I cook special hamburgers Senor has dubbed Yummy Burgers, and last week I decided that they needed their natural accompaniment – French fries! If you’ve ever seen my dumpling shape, you know that I naturally love French fries. In fact, I’m in love with all things potato, as I’m proud to show. So for Sublime [...]
Colombia – The South American country where you’re no longer in immediate danger of getting kidnapped; they have great coffee and, in my experience, exceedingly polite people
Columbia – Any number of towns and cities in the United States; may have great coffee and polite people, or may not; I know of at least one Columbia [...]
Everybody who knows me already knows this song because I hum it incessantly. But for those of you who haven’t had that pleasure, I give you “No Children,” i.e. the most honest song about the natural deterioration of a relationship ever written. Not that it applies to the relationship showcased in this blog or anything. [...]
Today’s local gift guide is probably my personal favorite. Har har. Yes, it’s obvious that I love food. Shush. But anyway:
4.) Locally Produced Food – Jams, jellies, salsas, sausages, cupcakes, beer, etc. Somewhere in your town somebody is brewing up something tasty right this second. Google, or head to a farmer’s market (sadly, usually closed during winter) [...]
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3.) A Cleaning or Personal Organizing Service – Who couldn’t use a good deep cleaning in their house or a new organizational system for a room or two? Contact a local cleaning or organizing business and find out if they offer pre-paid services or gift certificates. Plus, low-income women – one of [...]
Welcome to Part #2 in Arepas and Gravy’s series on where to buy local holiday gifts in the grand city of Atlanta (and surrounding bergs.) Who says decent jewelry has to come in a little blue box? Or that all fine art is created in Paris? Me, that’s who. You don’t have to leave Atlanta [...]
I don’t like to talk about flatulence, passing gas, farting, whatever you want to call it. I don’t think it’s a topic for polite company, and I could go the rest of my life without ever hearing a single fart joke.
But something must be said about Señor’s special powers.
Señor’s flatulence is like a chemical weapon. [...]
I’ve always meant to make a Christmas music CD. It would include songs like Clarence Carter’s “Backdoor Santa,” the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York“, and John Prine’s “Christmas in Prison.” And this song would top the list:
Of course, I’ve never actually gotten around to making that Christmas CD, so I’ll leave you to imagine just [...]
Once again, proof that the rest of the country sees the South as just one big blob of redneck.
Recently, due to the wonders of PaperBackSwap.com, I was able to procure a book that’s been on my reading list for a long while. Academy X: A Novel by Andrew Trees is a fictional tell-all about a [...]
I recently posted all the reasons why its better to buy holiday gifts from local businesses. For the next few days, I’m going to be a little more helpful and actually make some Atlanta-centric local gift recommendations. I’ll go straight down the list in the original post, meaning today’s recommendations are all about local restaurants.
1.) Gift Certificate [...]
