Is really cool. Really. But why, why don’t they have an RSS feed? It just seems silly to me…
Update: Once again, the intertubes have pointed their collective fingers at me and yelled “Reeeeetaaaard. Lisa (who writes one of my favorite local foodie blogs, Restaurant Widow) pointed out that CU poops right up in Google reader. I prefer Firefox Live Bookmarks, but this’ll have to do for now.
2 comments June 8th, 2007
We just returned from the Clintonville Farmers Market. T drank too much red wine, and I too much Saranac, so we arrived a bit late! However, we still made it out with some pretty beefsteak tomatoes (one green one for frying up) a pound and a half of local organic ground beef and some eggs from 2 Silos. It turns out that 2 Silos will not be producing any fresh chicken meat this season, but they’ve partnered with another local family to ensure plenty of yummy poultry anyway. We’ll go again next week (earlier!). Here’s T @ the Market:
and heres a cute silkie. Sorry for the treetop view , it’s bloody hot out and I couldn’t see my LCD on the camera to compose a better shot.
Add comment June 2nd, 2007
There’s been a lot of talk in the few weeks since a mess of Studio 35 employees walked out. I’ve spoken with love about the place before, but it’s been about a month since we’ve been there. The twin monsters of alternative paper have their takes here and here. Here’s my love it hate it list, as if someone cares.
Loves it:
Not so much:
Yeah, that’s about it. I really do love the place and will make a more concerted effort to support them when I can. It looks like they’re fixing up the sound, so I’ll drop that complaint soon enough. It can’t be that hard to give us some advance notice of whats going to be playing when, just get on the ball, K?
As far as the walkout stands, I’m not there nor do I know anyone that is/was. It seemed like a cool enough place to work, but I’ll never know. I find it hard to believe that the owners would be stealing tips. That’s kind of petty for people that can afford to buy a theater and all. But I know a thing or two about treating your people right, and it’s pretty hard to reconcile those things once you’ve fucked them all up. I wish both parties all the best, and I hope that everyone gets what they need/deserve/have coming to them.
Add comment March 6th, 2007
A brief listing of musical concerts I just might be attending soon.
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Hopefully we’ll see some of you out! Here’s a quick Thile solo just so you know what you’ll be missing…
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Add comment January 12th, 2007
Meatloaf.
Yeah, meatloaf.
No, not that one.
It’s cooking right now, and boy howdy does it smell delicious. My recipe? Well, it’s based on AB’s, but with a few modifications. First and foremost, panko breadcrumbs. Panko takes the texture of the loaf from dense and greasy to light and airy. (Don’t worry, the fat is still there…) My seasoning mixture is a melange of goodness, with cracked black pepper, TJ’s 21 seasoning salute, toasted cayenne, A-1 (you heard me…) and a bit of BBQ sauce. I added mushrooms to the sweated veggie mix this time. Oh, and F the bell pepper. You don;t really need it. But if I had one, I’d probably use it.
The AB tips to keep in mind are not overmixing (hands are the best tool for the job) and baking on a sheet pan rather than in a loaf pan. I just use the same cast iron skillet I used for the veggies. I also use the “bird roasting BTU control trick” whereby I roast at 425 for 7 minutes before finishing out at 350 for a nice crust.
Man, you should be here right now.
Add comment January 10th, 2007
Yesterday was damn near perfect. I slept until noon, made a kick ass potato hash with Jeff’s smoked turkey leg playing the role of pancetta. Heavy winds led to a power outage, so we had some nice candlelight time. Then off to see a co-worker, Scott Henning, preform with the CSO’s Holiday Pops choir. A great show at a beautiful old theater. We saw a wonderful mix of music, vocal and instrumental, with a bit o’ ballet thrown in for measure. And Santa ended up coming at the last minute! Conductor Ronald J. Jenkins was given an OSU Santa hat from the big man himself, and then Klaus got a chance to conduct. Tres fromage, tres awesome. We grabbed Scott and headed to the Burgundy Room in the Short North for some tapas and a few bottles of vin. The calamari were a bit chewy, but served with a kick ass acidic Thai sauce. We also tried a curried shrimp and basmati dish with caramelized onions. Delicious. Succulent shrimp, cooked to perfection. The curry alone would have been meh, but the addition of the sweet onions really made this dish a winner. I’ll be back to sample more of the food soon. Wine? We had two California bottles, the first was the 2004 Two Angels Petite Sirah. From an AVA I’m not familiar with came this rich, spot on Petite Sirah. I’ve got to find some of this stuff for home. It’s Christmas in Columbus. Cheers!!
