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Had a jambon beurre from Richaud in the West Village last week.
Excellent version & the best I've had stateside. I'd eat one/week if we lived nearby.
It's def a sandwich where the whole > the sum of the parts (but you need top ingredients).
My favorite in the world is still @ Petit Vendome, Paris. #IYKYK
The jambon-beurre—a classic Parisian sandwich of ham and butter on a baguette—is having a moment in New York. Recently, the sandwich has been cropping up at shops and boulangeries across the city. But the best jambon-beurre is also the newest, Helen Rosner writes. It can be found at Richaud Petite Bakery, a novel effort by the actor turned baker Richaud Valls. “The reason this sandwich has won my heart more than others in the city is the torpedo of bread they’re tucked into,” Rosner continues. “Which sighs and crackles, an entire universe of complexity and depth in its crumb.” Read more: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/qW…
Not even Noon on Tuesday & Huck's ready for the weekend.
Cheers to almost-Friday!
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Long post worth the read. I have a close friend who flies private jets. He flew Lear 60 for over 15 years and now flies a Gulfstream. This is a copy and paste of his response to me asking him if I thought Ice was the issue.
“We always fly in ridiculous cold temperatures.”
“Usually you get the bad ice when the temperatures are like 0 to negative 20. Believe it or not, there's a point where it gets too cold for ice. At negative 40, you pretty much can't get ice. Besides that, the airplane is equipped with hot wings and hot tail.”
“I flew the Lear 60 for like 15 years. It's a no joke airplane and probably the most dangerous airplane I've ever flown. It has a super critical wing. The airflow has to be perfect. When it gets into rough air and turbulence, it will easily stall. It has stalled on me at 41,000 feet just because we got into some turbulence. (On the way to Palm Beach as a matter of fact. ) we recovered and got her flying again around 30,000 ft. Scary
But here's the problem. This airplane has a terrible coffin corner. (At high altitudes) what that means is, you fly in a really narrow window where if you lose 20 knots, it stalls. And if you gain 20 knots, it goes into overspeed. The air goes supersonic over the wing and it goes into a high speed stall, or worse, a Mach tuck.
So if you stall, the normal recovery is to push the yoke forward to lower the nose and gain air speed again. At low altitude, you can push really hard and recover quickly. But in the 60... if you push hard, it will gain air speed and go into a high speed stall, it doesn't take much. It's very sensitive. The 60 has super short wings that don't make much lift. So then you high speed stall, and the computer is yelling at you... OVERSPEED! So then you pull back and enter a low speed stall. And you go back and forth trying to keep it in the air speed window.
This whole thing is pretty scary. And you should recover basically by using your finger tips using super small corrections. You can't over do it. If you try to muscle the recovery, she gets mad and will become unrecoverable. If she enters a mach tuck. You're done.”
“I taught the Lear 60 to other pilots and mentored them. I told them... this airplane has a soul and it's trying to kill you. Do not ever try to top the weather. Don't go over a thunderstorm. Go around it. If it means a half hour longer, then do it. Going over the thunderstorm will go into turbulence that you might not recover from.
These pilots went right over a thunderstorm. I think it stalled which caused them to drop down into the thunderstorm and ended up in mach tuck. They picked up so much speed that it ripped off the horizontal stabilizer. At that point... chuck Yeager can't fix it.
These same pilots did something similar a couple months ago. ATC got mad at them. They poked the bear one too many times.
This is not a beginner airplane. The Gulfstream would never do this. It has HUGE margins of error and won't stall like that. But then again... it's got HUGE wings. It's a pussy cat.
The Gulfstream is like driving a 4 wheeler. The Lear 60 is like riding a uni cycle.”
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I own a rare, original mini-Halligan tool, and it comes with one hell of a story.
The Halligan was invented in 1948 by FDNY Deputy Chief Hugh Halligan, who reportedly drew inspiration from a burglar’s tool he discovered in the rubble while overhauling a Bronx fire.
But there was a problem. The FDNY initially refused to purchase his invention because Halligan was a department employee who stood to profit from the sale.
So firefighters like my grandfather turned to local blacksmiths to make their own.
Now, to understand why the mini-Halligan exists, you need to understand what life was like for firefighters in the Bronx.
The Bronx was dangerous. New York had some of the strictest gun laws in America, and carrying a pistol without a permit could land you in serious trouble.
NYPD officers might overlook minor infractions committed by FDNY firefighters, but illegal handguns were another matter.
There was also a fierce rivalry between NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit and FDNY Rescue companies. Both competed for resources, prestige, and the chance to reach the best rescue jobs first. According to the old firefighters, searching their cars for illegal pistols was sometimes used as a form of intimidation by ESU cops.
So what did firefighters carry for protection?
Before the Hugh Halligan invented his famous tool it was the Axe.
But an axe is a terrible weapon in a street fight. It’s heavy, awkward, and badly balanced. So some firefighters like my grandpa would wedge the axe head under a fire truck’s tire and snap off the handle, leaving themselves with a makeshift bat.
Then came the Halligan.
It was balanced, solid steel, and far more intimidating than an axe handle. And 99 times out of 100, you never had to swing it.
That long, curved spike on the end? That’s the pike.
Point that thing at a guy, and suddenly he had somewhere else to be.
But there was another problem.
A full-sized Halligan is big. Too big to keep within easy reach in the front seat of your car. If you were driving to the firehouse through a rough neighborhood, your Halligan was probably sitting uselessly in the trunk.
So firefighters working in the worst neighborhoods had blacksmiths make miniature versions that could fit beneath the driver’s seat.
That’s where my mini-Halligan comes in.
My father was an FDNY firefighter who worked in some of the toughest neighborhoods in the Bronx.
When someone threatened or harassed him on his way to work, his first move was simple: flash his FDNY badge.
Most troublemakers mistook him for a cop and immediately backed down.
But on the rare occasions that didn’t work, Dad had a second option.
He’d reach beneath the seat, pull out his mini-Halligan, and step out of the car.
I don’t believe he ever had to swing it.
He didn’t need to.
One look at that curved steel pick in the hand of a 6’3” man with arms the size of a small tree trunk was usually enough to convince even the toughest Bronx street thug that he’d picked the wrong guy.
It’s not just a rare firefighting tool. It’s a piece of New York history, a reminder of the Bronx my father knew, and a testament to the ingenuity of firefighters who had to find their own solutions when the city wouldn’t provide them.
Does clicking around a screen 1000s of times for 5-hours a day have the same effect?
Because by the end of the day my brain feels like scrambled eggs...
Neurophysiologist Louisa Nicola trains NBA players' brains and studies Alzheimer's for a living, and she says this 5-minute drill can sharpen your brain:
"Using just a tennis ball and an eye patch, you can train your cognitive reserve, your processing speed, and your reaction time."
"Start by throwing the ball against the wall, right arm to right arm, then alternate hands. That alone engages almost all of your executive functions."
"Then put on an eye patch to block out 50% of your vision, so your visual system has to work under load and stress. To make it harder, stand on one leg and bring your cerebellum and balance into it."
"This is the same drill I used with NBA players to sharpen their reaction time."
PS. We post daily breakdowns on brain health and longevity, so if that's you, follow us @LxngevityLab for more.
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Robert K. Brown, founder of Soldier of Fortune, has died at 93. We’re honored to carry on what he started. Rest in peace, Bob. @SKatzKeating
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