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The Weekend Warrior 11/24/21 - ENCANTO, HOUSE OF GUCCI, RESIDENT EVIL, SUMMIT OF THE GODS, LICORICE PIZZA, THE HUMANS, HAWKEYE, and More!

Well, this is gonna be fun. With Thursday being Thanksgiving, that means I need to try to get this column done before then, and that’s even bearing in mind how tough it’s been to get this column done by Thursdays. You should be reading this on Wednesday unless something has gone horribly, horribly wrong, which could be the case. (Or on Tuesday, cause I took Monday night off to work on this. Huzzah!)

In case you haven’t been reading my Weekend Warrior columns for 20 years, you probably won’t understand why I hate Thanksgiving so much, particularly when it comes to the box office. In the pre-COVID times, it was a fairly hearty time for movie business, but it was also hard to predict which movies would be released Wednesday and then be dead by the weekend. Then, other movies would actually do huge business on the Black Friday after Thanksgiving since most people are off, a lot of them are doing their early holiday shopping, and families end up going to the movies together, which gives Friday a huge bump for the weekend. This generally helps family and holiday films the most, which is why Walt Disney continues to be the Thanksgiving weekend champ. Last year was obviously an exception.

First up, we have the latest from Walt Disney Pictures. In fact, ENCANTO (Disney Animation) is Walt Disney Pictures Animation’s 60th animated feature with, presumably, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves being the first. Set in the rural Colombian village of Encanto, this is about a young girl named Mirabel Madrigal (voiced by Stephanie Beatriz from In the Heights) whose family is well-known for their “gifts” or powers that help them aid and defend their community. For instance, Mirabel’s sister Luisa (voiced by Jessica Darrow) has great strength, while her other sister, Isabela (Diane Gurrero) can make plant life and flowers grow anywhere. So essentially, it’s like a LatinX Fantastic Four but actually a much, bigger family all with powers… except Mirabel, who was never given a gift.

Encanto is directed by Byron Howard and co-directed and co-written by Jared Bush both from Zootopia, a pretty big Disney animated hit, and co-directed and co-written by Charise Castro Smith, the first Latina filmmaker to helm a Disney animated movie. Actually, a lot of attention is being put on Ms. Castro Smith and rightfully so, and having a very LatinX-targeted film like this will definitely help bring in LatinX families, since that’s a demographic that makes up a very large part of the moviegoing demographic.

More importantly, this is an animated movie with songs and music with the majority of the former penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who seriously is so close to adding an Oscar to his EGOT, he can probably taste it. I mean, besides this movie and the songs he wrote for Netflix’s Vivo (formerly Sony Pictures Animation), he also finally got his adaptation of In the Heights out there, and maybe there’s an original song in there, too? Who knows? Oh, yeah, there’s also Tick Tick… BOOM! On Netflix, Miranda’s directorial debut. But Miranda certainly is very popular with Hamilton back on Broadway and his music being everywhere. I’ll be curious if any of the songs from Encanto breakout and hit ala “Let It Go” from Frozen. (See my review below for more on that.)

One key thing about the movie is that it’s also Disney’s first non-Fox animated theatrical release since the Pixar movie, Onward, because Pixar’s last two movies, Soul and Luca were thrown onto the Disney+ streamer. This may not be a big deal to some who were perfectly happy to get those movies as part of their Disney+ subscription, but it’s a big deal to theaters and with kids getting vaccinated very quickly, there’s a chance that families will pick this as their weekend moviegoing choice. The fact that the movie is getting positively GLOWING reviews doesn’t hurt either.

The big question is how the opening week box office for Encanto will be split between Weds (including Tuesday previews), Thanksgiving and the three-day weekend. I expect that Weds and Friday will be two big days for the movie with maybe $12 or 13 million made through Thanksgiving and then another $28 to 35 million being made over the weekend, which isn’t a lot compared to Disney’s Thanksgiving records, but it’s pretty damn good for the pandemic

Mini-Review: I feel like I should preface this review by admitting that I have gotten fairly cynical about animated movies, and particularly those from Disney and its subsidiaries, because they no longer seem to be about fun entertainment and more about one message or another. While I fully get behind these animated features being used to introduce young viewers to other cultures, like the Colombian traditions of Encanto, there is a certain point where it’s hard not to think that the creators are losing sight of that audience in favor of pushing an agenda.

My biggest issue with the movie is that it took me quite a long time to warm up to the character of Mirabel, because I found Beatriz’s performance to be quite strident, not just from her voice performance but also her singing in some ways, which I didn’t find to be a problem with In the Heights. (I guess a lot of that comes from the directors and sound team>) in general, the voice performances aren’t that great, but I did enjoy the film’s humor and how the various family members’ gifts are used in that sense.

Where the movie really picks up is where John Leguizamo shows up to voice Bruno, the black sheep of the Madrigal family who vanished mysteriously many years earlier, and that’s really where the movie started winning me over. The filmmakers also have a good sense of pacing and being able to mix the music in with the action and comedy and drama.

Overall, Encanto may not be the best Disney animated movie, but I ultimately enjoyed it more than expected, and definitely more than Pixar’s Luca and Netflix’s Vivo, the other movie for which Lin-Manuel Miranda did the music. Encanto should sufficiently entertain any and all members of the family, making it a solid holiday film choice.

Rating: 8/10

Next up, we have the second movie of the year from director Sir Ridley Scott, HOUSE OF GUCCI (MGM), which takes a look at the fashion empire of the Gucci family in the ‘70s and ‘80s, as it was infiltrated by Patrizia Reggiani (as played by Lady Gaga), who charms and then seduces Adam Driver’s Maurizio Gucci, the heir to that empire. The movie also stars Jeremy Irons as Maurizio’s father Rodolfo Gucci, Al Pacino as his uncle Aldo, and an unrecognizable Jared Leto as his cousin Paolo, all of whom are involved in fashion or design in some way. And I’m going to take it all as truth cause I know nothing about “Gucci” other than its a name and a brand and something to do with fashion.

There’s a lot of interest in the movie due to Lady Gaga and her fanbase, as well as interest in Scott’s telling of the Gucci story, which involved family squabbles and eventually murder. Since I’m not into fashion at all, I kind of get this story confused with that of Gianni Versace, which told as part of Ryan Murphy’s American Crime Story on FX a few years back. (I didn’t see that.) The movie’s male cast is certainly respectable, although I feel it’s been a while since we’ve seen anything starring Irons or Pacino really break out, although Leto at least has his breakthrough role as the Joker in Suicide Squad as a box office hit that can be at least partially attributed to him, maybe? Either way, Leto has been making movies longer than Driver and appearing in films like David Fincher’s Panic Room, Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream, and even American Psycho opposite Christian Bale.

It’s hard to imagine any of them men have even half the draw of Gaga, who starring role in Bradley Cooper’s A Star is Born in 2018 helped take that movie to a domestic gross of $215 million, and either Oscar nominations, two for Gaga, of which she won one for the song “Shallow” which she co-wrote. Other than that, I really don’t know what else could possibly get people into theaters.

Reviews were held until this past Monday, which is not a good sign of confidence from MGM, a studio one expects is pushing Gucci for awards, but maybe it’s just for Gaga or maybe Leto or some of the crafts like makeup and costumes. As expected, reviews are generally MIXED at best with some people actively hating the movie and others just gushing over Lady Gaga.

The thing is that those who are really interested in seeing the movie might go out on Weds (or Tuesday night) to see it and maybe it’ll still have some business on the weekend, but House of Gucci is not exactly the kind of movie you want to take your family to see, even though Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, also about a squabbling family, did quite well over the Thanksgiving weekend, though that was pre-pandemic, of course. If people rush out and help House of Gucci bring in $4 to 5 million in its first two days (i.e. more than The Last Duel made in its opening weekend), then it should be good for another $13 to 14 million over the three-day weekend. That would add up to under $20 million in its first five days, though, and then we’ll have to see if it can make more than $50 million total, which would require getting some early awards love in early December.

Incidentally, I spoke briefly with frequent Ridley Scott collaborators, Composer Harry Gregson-Williams and Cinematographer Dariusz Wolski (for both Gucci and The Last Duel), and both those interviews will run on Below the Line, probably sometime in the next month.

Maxi-Review: As a long-time Ridley Scott fan and/or apologist, it excites me to no end that the master filmmaker has a second movie out this year, even if House of Gucci deals with a subject matter that I literally cannot give two shits for. I’ve heard the name “Gucci.” I know it’s involved with the kind of high fashion that I have less than zero interest in, so for me, the movie is more about the crafts and performances and whether they can keep me interested enough in a movie that’s over 2 and a half hours long. (Seriously?!)

The story is relatively simple despite all its intricacies. Lady Gaga plays Patrizia Reggiani, the daughter of a man who runs a trucking company, but at a party, she meets Adam Driver’s Maurizio Gucci, and the dollar signs go KACHING in her eyes, because if she can seduce this rich but bashful bachelor, she’ll have it made. Of course, Maurizio’s father Rodolfo Gucci (Jeremy Irons) disapproves of Patrizia and actually disowns his son, who goes off to live a life with his hot new wife. Maurizio’s uncle Aldo (Al Pacino) connects more with Patrizia and he treats Mauricio like the son he never had, which doesn’t go over well with Jared Leto’s Paolo, Aldo’s eccentric actual son who is following his father into the design business.

So yeah, a lot of the movie is about these family dynamics, but it’s set amidst a backdrop of the high-class and luxurious lifestyle of what it’s about to be a Gucci. Even so, the movie is fairly episodic as it covers a number of decades and the familial relationships bend and sway, get better then get worse. Aldo ends up in jail, Rodolfo eventually dies, and amidst it all, Patrizia is still scheming and leveraging the family so that she can get a big chunk of the family fortune, despite being constantly reminded by everyone named “Gucci” that “she’s not really a Gucci.”

Everyone loves Lady Gaga. I’m just not a fan and while I thought she was very good in A Star is Born, here she’s given way too much to try to handle without really having the support of her co-stars. Driver gives such a low-key emotionless performance so she can’t get much help there, and Salma Hayak, who plays Patrizia’s spiritual advisor, just seems to be travelling the same path of over-emoting, although at least her bad accent is her own.

Going back to my status as a Ridley Scott apologist, he works with a lot of the same team he’s done so on many of his other recent movies, and while things like Prometheus and Alien: Covenant were probably more my bag, this one is probably more in line with All in the Money in the World, maybe because it also involves wealth and crime and things like that. I generally like the characters and performances in this one better, particularly Leto and Pacino, who are particularly hilarious, especially in the scenes they share. Some critics have taken issue with the bad Italian accents, and I semi-agree with some of them, but that may actually keep the movie from seeming too grimly serious, which may have hurt All the Money in the World.

What I especially like about the beginning of the movie is how it allows Scott to play further into classic Italian cinema like the movies of Fellini and such, and it also allows his music supervisor to throw in lots of great ‘70s and ‘80s disco tracks. So yeah, I’m definitely a fan of that aspect of the movie, but still, part of me feels that this could have been better with a stronger script or performances.

