make a stink! make a stink!

An article in the SN&R got me hoppin' mad and I'm going to write a letter about it (fat lot of good that does, but I'll try). You should, too. It was hard for me to find the article online because the SN&R website is not the easiest to navigate, but here it is. The sheriff's department is trying to hide from the local media by refusing to talk. They are pissed that the Bee broke that story about brutality at the jail so they briefly stopped talking to them, but apparently they have negotiated their way through that because they know the Bee is too powerful and would make too much of a stink. So it is up to us to make a stink to get them to change their policy of not talking to the SN&R for the last two and a half years. This should be simple self-preservation. Most of you are drunks and any of you could be unfortunate enough to be picked up downtown for drunk in public. Judging by some of the stories I've read you would stand an excellent chance of getting your ass kicked if this was the case. Who will advocate for you if this happens? Not Christina Mendonsa or Dale Schornack, that's for sure, although you can call them up if you want them to report on the new sweater you knitted for your three-legged puppy or when your grandma turns a hundred or whatever. It will be the News and Review who would have your back. So write Lou Blanas at sheriff@sacsheriff.com and cc it to media@sacsheriff.com while you're at it. Read the article first so you can pretend to be informed about the situation and don't mention what I said about how you're a drunk.

overlong post about stuff i ate

I started this post a while ago and didn't post it. So here goes...

So, no celebs at Butter but we did have an ultra amazing dinner. I'll tell you about it after I complain that I spent most of the day in bed watching Six Feet Under as various viruses had their way with me. I better feel better tomorrow or I am going to remove my swollen gland myself with a chilled spoon. Stupid gland. (update, it may be a node according to Amy P.)

I started out the dinnner with a glass of Perrier-Jouet, which I've always wanted to try because I love the Art Nouveau bottle (the one with the flowers). I liked it but it was no better than countless sparkling Cali wines that cost half as much. Then the VIP treatment began. Two different kinds of soup were sent out, some crazy white bean and mussel soup that was amazing and a pudding-like butternut squash. Then they sent out seared foie gras with figs and chocolate bread. I do not like seared foie gras. I think it tastes like hot fat. I love pate, though. That was the only off note for me, but the others at the table snapped it up. We also got scallops, and an appetizer with pasta and spicy lamb sausage. I'm afraid I will bore you if I continue with the menu but everything was delcious. One person got lobster which was exciting to try. Here's a link to a (slightly outdated) dessert menu so you can see the delicious stuff that my friend has created. He sent out every single one of the desserts on the menu and we washed it all down with a flowery glass of muscat that I wish I knew the name of even though I probably couldn't afford a bottle.

Other amazing meals-medium rare lamb burger at Chez Oskar may be the best burger ever and successfully solved the dispute of whether rare or raw lamb is a good thing. A nice, cheap homestyle Italian feast was had at La Locanda in Williamsburg. As the review promised, it was hipster free. In fact it was mostly enormous guys in tracksuits shoveling escarole and beans into their mouths with their meaty paws and chatting up the cute waitresses. I love a place that will fill your glass of good chianti to the brim and charge you $4.50 for it. In fact, I love it so much I had two glasses and consequently I think the waitress caught me checking out her rack which sucks. But everyone there can back me up that it was hard not to look! Also, I ate breakfast twice at Bonita and I think their breakfasts are not to be missed if you're in Brooklyn. And so cheap! 5.50 for the huevos Mexicanos. It's a giant mound of scrambled eggs with tomato, peppers, and onion with beans on the side and tortillas. And the cafe con leche is a milky glass of heaven. OK don't ever remind me that I wrote that sentence but I wish I was drinking it right now.

Later I'll post about upcoming shows if you were skimming your way through my culinary adventures.

posting guilt

I know, I know I should post. But I don't feel like it. I'm working and stuff. The trip was great, at least the NY leg of it. I'm going to Animal Collective in SF tonight which is hectic to say the least. Maybe I'll post after lunch.

my swollen gland

Hey, I've played this game before, where I've made you guess which gland is swollen because that's when I learned (from Brew's guess) about how gross it would be to have an infected Skene's gland (which I've never had, by the way, well, I do HAVE that gland, I guess, but it's not infected). To solve the mystery there's a mystery gland in my neck that's swollen and I am separating the men from the boys by testing who will touch it and who will not. You know who you are.