Not bad for the first day of December.
Happy Holidays, all.
Add comment December 2nd, 2006
Do you remember in my last post how I mentioned I was sick, but not too bad? Everything was going to be OK? Well, F that. The next day all hell broke loose. Crazy chest congestion, body aches, you name it. By the time I got to a doctor, I was a wreck. They gave me some newfangled antibiotic, as well as vicodin laced cough syrup. Yeah. Vicodin. For a cough. I’m almost out of the hole now.
We’ve got a busy week coming up. Big shopping day on Friday to get some new clothes. I dread this, although the last few trips to shop for threads have worked out OK. I have a plan, and I hope I can stick with it. Saturday is The Game. If you live here, it’s no big deal. But for those non-buckeyes among us, let me just say this shit gets cra-zy. Cars on fire, couches on fire, burning…. wait, there’s more that combustion at stake here. Alcohol. Lots of it. Much of said alcohol being consumed by underage college kids trying to impress their girlfriends with how much bud light they can hold down. Which isn’t much. People start drinking at, like, 5 in the morning, and only gravity or lack of consciousness will stop them. Oh, funny t-shirts. I almost forgot about the funny t-shirts. Think Grateful Dead parking lot copyright rip off shirts and you’ll get the idea. “Donkey Punch Ann Arbor” has been my favorite so far. Then it’s off to NY for Thanksgiving at my sis’s house in Ellicottville. And the wheel goes round and round and round…
1 comment November 15th, 2006
We’re watching election coverage with baited breath, but I can say with a degree of certainty that we now live in a blue state.
Fuck. Yeah.
I want to type that again. We live in the bluest neighborhood, one of the bluest cities, in a BLUE STATE!!!!
We’ve spent the past 7 years in GOP country. No more.
I will now continue to enjoy my DFH 90 minute IPA and watch Wolf Blitzer until Jon Stewart has something to say.
Add comment November 7th, 2006
You’d understand that if you lived here. Maybe.
Jon Stewart and company were in town all week filming The Daily Show down at “The” OSU. Within 30 seconds of the first episode, some dude in the crowd shouted “O-H”. The objective of this primitive form of communication is to encourage another party of young students to answer you back with the delightful cry of “I-O”. You see? That spells O-H-I-O. Clever, eh? You can see what I’m talking about here. I was taken aback, however at the fact that we are so crazy about football that someone would do this during the taping of a “live studio audience” type show. Wife thought it to be inconsiderate, while I mostly found it moronic. Jon Stewart didn’t know what to make of it.
I was going to tell you to go check it out on YouTube, but Comedy Central has recently decided that viral marketing isn’t their thing anymore (hello, South Park!). So if you’d like, you can go to CC’s site, and then try to locate and play the video through their inferior embedded media player.
Add comment November 5th, 2006
Well, except for the evangilistic leader getting busted for buying meth from a gay hooker. I can’t believe I just wrote that, and it’s not satirical. WTF??? Why do people still follow these crazy fucks??
But besides that excitement, I’m just working off a gnarly hangover (which I never get I’ll have you know) from Bonny Doon’s 2002 Il Circo. I took a whole bottle to my head last night, and I’m surely feeling it. Great wine though, and I’m interested to see what else will come from BD’s European fling. I got it for $4.99, which is a complete steal here in Ohio.
I got my day started with a nice long walk with Cyrus down to Glen Echo park. Very dog friendly park (I hope!), and I think Cy-dog made a buddy. Walks in the fall are the best. My dog, my iPod and crunchy, crunchy leaves everywhere I look. There’s a really brief window in the fall when it’s chilly, but not yet so cold that you can’t smell the newly decomposing leaves. I loves it.
I broke the fast with leftover polenta from last night, which I mashed with some cream, salt and pepper. Slapped some nice fontina sausage on the plate and I was a happier cat.
In a few hours, we’re headed to Cloak and Dagger for my first taste of dinner theater. I know how fromage-y that sounds, but It’s supposed to be pretty awesome. I’ll be sure to let you all know.
So to recap, it’s been a dog, gay meth addled, delicious day.
Add comment November 3rd, 2006
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