House of Gucci is about half a good movie and with proper editing, it definitely would have been better. I just couldn’t get past Lady Gaga’s hackneyed and erratic performance, which is so over the top and so all over the place, that it detracted from my enjoyment. This isn’t awful, but there’s just no way around the fact that this would have been a much better movie in the hands of Martin Scorsese.

Rating: 7/10

In some ways, this week’s third wide release, RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY (Sony/Screen Gems), probably meets my own personal interests more than the other two, since I have played some of the video games on which this is based. As you might expect from the title, this installment of the series is a prequel and a bit of a reboot from 45 Meters Down and 45 Meters Down Uncaged director Johannes Roberts. Those movies were surprise hits in the States with the first movie opening with $11.2 million in June 2017 and making $44 million in North America and $18 million overseas. That really isn’t bad when you consider its price tag of $5.3 million to make. It sequel opened two years later with $8.4 million and made only $22.3 million domestically, and it had a much bigger production budget of $12 million, still not terrible.

One has to have a little sympathy for Roberts since Resident Evil was already made into a six-picture franchise by Paul WS Anderson (vs. Paul W. Anderson, who we discuss below), starring Milla Jovovich. Those six movies cost $292.5 million under the Clive Culpepper era of Screen Gems, but they grossed $1.2 million worldwide, so that’s a million in profits? Oddly, the first movie only opened with $17.7 million on a $35 million budget, but international helped it to be profitable with a worldwide gross of $104 million. That was in March 2002, but by the time Anderson’s final film, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, was released in 2017 after a five-year gap, it only opened with $13.6 million in North America … and, well, $314 million worldwide, so can we say it altogether? FUCK AMERICA!

Still, it was time for a change and a reboot and joining Roberts on this journey are actors Kaya Scodelario (The Maze Runner) and Robbie Amell (Arrow) as Claire and Chris Redfield, and Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp) as Jill Valentine, all three very popular characters from the games. But that right there is some heavy-duty genre casting, especially Amell, considering the popularity and fanbase of the CW’s “Arrowverse.” The movie also stars Neil McDonough, Avan Jogia, Donal Logue, Tom Hopper, and my absolute favorite, Marina Mazepa, who was the amazing physical creature performer in James Wan’s Malignant! She plays Lisa Trevor, one of the popular characters from the game we have yet to see in the movies.

And yet, this is the problem with opening a movie like this over Thanksgiving weekend, and it’s something we’ve seen so many times before over the holiday. A movie like Resident Evil will primarily be targeting guys of a certain age, because it’s genre/horror but also because it’s based on a video game. We can look at something like the Hitman movie, which opened over Thanksgiving in 2007. It made $4.4 million its opening day, had a slight bump up on Friday and Saturday and ended up with $21 million in its first five days. It barely made twice that in its entire domestic theatrical run. Oddly, 2009’s Ninja Assassin performed similarly for Warner Bros, making almost the exact same amount. Other genre films have performed better over Thanksgiving, such as M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable ($46 million five-day) and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s End of Days ($31.8 million), but those were much earlier. Jason Statham’s Transporter 3 ended up with $18 million over the five-days and $31.7 million total. The point is that these movies ended up being fairly frontloaded and true fans will likely go out to see them on Tuesday might or Weds. rather than on the weekend.

Unlike some of Paul Anderson’s Resident Evil movies, Sony did screen this one for critics I think, and I’ll be curious to see how it fares once the embargo is up on Monday night. I myself saw it but ended up not reviewing just ‘cause I’ve had way too much on my mind, but I did like it and thought Roberts did a great job taking stuff from the video game and incorporating it into a spooky and cool action-horror hybrid, which leans more on the horror side of things.

Something even more curious is that Sony is only releasing the movie into roughly 2,600 theaters, which is much less than the other wide releases. As mentioned, due to the nature of the movie, fans are more likely to rush out early, especially since this is having screenings on Monday night as well as starting fairly early with screenings on Tuesday. This is although its official release date is on Wednesday, but the numbers from earlier screenings will be dumped into the Weds number, making it even MORE frontloaded. I think it could make as much as $4 million but then it will drop on Thursday, and I’ll be shocked if it makes more than $10 million over the three-day weekend. With Ghostbusters: Afterlife holding strong, that puts it in fourth place, at very best.

You can read my interview with Roberts over at Below the Line. (It’ll be live after noon Eastern on Tuesday.)

Also opening in roughly 600 theaters is the Leslie Small-directed FOR THE LOVE OF MONEY (Freestyle Releasing), which I know very little about, actually almost nothing, but it stars Keri Hilson, Katt Williams, and Jason Mitchell, and it seems to involve a single mother who returns to a life of crime in order to protect her daughter. In fact, I’m just gonna link you to the movie’s IMDb page, because that will give you more of an idea what the movie is about than anything I can tell you. Despite this being released fairly wide, I don’t think anyone really knows of its existence, and I’ll be fairly shocked if this makes more than a million this weekend

A couple other movies expanding wide or wider this week include Focus Features’ Belfast, which should be in 1,000 or more theaters starting today, and Sony Pictures Classics’ doc Julia, my “Chosen One” from a few weeks back, which probably will be in 500 to 600 theaters. I’m not sure either of these will get into the top 10 or back into it, as is the case with Belfast.

These are all just for the three-day portion of the weekend, just cause I don’t feel like doing the whole 3-day/5-day breakdown I normally would do:

1. Encanto (Walt Disney Animation - $33.5 million N/A

2. Ghostbusters: Afterlife (Sony) - $28.5 million -35%

3. House of Gucci (MGM) - $13.5 million N/A

4. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (Sony/Screen Gems) - $9 million N/A

5. Eternals (Marvel/Disney) - $8.3 million -25%

6. Clifford The Big Red Dog (Paramount) - $5.5 million -32%

7. King Richard (Warner Bros.) - $4.3 million -20%

8. Dune (Warner Bros.) - $2.2 million -32%

9. No Time to Die (MGM) - $2.1 million -24%

10. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Sony) - $1.9 million -35%

This week’s “Chosen One” is THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS (Netflix), Patrick Imbert’s amazing animated film about a Japanese journalist named Fukamachi Makoto, who becomes fascinaetd with the stories of George Mallory and his companion Andrew Irvine being the first men to scale Everest in 1924, something that can only be proven by developing the film in a small Kodak camera found nearly 70 years later by an outcast climber named Habu Joji, who has been believed missing for years. This was actually adapted from a manga series by Jiro Taniguchi, based on the novel by Baku Yumemakura.

If you remember my review of The Alpinist earlier this year or Free Solo a few years back, you’ll know that I generally love mountain climbing movies, and it doesn’t matter that this one is animated and partially based on a fictionalized Japanese manga, it’s still about mountain climbing. In fact, this is storytelling at its finest, as director Patrick Imbert, who won France’s César for his animated feature, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, finds a good way to tell this story of two men on a search for truth and also redemption.

Fukamachi is obsessed with learning the truth about whether George Mallory reached the summit before he died or died on his way there, while Habu Joji is trying to recover from a horrible incident that killed a friend and assistant and eventually drove Joji into seclusion. The two men decide to go on a journey to make the dangerous climb of Everest in order to get the answers they so desperately need.

It’s a wonderful story told in such a distinct way that you quickly will forget you’re watching animation (or a foreign film) as you just get absorbed into the story Imbert is telling. Sure, it was a little bothersome (vs. “problematic”) that this film mostly involving Japanese characters and set in Asia had everyone talking in French (with English subtitles) but you quickly get over that.

The animation is great mixing classic anime with photo-realistic settings, and it’s all enhanced by a gorgeous score from Amine Bouhafa, which really is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve heard this year in a particularly great year for film scores.

Netflix will release The Summit of the Gods into select U.S. theaters TODAY, and then in the UK on Friday, but it will then hit Netflix next Tuesday, Nov. 30. Honestly, if you have a chance to see it on the big screen, then make the effort, especially if you enjoy animated pseudo-docs like Waltz with Bashir or next week’s Flea. Summit of the Gods is right up there with both of them in terms of the beauty of the animation and storytelling.

I’m not quite sure if I’ll have my interview with the director up on Below the Line this week but definitely by next week.

Also opening this week is Paul Thomas Anderson’s LICORICE PIZZA (UA Releasing), which gets a limited release on Friday, and then will slowly expand over the course of November before its wide release over Christmas. This is a semi-old-fashioned way of releasing a movie, but it’s something that tends to work, because it allows the movie to build up an audience and buzz in the big movie cities and create even more anticipation elsewhere. (Incidentally, this is what A24 did with Mike Mills’ C’mon C’mon last weekend, and that fared pretty well.) This is actually one of Anderson’s most L.A. movies, if you don’t count Boogie Nights and Magnolia.

This one is set in the ‘70s Valley, and it stars Cooper Hoffman, the son of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman (a frequent PTA collaborator), as Gary Valentine, an overly-confident 15-year-old child actor who tries to get the older Alana (Alana Haim from the rock group Haim) to go to dinner with him, but she’s not having any of it. Still, they become friends and business partners as Gary decides to invest in the waterbed craze of the early ‘70s, and we get a movie full of will-they or won’t-they moments. The movie also stars Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper (in a very hilarious role), Tom Waits, and more.

I’ll definitely be curious to see how this one fares as it rolls out across the country, because if you remember, Anderson’s Punch Drunk Love (def. One of my favorites of his) did great in a platform release but then expanded wide and barely did much of anything. Without a known name like Adam Sandler, how can a weird-titled movie like Licorice Pizza do better?

This one I already reviewed for Below the Line, and I thought it was pretty decent -- most critics seem to agree with me.

Stephen Karam adapted his own Tony-winning play THE HUMANS (A24) for the screen, this one involving a family having a Thanksgiving dinner in a downtown Manhattan duplex that’s falling apart, and may be haunted? Okay, maybe I just made the last part up, but it’s kind of funny how much Karam relies on jump scares in a movie that’s essentially a drama. The movie stars Beanie Feldstein and Steve Yuen as a fairly young married couple, whose parents (played by Richard Jenkins and Jayne Houdyshell) come over for the holiday, along with her old sister (Amy Schumer) and her dementia-stricken grandmother (played by June Squibb). It’s a pretty decent ensemble, and while I’m’ not really I’m the best person to review this, having little to no concept of the Broadway hit play (other than the fact that Houdyshell reprises her role, and she’s the only one), I thought this was a pretty decent drama, maybe not quite on par with August Osage County in terms of filmmaking, but this is only Karam’s first film, and he does a decent job with the single location and the set that was built on which to tell this movie about a squabbling family, which I guess has become the theme for Thanksgiving releases between this and House of Gucci.

A movie that I haven’t seen yet, although it’s opening in select cities is THE UNFORGIVABLE (Netflix), starring Sandra Bullock as Ruth Slater, a woman who is just getting out of prison for a violent crime who tries to reenter society even though few are ready to forgive her past. Her only redemption is by finding the estranged younger sister she left behind when put in jail. I’d like to see this. I have no idea when I’ll see it but the way things are going with me and Netflix, I imagine I won’t be seeing it until it’s streaming on December 10 unless I want to pay to see it at one of the NYC theaters where it’s playing. Eh, probably not.

