Okay, so, stairs.

[camwyn]

I'm signed up- as usual- for the MS Society Climb to the Top 2013, which means that on March 6th I'm going to be in New York City expressly for the purpose of climbing 66 floors' worth of stairs and then not throwing up all over Rockefeller Center. I've also taken the step of signing up for the American Lung Association's Climb for Air, which is on February 2nd this year and happens to be held at Boston Place. That one's forty-one floors. Figured I might as well give it a crack just to see how I was doing training-wise, and also because I like the look I get when I tell people I do stair climbing, and anyway it's right bloody there. The fundraising minimum on that is $100 and I've already kicked in my first $25, because I was at the World Trade Center site for the first two days after 9/11 and I've never felt entirely safe about my lungs since. If I have to, I'll donate the rest of the money as well (I don't want to detract from the MS fundraising, since MS killed my grandma and, well, vengeance). If any of you happen to feel like showing up in the Boston area for the second of February to do the "hooray, Cam didn't throw up" thing, that's cool, I'd love to see you after it's all said and done.

On a completely unrelated note, last night I tried lobster roll for the first time, because I believe I should make at least some kind of effort to try local foods where I can. I keep hearing about them, reading about them, etc. so I figured they were probably a good idea to at least try, whether I liked them or not.

You'd think I would have noticed somewhere along the way that they're served cold.

No offense to Boston but I don't think I'm going to try that again. I'm not that fond of the texture of lobster to begin with- the taste is okay, but the texture's not my thing- and the temperature kinda put me off. The one I got was pretty well made, it's just... yeah. Oh well, some other time perhaps.

Comments

[bjornwilde]

Would you be interested in sharing a link for folks to donate if they want? I know I can't throw in much but I would like to help. = ]

[camwyn]

Sure thing. I figured I'd put a link up if anybody asked, so-

The Fight for Air Climb - Boston (supporting the American Lung Association)

Climb to the Top NYC 2013 (supporting the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Either one is a great thing, for whatever amount you or anyone else can manage. Thank you so much!

[synchronicity2]

Thanks for the links in your other comment - I'll see what I can chip in on Friday after my paycheck hits.

CLIMB, CLIMB FOR VENGEANCE.

[camwyn]

Much obliged, and thank you very much!

[thewickedlady]

I will also happily give next paycheck! Woo!

[camwyn]

Sweet, thanks!

[hellkitty]

Eh, to me the proper Lobster Roll is Long Island thing. Especially at Lunch on Montauk Highway. ALL THE OTHERS ARE TRYHARD POSEURS.

HOWEVER, if you find your way to Durgin Park restaurant, their Indian Pudding is the best. Ever. I have had dreams about their Indian Pudding.

...my dreams are lame. :)

[camwyn]

Aha. See, the farthest out on Long Island I've generally gone (unless it was part of a bicycling event) was Copiague. The only times I've been farther than that, I was in the Ride to Montauk, trying to bike from Babylon to Montauk without puking. (Hither Hills State Park is NOT something you want to encounter ninety-seven miles into a 103-mile bike route.)

Durgin Park, on the other hand, I've been to in the past. I loved their beans, I remember that. I'll have to stop by there again sometime- get the Indian pudding, and maybe their cookbook, since I treat cookbooks as souvenirs.

[ymfaery]

You'd think I would have noticed somewhere along the way that they're served cold.

...they are? D:

I guess I'm not trying them anytime soon either. (Not that I'm anywhere near the east coast right now, but if I see a local restaurant offering it, I'll have to ask.)

[camwyn]

It's not sushi, the lobster's cooked- but, yeah. The lobster's mixed with mayonnaise, and maybe some other things, and served very cold. Which is more than I can really deal with.

[ymfaery]

Generally I don't like eating any kind of seafood cold, although sushi doesn't count to my mind for some reason (maybe because I don't eat it often), but that kind of sounds more like a lobster salad in a roll. If it's not served freezing cold, I'd consider it.

[camwyn]

Yeah, it's basically lobster salad in something very like a hot dog bun, and there's often lettuce. Some people add hot sauce, but apparently the purists prefer lobster + mayo + that's it.

[gramarye1971]

There's a place in DC that gives you the choice of lobster warmed by melted lemon butter (I think that's Connecticut style?) or lobster served cold with mayo (Maine and Massachusetts style?), and I think it goes much better with the lighter taste of warm butter.

(Then again, the only food I'll ever eat with mayo is the odd tuna or chicken salad sandwich, and I use just barely enough mayo to keep the meat from falling out of the bread.)

[camwyn]

I'm not really a mayo-as-mayo person. As an ingredient of creamy salad dressings, perhaps- depends on the dressing. As the percentage of aioli that is not garlic, sure. (I'm a garlic fan.) But on its own, no. And on its own, on meat whose texture I'm not fond of, served cold... yeah, that's not gonna happen.

I'm currently debating finding out whether cats can safely eat lobster with mayo on it or not.