New Kitchen Purchase

I attended an Anthony Bourdain cooking course at Sur La Table. Fantastic course that I will write about later. One of the perks about the course was a discount on purchases in Sur La Table. Discount's there is the equivalent to foodie shangri la. I managed to control myself and bought just a few things. Above is new hand mixer..I can now perfect my Senate bean soup recipe and different sauces. Hooray.

Brilliant

Sailor and Lula: The Complete Novels.

It is not unknown to my friends that Wild At Heart is one of my favorite movies. Wild At Heart, like so many works of David Lynch can be a bit confusing. I read that the movie was based on a series of novels by Barry Gifford, so I decided to read the complete set of 7 novels. A good bit of the movie was explained in reading the novels, though scenes in the movie are still perplexing in that Lynch sort of way.

I thoroughly enjoyed the novels. They novels chronicle the lives of Sailor and Lula over several decades in a style that is undefined, but some what crime noir. If anyone has seen Wild at Heart or just would like an amusing and captivating read..I suggest ordering the books on Amazon.

Perfect New Purchase

During my most recent shopping trip to Whole Foods, I felt guilty looking around at all the green shoppers and their reusable shopping bags. As my eyes, darted around at all the different bags, I realized that I must join the green revolution. Here's to you, Mother Earth.

No Time for Dancing or Lovie Dovie

I have recently come back from a long stay in Mexico. It was a fantastic trip, filled with research, sun, swimming, eating and reading. One of many books, I read was David Byrne's Bicycle Dairies. Byrne, an avid bike rider writes in great detail about riding his bike in cities all over the world. While reading the book, Byrne sets the tone with his artistic, succinct and laid back manner. At times the book reads like a polemic on American foreign policy ( particularly the Bush Administration), Byrne also goes into a short political history of many of the countries to aid in setting the tone.

Overall, the main feature, for me.. of the book was Byrne's effortless manner of still being so cool without coming off as arrogant. He has not become jaded or complacent. His notes were taken over the span of many years and his perspective never changed. When the Talking Heads were first hitting the charts, one interviewer asked Byrne what he would like his music to do and Byrne said he wanted to make people dance and cry at the same time. Amazing. A truly evocative image.

I am now on a Talking Heads revival, although I have yet to dance and cry at the same time, I am really enjoying the brilliance of David Byrne.

Engrish of the Day

Quite possibly the best Engrish of all time.

New Bike Awesomeness

I have purchased a bicycle to cruise the residential streets of Houston and later the urban areas. I took it for a spin today and I am sure, I looked like a novice. Spinning at the gym is much easier. With the great weather in Houston at the moment, I am looking forward to ending a long work day with an evening bike ride. In London, cyclists are everywhere, which is great for Mother Earth, but not so much for pedestrians. I witnessed a few collisions where the pedestrians clearly had the right of way. I even saw one cyclist, cut off a police car which resulted not only in a citation, but an arrest. The cyclist got a bit too mouthy with the, Old Bill and got taken to jail with his bike on the back of the police car. I witnessed the whole thing while outside with friends at the pub. Now that I think about it, I should dedicate an entire blog post describing the bizarre things I saw in London.