… first walking to my car, then driving home … and that wasn’t the worst of it … nauseousness kept lingering!! Thankfully SS previously prepared me (really reminded me) beforehand of what might happen … IMMEDIATE SENSORY PERCEPTION OVERLOAD is best I can describe throwing on a pair of prescribed glasses for the first time (in my old-man lifetime) … haven’t been accustomed to sporting them for almost 35 years, ‘nstead choosing wearing contact lenses … goodbye periphery – hello tunnel vision best sums it up!! Was barely able to drive home alone without getting into an accident all you macaulays out there … thankfully any ralphing is waning!! AND big thanks to Cincinnati Melissa, Toronto Perry and TO TJ for quickresolutionofmyphonecallpissedoffness (within a couple of hours too, btw) regarding issues of said headgear … LOVE great customer service, and you guys fucking rock … kudos, and thanks!! 🙂
Monthly Archives: August 2012
some days I don’t know if I am wrong or right
[Preface: been lovin’ song a lot lately. and that’s ok, music is good for the soul.]
“things I swing” – danistrulytheman
… making everyone one with the world … ensuring life is perfectly aligned … that shit is copacetic … capiche? Deep breaths – Zen Baby!! 😉
I got some tricks you’d be amazed
I got the Seven Seas Blues
When I find my peace of mind
twenty years
Was hungry as that proverbial horse today. Normally don’t eat too much for lunch, and honestly, I don’t know how the rest of y’all do it, day after day. Went to my fave BBQ Chinese fast food take out joint (these places are all over the city), and every time I show my mug the owner reminds me that he’s known me for over twenty years. “Twenty years” over and over he keeps yelling as he laughs and smiles. Then I have to remind him, we’re BOTH getting old, lol!! He must be doing something right (look at the pics) … AND look at all the food he gave me – $7 + $1 for water shoulda been the price but it wasn’t, I’m embarrassed to tell ya what he charges me so I won’t … just look at the pics, lol!! 😉
LOVE this – so much to choose from …
BBQ chicken and pork over rice in the ubiquitous styrofoam container …
enjoying the bounty
… from yesterday’s Junction Farmers Market venture (… and today’s Highland Farms trip)!! Love, LOVE serving/eating food this way … family style … whenever possible. Doesn’t matter if it’s only Tiffany K and I or the whole gang … nothing beats plating the food (and drink, lol … and allowing everyone to enjoy each other’s company), letting people serve themselves at their own pace, everyone relaxed and not rushing – eating a bit at time, invariably going back for more, and more … and more, lol. Sitting/standing … eating/drinking … talking/laughing ( … AND with music playing in the background, at the perfect volume of course – only takes a second of deathly silence to suck the life outta ANY party, lol) … such a fun, festive, social setting don’t ya think?!
Heirlooms, burrata/bocconcini, Acropolis, Maldon & Dark Opal basil …
Pyramid’s succulent sauerkraut heaped on razor thin sliced Ace’s bread …
… btw y’all, shit IS the bomb … fareal!!
Carrafa crushed olives …
And I am not frightened of dying, anytime will do
… I don’t mind. Why should I be frightened of dying?
There’s no reason for it, you’ve gotta go sometime
Pyramid Farm and Ferments
… been reading about this place lately …specifically lacto-fermentation and its benefits. I’ve been changing my habits recently trying to incorporate healthier living alternatives … it’s not like I adhere to any one’s principals or beliefs, and you can’t go wrong with good quality foods, this I know. Wanted to go the Junction Farmers Market last week, but spent the day strolling up and down the Danforth feasting on food on sticks ‘nstead, lol!! Couldn’t have picked a better day … picked up a few other things from various vendors (peaches, spelt cookies – sorry, no pics) as well, but really went for Pyramid’s raw sauerkraut – no vinegar, no sugar, no traditional canning … live and cultured food.
Come early, stuff sells fast …
Very small and quaint, maybe 15 vendors …
My new friend Alex at his stand …
Kimchi, and Sauerruben along with the Spring Sauerkraut … Pesto too …
And I snagged this basket of heirlooms (Alex mentioned they have over 50 varieties) …
Altacocker loves his Altbier!!
… lol, maybe I’m not THAT old … thinking up a post title, this made me laugh. Must admit, had a helluva time finally finding the brew, turned into a real beer seeking mission. Luckily the Creemore Crew stepped up and helped a brother out pointing me in the right direction. Saying happy they did is a huge understatement. WOW – first word outta my mouth after my first taste (think I was still swallowing, lol). Great stuff guys – your beers are the best, you never fail to impress … hmmm, how’s that’s for a danistrulytheman quote, lol?!
On the shelf …
Case in hand …
The wait is over …
in the middle of a world on a fishhook
hey you said you would love to try some
hey you said you would love to die some
swallowed sorrowed
I’m with everyone and yet not
I’m with everyone and yet not
I’m with everyone and yet
just wanted to be myself
doin’ it St. Louis style!!
