Chuck & Sean's Trivia: The answers for 09.09.07
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Print Max, in which I match my breakfast #OOTD
To contact us Click HERE First of all, I wasn't planning to post my outfit today. It seemed a bit frivolous in my current frame of mind. I was going to post more stuff from the 70s -- that's where my head is, and that's where I'm staying for the rest of the month thankyouverymuch.
But then, while I was finishing up my bowl of quinola, I looked down and saw this:
Well, it was a good laugh and I had to share. Why, I could roll around on the floor (70s linoleum) eating my hippie breakfast, and be very RETRO!
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| Here I am looking annoyed. "Ahhhh noooo sun! Gimme July Gloom!" |
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| Uh oh. Remember what they say about "the girl with the curl"... No? |
It's me in spring of 74, from my year book.
I'm eating dessert (ice cream). Some things don't change.
1974 was one of my years of shining brightly. I graduated high school, and drove across the US to attend the College of Creative Studies at UC Santa Barbara.
Extreme visibility!
More here, in Patti's Visible Monday.
Road Trips: A Drinker's Guide to Omaha, part two
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AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT from a city that retains so much of the architecture of the 50s and 60s, Omaha has a tiki bar, a remainder of America's obsession with Polynesian culture. One day we at the Bottle Gang will tackle the enormous legacy of tiki culture, but it is a vast topic, and we shall limit our comments here to one point: There was almost nothing Polynesian about the way Americans expressed their interest in Polynesia. The word "tiki" is Maori. The tropical drinks served in tiki bars were generally inspired by drinks from the Caribbean. The style of music most associated with tiki culture, such as the lush exotica of Les Baxter, borrowed heavily from South American music. And tiki bars were often nestled in the back or the basement of Chinese or Japanese restaurants -- if you are looking for a well-made tropical drink nowadays, there is still a very good chance of finding one at a Chinese restaurant.And so Omaha's tiki bar, the Mai Tai Lounge, is found in the basement of a Japanese restaurant, the Mt. Fuji Inn on Blondo street. It is a late-era tiki bar, dating back to the late 60s, and, at first, is unimpressive. The bar is a dark cavern of a place, smallish, with bamboo walls, a jukebox that plays contemporary music, a half-dozen portraits of comely Polynesian lasses painted on what looks to be velvet, and unfortunately, a television that plays sports events. Early tiki bars were enormous tropical fantasias, Disney-like monuments to faux-South Seas culture. This is not that. If it were, it might not have survived: As the popularity of tiki culture faded, most of the tiki palaces went out of business.
Unimpressive though it may seem, the Mai Tai Lounge does have two things to recommend it. Firstly, it has a terrific drink menu, which contains almost every classic, if kitschy, tropical cocktail, ranked like you would rank a movie. Their zombie, for example, is rated Triple-X, as is their Mai Tai and Fogcutter, while less alcoholic drinks, such as the Singapore Sling, get more family friendly ratings.
These are not fancy tropical cocktails. They have nowhere near the variety nor complexity of ingredients of a well-made version of the drinks, instead tending to consist of a mix of rums and one or two fruit juices. The Mai Tai's cocktails are stripped-down versions of tastier originals, but the bar uses middle-shelf alcohol and good fruit juice, and the resulting drinks are quite palatable. They also tend to be enormous.
The other thing the Mai Tai Lounge offers is Hawaiians. Not always, mind you: Sometimes the bar will be empty, and sometimes it will be filled with pasty skinned locals. But every so often, you'll walk in, and every customer will be Hawaiian. There is an unaccountably large population of Hawaiian students in Omaha, mostly at Creighton, and every so often they collectively decide to get drinks at the Mai Tai Lounge. The result is the rarest of experiences in Middle American tiki lounges: Finding a parking lot filled with cars with Hawaiian license plates, and walking into the bar to find yourself surrounded by dark skinned, brown-eyed drinkers who bandy about Hawaiian slang and chat idly about gossip from the Big Island. Out of the blue, one of America's least authentic Polynesian bars becomes absolutely, unmistakably Hawaiian.
Across town, on 13th Street just south of downtown, is another ethnic restaurant, one that has always been indisputably authentic. The Bohemian Cafe was started by a Czech family all the way back in 1924, and still features employees dressed in traditional Czech outfits. Their menu consists of Eastern European dishes such as jaeger schnitzel, or veal steaks in wine sauce and mushrooms, and the food tends to be meaty and heavy: We once ordered plum dumplings that came in a bowl filled with butter and cream, and took close to three weeks to eat. They also have a small cocktail lounge, the Bohemian Girl, decorated, like the rest of the building, with hand-painted folk-art pictures of girls in native costumes and with little signs that read "We accept Czechs, not checks." They serve Pilsner Urquell and a Czech beer called Czechvar, which calls itself "The Czech Budweiser," and apparently was actually calling itself Budweiser long before the American beer of that name. It's a bland pilsner, tasting much like the American brand that they claim stole its name; stick with the Pilsner Urquell. Incidentally, you can also purchase bottles of these beers to take with you from the Bohemian Cafe.