One of the big prize-winning hits from this year’s Cannes is Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s DRIVE MY CAR (Janus Films/Sideshow), which will open at the Film Forum in New York City, and unfortunately, I haven’t had a chance to see this yet, but that’s also because it’s three hours long. I guess in Japan, House of Gucci would seem “kinda short,” huh? It stars Hidetoshi Nishijima as stage actor and director Yusuke Kafuku, whose wife died two years earlier unexpectedly. He’s invited to Hiroshima to stage a production of “Uncle Vanay” where he meets Misaki Watari (Toko Miura), a young woman assigned to be his chauffeur, driving him in his red Saab 900. Based on Haruki Murakami’s short story, there’s a lot more to the story in this film and maybe after I watch it, I’ll read up more on it, but for now, I’m just going to say that this will be out at New York’s Film Forum as well as uptown at Film at Lincoln Center, actually today, and as Japan’s Oscar selection, I fully expect it to make it into the Oscar nominations in the International Feature category, and that’s without even seeing it!

Disney+ has some great stuff to watch over the extended Thanksgiving break, including the first two episodes of Marvel Studios’ new HAWKEYE (Disney+) series, starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld, which I had the fortune to see already, and I like what I’ve seen. Sure, this isn’t as flashy as some of the previous Disney+ Marvel shows like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but it’s definitely in the vein of the comics in terms of being a gritty and funny crime-based story (actually more like the Netflix Marvel shows maybe?) with Renner and Steinfeld having some great “buddy comedy” chemistry. It’s also set in New York City during the holidays, so it has a nice connection to how Thanksgiving kicks off the holidays for real, and it should be a fun show to watch with the family this weekend.

Also, a docuseries I’m looking forward to is Peter Jackson’s GET BACK (Disney+), a six-hour series in three parts that cuts together footage of the Beatles recording their final album together in January 1969. I have gotten screeners of this but being six hours long, I doubt I’ll have a chance to watch the whole thing before it debuts on the streamer this Thursday, but I’ve watched a little bit of it… and unfortunately, I’m under embargo until Thursday, so maybe I’ll have more to say about the series next week.

Movies that I just wasn’t able to get to this week ...

WRITING WITH FIRE (Music Box Films) THE SHUROO PROCESS (Gravitas Ventures) AYAR

Next week, the only wide release is an indie called Wolf, being released by Focus Features, and while I have no confidence it will make much of an impact or money, I’ll still have a column to talk about that and the other movies, because there’s a lot of good stuff.

#the Weekend Warrior #movies #Reviews #Encanto #House of Gucci #Resident Evil #Box Office #Summit of the Gods #licorice pizza #the humans #drive my car

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Republicans are tentatively set to move their party to Jacksonville

On Wednesday, Trump repeated his criticism of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D), who has insisted that the Charlotte gathering follow public health guidance. In remarks at the White House, Trump said he had “no choice” but to move the convention’s highest-profile events.

“We’ll see how it all works out, but the governor doesn’t want to give an inch,” Trump said, describing Cooper as “a little backward.”

A spokeswoman for the governor reiterated that his concern was public safety.

“State and local partners have been willing to work together with the RNC on a scaled- down event with health and safety measures, but it wouldn’t be responsible to guarantee a full arena as the RNC has demanded,” said Cooper spokeswoman Dory MacMillan. “State officials will continue to support health and safety aspects of any activities that do remain in North Carolina.”

The quadrennial political meetings, which draw tens of thousands of delegates, officials, media and others in the political orbit, typically set the tone for each political party ahead of the final sprint to the general election. Democrats, facing the same public health dilemma, moved their convention from July to August and since have indicated they will probably opt for a scaled-down convention and are considering doing virtual events.

Guidelines from Trump’s own administration, along with advice from medical experts, make it clear that large-scale events, particularly ones held indoors, can facilitate the spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus.

Trump, however, told Cooper in a telephone conversation on May 29 that “we can’t do social distancing.” While Republicans offered to do testing at the Charlotte event, they balked at mandatory use of masks and limiting the number of people allowed into the arena where Trump would speak.

The RNC still plans to hold some smaller meetings in Charlotte, and Trump probably would visit the city at some point between Aug. 24-27 when the convention is scheduled, according to a person familiar with Trump’s plan who like others interviewed was not cleared to speak publicly. Republican officials are hoping that will shield them from any liability for moving an event that they are contractually obligated to hold there.

The RNC’s executive committee voted Wednesday to reuse its 2016 platform to avoid requiring delegates to debate and vote on new policies, according to a person familiar with the decision.

“This is going to be a little bit of a different convention because we have right now 75 days to move the celebration portion to a different city,” Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel said Wednesday on the Salem Radio Network. She also said she has not gotten any sleep for the past two weeks, since Trump threatened to move the convention via his tweet. “It’s been quite a feat — if we can get this done,” she said.

While McDaniel said it’s “premature” to confirm the new location, three GOP officials briefed on the plan said the RNC has settled on Jacksonville, and one person familiar with the discussions said an announcement about the shift could come as early as Thursday.

Downtown Jacksonville includes three different stadiums, including the covered 15,000-person-capacity VyStar Veterans Memorial arena that was once home to the city’s ice hockey team.

Trump and RNC officials had expressed concern that Democratic officials in North Carolina were working against them for political reasons. In Jacksonville, Trump will have partisan allies in the city and state governments.

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, a Republican who was formerly chair of the state party, did not respond to a text message seeking comment. Aides to the mayor also declined to comment. Jacksonville City Councilman Tommy Hazouri, a Democrat who will take over as council chairman this summer, said he was supportive of the mayor’s efforts to secure the Republican convention.

“We have always been the little train that could. That’s how we got the football team, that’s how we got some of the businesses that have been here,” Hazouri said, referring to the city’s NFL franchise, the Jacksonville Jaguars. “But you still have the issues in front of you no matter what the city — and that is the coronavirus, and you have always a safety issue.”

He said he expected external funding to help shoulder the costs to the city and had faith in the mayor to work out a health plan that would prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the community.

“We can’t do it at the expense of making sure that our own streets and public safety is protected,” he said. “What you don’t want to do is open a Pandora’s box.”

Duval County health officials have been consulting with the city to plan any large events, according to Samantha Epstein, the county’s public health communications director.

“The Department would work with local officials to ensure that all the appropriate measures are being taken with regards to COVID-19 based on the current CDC guidance,” Epstein wrote.

Federal health officials have said that risk of transmission increases at large, in-person events where it is hard for people to remain at least six feet apart. Experts have said that the more people someone interacts with at a gathering and the longer that interaction lasts, the higher the risk.

The CDC guidelines recommend canceling “community wide mass gatherings” when there is “minimal-to-moderate level of community transmission” of the coronavirus — a standard it does not define — and recommend that people over the age of 65 and those with certain preexisting health conditions avoid attending any events with more than 10 people.

But the guidelines also give community leaders discretion to set the cutoff threshold for the size of events “based on the on the current circumstances the community is facing and the nature of the event.”

According to the Florida Department of Public Health, Duval County has identified 1,776 coronavirus-positive residents, with the rate of diagnosis showing no clear direction in recent weeks. There were 208 positive cases identified in the first nine days of June, compared to 251 cases in the nine days before and 183 cases in the nine days before that. There have been 296 hospitalizations in the county from the disease and 55 deaths.

Last month, the CDC issued a report warning about “superspreader” events where the coronavirus might be highly transmissible in certain settings. That report described a choir practice in Washington state in March at which one person ended up infecting 52 other people, including two who died.

“Members had an intense and prolonged exposure, singing while sitting 6-10 inches from one another, possibly emitting aerosols,” the report said. The infections probably took place during a 2½ -hour choir practice attended by 61 members.

Convention delegates tend to be older than the voting public, presenting another problem for Republican organizers. The median age of delegates at both the Republican and Democratic conventions in 2008 was 54 years old, with only 7 percent of Democratic delegates and 3 percent of Republican ones under the age of 30, according to a 2016 study by the American Enterprise Institute using CBS News polling data.

One potential hitch in moving the convention festivities is hotel space: Duval County has about 18,000 hotel rooms, according to Patty Winters, a spokeswoman for Visit Jacksonville, the city’s tourism bureau. Neighboring counties have another 10,000 rooms, Winters said.

In 2005, when the city hosted the Super Bowl, five cruise ships docked at St. Johns River to add about 3,500 hotel rooms needed for the event. Amid the current pandemic, which spread rapidly on cruise ships, it’s unlikely that the RNC would use that solution. Instead, officials are looking at resort areas such as Amelia Island to the north.

Officials in Charlotte were expecting up to 50,000 people under the original setup, although only about 20,000 would have fit into the arena that the GOP had planned to use for major speeches.

Garrett Dennis, a member of the Jacksonville City Council and a Democrat, identified another drawback of hosting the convention: the potential to aggravate what he described as already fraught race relations in a city that is about 30 percent black.

Under the current schedule, Trump would accept his nomination on Aug. 27. In Jacksonville, that is the 60th anniversary of Ax Handle Saturday, when a mob of 200 white people chased peaceful civil rights protesters with ax handles and baseball bats. Events to commemorate that anniversary are already planned in a park not far from where Trump would accept the nomination.

“We’ve had unrest as relates to police and shootings; we have a high murder rate. And so we have our own problems that we’re dealing with right now,” Dennis said. “To have this event here, and coronate someone who is not tolerant of minorities? Our city is already fragile as it relates to racial relations. And for that to happen, our city might crack.”

Lena H. Sun contributed to this report.

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It’s getting a tad confusing catching up and posting our journeys – for us, never mind you the reader! Do bear with us while we attempt to. You’ll soon realise, due to the nature of circumstances around this time, that both Barry and Sandra have shared the writing, though the photography’s all Barry’s apart from a couple of wedding ones …

A diversion to Lichfield

Sandra left Areandare on Wednesday 9th May for her sister Katherine’s 60th celebrations, while Barry continued to Parbold, then caught a train to the surprise 60th in Lichfield, returning to Areandare with Sandra on Sunday 13th May. Our diary in May was already chock-a-block with boating and family events.

We managed a short walk around Lichfield the day after the party, to get re-aquainted with some fabulous views

Wigan to Tarleton, Ombersley, Exeter, Ombersley and back to Tarleton!

We were heading ever closer to our booked Ribble Link crossing on Tuesday 15th May – an experience we’d been greatly anticipating; admittedly Sandra with trepidation, Barry with excitement. The link cost £5.4 million and was completed in two years, opening in 2002, to connect the Leeds Liverpool and Lancaster Canals. In order to navigate the Link, boaters must book in advance. The timings of the passage are dependant on the tide, and, as we discovered, there’s limited availability during its spring, summer and autumn opening times.

Travelling from Wigan to Parbold without Sandra

Little did Barry know he’d be crossing both this railway and motorway bridge over the next couple of weeks!

Sandra’s returned to the boat, and we continue onto the Rufford Arm of the L&L Canal

The lovely cottages near the top lock

Barry can never resist a convex mirror!

The canalised river section of the Rufford Arm approaching Tarleton

The last swing bridge which seems to be a kids fairground ride!

Not an easy swing bridge when Barry had to single hand it after turning from Tarleton back to Rufford! Very shallow and lots of stinging nettles plus it opens towards the boat, and a cross wind from the right!

