Hope all is well in SG land.... Things have been moving along rather nicely for myself and spring has been making herself more and more known which is like natural adrenaline each time I walk out the door!
The restaurant is getting busier with every week, fucking finally! We opened in September and where getting glimpses of things to come but after our last review (all of which where very positive) people seem to finally understand that we are doing kick ass food. Last Sunday was Easter which is a BIG brunch day, and being that the brunch is all my food I hold a bit of pride in what happens.
The brioche claimed the best quote in description yet!! By three different and unrelated people called it "pillowie" but the best was one of the servers said that it was, "literally like having sex in my mouth". Now I am not sure what her sex life is like, but I am pretty sure that is the response I am shooting for......
I have also been trying to get my extremely French roommate out of the house more. He has been going through a divorce and has two kids from the marriage that live many states away, and his mother died very unexpectedly recently also.
I rearranged the entire house to give him a feeling of renewal. (did a pretty damn good job too) I have forced him to come out with me to dinner, shows, and the beach. This French ass mother fucker has lived in Charleston for frickin four years and gone to the beach once, I was all like "FUCK THAT BRO, GET IN THE GODDAMN TRUCK!!!" He really enjoyed himself, I even told him to pick out a couple chicks and that I would pick them up for him, I would play the ultimate wing man in this situation b/c the chick I ended up with was not all that attractive, however they where both really nice and good people which good company is I require any so it worked out, and all we did was have dinner with them anyway, no awkward "no I will not make out with you" conversation needed, just people eating and enjoying conversation, oh it was lovely. He got the chicks number and I took him out to a few bars on the main strip. He has also gotten back into the FB world as well, and it's kinda cute. The other day he asked me to take pictures of him. I of course agreed but I don't think he knew what he signed himself up for
I took a series of photos and told him if where just gonna dick around here and take pictures of you with your chef coat on then I am gonna do that shit right. I only have this one still on my phone,
Heard this album yesterday and thought this song was great so if you have Spotify I got you, couldn't find it on youtube so it will limit some of your access and for that I am sorry,
Peeping Tom "Things Are Often..."
Okay, I would like to announce that I have been thinking about it and decided that I absolutely want to do a set for the SB group. Encouragement is not, exactly needed, however is appreciated and excepted, but what I really need is someone whom would like to work with me on it...... I am oh, so, serious about this, you guys are so amazing and I am jealous and want me some of that self expression!
I did what I could having to take these on my shitty cell phone on my own......
How I would like to end this is by sharing my favorite thinking spot...... This is where I go when I need to quite everything iin million mile an hour brain..... anytime anyone wants come and sit here with me, anytime, let me know......
Have glorious day/night depending on which part of the world you're in and I will close with the quote from Pump Up the Volume that I closed all my radio shows with when I lived in RVA with, it just seems apappropriate somehow,
"Always Eat Your Cereal with a Fork, and Do Your Homework in the Dark"
Sometimes less is more I understand but I also understand that my life is not entertaining enough to describe in few words and still be captivating..... Regardless I randomly decided yesterday while walking home from the grocery store, that I am going to totally try out a new pick up line. All the others just are not bringing in the results I hope for. So, this just popped in my head, "So, how about we head back to my place and watch 8 mile" Would totally work, RIGHT!?!?!?
JK
Heart you all
,BoomBoxKnox
I know nothing brightens my day like watching a celebrity high profile murder, acting as a police officer being shot in an attempted murder!
Enjoy......
Heart you all,
BoomBoxKnox
WHAT?! .......... I am talk about the computer, GEEEEEZZZ
So, I would like to tell everyone, who cares to hear it, a story. This a true story, not based on a true story nor events, just a true story....
I will start by saying I was totally cooperative... my bank is located in the Super Bi Lo next to my house. in the middle of a ATM transaction I was told that I had to leave the premises while wearing this shirt.
I wasn't even going to get all ninja on this dude so I said, "Okay my man, just please, (see I am using my nice words), let me finish I cannot leave the ATM open with all of my information for any and everyone to do what they will."
this suggestion was not good enough for this particular employee. I was very specifically told this was a family establishment and that I needed to leave and that I needed to do so right now. so I took my shirt off and finished the transaction. the whole time this person is getting even more upset. I ask him which one is it am I allowed to wear the shirt or not allowed to wear the shirt!
my receipt prints I grab it and then promptly exit the store, meanwhile the whole time I am thanking the gentleman for all his help. once I exited the store I was followed by one of the store managers. we talked with one another and smoothed everything out. the manager was much more understanding, which is nice as I sometimes enter this store up to twice a day. she then goes onto way too much detail that this guy had only been working there for two weeks and was working there part time as a result and is sorry he was taking it out on me..... My response, ...... "What the Fuck are you talking about?!" I gotta love the South!
As Paul Harvey would say, "And, that's, the rest of the story."
In other news totally psyched about the show I am going to tonight! One of many perks to my frickin beautiful job is that I can go to any show for free, along with 2 others if I so choose. With that said if anyone wants to see a certain band at the Charleston Pourhouse in SC let me know!
Really it's the best of both worlds for me! I get to do amazing food (see images below) with amazing product and people and have a new show to see for free any me I choose. Such as this show tonight! The Mike Dillion Band!
Alright, frankly, this IS the ugliest fish I have ever seen, but fresh!