Recently, they have introduced a few specialty cocktails, including one called Bohemian Shepherd Pie, made of plum brandy, Limoncello, Blue Caraco, and pineapple juice. This one frightened us, so we did not try it. We did order something called the Bohemian Sidecar, which drew gales of laughter from a rather asinine drunk at the bar, a stupid looking young man in a baseball cap and a bluetooth headset. This fellow was drinking himself into oblivion, bullying everyone nearby. When we discovered that he was the husband of one of the bartenders, a sweet-faced and recently pregnant young woman, we realized we were watching the makings of an American tragedy. Take the advice of some strangers in a bar, young bartender, should you read these words: A drunk who is belligerent to other drinkers, to bartenders, and to his own wife, is not worth the effort. Any man who must be taken aside and warned that his drinking will have to stop when the baby is born, and who responds by loudly proclaiming that he must get a new wife, and says this in a cocktail lounge in front of strangers, is a man to be avoided.
As to the drink that this young boor mocked, well, it was actually rather good. It is a sidecar, of sorts, but made with slivovitz, which is a Balkan plum brandy. It's a scorcher of a liquor, as anyone who has tried it can tell you. It's the sort of drink that grows hair on your chest, and then sets fire to those hairs. But the harshness of the brandy is undercut in this drink by Limoncello, Triple Sec, and lemon juice, and the resulting drink is actually quite satisfying. Fools may laugh at us for ordering it, and laugh harder that we like it. But fools will be fools, and, at the end of the day, as happened on this occasion, will have a second bartender, the mother of the first, threaten them with a baseball bat. (SPARBER)CONTINUED TOMORROW
Chuck & Sean's Trivia: The answers for 09.02.07
To contact us Click HERE EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT down at the 331 Club in Northeast Minneapolis, writer Chuck Terhark and musician Sean McPherson throwdown on some kickass trivia, and The Bottle Gang is proud to sponsor it. Starting this week, we'll be posting the questions and answers from last week's trivia for ONE WEEK ONLY, so study up and learn from your mistakes.
Round 1
1. Recently a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees resulted in a score of 0 to 16. Which team got 16? Detroit Tigers
2. What Seinfeld character said “you could throw a dart and find someone better than me” and also described himself as “steeped in gayness” in the same episode? George Castanza
3. Please name all seven counties in the Twin Cities seven county metro area? Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington
4. What are the O’s made of on the logo for the TV show Divorce Court? Wedding rings
5. What college was the crap show Felicity based on? New York University
6. Alberto Gonzales is a dipshit. Spell the dipshit’s last name? Gonzales
7. What state pays the most for redeeming used cans? Michigan, 10 cents
8. What state is Arlen Specter a senator from? Pennsylvania
9. What date and day of the week did the 35W bridge fall down on? Wednesday August 1, 2007
10. Mississippi is the fattest and poorest state in the United States. What pseudo Midwestern state is the slimmest state, with only 18% of the adult population being overweight? Colorado
11. Rupert Murdoch’s company bought the Wall Street Journal two weeks ago. What is the official name of the company that bought it? News Corp.
