Wednesday, November 2, 2011
A Man A Plan A Canal Panama
If you write today's date, it is a palindrome! 11022011.
Thanks to the LAT we have a hilarious graphic about this phenomenon, and a professor who studies numerical patterns.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
That doesn't count as candy. I'm mad I ate that.
Jenny alerted me to this hilarious slideshow of flavored candy corn varieties and Bon Appetit tasters' reactions. For the record I think all candy corn is gross. Not enough chocolate.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Lana Del Rey v. Lizzy Grant
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Thanks to The Million Dollar Deli for the tip.
Best chocolate chip cookies of all time?
Oh little Scuba, where have you gone?
Did I leave you on the floor? Did someone sell you at a store, are you lonely and looking for me?
Oh won't you come back to me?
Monday, October 17, 2011
Lonnie Loosie
I learned what a loosie was after hearing the word on a Dave Chappelle special and asking around. There are some things I didn't learn in high school.
P.S. Thank you to the Robert Wood Johnson foundation for leading me to this article.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Rapture - Fonda Theatre, Oct. 6 2011
We went to see one of Mike's favorite bands, The Rapture, at the Fonda (f you Music Box). I don't have much invested in the band but I was very impressed by the energy level of the crowd. Aside from LCD Soundsystem at the Palladium, this was the most active, dancing group of people I have ever seen a show with. Thank you, random fans.
This one is fresh from Brazil
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Birthday in Beertown (Santa Rosa)
On Saturday morning, in keeping with Yom Kippur traditions, we flew to Oakland and picked up our rental car at Advantage. Did you know that Advantage car rental in Oakland is so far from the airport that you have to take two shuttles to get to their rental center, which is in an abandoned parking lot near a vacant field haunted by the ghost of John Wayne Gacy? Their office is in a trailer, and I had to wait a long time to pick up my vehicle because the woman in front of me in line didn’t have enough money in her bank account to pay for her car.
We had time for a quick stop at McDonalds (Mike got a breakfast meal, I got a 3 piece Chicken Selects) and then it was time for the North Bay Brewery Tour. We went to Lagunitas, The Beverage People, Bear Republic, and Third Street Aleworks. My favorite stop was Lagunitas, because I like their beer (esp. their pilsner and Lil’ Sumpin Sumpin) and all of their employees appear to be dropouts with criminal records, who are back on their feet thanks to the generosity of Tony Magee, founder and owner of Lagunitas. Lagunitas recently bought a ROLEC (huge German beer making system) that is so big it has to be brought to the US by ship and will be helicoptered into Petaluma.
Besides visiting Lagunitas and Bear Republic (Healdsburg is very pretty), my favorite part of the tour was when Mike almost strangled our bus driver so she would stop the bus so he could get out and relieve himself. He held out for a freeway offramp, near a Burger King.
On Sunday we went to Russian River and back to Third Street Aleworks. At Russian River, Mike had great wings and I had some good sour beers. Then I bubble-wrapped some bottles of beer, packed them in my luggage, and we flew home. This trip confirmed what we already knew: Mike likes IPAs and Belgians, I like pilsners, porters, stouts, and sours.
“Apples to Apples 4D” (The audience is pummelled with apples at the end of the movie.)
"Bananagrams 3D”
“Apples to Apples 4D” (The audience is pummelled with apples at the end of the movie.)
“Crest Whitestrips”
“Sharks vs. Volcanoes”
“King Tut vs. King Kong”
“Streptococcus vs. Candidiasis” (Strep Throat vs. Yeast Infection)
Monday, October 3, 2011
One Pot Kale and Quinoa Pilaf and Fraudulent Cabbage
Lee Clow At Ground Zero of California Cool: Think Different
5353 Fest
Waters
DJMG
He's my Brother, She's my Sister
Class Actress was there too. Here is some footage of her elsehwere.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Bon Appetit's Cold Brew Coffee Recipe
Monday, September 12, 2011
Pour la Victoire 'Jaclyn' Distressed Leather Satchel
Tomas Maier, get over yourself and send me something already.