Strangely, as so much of the rest of the East Village embraces Italy, Col Legno's block, once a hodgepodge of different sorts of restaurants and businesses, is now largely Japanese, full of noodle shops, sake lounges, sushi bars and herb-and-shiatsu parlors.
Not that this would be a terrible fate; Blanca's beers are as varied and full of character as the sakes and wines.
Imagine a President and almost two hundred senators and representatives willingly subjecting themselves to a chamber full of deadly vapors for the sake of curing the common cold.
Much of Jachym Topol's debut novel strikes the reader this way -- kaleidoscopic and ethereal, full of motion for its own sake, with many memorable stops along the route.
So the show, which has taken over the fourth floor of the museum, is full of things repurposed for the sake of music, constantly expanding our appreciation of the way music and the potential for it pervade the world around us.
Our dinner that evening was full of unique flavors from the sake steamed clams with ginger soy butter to the traditional Basque croquettes.
Cardinal George announced then that for the full sake of transparency, he wanted all remaining documents released voluntarily by the end of the year.
Like an early Ballard novel, The Vorrh does not promote exoticism for its own sake yet is full of wonderful, telling imagery and a strong sense of resolution.
The Grammy-nominated single "Float On" topped the Alternative Songs chart and stormed music television, while "Ocean Breathes Salty" was Modest Mouse at its catchiest, with willowy guitars and a hard-swung breakdown full of new-millennium moroseness: "For your sake I hope Heaven and Hell are really there, but I wouldn't hold my breath," Brock riffs.
Allow the bottle of sake to sit in the hot water for a full 30 minutes.
