Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Rooftop


"The steak is a little toasted, but the pork loin should be fine," I explained, manning the spatula in one hand and a Porkslap in the other.

"Yah, we should have put the all the new coals on one side and left the other side open," the grilling expert announced. Sporting a Slayer T-shirt, LA Dodgers hat, a mustache reminiscent American West and smelling like a Grateful Dead show, he gingerly prodded the steak with his index finger. "How long ago did you flip them?"

Acknowledging my inferior understanding of cooking steaks, I relinquished the spatula, "Maybe a minute or two ago."

"I'm Foster, by the way," I interjected, extending my hand around the grill.

"Craig."

Knowing only two people at a packed rooftop party in south Williamsburg, I had smelled an uncharacteristic smoke pluming from the holes of a Weber and took point on the grill. Lightly burning my fingers on the handle of the grill, I quickly flipped the steak and pork loin. With a spatula in hand, I watched the colors change on the Manhattan skyline.

Sunset.

Lounging.
The Williamsburg Bridge.

Fixings.
My conversation continued with Craig for 20 minutes or so. Despite his quintessential Williamsburg appearance, Craig was a managing director at a five-billion dollar convertible arbitrage (google it) hedge fund. He also was an Economics and Computer Science double major. Some people you only meet in New York City.

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

The picture of the limes is great. The bridge shot looks great but the limes tell a better story.

Foster Huntington said...

making margaritas!
foster

Alice Olive said...

Beautiful images.

Foster Huntington said...

thanks alice.
foster

Andrew Payne said...

I love the photos. They all spark up great memories of rooftop dining and sitting under the sun or moonlight with friends in NYC. Great times.

Anonymous said...

You're amazing. End of story.

emeraldson said...

The best part about charcoal is the initial huge flame. Great pics, and I'm enjoying your blog every week.

James said...

Amazingly awesome shots, as usual.

Mode • Arte said...

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And sorry for my english, i'm just a french student. Thx for your answer.

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