Overnight mooring at Rufford

Saint Mary’s Marina in Rufford …

… and just over the road is St Mary The Virgin’ Church

A quick peek at Rufford Old Hall

A National Trust property, but sadly they didn’t get an entry fee from Barry

‘Mohican’ ducks greeted us at Tarleton – “Great Barnets boys!“

Of course you’ll be aware that our first crossing booking was cancelled, when we received the dreadful phone call informing us that Sandra’s mum had died. We called Enterprise and brought forward the car hire booking we’d had for Thursday 17th May, and drove down to Ombersley to meet Sandra’s sisters and begin initial arrangements.

A few days later we both travelled down to Exeter for our nephews’ wedding – we’d planned on collecting Sandra’s mum on the Thursday to take her there. Things could have gone very differently had her heart attack struck then. Despite the sadness, it was a glorious weekend of celebration.

Josie and Jack – a golden couple

Even the bell ringers joined us

Dave, Ray and Barry – brothers-in-law

Linda, Kath, Viv and Sandra

There was a rather Royal wedding simultaneously occurring!

The following week, Friday 25th May, was Sandra’s mum’s celebration of a life well lived. We were very fortunate to be able to get it arranged within 11 days of Irene’s death – in many cases in England funerals can’t be arranged for three to four weeks. Very different to what we’re used to in Gisborne, New Zealand, where they’re generally held within the week. And thankfully due to the timing, Sandra’s youngest daughter Kimberley was able to fly back from Nigeria for the family gathering to say farewell to a much loved mum, grandma and great-grandma.

Finally successful …

We re-booked our passage for Sunday 27th May. There were just three consecutive dates available, and that particular one meant Sandra could do the crossing prior to heading to Lisa’s for their week away in Menorca.

It felt as though destiny was forcing us to forgo our planned inaugural journey, as that crossing was then cancelled by CRT due to a forecast of high winds.

We persisted fervently, and although Barry ended up traveling with two new crew members on board instead of Sandra, all finally flowed faultlessly on Monday 28th May. Sandra had put a plea on the blog for crew, as a final hope of success as it states you need at least two crew aboard. Social media may be misused at times, but we find it incredibly helpful – as well as a fantastic way of keeping in touch with family, friends and folks we’ve met on our adventures.

In 2013, our first year on board Areandare, we moored at Tattenhall Marina for six months, as Barry had to return to New Zealand for the first application of his Spousal Sponsored Visa. During our time there we had some fabulous neighbours, Andy and Liz. Thankfully they’re blog readers, and phoned Barry a few hours after the call was made, offering their services. Well actually that’s not strictly true. Andy and his son Matt were offered, Liz declined! We grasped their generosity swiftly. While Barry was on the phone to Andy, Sandra was conversing with someone on Twitter who also offered her services. Rather than disappoint them, they’re coming on our return journey – today!

Andy and his son Matt jumped aboard Areandare at Tarleton, on Monday 28th May, and the crossing commenced accompanied by another four narrowboats.

All the permanent moorings at Tarleton Lock means there’s no lock landing!

Tarleton Lock with the River Douglas well below

The tide will be well above this by the time we’re ready to go!

The Douglas is a swift flowing tidal river at this point

Liz watches nervously as the lock is being set ready for Areandare to head onto the River Douglas, carrying husband Andy and son Matt. On the right is Harry, the Lockkeeper!

We were the last to lock out onto The River Douglas, in the lock on our own, as there we were the odd one out!

When you motor out of the lock you need full revs as the tide is still coming in, so it’s a push against the tide, which around here is between 5-8 metres of shift.

Matt looks very comfortable steering Areandare

Past the marina near the river mouth, with a sunken boat nearby to encourage us along. The tide has slackened by now so we made good progress.

You’ve virtually at the mouth of The River Ribble (try saying that with a mouth full of pickled onions), before turning upstream and forcing against the now outgoing tide.

Savick Brook entrance is off to the left

You now have to push against the outgoing tide of the brook

Timing is critical to get over the sea lock with enough depth, under the bridge with enough clearance, and over the cill in the first river lock. An interesting exercise!

As the link was never an original canal, and has been completely built from scratch, they’ve had to improvise in places.

With the staircase lock where you have to reverse into it to go up

The sculpture at the top lock is a great feature

Barry and crew arrived safely into Preston and The Lancaster Canal, after an enjoyable and long-anticipated crossing. Liz picked up Andy and Matt from the top basin, with Andy muttering something about convincing Liz to do it in their boat someday!

The Lancaster Canal and Ribble return

It’s now Sunday 17th June and we’ve ‘done’ The Lancaster Canal to the end and back again. The next two posts will cover our experiences there – though to be honest mostly Barry’s experiences, as Sandra didn’t return on board until Tuesday 5th June.

We’re booked onto the return Ribble Link crossing today, with a tide time of 1429hrs – and a couple of new crew to share the adventure with. Barry is cool as a cucumber. Sandra isn’t nearly as anxious as she previously was. There may even be a live video posted on our Facebook page during the journey later this afternoon …

More to come next week …

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The Outdoor Happy Hour Guide added to Google Docs

The Outdoor Happy Hour Guide

Remember Happy Hour? For less than $10, you could have a decent cocktail, a few tacos, or a glass of wine without completely betraying your credit card’s trust. Your biggest worry was hopping on the L train early enough to meet your friends on an umbrella-covered patio table before 7pm. Even though things are different now, some NYC spots are still doing great Happy Hour specials outside. So take a break from daydreaming about discounted margarita pitchers or $1 oyster platters and head to one of the places on this guide.

As you visit these spots, it’s likely that you’ll be asked to buy some food with your discounted drinks. If you want to know more about why NYC bars can’t just serve chips with booze and call it a day, check out our feature all about the updated policy issued by the State Liquor Authority here.

the outdoor spots Noah Devereaux Black Rabbit $ $ $ $ Greenpoint $$$$ 91 Greenpoint Ave

When: Daily, 4-8pm

The Deal: $5 House Lager; $8 House Lager With A Shot, $8 House Cocktail

Black Rabbit is the kind of pub that would fit in nicely in an English town. Only it’s in Greenpoint, and there’s a cute little backyard instead of rolling countryside hills. Other people will want to sit in it too, so get there before 8pm.

White Oak Tavern $ $ $ $ Bar Food in Greenwich Village $$$$ 21 Waverly Pl

When: Mon-Fri, 4-7pm

The Deal: $6 Beers; $8 Wine; $8-9 Select Cocktails

White Oak Tavern is a big bar and restaurant right next to NYU, where you’d usually find sports on TV. They’ve got a spacious outdoor patio open right now, where you can drink a Moscow mule or a peach bourbon iced tea this summer.

Concord Hill $ $ $ $ American in East Williamsburg , Williamsburg $$$$ 374 Graham Ave

When: Tuesday-Sunday, 4-6pm

The Deal: $10 Frozen Cocktails and Wine, $6 Draft beer

Concord Hill is a popular East Williamsburg spot where you can get a bunch of vegetable-focused lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch options. They have a few street tables where you can grab a discounted cocktail during the week, but over the weekend. Graham Avenue is closed off to traffic and their large curbside patio opens up in the middle of street.

The Jeffrey $ $ $ $ Bar Food in Upper East Side $$$$ 311 E. 60th St.

When: Monday-Thursday 4-7pm; Friday 12-7pm

The Deal: $5 Well Drinks; $6 Draft Beers; $10 Cocktails

The backyard patio at this UES bar is currently under construction, but you can still enjoy Happy Hour on their new covered curbside patio, rain or shine.

Chavela's $ $ $ $ Mexican in Crown Heights $$$$ 736 Franklin Ave.

When: Daily, 4-7pm

The Deal: $3 tacos; $10 Sangria or Margarita (16 oz) ; $20 Sangria or Margarita (32 oz); $6 Micheladas

For years, Chavela’s has been Crown Heights’ go-to spot for meeting up with friends. And if you happen to walk by this summer, you’ll notice that almost every table has a margarita pitcher during Happy Hour. You should follow suit.

Noah Devereaux Cafe Du Soleil $ $ $ $ French in Upper West Side $$$$ 2723 Broadway

When: All night on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday

The Deal: Monday-Tuesday: $24 Mussels, Garlic fries, and Select Wine or Beer; Thursday: $79 Wine Bottle and 3-course Dinner for Two

Cafe Du Soleil is a casual French bistro right by Columbia on the UWS, and it has a lot of covered sidewalk seating. You can come here for dinner or to drink a glass of wine in a wicker chair, even when you think it might rain.

Beatstro $$$$ 135 Alexander Ave

When: Daily, 4-8pm

The Deal: $6 Well Drinks; $8 Sangria; $4 Beer; $7 Wine; $8 Red Top

This Bronx bar usually has live DJ sets with Hip-Hop music playing during its Happy Hour. So if you want to drink sangria on a curbside patio where you won’t feel awkward about bopping along to that new Drake song, this is the place to do it.

Barrio Chino $ $ $ $ Mexican in Lower East Side $$$$ 253 Broome St

When: Monday-Thursday, 4-6:30pm

The Deal: $7 Margaritas; $3 Tecates; $8 Tecate & Tequila Shot; $7 Bar Snacks

Barrio Chino is one of our favorite places in Manhattan to get Mexican food, but even if you’re not interested in eating, you should come to this LES spot for margaritas during Happy Hour. If you change your mind about food, they offer discounted bar snacks, like chips and guacamole and fish tacos.

Noah Devereaux Harlem Tavern $ $ $ $ Harlem $$$$ 2153 Frederick Douglass Blvd

When: Monday-Friday, 4-7pm

The Deal: $5 Select Beer & Well Drinks; $6 Sangria

Harlem Tavern has a huge front patio, plus a long bar food menu. This place is ideal if you need a big place to meet some friends for drinks, especially if some of those friends want to watch sports and other people only talk about sports ironically.

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Noah Devereaux The Mermaid Inn $ $ $ $ Seafood , Raw Bar in Upper West Side $$$$ 570 Amsterdam Ave.

When: Daily, 4:30-6:39pm

The Deal: $1.25 Oysters, $1 Clams, $8.50 Select Cocktails, $8.50 Wine, $5 Select Beer

Come here to hang out at a table on Amsterdam Avenue while you eat a satisfying amount of inexpensive shellfish. There’s also a downtown location with its own Happy Hour deal, if anyone’s complaining about going above 14th Street.

Sweet and Vicious $ $ $ $ Nolita $$$$ 5 Spring St

When: Sun-Thurs, 2-7pm; Friday, 2-6pm

The Deal: $2 Off Margaritas; $2 Off Well Drinks; $1 Off Draft and Bottled Beer

Sweet & Vicious is a good place to know about when you suddenly have to gather ten friends who want to get drinks somewhere downtown. There’s plenty of space in the back (although it does get crowded), and the frozen margaritas are strong.

The Commodore $ $ $ $ Bar Food , Southern in Brooklyn , Williamsburg $$$$ 366 Metropolitian Ave.

When: Weekdays, 4-7pm

The Deal: $3 Shot with Beer; 1/2 off Well Drinks

The Commodore is a divey Williamsburg bar that does certain things very well. The fried chicken sandwich, for example, and the house piña colada. Hit up this Happy Hour when you want to hang out on a curbside patio with other people craving greasy food.

