By Bob Eckstein
About the cartoonist: Bob Eckstein is a writer, illustrator, author, and contributor of cartoons to The New Yorker and West Side Rag. Check out his popular newsletter, The Bob, and Read the Rag’s Q & A with him — HERE.
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New York Times bestselling author Bob Eckstein and co-writer Nava Atlas, (Literary Ladies Guide) will be discussing the special relationship between great writers and their cats for their new book “Inspired by Cats: Writers & Their Mews(es).” Included are local author Edgar Allan Poe, unofficially NYC’s first Bohemian, acclaimed poet Sharon Mesmer, and famous Upper West Side author Mark Twain.
This visual event will include some of Bob’s New Yorker cartoons and museum paintings from Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums, his last book. The event is at Barnes & Noble on Broadway & 82nd Street, Monday, October 6th, at 7:00 p.m. For more details or to preorder the book, click HERE.
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Nah, AI would have put the dressing on the bottom and defended its design at length on the grounds that reduced plate-sandwich friction.
Absolutely delightful cartoon. Thank you, we need all the laughter we can get at this time.
Canadian bacon on a BLT?
What makes the BLT “an UWS classic”?
Almost 100 responses about coffee, but nothing here? I grew up in the Midwest and a BLT was underwhelmingly basic, so the first time I ordered the sandwich at Artie’s I was happily surprised. I assumed it was an UWS classic (or at the very least a NYC classic). : )
Artie’s wasn’t exactly “authentic” NYC diner food.
Unlikely that the AI Rye is real rye bread; that’s 100% rye and perhaps a starter, though there’s way a to make real rye bread sans starter.
Rye bread in NYC (except perhaps in Brighton Beach) is nearly always wheat bread with a bit of rye for color.