To the anonymous snot head: I am an excellent speller and when I spell chardonnay wrong I know that I am spelling it wrong but I am too lazy to look it up. I know how to spell fuck you, though. And to the person busting my chops about Mason's, you are an ineffective chop buster, so give it up. I never even said Mason's wasn't good, if you read the actual post, I just complained that the Bee was talking about them constantly which you cannot deny no matter how much of an idiot you are (notice I just trapped the buster along the lines of when Groucho Marx asks someone "have you stopped beating your wife?"). Also, to the other snot-o that said you will be filing your nails the night of the Animal Collective show, good for you, hold onto that smug feeling it will take you far. These are obviously all just my OPINIONS on this blog, not fact, if you don't agree then express that but you don't have to be anonymously rude. I am feeling feisty because I have had some brews and have spent far to much time wondering who the anonymous haters could be. I would like to coin a phrase here (you can quote me if you like) and say, don't hate, appreciate. I am only trying to entertain you for a few measly minutes at work and entertain myself while I'm at it.

Thankfully I am out of our nations crapitol which is not so great. I'm sure there are great things about it but the whole capitol mall (or is it capital, chop buster?) area is busted looking. Would it kill them to keep the lawn up a little? Ugly. But I am now in beautiful Billyburg (which would annoy Josh but I think he stopped reading when I said it the last time) and have been sampling the delights of Bedford, among them excellent Polish food and a bar called Spuyten Duyvil with delicious, albeit pricey, beer. Tonight we are heading to Butter as I mentioned before. It is raining. This whole weather thing is so inconvenient. It leads to wet feet and curly bangs, the bane of my existence (besides the aforementioned gland). What's going on in Sac? Who is going to be the best band at the Halloween show? I know Oasis has been talking shit but what about the Mac? Anyone else want to make a claim?

smell ya later!

I'm out the door here, most people have left for the neuroscience meeting so nothing's really going on. I might post from DC, but I doubt it. More likely that I'll post from NY. I'm going to Peter Lugar's for lunch when I'm in NY, so that's exciting. That's a steakhouse in Brooklyn that's been around for over 100 years and some think it's the best steak in the country. They are one of only two places that dry age their steak for (I think) like 6 weeks? 10 weeks? I can't remember. My only other set eating plans are the aforementioned dinner at Butter, where I will be hanging with Lohan, Jay-Z, the Olsens, and hopefully a Greek shipping heir or two, and an afternoon in Chinatown eating dim sum and whatever else I can get my hands on. And I'm going to that "obsessive drawing" exhibit at the Folk Art museum. And blah blah like you care.

I'm going to that Mt. Eerie show tonight at FF despite the warnings that the guy takes his shirt off. And that's a bad thing? Enjoy your three day weekend if you get one!

this is fucked

Now here's some real controversy-over at the Barnesyard, DB was one of the first people to mention that when the Kings played the Pistons the other day, someone in Sac showed unflattering pictures of Detroit and played "it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood" to mock the Pistons. Fucked. Dan has written about it here and linked to articles about it..

confused

I am VERY VERY VERY confused about this whole cooldmz thing. I have no idea what anyone is talking about in regards to that. I didn't post any of the anonymous comments, I haven't paid any attention to who writes what on sacrag when I check it, and I have tried to read the thread of comments twice and I still don't understand what it's about. So that's my official statement. Hey Emily-I'm glad you're reading!

I forgot to listen to myself get namedroped on Insight yesterday, I'm pretty sure that this is the link to listen, I'll check it out when I have a minute.

snoreborechore

This day has been a snore, a bore, and a chore, and I'm including the blog in that. I'll post prematurely about some upcoming stuff, because I will probably only be in for a bit tomorrow and then friday's a holiday and then I leave town for a week. Kristy (who I just know from the chick list) is hosting this second saturday event at the Caspian Cafe. I want to eat at this place, but I can't go to the event.