Trophy Bar $ $ $ $ American , Burgers in Williamsburg $$$$ 351 Broadway

When: All the time

The Deal: $7.50 Cheeseburger with Fries; $6.50 Grilled Cheese; $6.50 Wine, Margarita, Sangria, & Bloody Mary; $5.50 Well Drinks & Draft Beer

Trophy Bar satisfies all the requirements of a good Happy Hour spot. Inexpensive drinks? Check. Burger for when you get tipsy? Check. Socially-distant patio where you can drink margaritas till 11pm? Check. Just keep in mind that you’ll need to reserve a patio table on their website before you stop by.

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MIKEY’S PERSONAL BLOG 114, July 2018

On Sunday afternoon, we had my step-dad’s 60th birthday party. I often find parties and social gatherings to be very challenging on me mentally and emotionally. This weekend, I had the added complication of poor quality of sleep, low energy levels and chronic fatigue in the mix. So even putting up a few decorations required a lot of physical effort from me. And then there’s dealing with other people’s energies which leaves me feeling very drained and exhausted. None of this is anybody’s fault, it’s just the way I’ve been wired.

Thankfully we had the function at home so I could basically retreat and hibernate in my bedroom if things got too much for me. To an outsider, it may seem like I’m being anti-social or lazy but in actuality, it’s a combination of being introverted, shy, reserved, autistic, anxious and depressed that makes me feel this way. Still I’m learning to cope with it better. We had the party catered for by a caterer named Erica from the Finger Food People plus the cake and cupcakes were designed by my friend and former team-mate Cathy Horne.

On Monday night, I went to a Yin yoga class with Aaron Petty at Level Up Yoga in Berwick. I was still feeling very much tired and worn out after the hectic weekend I had and so I felt like I really needed more of a restorative practice tonight. The wind was howling loudly outside the studio and the walls were shaking a little but I was safe and sheltered inside. It was another intimate class tonight with just the two of us (we can make it if we try!). Tee Bee and I.

Tonight we did a number of restorative poses and Yin-style stretches including Seated Forward Fold, Bridge Pose and Waterfall, Deep Neck and Side stretches. As usual, the class brought up a lot of emotional issues festering inside of me which currently lies around my uncertainty about work and the future as well as my social skills and wanting to make more friends. https://www.yogajournal.com/yoga-101/types-of-yoga/yin

(Why do I find it so hard to put myself out there and socialise? I wish I had more friends in my life. I wish I got to hang out more with them. I feel so powerless at work with all these roster and management changes. I can’t handle it. What’s wrong with me? I’m a doormat. I get so easily emotional whenever I make a mistake or somebody else insults me or I can’t answer a customer’s question. I feel so dumb sometimes. I’m lucky to still be working here.)

The above is pretty much what came up for me and is very typical of my thought patterns about myself, my situation at work and my social life. But yoga helps to turn these negatives into positives. To be able to let go of these stories which are holding me back in life, some of which are simply untrue. And it’s what I love about Aaron’s philosophy towards his yoga practice. He is always encouraging, supportive and accepting. Never judgmental or harsh or critical. Thank you Aaron for being there for me. https://www.aaronpetty.com/teaching-schedule/

On Tuesday morning, I did my first Boxing / HIIT Power small group training session with CinFull Fitness in Narre Warren South. I’ve known Cinamon Guerin for about a year or two now from participating in her Body Combat classes at Casey Arc. Now she also runs a personal training business on the side with small groups of clients in her home garage. I’ve contemplated coming along to a class for a while now but it was either not the right time or life got in the way. But now I’m finally giving it a go. https://www.moneycrashers.com/health-benefits-boxing-workouts/

It was just myself and Sarah today who is one of Cinamon’s regular clients. After filling in my registration forms (I go into a lot of detail as always), I was ready to get started. We warmed-up by doing alternating exercises (Wall balls, Ball slams, Battle Ropes, Kettle Bell Swings) at 30 seconds each. Next we did some weighted back squats and squat pulses, TRX exercises (Ring Rows, Squats, Lunges) and some lifts with the dumb bells (Bicep Curls, Overheads, Tricep Push-ups).

Lastly we did some basic boxing drills. I’m still fairly inexperienced when it comes to boxing though I have done a couple of group fitness boxing classes and a little with my personal trainer Mandi Herauville in the past. Thankfully Cinamon didn’t make it too difficult for us today. I gotta get back into the swing of things. I still have moments of self-consciousness whenever I’m workout out. Being comfortable with looking at myself in the mirror is still something I struggle with due to my body image issues and being overweight.

But it’s something I really want to work on and improve over time. One day at a time. The thing I love about Cinamon is her ability to make fitness enjoyable and accessible. It’s really tough work but the results you get from working out are worth it. My mental illness does have the tendency to interfere at times whenever I’m exercising, often to extremes like questioning whether I’m going to pass out or have a heart attack. It’s more than I’m still unfit at times and so it’s no surprise that I’m puffing and panting quite quickly.

These fears are irrational though as being out of breath, fatigued and profusely sweating are all normal by-products of working out. Of course you have to still be mindful about not overdoing it or causing yourself an injury. Cinamon constantly asks how we are feeling and that’s a sign of a great personal trainer. No client wants to be dragged off to Casey Hospital in a paramedic van because precautions weren’t taken during a session. And so in that sense, I feel very comfortable and secure with Cinamon training me. Personal safety should always come first. https://www.facebook.com/CinFullFitness/

On Thursday night, I attended the Young Adults AS Peer Group meeting at MS Australia - the Nerve Centre in Blackburn. Tonight’s discussion topic was on self-motivation which is something I’ve been struggling a lot with recently. My quality of sleep has been noticeably worse lately, dipping to around 4-5 hours per night with broken periods of me waking up at around 3-4am and then 6-7am. Sleep disturbances and insomnia is nothing new for me but it seems to be getting harder to manage of late.

Sleep deprivation really has a devastating affect on my moods, concentration levels and energy levels. Hence why it’s been difficult to motivate myself most days unless I have set appointments or shifts at work. But even then I notice that I’m tired, restless, irritable, moody and struggling to function at times. I have found that meditation, listening to calming music and going to bed helps to a certain degree but not always.

I honestly had mixed feelings about tonight’s meeting but I feel like a lot of it is clouded by my current mental state. Bumping into Gayle again, I felt really hesitant like I was walking on eggshells around her and didn’t want to draw her attention. I decided to sit by myself after I arrived but it didn’t take long for Gayle to drag me out of my chair. I did appreciate her trying to encourage me to mingle with a couple of new “Aspies” but sadly it fell flat for me.

I almost felt like saying “Hi I’m Michael. I’m socially awkward and introverted. Nice to meet you.” Because that’s exactly how I feel inside in any group situation. But thankfully Max was lingering around to make socialising a bit easier for everyone before the meeting started. Gayle’s proposal was still haunting me in the back of my mind. I just know that I don’t have the social skills, the personality nor the confidence to be a group leader hence why I’ve been so evasive and dismissive about it. However, they are things I really do need to work on.

The meeting itself ran alright. We got divided into three separate discussion groups like last time. I ended up being in Max’s group outside on the sofas. Though I personally only came up with one decent suggestion to contribute, we still managed to get some great ideas written down on the butcher paper for ways to get more organised in our daily lives. These include:

Using planners, calendars, diaries, post-it notes and notepads

Setting alarms at scheduled times on your phone

Writing to-do lists, prep lists and shopping lists

Using filing systems such as folders and display books

Preventing problems before the arise

Persistence in the face of setbacks e.g. extending deadlines

Ensuring that you take regular breaks and reward yourself when tasks get completed

I could feel myself getting easily distracted and struggling to maintain focus tonight at times so I decided to leave early. The jury is still out as to whether the Young Adults Aspergers peer support group is the right venue for me to make new friends. It’s been a constant challenge for my entire 32 years of existence to find a place where I belong, to connect with like-minded people, to be understood, accepted and included. The one positive is that at least I’m slowly becoming a familiar face at Aspergers Victoria. Putting yourself out there and speaking up in a group is fucking hard to do but at least I can say I’m trying and I’m not giving up. https://aspergersvic.org.au/young-adults

On Friday morning, I went to my Body Pump class at YMCA Casey ARC in Narre Warren. To be honest, I was still feeling worn out and restless after arriving at the facility. My low mood could be attributed to the recent “Blood Moon” appearance this week as well as the colder weather. Thankfully our instructor Gina was in a loud, bubbly mood this morning and a workout was exactly what I needed in order to lift my mental state up and feel better.

Today we did release number 106 which features the following tracks: Tell Me You Love Me by Galantis & Throttle, Walk On Water by Thirty Seconds to Mars, Tribes by Chase & Status and Revenge by Pink Feat. Eminem. I have to say that the soreness and burn didn’t really kick in for me until about half way through the workout when we started doing lunges, squats and squat pulses then push presses, power presses and push-ups.

But it felt awesome being able to push through how challenging this release was and to know that everyone else in the room was feeling the same way. Laughing, having fun and enjoying whatever exercise your doing will always be an important aspect for me because otherwise what’s the point of it? http://w3.lesmills.com/israel/en/classes/bodypump/music-tracklists/

“One foot in front of the other babe. One breath leads to another yeah. Just keep moving, oh. Look within for the strength today. Listen out for the voice to say. Just keep moving, oh... So my love, keep on running. You gotta get through today, yeah. There my love, keep on running. Gotta keep those tears at bay, oh. Oh, my love, don't stop burning. Gonna send them up in flames. In flames.” David Guetta & Sia - Flames (2018)

“Drowning in the static of a thousand whispered doubts. I need to break the silence before my oxygen runs out. So can you hear me?. "Can you hear me?". As I call in to this dark and lonely. Passage, am I getting it through? Because all I want to do is get a message from me to you.” Evermore - Can You Hear Me? (2009)

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LAFC's off-field identity may be in place, but on-field is work in progress

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LOS ANGELES — League newcomers LAFC have had about as smooth a run-up to expansion as imaginable. They’ve sparked a passionate fan base in a tricky market. They’ve got a downtown stadium nearly complete. They’ve built a roster full of international talent and they’ve landed one of the most respected coaches in the US game.

It would be incorrect to say the real work is now beginning, but the expansion side is certainly entering a new phase this weekend with their first-ever league match, identity already in place.

“From the beginning LAFC set out to be a club that connected with the heart of LA, that understood the diversity of the city, that made sure that we could be a team that people could look at and feel part of, and be proud of,” manager Bob Bradley said after training Wednesday at UCLA. “I think everyone that’s been part of LAFC from the beginning has done an incredible job of building momentum.”

That mounting pace is something players have attributed to the familial effort at the club, something that began before the roster even had any names and has accelerated as personnel has been added.

“The thing that I’ve noticed the most is that it’s a real family atmosphere from the top to the bottom, from the players to the staff to the front office, to the ownership,” said veteran midfielder Benny Feilhaber. “I think that’s been as good as it can get.”

They even announced Wednesday that they’ve already sold out season ticket memberships, a robust 17,500.

But that’s all been off the field.

