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I don’t know much about these sexy musicians other than the fact that they rock and roll, but I gleaned this from their bio:
“The ocean hits the break; the whale sings his song, the bird channels hope as it soars above the surf. Yet where heart wind and sun collide — Dave Crockett and Billy Miller are the human embodiment of nature’s song.
With the pulsing rhythms of life, music has never been so powerful, while also making you move your buns. Both classically trained for a few weeks, Crockett & Miller first met while doing a hiking expedition in the Mountains of Orlocko. After being introduced by the song of the Hawk, they decided to explore the grooves of life.With Crockett rocketing the keys and Miller blowing the sax — they became a duo filled with a Peter Pan Magical sense of what music needs: Love. Continue reading ‘Crockett & Miller / Splash Party (Feat. Brandon Rogers) - Hollywood, CA’
The first time I had a loose meat sandwich was at a Maid Rite franchisee in Phoenix. It was tucked away off Bell in a shopping plaza that had what was called a Waldenbooks and More. It was like a Waldenbooks but instead of being at a mall, it was a stand-alone store – larger than your average Waldenbooks. It was the closet thing to a Borders or Barnes & Noble before they took over and Borders eventually bought up all the Walden’s. I was waiting for hours at this store with my mom for some sort of Walter Cronkite book signing and the Maid Right was the only food in the plaza.
Also known as a Tavern, very exciting a loose meat sandwich is not. The Tavern is like a burger but instead of a patty it’s made with what is basically unspiced taco meat, like a sauceless sloppy joe. I remember thinking the Maid Rite sandwich being not only unimpressive but pretty gross. It was one of those things that you had to grow up on and when introduced to new communities through franchises they don’t necessarily connect. This was confirmed by the fact that all the Phoenix locations (there was another Maid Rite at what was once called Westridge Mall, now Desert Sky) closed, but what I didn’t know was that Tavern was created in Sioux City, IA and then popularized in the area by Maid Rite. Continue reading ‘The Battle of the Loose Meat Sandwich - Sioux City, IA’
I knew it was coming. Roughly 8 hours into the drive I finally saw it. Nowhere seems less appropriate for the haute couture of Prada, but there it sat, in the distance, light spilling onto the barren highway floor. A 15×25 adobe box structure, interior lit to display the brand’s high-end handbags and shoes, but the door is always locked.
Prada Marfa is not a store but one of the most widely recognized sculptural works of the 21st century. The contrast between the expansive, arid landscape of the West Texas high desert and a store that is more commonly found on Rodeo Dr. or 5thAve. is just as bewildering as it sounds. Continue reading ‘Prada Marfa - Valentine, TX’
For even the layperson, Omaha has a reputation for its great steaks (a reputation that is more subconsciously based as the frozen mail order steaks of Omaha Steaks are probably laying somewhere in your cerebral cortex). When you are an asshole who thought he could get some sleep on a flight from LA to Omaha that left at 12:50 am and arrived at 11:30 am with connections – you hope that the meal you have been starving for after attempting to gorge yourself with pretzels, will be one that will satisfy that starvation and make you forget a sleepless flight of refusing to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks.
That being said, I went straight from the airport to Johnny’s Café. The only thing I knew about Johnny’s was that it was the “oldest steakhouse in Omaha” , Established in 1922, but what I didn’t know is that I was about to be blown the fuck away. Continue reading ‘Johnny’s Cafe - Omaha, NE’
