Farpitzed in the Lower East Side

              

 

Katz Deli 

ALL THE MEATS

205 East Houston Street

(corner of Ludlow St)

New York City, 10002

That's a spicy meat-a-ball

MORE MEAT

(but also found in Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Bedford/Brooklyn)

 

Now while in the Lower East Side, it would be remiss not to learn a few words in Yiddish to fit in with the locals.

Arein! - Come in!
Babka - Coffee cake-style pastry
Balobotishe - Respectable, well mannered
Batampte - Tasty, delicious
Boychik - Young boy (term of endearment)
Challa - Ceremonial egg bread
Chavver - Friend
Chrain - Horseradish
Deigeh nisht! - Don’t worry
Der mensch trakht un Gott lahkht - Man plans and God laughs
Es gefelt mir - I like it
Ess gesunt! - Eat in good health!
Ess, bench, sei a mensch! - Eat, pray, don’t act like a jerk
Fardinen a mitzvah - Earn a blessing by doing
Farpitzed - Dressed up to the nines
For gesunterhait! - Travel in good health
Frailech - Happy
Geshmak - Tasty, delicious
Gesunte tzores - Troubles one should not take too seriously
G’nossen tsum emess! -  The sneeze confirmed the truth!
Git Yontif - Happy Holiday
Haimish ponem - A friendly face
Hak mir nicht in
tchainik arain! -  Don’t get on my nerves!
Kosher - Jewish dietary laws based on “cleanliness”, also referring to the legitimacy of a situation
K’velen - Glow with pride and happiness, beam, be delighted
Lang leben zolt ir! - Long may you live!
Leben ahf dein kop -  Words of praise like, Well said! Well done!
(Literal translation: A long life upon your head)
Maven - Expert, connoisseur, authority
Mazel -  Luck
Mazel Tov - Good luck
Me ken lecken di finger - It’s delicious
Mekheye - An extreme pleasure, orgasmic, out of this world wonderful
Naches - Joy, gratification, especially from children
Neshomeleh - Sweetheart, sweet soul
Nisht geferlech - Not so bad, not to shabby
Olreitnik -  Nouveau riche
Richtiker chaifetz - The real McCoy!
Saichel - Common sense, good sense
Shlemiel - A clumsy person (The one who spills the soup)
Schlemazel - Someone with bad luck (The schlemazel is the one that gets spilled on)
Shain vi dizibben velte - Beautiful as the seven worlds
Tu mir a toive - Do me a favor
Tu mir nit kain toives - Don’t do me any favors
Tsu fil anives is a halber shtoltz - Too much
Vi gaits? - How goes it? How are things?
Vos vet zein, vet zein! - What will be, will be!
Wen ich ess, ch’ob ich alles in dread. - When I am eating, everybody can go to hell! (Literal translation: When I am eating, I have everything in the ground.)
Yashir koyech - May your strength continue
Yenems - Someone else’s
Zaftig - Pleasantly plump and pretty
Zaier gut - Very good
Zei mir frailich! - Be happy!

It's up to you...New York, New York

Our first stop and home for 12 days, the beautifully busy and beguiling Miss New York City...a friend you never had and a siren calling you to your death all at the same time,

oh but what a sweet death it would be!

The dazzling sights, the 24 hour delights...

an inspiration for every artistic medium your little heart can desire. 

As ol' blue eyes once crooned, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere...

so put on your glad rags, your mittens on your kittens, put it on the Ritz or even on the Knicks -

roll up, for the greatest show on earth kid...

 

Welcome to the Jungle!

That's right, we're doing this - USA BABY!!
We will be stateside bound before we know it and cavorting around in the land of the free and home of the brave.

This site is here to give us some eye candy and food for thought as we metaphorically hitchhike our way down the road of flag wavin', burger flippin' and hat tippin' good ol' American hospitality that smells as fresh and wonderful as Mama's cherry pie coolin' on a windowsill on a hot summer's day...

Now to kick it all off, I give you, Mr Conway Twitty.