The new single from Astronauts, etc is called “Coldboy.” It is a hypnotic upbeat foray into the world of electronic pop. It is what would happen if MGMT and Passion Pit decided to put on a dance part smack dab in the middle of a terrible blizzard. During “Coldboy”, Astonauts, etc’s last single before the release of his LP in August (which will be all brand [...]
I never got around to making my own cheese before I stopped eating it. A lot of that had to do with the fact that every cheese recipe I ever saw involved days and days of waiting around for something to happen. Couple that with all the things that could go wrong and I figured it was much easier to go to my local grocery [...]
A few years back I wrote about the wonderful deep dish Sicilian pizza that is offered in a Wesley Chapel strip mall. After every half marathon I return to La Prima Pizza to ease the pain and celebrate a (hopefully) successful 3 months of training. Now that I have pretty much removed dairy from my diet I was looking for another way to continue to [...]
Babe Ruth is arguably the greatest baseball player in the history of the game (and was voted so by The Sporting News back in ’98). He is also one of the most famous. Part of this notoriety stems from his being more than just an athlete. Sure he did amazing things on the field but his celebrity was cemented off the field. It was here [...]
Cafe Fresco & Bakery is located at the corner of an unassuming strip mall on State Road 56 near Wesley Chapel. I drove by it hundreds of times without even giving it a second glance. One of my co-workers lives near it so after a meeting this summer we stopped by for lunch. Since then I have been there three more times. The place is [...]
There was a time when we did things just for fun. That time can sometimes seem so far, especially on nights that you sit in a boardroom and listen to people argue about your worth, your health and your livelihood. I went into teaching not because I can’t (as the old saying goes) but because it was something I am passionate about. I wake up [...]
I celebrated Labor Day by creating (aka desecrating) a New Orleans working class tradition, the muffuletta sandwich. The muffuletta is a sandwich that was born in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It is said to have been created around 1906 at Central Grocery. Sicilian farmers would come from the nearby Farmers Market to the grocery store for lunch. They would order salami, ham, cheese, [...]
We are quickly approaching the release of the new Zucchini Drive album (September 25th via Marathon of Dope/Vlas Vegas), No Food But Lots of Weapons. It is an album that finds band members Marcus Graap and Tom de Geeter promoting some of their varied musical influences including progressive rock, garage rock, acoustic, electronic, lo-fi and hip hop. It isn’t strange to find an album that [...]
When I sent the picture for this to my facebook page Brother Branson, who along with my Uncle J. Branson are the kings of snarky comments, wrote beneath it “finally something that is edible.” I laughed and then immediately fired back with an “all of this is edible.” To say that my brother and I have different tastes in food would be the understatement of [...]