Did you know that there's a group going to Poinsettia over Thanksgiving? Email Ella if you want to know about it. I'm mulling it over because my family has decided to crap out on the whole being a family, togetherness thing and we don't have holidays anymore. That may sound sad but really it means I can do whatever I want and I don't have to put up with any of their bullshit any more, so is it really sad? Is it? BUT I have John Cale tickets, so I probably won't go.

There are shows tonight and tomorrow at Fool's Foundation. I will probably go to the one tomorrow because, I don't know, just because.

Other upcoming shows that I've already mentioned are Animal Collective on monday, the 21st. If you don't care about seeing the best band in the world then you can just stay home and file your nails. See if I care. And the Finches show at Hotel Utah is the same night (the 19th) as the lovely Tessian's bday party at Port Costa (fort costa?). I found out today that another band called Still Flyin that I really want to see (and that play rarely) are on the Finches show. Crap!

Paragary lets me down

It's been at least a week and I have gotten zero response to the three emails I sent out with my perfectly legit and reasonable complaints about the Davis Cafe Bernardo. I'm pretty disappointed. I guess they just don't give a fuck if a loyal customer thinks the quality is bad at one of their cafes. They're too big to worry about something minor like that.

craptastic

How can a day be so crappy by 9:10?

I ate at Chaat Corner last night. Let's just say they spared all expense on the decor. They don't even have the News and Review review posted! It's very drafty, too. But, the food is quite good and so cheap. As everyone else has said the samosa chaat is not to be missed. That was the best thing. The other dishes we tried were good and not too oily but nothing to write home about. I would like to try more of the stuff on the menu. And you can get tons of food for less than ten bucks.

The Sacbee cannot stop talking about that new Mason's complex. You would think they were getting a kickback from the owner or something. I think they have had 4 articles in the last couple of weeks, two of them major. Yesterday a feature on the family that owns it took up most of the front page of the Scene section, with color photos. This one was at least kind of interesting (not like that blathering one I linked to before), because this family has been prominent on the sac business scene for a few generations. I STILL haven't heard anything about what the food tastes like, at either Mason's or Ma Jongs. The Bee needs to try to vary their coverage a bit more. It's sad that they're salivating over these businesses. It's another desperate attempt to make sac appear hip, which we're not.

sad

The poetic tributes that her friends are writing for Mana Nishiura (the drummer of DMBQ that just died) are making me cry.

does he know what discreet means?

maybe he should look it up

the birds seal the deal

This one is breaking my heart. I hope he meets a nice lady.

what's this guy's game?

OK, check this out. These two posts were right next to each other and so obviously posted by the same creepy liar.

low standards

All this guy asks is that you're a biological female. That's it. You can be tall, short or crazy. What if someone who's tall AND crazy wants to email him. Just an example.

And then there's this guy, who can't find any "real" women. Where are these guys hanging out? Trannytown?*








*worst joke of the day (so far)

how about a hotel room in rancho? is that good enough?

at least this guy gives his weight and a couple of weird pictures.

have hotel room, want sex

lo and behold, another wishful thinker

a little too honest

t.m.i, dude

wishful thinking

Hard to believe that this guy thinks he is going to get action based solely on the fact that he has a hotel room. If only it were that easy.

maybe i'll eat my first pupusa (sounds dirty, no?)

I'm making attempt 2 to eat at Chaat Corner tonight. But if it's mysteriously closed, there's a (I think) new place in the same strip mall that 524#2 is in that has a neon sign advertising pupusas. I've never had one but I want to try it. If you don't know, it's a Salvadorian dish that consists of cornmeal dough stuffed with meat and/or cheese. Every culture loves this combo and so do I. I don't know the address or name, but if you take 16th st. and get off at Northgate you'll soon pass the 99cent store on your left, so pull over there and you'll find both 524 and the pupusa place.