This is the last night of Jiro Dreams of Sushi at the Crest. It's
pretty good, not great. The story is a little thin and I think he's rad
and his sushi looks amazing, but I actually don't admire the kind of
work ethic where you work a million hours a week and don't have time for
your family and don't know what to do with yourself when you're not
working. I can't relate! However, this preview made me cry and I CAN'T
WAIT to see this movie.
Skipper dropped off some sauerkraut. I had actually just bought a cheap, commercial jar right before this and the difference is night and day. The commercial stuff was so sour and flabby. Skipper's is crisp and complex. Just like him.
They tore down the Earl of Sandwich yesterday. RIP. I never ate there! Thank god H. Salt Esquire is going strong.
Corti meatload! Ha, look I wrote meatload instead of loaf. The unusual looking lady who works at the deli has a half-shaved, asymmetrical haircut right now. She found a style she liked and stuck with it. She's like the Peggy Moffat of the deli.
My spring garden is off the chain! Chard is really the flamingo of the vegetable world. Like my grammy used to say, "chard is just God showin' off". Then she'd wisely rock in her rocking chair and spit a stream of tobacco juice into the spitoon that was always at her feet. My special job was emptying the spitoon.
This guy was a stowaway in the bag. Even though snails are evil I dumped him outside. As my grammy used to say, "evil is as evil does". Then she'd cackle and take a puff of her corncob pipe.
I got my first favas! A huge bag of them compressed down into about a cup and a half of bright green beans. As my grammy used to say, "Fava beans, they're not fucking worth the trouble", then she'd fire up the ol' bong and let 'er rip.
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chris t.
RIP Earl of Sandwich! That building had the 2nd best wallpaper in town after A&P Liquor.
Don't forget the paper at the original 524.
jamattack!
An urgent message for young people: enough with the shorts! How long will this trend stay around? They are cute, though, and you get to show off your legs, I understand. Enjoy it now, because, let me tell you, things happen. I won't go into it but things happen that I didn't even know were a possibility.
I laughed out loud three times reading this post. Thanks dude! And no, your spirit animal is NOT a wolf eel. That thing looked so very sad.
I ate at Earl of Sandwich on the last day they were open, and the friendliness of the owner and his son made me wish I had been a regular there. Also, they put brown gravy on their burgers as a standard feature. It was weird, but kinda the saving grace of the otherwise ordinary burger.
I really wish the neighboring Desert Sands Cafe was still around. Ever look inside there? Until about six months ago, it looked like they coulda just flipped on the open sign at any moment. Places were still set at each table. Now all the chairs are in a big pile in the middle of the room. I know the motel is open again. Prob'ly doing the seediest motel business in the grid by the looks of it.
But, like the wolf eel, sometimes I just want to sit on my side and glare at people for 6 months or so.
To find out what we're talking about, click on ink and maple blog on the right.
Can you believe they actually referred to it as "Earl Sauce"?
I ate at Desert Sands once. It was exactly like you think it would be.
Young people: ignore that advice up there.
-miller
My grammy burned bras so I could wear shorts till I'm old, fat, gray, and proud! I'm never giving 'em up!
My legs are the only things that's maintaining from my youth. Hence, it's shorts ~350 days per year for me. Cargos, no less!
You say that now, Caroline. Just wait. You're not old enough to see what happens.
Ah, the Earl, that's too bad. We ate there a few times when we lived over there. They were nice to my kiddies. Your grammy sounds like a hoot.
1. I would look great in shorts if I wore them like the kids at school -- with thick-ass opaque slimming TIGHTS.
2. Her name is Maggie, and she's actually quite nice, if a little dippy.
3. I think I like your granny.
oh man, I made a salad from the garden greens (which had been in the fridge for 24 hours) and a tiny slug started to inch his way up the big spoon. kinda gross, kinda cute
Years of eating it as a kid means that I always have to buy a liverwurst sandwich anytime I'm at Corti's. Next time I see Darrell Corti on the floor, I should ask him if he'd consider naming that sandwich after me.
did you really have to empty the spitoon?
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