mmm...galliano milkshake

I taught a workshop last night on food writing for Sac Press and it went really well! Phew, a load off my mind. Last night I learned how important it is when you're up in front of people to have a few people who look interested and engaged, and are nodding and smiling. It's like water in the desert. It ended up being fun, especially when the students shared their writing.

Even better was getting a golden cadillac at the Back Door Lounge after. When I inquired if they make them, the bartender (Nick), said "we sure do, not many people order those anymore".

We stumbled on this shoot-em-up gallery in old sac. It's automated and it stole two bucks from Liv! That's Old Sac for you, hustling the rubes.

Here's Paul Collins during his set at Phono Select.

This is hilarious! It's a giant house on 10th street that has been completely sprayed orange. They got the sidewalks, the gutters, the address numbers, they did everything but spray the windows the color of Cheetos. The thing that's not hilarious is that they also ripped up the giant patch of prickly pears in front that must have been many, many years old. They left one small one.
I love my shoe guy on 10th and T. Yesterday he gravely quoted me the price of five bucks to fix a sandal, as if that would be too much. It's a sandal he has already repaired once. I have my fingers crossed.
June's! Man, so delicious. And it was really hopping yesterday, which gladdens my heart.
Chicken katsu, before I poured on the katsu sauce. I never had to eat dinner because this lunch was so hearty.
Dennis, hard at work
This weekend is ORMF:X. Is there any tentative schedule? I want to make sure to catch Buk Buk Bigups.

Did you guys catch the segment on This American Life about the origin of the flop in basketball? They investigated the commonly held belief that it stems from Vlade.