Sushi Yasu

Unfortunately, this post is super long overdue.  I tried to do something different with the pictures back in May, after I’d visited twice, but then it got shuffled to elsewhere and I’m only now returning to it.  I apologize deeply to those who live in Forest Hills; I’ve been keeping this gem from you. Sushi Yasu sits on Yellowstone Boulevard, an easy, quiet walk from Austin Street or what some may call “Forest Hills proper” – which helps set it apart both in style and those who are willing to go ‘off the beaten path’ (uh, not really) for some [...]

Hasaki

Astute observers, close followers, creepy stalkers – whatever you want to call it – people who read this blog and pay very careful attention – will know that I hang out in the St. Mark’s Place area quite a lot.  It’s an area near and dear to my heart – my stomping grounds since ’99 thereabouts.  However, as many times as I’ve tromped up and down 8 & 9th Streets, crossing Stuyvesant St., up and down 3rd Avenue… I never really noticed Hasaki.  It’s right next to quite a number of places I’ve frequented, and a bunch that I’ve even [...]