LAFC’s inaugural MLS season awaits at CenturyLink Field this Sunday against the Seattle Sounders (5 pm ET; ESPN, ESPN Deportes in US | MLS LIVE on DAZN in Canada) where it will be the club’s velocity on the field that’s under the microscope.

Joao Moutinho was selected No. 1 overall in the 2018 SuperDraft | Andy Mead

“We do the hard running in the final third of the field and try to get there quickly,” left back Joao Moutinho said when asked to explain the club’s identity on the pitch. “When we lose the ball, we get pressure on our opponents and try to get the ball back as soon as possible.”

Quickness has been one marker that’s stuck out during LAFC’s preseason. Fast passing, speedy movement and rapid transitions on the offensive end saw the expansion side create 56 shots across the four exhibition matches, 29 of them on goal (their combined opponents produced only 33 shots with 17 on goal).

“In football there is all kinds of speed,” Bradley said when asked if quickness has been something he’s focused on in training. “There’s the speed of thought, the speed of reaction, and there is pure speed in terms of getting by people, so we want to have all those.”

Bradley emphasized that the most important thing for his team to cultivate is an ability to adjust to whatever shape a match will take, a comprehensive identity the manager’s veteran leader in the midfield, Feilhaber, identified as well.

“It is evident Bob wants a team that plays from the back to the front,” Feilhaber said. “We’re going to play good football, possess, be good on the attack, and defend as a unit.”

Creating a team like that, however, will take more than speed and shots on goal.

“That includes intelligence,” Bradley added. “That doesn’t mean that you just start running around, running forward, and leaving the team wide open.”

For the emphasis on speed, LAFC’s vulnerabilities have been also exposed during their four preseason matches, where they scored eight and conceded seven goals. The team’s only shutout came thanks to some goalkeeping heroics on the part of Tyler Miller last weekend against the USL’s Sacramento Republic FC. Even without injured forward Jordan Morris, one expects a team of Seattle’s caliber to capitalize on those kinds of chances.

“We’re definitely a team that wants to keep possession of the ball, find spaces, and move intelligently,” rookie Moutinho said, echoing his manager’s focus on the mental side of the game.

It was Moutinho, selected as the first pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, who gave LAFC their first victory last Sunday, after he received the ball from Carlos Vela and surged forward to slot the game winner into the far post in the 60th minute at Papa Murphy’s Park in Sacramento.

“I definitely feel like we are on a good moment to start the season,” the defender said, visibly excited, like many of the traveling LAFC contingent, for the club’s trip to Seattle.

Moutinho spoke to the cohesion of the current group of LAFC players, which for their opener won’t yet include their latest signing, Colombian midfielder Eduard Atuesta, as he waits for paperwork to clear. The third Designated Player slot remains vacant going into the season, keeping the club’s roster — like Banc of California Stadium — a work in progress.

LAFC training | Courtesy of LAFC

“We’re still a product that’s being built,” Feilhaber said, standing beside his rookie teammate and tempering his eagerness. “We’re not complete, we all know that we’re not complete. We’re still improving, we’re adding players, changing day by day, week by week.”

Bradley, who has been quick to caution reporters who read too much into exhibition results throughout preseason, agreed.

“You have to have this idea and it’s got to be worked on every day. Preseason games help with that picture, and then obviously what really needs to happen is that you get into real matches. The picture changes slightly when you bring in new players. There are still players to arrive, so that will maybe, in small ways, impact what the team is all about but the big picture of how we want to play, I don’t think will change.”

It’s not easy for Bradley — or anyone at LAFC — to boil down what, exactly, that big picture on-field product will be in a definitive sense.

“You have a vision of a club that’s a real people’s club that connects with the heart and soul of the city,” Bradley said. “That part is rolling but you can’t do that to create momentum and then all of the sudden you start playing and let that get away from you.”

Bradley’s adjusts his hat. The black cap is dusty, featuring a gold ring formed by the dirt and sweat accumulated during the weeks of preseason. He rejects any advantage LAFC has, given Seattle’s CONCACAF Champions League contest Thursday night, reiterates their credentials as two-time defending Western Conference Champions, and explains that the time to talk about identity is over for now.

“When all is said and done, it’s the first game of the season. Both teams are going to put eleven on the field. The ref is going to blow the whistle and it’s going to be a chance to show, for the first time, everybody a little of what LAFC wants to be.”

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A whole month

of picking myself back up.

So it has been a month since my last blog post. I’ve spent 5 days a week sitting in front of my PC writing my thesis and haven’t felt like sitting down again to blog much after that. My lower back is dying from all the sitting.

A lot has been going on. I’ve been sitting at weekly housing cooperative meetings, studying JLPT stuff, struggling my way through ballet classes, coordinating stuff for this autumn and next spring at work, reading through piles of dusty old books loaned from libraries far away, rehearsing a choreography for a music video, celebrating my uncle’s 60th birthday, teaching dance and watching a ton of Sims 4 videos on YouTube. I’ve also been hanging out with friends and even went to the cottage for a night with mum and dad last week as it was dad’s autumn break week. Bunny has been changing his fur and I’ve spent hours in my raincoat brushing him with a spray bottle and treats at hand. He looks like a turtle with his back all shaved and the long fur still on his stomach and sides like a dust mop. It’s hilarious but the poor guy is freezing.

I’m definietly feeling a whole lot better. I’ve been able to pick myself up again and so far I haven’t been missing my guy at all. Now that I’ve adjusted to being alone I’m loving all the me-time, and the ability to do whatever I want whenever I want without taking anyone else into consideration. Having friends over at 2am, cleaning up my own messes, using the TV when I want to... It’s super nice. I just wish MEA would work, I’m now completely stuck in the first remnant vault. My friend helped me with troubleshooting and we’re still waiting for replies from her siblings. It might be that my PSU is busted, my GPU is too old or I need to reinstall Windows. I’m willing to get a new PSU and/or GPU because I’m saving up literally all the money I’m getting, but reinstalling Windows would mean that I lose programs such as Word, which is not good for my MA thesis right now so I’m hoping it won’t come to that. I went shopping with mum and dad yesterday and was pressured into getting a new monitor for my PC. Now I have my primary 24″ Asus VG245HE gaming display and my secondary 23″ HP EliteDisplay E231. The new Asus was really expensive and I was not expecting to drop that kind of money on the spot like that but they had a sale and I was pressured.. To be fair I would’ve needed to renew my screen at some point anyway, so at least that’s done now. And it’s supposed to be a relatively good screen for gaming anyway, with an actual HDMI port. Plus thesis and my actual work are both so much easier with dual displays. I’m kind of feeling the headache of all this blue light surrounding me since it’s so dark otherwise but hey, whatever.

We got our first snow on Saturday and it’s been snowing pretty much all day today. It’s not sticking to the ground yet though but it’s cold and wet and disgusting outside. My defense against this season is sleeping until 9am when it’s already light out and shutting the blinds before it gets dark so that I don’t need to look at the conditions outside or see the darkness. Out of sight - out of mind.

I spent Saturday morning shopping with mum, and in the afternoon I started cleaning the house. My oldest friend that I know all the way from daycare came over around 8pm, and we had frozen pizzas, talked for hours and watched Grease. She borrowed me a bunch of musicals on DVD so that I have something other than Sims 4 stuff to watch during my long evenings on the sofa. Bless her, I really want to spend more time with her.. ♥

My thesis seminar has its random last meeting this Thursday. I’m hopefully going to play ACNL with my friend on Friday, and we have a choreo class for ballet on Friday evening. Having taken a week off from ballet and pretty much any sports has me feeling really uncomfortable. I have neglected myself for a long time now by eating comfort foods on the sofa. I also can’t fit into half of my favourite clothes anymore because my boobs have grown and it makes me so sad and uncomfortable. I hope that I can get to some sort of a workout routine soon. At least ballet resumes this week so that’s something.. I don’t want to feel this big.

Next week will be busy. I don’t know how but right now it seems like I don’t have enough time for everything that I’m supposed to do. It’s probably because I’m trying to write one thesis chapter a day and read a 500 page book before doing hours of JLPT stuff and then also eating at some point. The sun setting after 5pm also makes it seem like there aren’t enough hours in the day. I’m so glad I opted out of doing that one essay course since JLPT is eating up so much of my time right now. I’ve also been feeling super down in the dumps with that whole thing. I just hate that no matter how much I practice I’ll only get one or two vocabulary exercises right. It’s so frustrating because there is no way to memorize every single word in the language. There aren’t a whole lot of positive learning experiences to be had with this stuff so it just feels like no matter how much I think I’ve learned, doing practice exam questions always leaves me feeling like crap. I’m glad it’s soon going to be over and there’s no way in hell I’m ever retaking it if I fail this time around.. Anyway digging up motivation for JLPT is hard right now, I’m glad it’s mostly a habit rather than something I need to force myself to do.

Upstairs is doing reno and it’s driving me crazy. It’s so incredibly loud. Also, we were supposed to get door phones last week and so far today we got the outdoor units completed - a week late. I can’t wait to be able to open the door to guests without having to go downstairs myself so it’s super frustrating that it’s taking so much time. Also, the bunny probably needs to be moved into the bedroom for the duration of the installation because it’ll be loud so I want to know when they’re coming so that I can prepare.

It’s almost November. Me and my friend are having an ACNL Halloween sleepover on the 31st with Rocky Horror Picture Show and suchlike. I’m looking forward to that. ♥

So yeah, things have been looking up for me slowly but surely. I’m still cynical and nonchalant about everything and have very little motivation or patience for stuff but at least I’m doing what I need to and keeping busy. I have so much that I want to accomplish during this year and there are so many things for me to learn, and taking care of myself has become a whole new sort of priority for me now that I don’t care about other people or being on time for stuff. I am however in need of Christmas break and for my thesis to be completed. 8 more weeks to go.

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August 13, 2017

Alright so I do have a lot of catching up to do. To be fair, every evening as been just as busy, if not more, than the one before. So, let’s get right into it.

Wednesday Wednesday started out quite nicely since I got to sleep in. I didn’t sleep super late but enough to make me feel at least a bit rested. When I finally got out of bed though, the cleaning lady was there and so I jumped on the occasion to leave my house when my mom said she was going to go do errands.

When we came back, I spent the rest of my morning in my bedroom just going through my travel pictures and placing them into albums. I then got ready for work, made myself lunch and left.

Work was fine. I was with a nice staff, at nice positions and it passed by fast since we were for the most part busy. After work came the fun part. I joined my friends at the pub and even if I couldn’t drink because I was driving, I ate some good food, spent time with some good friends and it turned out to be an amazing evening. I left it was only slightly passed midnight but it was enough to make me happy.

Thursday Thursday was my day off and I took full advantage of it. In the morning I slept in like for real this time and then I just hung around. I had tv shows to watch and just stuff that needed to get done. I did that until my mom texted me to say we were going to the local restaurant for lunch. There, I ate a salad with an homemade pizza. It was delicious and nice to be around those people.

As for the afternoon, well I spent it going around for a picture for my health insurance. I had to go twice because I didn’t bring the right paper with me at first. It was annoying but fine because it was sunny and I didn’t mind being on car rides that much.

