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Top Five Meals of All Time
I just ate at mcdonalds which made me think of good food. I had their new chicken strips. 5 was too many and 3 is too few. Once again i feel screwed by McDonalds.
Honorable mention: Tortialla with peanut butter and jello powder 1994 (Adirondacks, NY) I was so hungry I started dreaming about food. For some reason this combination came to mind and it was something to behold.
5.Garlic Ship Dish 99-Present (Toronot, ON-Menlo Pak Ct) Caitlin always makes this, it is social (you dip bread in the pan to soak up the garlicy olive oil) and has lots of garlic and olive oil. Bascially one sure fire way to make anything taste good is to add garlic and olive oil. It is a sure fire crowd pleaser
4. Hot Turkey Sandwhich 97 (Gloversville, NY) - Post bike race meal. I had this about 20 minutes after i finished. The next day i was almost completely recovered from the day before. Since then hot turkey sandwich and mashed potatoes are my magic food for job intereviews and bike races.
3. Gallerie Laffayetee 1980 (Paris, France) - My parents had been trucking us around parents and we went into the Gallarie Lafayette to use the washrooms. It is a huge Department store in paris. My dad and i were hungry so we went to the cafe and bought half a chicken. It was AMAZING. it was seasoned down to the bone and not greasy. We were both liking the one to keep the taste alive in out mouths, and it worked. Never had any chicken that came close to it since.
2. Marche 2001 (NY, NY) - Fancy NY french place on the upper east side. The super cool thing here was it was my first tasting menu at a restaurant and it came with wine. They brought a drink to match every course you have. Who knew such a think existied! I am such a bumpkin. When people know what they are doing eating is fun.
1. Thanksgiving 98' (Eastern Short, Maryland) - Up util this date i never really appreciated food. It really only ate for sustenance, ie. because i had to. I had had only one realy gourmand experience, (at the gallerie lafayette) and had no interest in huge meals. All i wanted was to feel full and not be grossed out. Anyway... girlfriend at the time took me to a thanksgiving dinner at friends of her parents out on the eastern shore. They had courses, great turkey, and a wine to go with every course. It was all planned and you could eat and drink a ton. God i love it when people match booze to food, that just seems classy to me. Again... i am a bumpkin.
Top Five Pant Styles and Pairs of Pants
Pants are very complicated as you will see....they can't be too fancy and must be comfortable
5. Black parachute pants (Parachute pants1983) - I actually wore these a fair bit, they had nice linner and the pockets were convenient. I don't know why these are not still popular with all of the pockets.
4. Brown Dress Pants (Nordstroms - Cotton/Nylon blend 2003) - They travel well and the cuffs are 16.5 inches around making me look sort of like a mod. I can spill on them and don't need to iron them. They are perfection
3. Black comfort fit jeans - (Gap - 94) I died these late 80's faded blue jeans to black on ex wifes advice. They didn't last long but were super comfortable and looked cool with my green stiched doc marteens.
2. Green Army Pants (Army issue fatigues - 88-93) - I had 2-3 pairs bought at Army and Navy in Johnson City NY. I would wear them until they had holes that couldn't be patched up. The coolest thing was i had a grateful dead patch patching up the butt at one point. Some news photographer took a picture of my post punk hippie wear in montreal and it made the fashion section of the Montreal Gazzette in 1991 or 92.
1. Grey Ocean Pacific Cargo pants (Cargo pants 1984) - They made me feel and look like indiana jones. I could escape from my life a little everytime i put these on.
Top 5 Things I Probably Should Not Have said to my in-laws last night
I find the theory behind this one very similar to the top 100 songs of the year list. Most albums that the labels think will sell well are released in August and September. So 75% of the list is from a period of four months.
5. "Canadian politicians screw around as much as US politicians" - This was pretty harmless but they seemed marginally offended
4. "Canada is going to have their own Red and Blue States" - DOH! I meant provinces!
3. "Canadians are the worst at judging their own character" - This one got Caitlin worked up. You'd think i didn't live in Canada half my life.
2. "I'm so drunk!" - For obvious reasons this should be retracted. I hope they didn't hear me.
1. "Canadians are famous for their war crimes." - This one came out totally wrong. I was trying to prove my point that Canadians have this dual character. Their Army has historically been poorly equipped and poorly trained. As a member of the commonwealth they were usually dropped in some of the bloodiest fighting, and as a result resorted to some of the most savage fighting to survive. IN WWI and WWII they were known as some of the "crazier" units because they would go totally beserk on the battlefield. Then in the 90s Canadians were charged with a whole bunch of war crimes in Somolia. Anyway.... all they heard was Canadians and war crimes and looked at me like I was a lunatic.