"Fresh fish! We catch'em you buy'em!!"
(Aladdin quote for that ass)
Now on to the beautiful.....
This cauliflower is super gnarly! It's not in season anymore but it's like Sesame Street and Veggi Tales mated and this is what they spawned...
These are the raviolis when my Chef/Best Friend came into have the first dinner out of his own kitchen so hooked him up wit dat...
French the shit outta that toast!!! And that's what I did;
*Fresh Brioche I made that morning, dipped in custard that somehow I have accomplished to make the recipe turn out to taste EXACTLY like Lucky Charm marshmallows
*Housemade bacon I break down the actual pig, cure the belly from said pig, smoke slice it, cook it, DAAAAMMMMMNN BOI!!!
*Smoked South Carolina Peacan Butter with literal apple butter and a nice finishing Olive Oil.
(I know!)
Head Cheese and Brioche Benedict with "world's fluffiest" hollandaise... may I add the egg was poached very nicely....
Enough of the stroking of the ego!!!!!! (but I....) (don't talk back) (but I like to...) (what did I say!!! Stop It!) (alright already)
sorry keyboard inner monologue acting up again...
Now on to the music!!!
This is a video from the last show at our venune, which I was in attendance being that they were opening for fricking FISHBONE! Was wonderful and these guys killed it.
I will also mention I have a severe crush on the Trombone Chick! So much so that after their set I went to my truck and grabbed a cassette tape of a kick ass noise-core band from my hometown, RVA, Bermuda Triangles, and yes it was a professionally recorded and released cassette tape! (no one does this anymore) Went up to the merch counter, where she was, and explained that I had no money to support the band by buying something (which was true) but that I wanted to instead share this band...
If you're into noise-core and live on the East Coast, absolutely check them out!!!
To follow such a first impression I have two Les Georges Leningrad albums to share. Sadly they are not cassette tapes they are CDs and I have one of their albums on vinyl, but, really, I only have a crush on this said trombone/vibe playing woman..... i'm not trying to marry her, i mean let's just be real...
These guys where the best! An experimental rock group from Canada whom may or may not be getting back together soon, (fingers crossed), but their shows and interviews are frickin great, stimulating to the eye and ear, and if you are on the same brain wave, hilarious!
I also found this today which I will be taking with me tonight, I have no fucking clue what the pictures are that I have already taken on this thing, but I know what the other 15 pics will be of. Ohhh how I love suprises!
well that's what I have to report gotta lot to do before the show, eat dinner, stop drinking so much coffee, masturbate, etc.....
Have a Lovely,
BoomBoxKnox
so, thought I would share a what I will call, a re-life changing experience from Sunday evening with everyone, as I am pretty sure most will appreciate. A few months ago I purchased one of my childhood favorites, "The Land Before Time", for 50 cents at Goodwill. In my search for a night cap movie to watch my eyes became aware of said VHS. I then accepted my destiny to watch this film for the first time in an amount of time I can not, honestly, estimate.
The beginning of the VHS has a Pizza Hut commercial played before the movie starts. Once it starts playing I smile from a vague sense comfort in the quality of the commercial being made in the late 80's. As the commercial continued this feeling grew stronger and stronger and would eventually last through the entire movie.
I began to realize that I have watched this very commercial hundreds of times in my life. An overwhelming deja vu took over all my senses. so intensely overwhelming I that was bewildered, so intensely overwhelming that I am dedicating this entire blog in an attempt to share this experience with others whom may relate......
So, away we go..........
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This Fucking Woman! (she used to scare me)
Pizza Hut, also, used to have these plastic puppets that you could;
A) hardly fit your hand in (even for having a hand the size of a child)
B) barely moved because it was made of frickin plastic, thus defeating the whole idea of it being a puppet
I still own a few of these in my parents attic, I should snag them back....
And of course, do not forget SHARP TOOTH!!!!!!!!!
Most kids had something to comfort them. A blankie, sucking their thumb, stuffed animal, this was mine....
In watching the movie in my now adult life a number of things beyond nostalgia ran through my mind. Such as; *Why is Little Foot sometimes purple and sometimes tan?
*If Little Foot is the only hope for the continuation of his herd, does that mean he has to fuck his Grandmother to further the species? Do I have to watch the other 20 sequels to find out? (minutes later in the movie, after Sara is introduced where "three horns do not play with ]ooonnnggg necks" his mother says to him that there would be other long necks for him to play with in the Great Valley. A detail I had forgotten about)
*Duckie's character is a little girl with beads in her hair and a church going family.
*Petree is a homosexual who needs a therapist and medication.
*Sara probably kills it in double dutch!
*Spike should definitely should be video taped doing the "truffle shuffle" and be sent to America's Funniest Home Videos so Bob Saget can do commentary over it.
*The scene where Little Foot's mom dies still makes me spontaneously start cutting onions.
*Sharp Tooth is a frickin BADASS! I mean really, he's like the Mike Myers of the animated prehistoric era!
*You can always tell throughout the movie when they are walking on solid ground/rock and when they are walking/sliding on mud because you see trails of their foot prints when walking and bodies when they are sliding in it.
*It was really nice of the baby flyer to share its cherry with Little Foot because Little Foot was depressed and really need a pick me up. Good look baby flyer!
No wonder why this movie was my childhood favorite........
-me
-Clue