For supper, my grandparents were there (my grandmother is actually here until tomorrow because my brother and grandfather are on a trip somewhere) and so we made a really good supper and ate all together. Then, me and my grandmother went for some ice cream which was delicious and also nice since it was just the two of us. Finally, I ended my evening at a friend’s, where I stayed up until midnight and where we just chilled. It was a nice way to end my day off but I was tired when I came back.

Friday Friday was a work day. I was doing 8:30am until 5pm. Thing is, I didn’t know that I was starting at 8:30. So, it was 8am and I was still in my kitchen just making myself breakfast when I saw the schedule for the day. I freaked out but dealt well with it by packing my coffee, eating quickly and getting ready even more qucikly. From then on, the day went fine. Work was quite busy, I was at nice positions and it went well.

When I came back home, I got a few minutes to get ready, put on cute clothes and pick up my friend at an highway exit. From there, we drove to the terminus, caugh the worst traffic, caught this mass of people taking the metro as well and those major detours. It felt like life didn’t want us to get there but we eventually made it to the OneRepublic concert.

The show, the evening, the band, everything was amazing. We did miss one of the opening acts (the one we would have wanted to see the most) but OneRepublic was so amazing that I didn’t even mind by then. At first I had been disappointed by the set list but gosh wathever they play was good. They didn’t disappoint. I was amazed and smiling and signing and dancing all evening long.

When I came back home, I went to bed. It was passed 1am and that made it hard for my Saturday morning.

Saturday Waking up was a pain in the ass. But, I pushed through and went to work. Work was fine though a little bit long in the afternoon. I was finishing at 5pm because I had asked to switched so I got to come home earlier.

Once here, I got ready for an evening out. Then, with my family, we made our way to a local restaurant where we were going out with all of my larger family for my grandpartents’ 60th wedding annivesery. I didn’t stay long because I had to go but it was nice to see everyone and the food was great.

After that, I drove to join my friend and together we made our way to a stand up show. We saw Phil Roy and it was great. He was super funny and so was the opening act. The show lasted long enough so that I felt like my money was well placed and it was just more than I could have hoped for.

I came back not that late but still made it to bed right way because by them I was dead.

Sunday So, waking up this morning was also a pain in the ass. I did wake up to homemade waffles though which made it better. I was doing 9:30am until 6pm. It was long at times but it turned out ok overall and eventually I came back home.

We ate pizza for supper and then we got the visit of some hot air balloons. It was great. We got 3 and everyone was so nice. I made some of them visit, played with some of the kids and the cats and it was just great to have all of them nice people around. It changed my evening’s plans but made it better.

Then I just settled in front of the tv before heading into the shower and here we are now, with my bed calling me and finally a night during which I can go to bed early and know that I’ll get to sleep in the next day.

So yeah, the last few days have been busy but they’ve been great., I wouldn’t change anything about them except maybe add a few hours of sleep here and there.

Until next time, L

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Where To Eat Outside On The Upper East Side added to Google Docs

Where To Eat Outside On The Upper East Side

Your wooden spatula has started to whittle down like a fire-starting tool. Your seven-year-old is now the one homeschooling you. It’s possible you may be ready to take a quick vacation from your UES apartment, and check out a great neighborhood restaurant with outdoor seating. Whether you’re looking to book a reservation for a sushi dinner date night or find a spot with Happy Hour margaritas for a socially-distant reunion with a friend, use this guide for our favorite outdoor dining options between East 60th and 110th Streets.

If you’re not quite ready to check out a restaurant in the neighborhood, we’ve got plenty of ideas for planning a picnic in Central Park and over 500+ options for takeout and delivery around the city.

Featured In The Socially Distant NYC Summer Guide Get all the guides The Spots Via Quadronno $ $ $ $ Sandwiches , Italian in Upper East Side $$$$ 25 E. 73rd St.

Here’s a quick list of charming things to appreciate on the UES right now: a baby duck bathing in the pond by the 72nd Street entrance to Central Park, a sunset ferry at 90th Street, and the tiny cafe tables outside of Via Quadronno. This Italian restaurant is serving spritzes and summer specials like crab soup and asparagus, as well as their typical menu of panini, gelato, and espresso.

Moti Mahal Delux $ $ $ $ Indian in Upper East Side $$$$ 1149 1st Ave.

Moti Mahal Delux is one of the best Indian restaurants in the neighborhood, and they’re running outdoor service on their patio every day for lunch and dinner. Whenever you go, order their incredibly rich (and famous) butter chicken.

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PQR is mostly a takeout place, however, you can sit at one of their sidewalk tables right now and eat a rectangular slice by yourself. The pizza here comes covered in things like broccoli rabe, burrata, sausage, and pumpkin. It’s all a little bit fancy, and the crust is crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle.

JoJo $ $ $ $ French in Upper East Side $$$$ 160 E 64th St

Each patio table here has its own flower pot centerpiece, which we can only assume is to remind you that you’re among nature and that JoJo is the sort of place that nails the details. This Jean-Georges spot makes French-leaning dishes, including one of our favorite roast chickens in the entire neighborhood. Come for a nice date, or direct someone here who wants a cool uptown spot for when they convince a relative to watch their kids for the night.

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Oda House $ $ $ $ Georgian in Upper East Side $$$$ 406 E 73rd St

The menu at this Georgian spot on East 73rd Street has things like lamb, roast chicken, and about 20 types of bread. You can check out their outdoor seating any day from noon to 9pm, or book a table ahead of time online. Make sure to order the lamb kebabs and dumplings, called khinkali.

Sushi Ishikawa $ $ $ $ Japanese , Sushi in Upper East Side $$$$ 419 E 74th St

Eat something that feels distant from anything that could conceivably come out of your kitchen, like a $59 nine-piece omakase from Sushi Ishikawa. This Upper East Side spot is offering its excellent sushi during 6pm and 8pm seatings on Tuesday through Saturday.

Sfoglia $ $ $ $ Pasta , Italian in Upper East Side $$$$ 1402 Lexington Ave

This upscale Italian spot might have the best outdoor dining set up on this list, complete with an elevated platform, string lights, and teal umbrellas that appear to have been meticulously placed in a straight line. You should come here when you want to celebrate something over a plate of veal milanese, arctic char, or one of their red sauce pastas.

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The Rochard $ $ $ $ American , Bar Food in Upper East Side $$$$ 1504 Lexington Ave

While this is mostly a craft beer bar, you can still eat things like wings, tacos, flatbreads, and nachos along with your double IPA on the outdoor patio. The Rochard is open from 2pm to 10pm Tuesday through Sunday, so if you’re looking to spend a weekday afternoon outside of the sauna you once called your apartment, this is a great spot to know about.

Emmy Squared UES $ $ $ $ Pizza in Upper East Side $$$$ 1426 3rd Ave

Emmy Squared makes thick, rectangular pies with sauce on top of the cheese (Detroit-style), and the UES location now has outdoor patio in the parking lane in front of their spot on 3rd Avenue. If you don’t want to stress about securing a table, you can always make a reservation for dinner and weekend lunch online.

Alison $$$$ 1651 Lexington Ave

This neighborhood spot on 104th Street and Lexington Avenue built an impeccable curbside patio that looks like it came straight out of a Home Depot ad. They’re open weekdays from noon to 5pm for Happy Hour, and until 10pm for dinner. Stop by for East and West Coast oysters, as well as pancakes or a smoked salmon croissant during weekend brunch.

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J.G. Melon $$$$ 1291 3rd Ave.

J.G. Melon has a takeout window and seat-yourself tables available every day from 11:30am to 10pm. Consider this iconic 3rd Avenue burger spot whenever you want something quick and delicious, or if you’re looking to minimize your contact and avoid waiter service altogether. Even though the burger is the star here, J.G. Melon’s cottage fries are just as important. They’re round, tiny, and will make you wonder why more burger places don’t make fries like this.

Sandros $ $ $ $ Pasta , Italian in Upper East Side $$$$ 306 E 81st St

If you’re looking for the kind of UES night that involves long crunchy breadsticks, lemon-y veal scallopini, and bucatini amatriciana, you can’t do better than this Roman-style restaurant in the East 80s. Their outdoor seating is reservation-only, and you can book your table online or by calling 212-288-7374.

La Esquina $ $ $ $ Mexican in Upper East Side $$$$ 1402 2nd Ave

The Upper East Side location of this taco chain has a few tables set up on their corner space on 72nd Street and 2nd Avenue. Here’s how it works: you order at the counter, seat yourself, and then patiently wait for your food to arrive while you fantasize about gargantuan tortas, buttery grilled corn, and chunky guacamole.

Bangklyn East Harlem $ $ $ $ Thai in East Harlem , Upper East Side $$$$ 2051 2nd Ave

In addition to doubling as a cool vintage clothing store, this relaxed counter-service spot serves a wide range of Thai food, like Southern fried chicken, creamy coconut curries, and khao mun gai (steamed chicken). They have a few wooden tables set up outside their shop in East Harlem where you can sit after you get your food. Order the tamarind coconut milk noodles with crab - it’s sweet and nutty, and comes with enough crab to be confused with the vermicelli noodles they’re mixed with.

Mountain Bird $ $ $ $ French in Harlem , Upper East Side $$$$ 2162 2nd Ave

At Mountain Bird, you’ll find dishes like chilled corn soup and ratatouille on their rotating experimental French menu - and you can eat it all on a sidewalk table underneath a tent. Check out their Instagram to stay up to date with weekly menu changes, and book a reservation through their website here.

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Naruto Ramen $ $ $ $ Ramen in Upper East Side $$$$ 1596 3rd Ave

In case you’re looking to eat some ramen and a few gyozas on the Upper East Side, Naruto is a good place to get big portions of both while spending less than $20. There are a few small tables on their sidewalk where you can eat and appreciate the sensation of slurping noodles out of a large bowl.

Tiramisu $ $ $ $ Italian in Upper East Side $$$$ 1410 3rd Ave

Unlike so many other sidewalk set-ups in Manhattan, Tiramisu’s patio has enough to space to allow you and a friend to gaze at pedestrians and their goldendoodles from afar. The thin-crust pizzas, salads, and pastas here come in massive portions, and the complimentary garlic focaccia might be better than anything on the menu.

Pastrami Queen $ $ $ $ Sandwiches , Deli in Upper East Side $$$$ 1125 Lexington Ave

Congratulations Upper East Siders, you happen to be neighbors with the perfect deli sandwich. It comes on soft rye with delicate, lean meat from Pastrami Queen. Order one at the counter inside at this iconic deli and take it one of their seat-yourself tables in the covered parking lane. If you’re not feeling pastrami for some reason, the roast turkey is also excellent.

Uva $ $ $ $ Italian in Upper East Side $$$$ 1486 2nd Ave

In case you need a late-night meal that includes creamy gnocchi, lots of wine, and a big plate of cured meat, check out Uva’s outdoor dining on Sunday to Thursday until 11pm and Friday and Saturday until midnight. This casual Italian restaurant has sidewalk seating and a back patio with first come, first served tables.

Up Thai $ $ $ $ Thai in Upper East Side $$$$ 1411 2nd Ave.

If you live in the East 70s, you probably know Up Thai as your neighborhood depot for pad see ew and crispy duck covered in tamarind sauce. Or at least you should. You can stop by their outdoor tables every day until 10:15pm (and 11:15pm on Fridays and Saturdays).

