Perry Street "a lesson for all of us"

Question: Who is more jealous? Wods of his roommate's new great blog (http://divebartofivestar.blogspot.com/) or Frankie Delgado that he will be replaced as Brody's best friend at the conclusion of MTV's new show Bromance? answer-probably wods-i think frankie's more just shocked that someone else is so pathetic they need to be brody jenner's best friend. In some il fated attempt to keep up with Matt, wods has chosen a flashy new background that gives me a bigger head ache than the disco ball in Kalmus's room. I'd also like to take this opportunity to announce IMPORTANT NEWS: While I wail still keep reviewing wod's reviews to let you know which ones are worth your time. I am also starting a new blogging venture. My good friend Phil Rofsky and I will be starting a co-blog. The name will be forthcoming in future announcements,but the blog will includes a running diary of certain tv shows, as well as pop culture updates and analysis, fresh gossip, and the occasional educational essay. We may even branch out to video messages. I dont know-I don't know if we'll have enough time. Either way,if you follow my blog,and read phils minutes in college (if you weren't on the beta sig list serve circa 2003-4 you really missed out) I'm sure you are excited for this joint venture. Look for it to drop in early 2009. Anyhow, while it's certainly much less important, we are here to review wods, so here it goes:

After the Cavatappo disaster (which stan did confirm was a truly awful night), the critic seems to like this place. One of my main complaints about the critic is that whenhe likes a place he goes into elaborate detail,but when he dislikes a place,he doesn't describe why as much. This is one of the things that keeps him from the "upper echelon" of bloggers. He's on the cusp of being a quality writer,but a few flaws holds him down. He's kinda like Kwame Brown when Kwame came out of high school. You kind of just assume he's good based on word of mouth,and you keep waiting for him to materialize,but 5 years later Kwame's been on 6 NBA teams and is battling for minutes with someone named Amir Johnson. Not good times.

Sweet Potato Soup notes- this soup sounds good,and the critic describes it nicely. He mentions something about slurping and watching will and grace,but i kind of tuned out admist the fluff. The critic could have gotten his point across without rambling on like Sarah Palin trying to name a newspaper.

Roasted Beets Notes- I'll give credit here credit is due. Most of this review was good,and the critic made me chuckle a bit here,amidst a delicious sounding beet dish.

Arctic Char sashimi- It's nice to see the critic review a "new" type of dish. It sometimes seems as though he eats the same thing each week. It's more predictable than the Bloom family all drinking out of one cup (if you don't know about the communal cup, ask richie-it's real weird). This dish sounds delicious. Good choice critic.

Cod notes- Nothing like this paragraph shows how much Bronstien likes food. I think he actually thinks he is a real food critic. He really likes teaching people about news restaurants which is respectable. He's kind of like George Feeny in boy meets world, only he doesn't have a stuart minkus to suck up to him. Wods, I hope you find your minkus. The cod also seems to be worth giving a shot.

Hangar Steak notes- We all know the critic hangar steak tends to be a bit tough, so it must have been nice for him to taste a mildly cooked and juicy cut. The hangar steak sounds delightful,and is well described. I also appreciated the commentary on the color of the burssel sprouts. Nice touch.

Perry Street seems like a nice little place,and may be a real "hidden gem" ( i don't think joe's shanghai counts,sorry critic. Predictably the report is more biased then fox news' coverage of a political event, but what are you gonna do. Overall, this was quality work. On to the scores:

Usefulness-4: A good review. Very detailed. I didn't want to stop reading after 2 minutes. Nicely done.

Value Added- This is actually a place I had never heard of,and I learned a lot. I'll give it a 4.

Decipherability- This wasn't that decipherable. i think. It gets a 3.

Humor- there were maybe one or 2 jokes here,but as my expectations have lifted, this blog fialed miserably in the humor section. It only gets a 2.

Total score: 13/20