We used to go for wings back in the day when there was only two places serving up great wings ’round here. And one, Bistro On Avenue was the place that spawned the St. Louis chain. Now, there’s a smörgåsbord of places to pick and choose from, but Tiffany K had her heart set on this venerable girl (the bar & grill … NOT her, lol) and Tuesday was always the day of choice with their half price specials … and was a time we didn’t miss many either … now we rarely go – sure was fun to relive old times!!
A few pics courtesy Tiffany K (and her iPhone 4S camera):
My Suicide order (minus 1 wing + ketchup drenched fries) …
danistrulytheman inhaling a wing. Tiff’s Hot Sweet Asian order …
Fries and tasty dill-dip …
Rolling Rock Ale, and more dill dipping, lol …
The obligatory bill (pic by moi – and my iPhone 4 camera, lol) …
Jarlsberg on the cheap!!
Couldn’t believe this while perusing my Highland Farms online flyer … Jarlsberg Cheese half price … $7.99/lb ($17.61/kg)!! Don’t know where you’re from and what y’all normally pay for it … $16/lb is the going rate in these parts … sometimes on sale for ten bucks if you’re lucky, and only if you know and are able to score it that is (lowest price I’ve ever seen btw), AND that’s only precut prepackaged wedges with the skin/rind on … this was available anyway you wanted it sliced (LOL, sorry for the cheesy pun … and again, ooops, lol). It’s one of my favourite go to cheeses, its flavour, texture is distinct … not overpowering, but not too mild either … love it in sandwiches, on crackers … great for any and many uses. And being a long time loyal, friendly, beloved Highland Farms customer … my cheese lady friend sliced off the throwaway bits before weighing & pricing saving me more money (scaled and priced with the rind was almost $45 – with it cut and discarded about $41 – saved $4), AND she vacuum sealed the whole deal for me (a service NOT offered I was told … looks like I AM special, lol). Oh, this was my second trip too … went first day during their one week sale and spent about $25 on smaller pieces … good thing I went back again midway through the week, CLF says they’re almost sold out, only a few wheels remaining … and she’s not sure if they’ll be restocking (or if they’ll give raincheques) before the sale ends … oh well, I got mine, lol!!
Beautiful display …
INCREDIBLE OFFER! … INDEED …
My handbasket, almost 6 lb – $41 worth (deuces are wild, lol) …
I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now
I said maybe you’re gonna be the one that saves me
Usain Bolt – Living legend!!
… and HE IS!! And to IOC President Jacques Rogge pooh poohing and disagreeing saying NOPE to that, referring to/giving him credit for icon … but not LEGEND? Bullocks!! What a load of codswallop!! Thankfully JR eventually (days later, pressure presumably by the Olympic Committee … and everybody else for that matter, lol) saw the error of his silly semantics and recanted. Yep, 2 Olympics, 6 events, 6 gold medals, 4 world records … in my books that’s amotherfuckinglegend!! Ya Mon!! 🙂
Friday feast!!
… for TWO, lol!! Only Tiff K and I … way more than we need … and that we can eat (HELLO – leftovers, lol), and despite it’s only us, pride myself on presentation … still love putting forth an effort!!
Meat: oven baked capicollo, Leoncini mortadella, Hungarian salami, bressola, lachsschinken, prociutto soppressa, oven roasted Tuscany ham.
Cheese: Jarlsberg, creamy Havarti, double Glouchester, Jensen extra old cheddar.
… Hmm, hope I remembered all of it … oh, and of course served with my beloved OMG focaccia family style … mangia mangia!!
pic 1 …
pic 2 – DAMN, shouda lit the votives, my bad …
… and apparently not again!!
And incase you were unaware – it’s Twain, Mark Twain. Don’t know what made me think of this today, but something did. And ‘ntead of lazy-ass ReBlogging … ‘least putting forth a half-assed effort, lol!! Took this late last autumn with my ever at the ready iPhone camera in The Junction outside a funky coffee house … staring at it was mesmerized by the in yer faceness … hey, look at my message y’all … BUT done unobtrusively and with subtlety at the same time, do you know what I mean?! Loved it then, love it now!!
eight six twelve
… (although six eight twelve sounds cleaner and neater, lol). The Deuce!! For posterity … taken a few moments ago too, talk ’bout real-time blogging folks, lol!! August 2012 danistrulytheman pics:
Uno …
Duo …
Tres (I lied, lol) …
gonna Merc Lapidus all over yer ass!!
… if ever you pick up!! Visions of flagrant and multiple use of cocksucker aimed directly at his travel agent who fucked up his life brings a smile to my face and is kinda what I’m shooting for!! Answer asshole!! I need to be … Even Steven!!
we’re building it up, to break it back down
… we can’t wait, to burn it to the ground
danistrulytheman 