12. How many weeks does Billy Madison get to pass the tests for each grade in the amazing film, Billy Madison? 2 weeks
13. Who founded the Order of the Missionaries of Charity? Mother Teresa
14. Hurricane Felix is moving through the Carribean right now as we speak. What number Atlantic hurricane is Felix for this year? 6
15. Who is the first African-American Secretary of State? Colin Powell
Round 2
1. Was Saddam Hussein Sunni or Shia? Sunni
2. What was the 50th state to be joined into the Union? Hawaii
3. What year did Nixon unsuccessfully run for President? 1960
4. What is the capital of Egypt? Cairo
5. What was Bill Murray's character’s name in the Royal Tenenbaum's? Raleigh St. Clair
6. What is the name of the new head coach of the Gophers football team? Tim Brewster
7. What was Theodore Roosevelt doing in Minnesota when he first said “speak softly and carry a big stick” on September 2, 1901? Attending the Minnesota State Fair
8. Name one of the two closest bus routes that flank the 3-3-1 club. #17 & #11
9. Are the days on Mars longer or shorter than those on Earth? Longer, 24 hours 39 minutes
10. What is the total complement of genes in an organism or cell known as? Genome
11. Which gender is known as the homogametic sex in chromosomal studies? Women XX
12. What 2005 movie had the tagline, "the cure for the common man"? Hitch
13. Who is known as the father of geometry? Euclid
14. What type of Jewish bread is often used to make French toast in New York Diners? Challah
15. In 490 B.C. Pheidipides ran 26 miles, starting in Marathon to announce the Greeks success over the invading Persian. What city was he running to? Athens
Chuck & Sean's Trivia: The answers for 09.09.07
To contact us Click HERE Round 1
1. Who was the first woman to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court? Sandra Day O'Connor
2. What year of the Olympics were filmed in Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's film Olympia Spiele? 1936
3. What is the first and last name of the character from that 70's show cast who is referred to as a "cocktail dad"? Red Forman
4. What is the highest waterfall on the Mississippi river? St. Anthony Falls
5. The rules of the very difficult and useless game golf is written jointly by two organizations, one in the U.S. and one in what country? Scotland
6. What rapper acted as the Mouse King in the Nutcracker at Baltimore's School for the Arts? 2pac
7. What Canadian-born architect, who designed a building in Minneapolis, also designed the trophy for the World Cup of Hockey? Frank Gehry
8. What month did Kurt Cobain die in in 1994? April
9. In 31 B.C. The Final War of the Roman Republic ended in the battle at Actium. Who won? Octavian, or Caesar
10. Billy Madison rises himself out of his hung-over pool side stupor at the beginning of the film Billy Madison when he realizes what special day it is. What day is it? Nudey Magazine Day
11. What city and state did Michael Moore grow up in? Flint, Michigan
12. What is the name of the first published novel by Chuck Palahniuk? Fight Club
13. What country is Lesotho entirely surrounded by? South Africa
14. What rite of passage, when directly translated is known as: one to whom the commandments apply? bar or bat mitzvah
15. Author Madeleine L'Engle died on Friday. What was her most popular book? A Wrinkle in Time
Round 2
1. What is Peter Griffin's sole response to all questions when he is on a parody of Jeopardy on the "Brian: Portrait of a Dog" episode? Diarrhea
2. What major Southern city was occupied by the Union early in the Civil War and was thus spared the destruction that many Southern cities endured during the Civil War? New Orleans (wikipedia.org)
3. In what city did Jimi Hendrix die? London, England (wiki)
4. Name the four inner planets? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
5. What is the most populuous city in Vietnam? Ho Chi Minh City
6. What are the names of the crash test dummies who are the mascots for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration? Vince and Larry
7. Who was the lead role in the TV show Monk originally written for? Michael Richards
8. What movie did Kevin Spacey win his first Oscar for? The Usual Suspects
9. Hmong people's original homeland is the mountainous Southern region of what country? China
10. The U.N. recognizes 192 countries, but most scholars agree there are 194 countries in the world. One country missing is an island, and the other one is completely within the borders of another country, name both. Taiwan, Vatican City
11. What non-coastal Western state has the lowest median age in the United States with a median age of 28.5? Utah
12. Which county has a higher Asian population, Hennepin or Ramsey county? Ramsey
13. In rap slang, if someone is a crooked eye sipper what does that mean? they drink st. ives malt liquor
14. What living singer, born in 1940, is the only vocalist to win Grammy's in three separate categories, jazz, pop and R&B? Al Jarreau
15. What title, used in numerous fields, literally means "holding a place"? lieutenant
Music Round
Daughter – Pearl Jam
The Rat – The Walkmen
The Beatles – Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
50 Cent – 21 Questions
Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body
Chicago's Red Dress Party @ the Joffrey
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Chicago consistently has fundraising events nearly every weekend, year-round. From black ties, to theme parties, there is always a reason to venture towards Michigan Ave. for some fun. This time, we headed to Chicago's Red Dress Party, an AIDS benefit, held at the Joffrey Ballet.
This event is one where some of the men far out-dressed some of the women in their red dress attire. Hmm, what is he checking out?
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Hey Y'all, the EWINGS are back!!
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I was Uber excited when this issue of D Magazine arrived in our mailbox.
Dallas was the HOTTEST show on TV when I was a kid. Before DVRs and even VCRs, families would rush home & sit in front of the TV to see what was up devilish JR's sleeve that week and to swoon over hottie, Bobby Ewing.
Now, it is BACK. The new Dallas will debut on TNT tonight at 9/8c.
A while ago, I took another trip out to South Fork Ranch, which is a must-see for many of my out-of-town guests who also watched the show, "back in the day." It is a fun place to go and reminisce about the show. Here is a reposting from my last visit with the Ewings.
REPOST:Who exactly shot J.R. Ewing? Many people may not remember the name of the woman who shot J.R., but they certainly remember that it happened on the show, DALLAS.That is where you will find me this weekend and this where many of the exterior shots of DALLAS happened.
