Little is Better

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Originally uploaded by i_eat_ny.

Today was the last day on American Gangster for Karen, so I went to get a treat for us.
I rode my bike up 11th ave, which was scary because of all of the Lincoln Tunnel traffic and because I can't stop thinking about the two people who recently got run over on their bikes last week. But I made it to the Little Pie Company in one piece and bought a key lime pie because they are tart. Karen has a very tart sense of humor and we were calling her the proptart, so it works. Riding south on 10th Ave was scary because I was scared my pie and mini cheesecakes were going to fly off the back of my bike. Then, much to my horror, a cop on a horse started trotting in front of me! I couldn't pass them on the left because the traffic was bumper to bumper to the Tunnel. I like horses, but that one did not seem happy, it kept on snorting and turning around, it was unnerving. I rode like a slug praying that the horse wouldn't poop in front of me.
Picture is a photo I took last year when I was working on "The Departed." The plain pie is from www.littlepiecompany.com Little Pie Company ($19) and the dressed up one was from Billy's ($25). I added the lime slices to Billy's because we had left over ones from the margaritas. We conducted a taste test and decided that while http://www.billysbakerynyc.com/ Billy's (184 9th Ave. bw 21&22nd) is prettier and had a thicker crust, Little Pie Co.(407 W. 14th St. & 424 W. 43rd St.) is better because the filling was tarter and limier.