kids' faces)

oh and the giants mascot is a dancing, crotch-thrusting seal. its all good til he's thrusting it at underage kids


great: garlic fries!!!, the park itself
good: jumbotron, field level seats
bad: coke slide sucks, WINDINESS