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The East Pole $ $ $ $ American in Upper East Side $$$$ 133 E. 65th St.

You go to The East Pole’s outdoor tables in pursuit of pork chops, a beautiful brownstone background, and the perfect martini. This upscale spot in the East 60s is s open for outdoor dining on Monday to Saturday from noon to 10pm, and on Sunday from noon to 9pm.

Heidi's House By The Side Of The Road $ $ $ $ American , Bar Food in Upper East Side $$$$ 308 E 78th St

If we were dads who made dad jokes for sport, we’d call this sidewalk seating, “Heidi’s Outdoor Tables By The Side Of The Road.” OK, sorry we put you through that. What’s really important here is that the outdoor seating is first come, first served, and that Heidi’s is serving their perfectly crispy mac and cheese. You can stop by between 4pm and 10pm every day.

East Harlem Bottling Co. $ $ $ $ American , German in East Harlem , Upper East Side $$$$ 1711 Lexington Ave

If you like beer and live in the area, you probably already know about this neighborhood bar and restaurant between 107th and 108th Streets on Lexington Avenue. But you might not know that this is one of the best places to get a pub burger in the neighborhood. Or, that they’re currently serving lunch and weekend brunch outdoors on their plant-covered patio.

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Kaia Wine Bar $ $ $ $ Upper East Side $$$$ 1614 3rd Ave

For South African wine, shrimp rolls, and oysters on the UES, head to Kaia Wine Bar. They have eight outdoor tables spread across their sidewalk where you can try a glass of something you’ve probably never had. If you happen to love it, make sure to pick up a bottle from their cafe before you leave.

Mei-jin Ramen $ $ $ $ $$$$ 1574 2nd Ave

We typically rely on this Japanese spot for everything from ramen to pork tonkatsu, but they recently started serving sushi and cold ramen if you prefer to eat something that isn’t as hot as the air you’re sitting in. Stop by for a casual, socially distant catch up with a friend.

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San Matteo Pizzeria e Cucina $ $ $ $ Pizza , Italian in Upper East Side $$$$ 1559 2nd Ave

This neighborhood Italian restaurant in the East 70s has a strip of turf in their parking lane with a bunch of spaced-out tables for outdoor dining. San Matteo makes pizzas, calzones, and a glorious item known as panuozzi (which are essentially very large sandwiches made with pizza dough instead of bread) - try one stuffed with prosciutto and arugula.

Maya $ $ $ $ Mexican in Upper East Side $$$$ 1191 1st Ave

If you’re skimming this guide for “HAPPY HOUR,” you can stop scrolling. This Mexican restaurant on 64th Street and 1st Avenue has bottomless brunch and Happy Hour from noon to 4pm on Tuesday to Friday with $10 margaritas and $7 beers.

La Goulue $ $ $ $ French in Upper East Side $$$$ 29 East 61st Street

If you want to sit outside and eat a whole roast chicken and a tarte tatin, La Goulue is open for outdoor dining. This French restaurant on East 61st Street has sidewalk seating out front, and you can make a reservation online.

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Felice 83 $ $ $ $ Italian in Upper East Side $$$$ 1593 1st Ave

Felice 83 usually has outdoor seating in the summertime where people sit and monitor the traffic on 1st Avenue while slurping pasta, and this summer is no exception. It’s owned by the same team as Sant Ambroeus, if that gives you any sense of the experience here.

Rothschild TLV $$$$ 1129 Lexington Ave

If you’re looking for a new kosher spot to try, Rothschild TLV is an upscale option on the UES where you’ll find things like a short rib flatbread, lamb shank, or a nice piece of fish. They’re taking online reservations for their curbside patio seating, which has leather chairs and a surprising number of small palm trees.

Emack & Bolio's Ice Cream $ $ $ $ Ice Cream , Dessert in Upper East Side $$$$ 1564 1st Ave

Emack and Bolio’s is one of the best places to get ice cream in the city, whether you live near the UES institution or not. Most of the flavors here are available as ice cream or soft serve, and if you’re feeling really ambitious, you can get yours in a waffle cone covered in things like rice crispy treats or Oreos.

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While the move is still being finalized, the decision to uproot major chunks of the convention from its planned home in Charlotte is another example of Trump disruption, in this case as he casts aside public safety advice and the spirit of a signed contract between the RNC and Charlotte to host the convention there. The president has made clear since a tweet blast on Memorial Day that he was only willing to appear at an event with the pomp and circumstance he enjoyed before the pandemic. On Wednesday, Trump repeated his criticism of North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D), who has insisted that the Charlotte gathering follow public health guidance. In remarks at the White House, Trump said he had “no choice” but to move the convention’s highest-profile events. “We’ll see how it all works out, but the governor doesn’t want to give an inch,” Trump said, describing Cooper as “a little backward.” A spokeswoman for the governor reiterated that his concern was public safety. “State and local partners have been willing to work together with the RNC on a scaled- down event with health and safety measures, but it wouldn’t be responsible to guarantee a full arena as the RNC has demanded,” said Cooper spokeswoman Dory MacMillan. “State officials will continue to support health and safety aspects of any activities that do remain in North Carolina.” The quadrennial political meetings, which draw tens of thousands of delegates, officials, media and others in the political orbit, typically set the tone for each political party ahead of the final sprint to the general election. Democrats, facing the same public health dilemma, moved their convention from July to August and since have indicated they will probably opt for a scaled-down convention and are considering doing virtual events. Guidelines from Trump’s own administration, along with advice from medical experts, make it clear that large-scale events, particularly ones held indoors, can facilitate the spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus. Trump, however, told Cooper in a telephone conversation on May 29 that “we can’t do social distancing.” While Republicans offered to do testing at the Charlotte event, they balked at mandatory use of masks and limiting the number of people allowed into the arena where Trump would speak. The RNC still plans to hold some smaller meetings in Charlotte, and Trump probably would visit the city at some point between Aug. 24-27 when the convention is scheduled, according to a person familiar with Trump’s plan who like others interviewed was not cleared to speak publicly. Republican officials are hoping that will shield them from any liability for moving an event that they are contractually obligated to hold there. The RNC’s executive committee voted Wednesday to reuse its 2016 platform to avoid requiring delegates to debate and vote on new policies, according to a person familiar with the decision. “This is going to be a little bit of a different convention because we have right now 75 days to move the celebration portion to a different city,” Republican Party Chair Ronna McDaniel said Wednesday on the Salem Radio Network. She also said she has not gotten any sleep for the past two weeks, since Trump threatened to move the convention via his tweet. “It’s been quite a feat — if we can get this done,” she said. While McDaniel said it’s “premature” to confirm the new location, three GOP officials briefed on the plan said the RNC has settled on Jacksonville, and one person familiar with the discussions said an announcement about the shift could come as early as Thursday. Downtown Jacksonville includes three different stadiums, including the covered 15,000-person-capacity VyStar Veterans Memorial arena that was once home to the city’s ice hockey team. Trump and RNC officials had expressed concern that Democratic officials in North Carolina were working against them for political reasons. In Jacksonville, Trump will have partisan allies in the city and state governments. Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry, a Republican who was formerly chair of the state party, did not respond to a text message seeking comment. Aides to the mayor also declined to comment. Jacksonville City Councilman Tommy Hazouri, a Democrat who will take over as council chairman this summer, said he was supportive of the mayor’s efforts to secure the Republican convention. “We have always been the little train that could. That’s how we got the football team, that’s how we got some of the businesses that have been here,” Hazouri said, referring to the city’s NFL franchise, the Jacksonville Jaguars. “But you still have the issues in front of you no matter what the city — and that is the coronavirus, and you have always a safety issue.” He said he expected external funding to help shoulder the costs to the city and had faith in the mayor to work out a health plan that would prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the community. “We can’t do it at the expense of making sure that our own streets and public safety is protected,” he said. “What you don’t want to do is open a Pandora’s box.” Duval County health officials have been consulting with the city to plan any large events, according to Samantha Epstein, the county’s public health communications director. “The Department would work with local officials to ensure that all the appropriate measures are being taken with regards to COVID-19 based on the current CDC guidance,” Epstein wrote. Federal health officials have said that risk of transmission increases at large, in-person events where it is hard for people to remain at least six feet apart. Experts have said that the more people someone interacts with at a gathering and the longer that interaction lasts, the higher the risk. The CDC guidelines recommend canceling “community wide mass gatherings” when there is “minimal-to-moderate level of community transmission” of the coronavirus — a standard it does not define — and recommend that people over the age of 65 and those with certain preexisting health conditions avoid attending any events with more than 10 people. But the guidelines also give community leaders discretion to set the cutoff threshold for the size of events “based on the on the current circumstances the community is facing and the nature of the event.” According to the Florida Department of Public Health, Duval County has identified 1,776 coronavirus-positive residents, with the rate of diagnosis showing no clear direction in recent weeks. There were 208 positive cases identified in the first nine days of June, compared to 251 cases in the nine days before and 183 cases in the nine days before that. There have been 296 hospitalizations in the county from the disease and 55 deaths. Last month, the CDC issued a report warning about “superspreader” events where the coronavirus might be highly transmissible in certain settings. That report described a choir practice in Washington state in March at which one person ended up infecting 52 other people, including two who died. “Members had an intense and prolonged exposure, singing while sitting 6-10 inches from one another, possibly emitting aerosols,” the report said. The infections probably took place during a 2½ -hour choir practice attended by 61 members. Convention delegates tend to be older than the voting public, presenting another problem for Republican organizers. The median age of delegates at both the Republican and Democratic conventions in 2008 was 54 years old, with only 7 percent of Democratic delegates and 3 percent of Republican ones under the age of 30, according to a 2016 study by the American Enterprise Institute using CBS News polling data. One potential hitch in moving the convention festivities is hotel space: Duval County has about 18,000 hotel rooms, according to Patty Winters, a spokeswoman for Visit Jacksonville, the city’s tourism bureau. Neighboring counties have another 10,000 rooms, Winters said. In 2005, when the city hosted the Super Bowl, five cruise ships docked at St. Johns River to add about 3,500 hotel rooms needed for the event. Amid the current pandemic, which spread rapidly on cruise ships, it’s unlikely that the RNC would use that solution. Instead, officials are looking at resort areas such as Amelia Island to the north. Officials in Charlotte were expecting up to 50,000 people under the original setup, although only about 20,000 would have fit into the arena that the GOP had planned to use for major speeches. Garrett Dennis, a member of the Jacksonville City Council and a Democrat, identified another drawback of hosting the convention: the potential to aggravate what he described as already fraught race relations in a city that is about 30 percent black. Under the current schedule, Trump would accept his nomination on Aug. 27. In Jacksonville, that is the 60th anniversary of Ax Handle Saturday, when a mob of 200 white people chased peaceful civil rights protesters with ax handles and baseball bats. Events to commemorate that anniversary are already planned in a park not far from where Trump would accept the nomination. “We’ve had unrest as relates to police and shootings; we have a high murder rate. And so we have our own problems that we’re dealing with right now,” Dennis said. “To have this event here, and coronate someone who is not tolerant of minorities? Our city is already fragile as it relates to racial relations. And for that to happen, our city might crack.” Lena H. 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