Saturday, September 26, 2009

LOBSTERFEST!

Boiling Point


The Crucible


Two Little Lobsters


Hot Lobster-On-Lobster Action



Dig It Out



Mmm, shelly.


Kiss The Crustacean


It's not a festival without corn on a stick.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

A BAD SIGN

A sign in the Men's Room at Houston's:

Monday, September 14, 2009

A STEP TOO FAR

There's nothing particularly unusual about this foot massager.

But what caught my eye was the part of the Description that says the massager — a textured log — comes with "a 64-page manual."

I'm wondering how that goes...
Step 1: Massage feet with foot massager.
Steps 2 through 64...?
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

GRAB A STICK OF FREEMARK ABBEY VIOGNIER 2007

I'm not a wine guy. But I had a cabernet at Wilshire recently that was worth trying to track down. I didn't find it, but a Google search directed me to a white wine from the same vintner. The "Winemakers Notes" of their 2007 Viognier were perhaps the oddest description of a wine I've ever read.

"This wine has an appealing light straw color. Aromas of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum comes to mind immediately, in addition to ripe banana, grapefruit, lemon-lime, mandarin, pear, honeydew melon and white peach. There is a subtle hint of angel food cake adding to the complexity of this immensely fruity and floral wine; lively flavors of grapefruit and white peach compliment great balance. A wonderfully zesty finish leaves a fresh taste impression."

For those of you keeping score at home, the wine tastes like this:

Friday, September 4, 2009