This is the set used for the show DALLAS. It is South Fork Ranch, home to J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) and his family, including his super adorable brother Bobby, played by Patrick Duffy.
Dallas, Texas, is yet one more city on my list that I call home. I once worked for the NBC station here and at that time I must admit that it was not one of my favorite cities, but I have found a new appreciation for the Big D. I especially appreciate it on the cold days in Chicago when Cory & I can hop a plane for our Dallas residence. The city is growing by leaps and bounds and is nearly unrecognizable compared to when I lived here the first time.
On the South Fork Ranch you get insider secrets about the show that had America and countries around the world captivated. The Ranch is preparing for a reunion BBQ with the cast of DALLAS here in November.
It’s time for us to chow down on some Texas chili with some sweet tea at the Miss Ellie cafe. Tell me if you rememberWHO SHOT J.R.?
After all of these years, Bobby Ewing still has a place in my heart. Even the next generation of Ewing men cannot compete with him!
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Chuck & Sean's Trivia: The answers for 09.09.07
To contact us Click HERE Round 1
1. Who was the first woman to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court? Sandra Day O'Connor
2. What year of the Olympics were filmed in Nazi filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl's film Olympia Spiele? 1936
3. What is the first and last name of the character from that 70's show cast who is referred to as a "cocktail dad"? Red Forman
4. What is the highest waterfall on the Mississippi river? St. Anthony Falls
5. The rules of the very difficult and useless game golf is written jointly by two organizations, one in the U.S. and one in what country? Scotland
6. What rapper acted as the Mouse King in the Nutcracker at Baltimore's School for the Arts? 2pac
7. What Canadian-born architect, who designed a building in Minneapolis, also designed the trophy for the World Cup of Hockey? Frank Gehry
8. What month did Kurt Cobain die in in 1994? April
9. In 31 B.C. The Final War of the Roman Republic ended in the battle at Actium. Who won? Octavian, or Caesar
10. Billy Madison rises himself out of his hung-over pool side stupor at the beginning of the film Billy Madison when he realizes what special day it is. What day is it? Nudey Magazine Day
11. What city and state did Michael Moore grow up in? Flint, Michigan
12. What is the name of the first published novel by Chuck Palahniuk? Fight Club
13. What country is Lesotho entirely surrounded by? South Africa
14. What rite of passage, when directly translated is known as: one to whom the commandments apply? bar or bat mitzvah
15. Author Madeleine L'Engle died on Friday. What was her most popular book? A Wrinkle in Time
Round 2
1. What is Peter Griffin's sole response to all questions when he is on a parody of Jeopardy on the "Brian: Portrait of a Dog" episode? Diarrhea
2. What major Southern city was occupied by the Union early in the Civil War and was thus spared the destruction that many Southern cities endured during the Civil War? New Orleans (wikipedia.org)
3. In what city did Jimi Hendrix die? London, England (wiki)
4. Name the four inner planets? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
5. What is the most populuous city in Vietnam? Ho Chi Minh City
6. What are the names of the crash test dummies who are the mascots for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration? Vince and Larry
7. Who was the lead role in the TV show Monk originally written for? Michael Richards
8. What movie did Kevin Spacey win his first Oscar for? The Usual Suspects
9. Hmong people's original homeland is the mountainous Southern region of what country? China
10. The U.N. recognizes 192 countries, but most scholars agree there are 194 countries in the world. One country missing is an island, and the other one is completely within the borders of another country, name both. Taiwan, Vatican City
11. What non-coastal Western state has the lowest median age in the United States with a median age of 28.5? Utah
12. Which county has a higher Asian population, Hennepin or Ramsey county? Ramsey
13. In rap slang, if someone is a crooked eye sipper what does that mean? they drink st. ives malt liquor
14. What living singer, born in 1940, is the only vocalist to win Grammy's in three separate categories, jazz, pop and R&B? Al Jarreau
15. What title, used in numerous fields, literally means "holding a place"? lieutenant
Music Round
Daughter – Pearl Jam
The Rat – The Walkmen
The Beatles – Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
50 Cent – 21 Questions
Death Cab for Cutie – Soul Meets Body
Chicago's Red Dress Party @ the Joffrey
To contact us Click HERE
Chicago consistently has fundraising events nearly every weekend, year-round. From black ties, to theme parties, there is always a reason to venture towards Michigan Ave. for some fun. This time, we headed to Chicago's Red Dress Party, an AIDS benefit, held at the Joffrey Ballet.
This event is one where some of the men far out-dressed some of the women in their red dress attire. Hmm, what is he checking out?
the preppy debutante
Mother's Day With My Boys
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Brunch this year was a total surprise. As we pulled onto Reunion Boulevard in downtown Dallas, I was excited to see that we would be eating Asian cuisine at Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck atop Reunion Tower.
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