Channel the Yoda

Friday, November 30, 2012

FREE WINE and Sleigh Rides

I am going to the 2012 St. Paul Ice Fishing and Winter Sports Show tomorrow!!! I'm so excited.

9 dollars a ticket.
http://marinesource.com/boat_shows/St-Paul-Ice-Fishing-and-Winter-Sports-Show.html


Then we are going to Creative Cottage in Afton, Minnesota to experience their Winter Festival and, as an artist who is showcasing collage art there, showing my face in hopes of selling a few pieces of work.

Be there or miss out on awesome, one of a kind artwork, by yours truly.

PS-It's free wine and sleigh rides if you're in to that. So, you know, it has its perks.

5-8 pm in Afton, Minnesota.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

CALLOUSES BY GROUPON

My left arm is sore and three fingers on my right hand are numb with large callouses forming. All thanks to Groupon.

Two hours of my day were spent holding a bow and arrow with only minimal pause to retrieve our arrows and slurp some soda. Our lesson was all of 5 minutes long. Perfect length I must say. Then we were free to shoot. Two hours of target practice and not to TOOT, TOOT, TOOT, the Nerissa horn but my aim kinda rocks! Sometimes. The other times are not recorded by photograph and will quickly fade from my happy memory.

It's a great monetary deal and a truly fun time with whomever you share it with.

High Five Archery in Stillwater, Minnesota, would love to see you there.
http://www.highfivearcheryonline.com/leaguesandlessons.html

The prices without a Groupon are $6.00 an hour not including bow and arrow rental. But with our Groupon we paid $25 for two hours of target practice, bow and arrow rentals, the 5 minute tutorial AND pizza!

It really doesn't get too much more awesome than that.

I'M LIKE SANTA WITH THIS LIFE LIST

I ate raw oysters at Craft Steak in Las Vegas (Hello Top Chef JudgeTom!)

And, CHECK! That's off my life list.

But unlike jumping out of an airplane I would for sure do it again and soon.

Airplane...mmm, maybe someday when I'm super bored and have an extra 200 lying around I'd take the leap again.

You know world, I'm blowing through this list so fast, I might have to add more life adventures to partake in and sights to see.

I'm up for suggestions.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

TOP CHEF, I'm Sorry

Okay, so I watch Top Chef. I admit it. There is nothing wrong with it. I'm not defensive. You're defensive. Maybe I'm just messing with you.

There is a reason though. For the messing that is.

FOOD TRUCKS!

Yes. Pods of Food Trucks. Where you ask? What is she babbling on about? How is this related to Top Chef? Why do I suddenly care?

Portland, Oregon is beautiful, friendly, clean, and feels, in many ways, like the Twin Cities, BUT it has one thing the Cities does not. Yep, you guessed it. Food TRUCK PODS!

Food Truck Pods are like enjoying the State Fair every day in a parking lot in the middle of the city.

Each truck has it's own type of food fare from the Grilled Cheese Truck (very popular) to Vietnamese (always a favorite) to Greek or even Japanese if you so desire. I desired and ate a very spicy tuna roll.

It's like a half a block encircled with food! And if you don't find your hearts desire at that Pod you can walk three blocks down to another Pod which will most definitely carry a different fare of food.

I don't know why our Uptown Area in Minneapolis or even Downtown Minneapolis hasn't invested in this idea. I would eat there every day!

So many choices in cuisine for awesomely cheap prices. Service is quick but made to order and if you are with friends or family it easily becomes a smorgasbord of sharing.

Even if you are experiencing the Pod by yourself, you are not alone. The Food Truck Pods are crowded and bustling with people buzzing with food option excitement. It's definitely like the water cooler of who's who, eating what type of food.

I first learned about Food Trucks and the Pods from Top Chef. I thought they were crazy. It sounded like greasy and expensive fast food.

I was wrong. I'm wrong Top Chef. You were right when you said it was the wave of the future. You were right when you said that healthy options on a Food Truck could be possible while not skimping on the flavor.

I concede.
 

Thursday, November 22, 2012

A Traditional Turkey Day Song

In the spirit of Thanksgiving Day I share this special holiday song that brings a turkey flutter to the belly; courtesy of thee Adam Sandler:


The Thanksgiving Song

Love to eat turkey
Love to eat turkey

Love to eat turkey
'Cause it's good
Love to eat turkey
Like a good boy should
'Cause it's turkey to eat
So good

Turkey for me
Turkey for you
Let's eat the turkey
In my big brown shoe
Love to eat the turkey
At the table
I once saw a movie
With Betty Grable
Eat that turkey
All night long
Fifty million Elvis fans
Can't be wrong
Turkey lurkey doo and
Turkey lurkey dap
I eat that turkey
Then I take a nap

Thanksgiving is a special night
Jimmy Walker used to say Dynomite
That's right
Turkey with gravy and cranberry
Can't believe the Mets traded Darryl Strawberry
Turkey for you and
Turkey for me
Can't believe Tyson
Gave that girl V.D.

White meat, dark meat
You just can't lose
I fell off my moped
And I got a bruise
Turkey in the oven
And the buns in the toaster
I'll never take down
My Cheryl Tiegs poster
Wrap the turkey up
In aluminum foil
My brother likes to masturbate
With baby oil
Turkey and sweet potato pie
Sammy Davis Jr.
Only had one eye

Turkey for the girls and
Turkey for the boys
My favorite kind of pants
Are corduroys
Gobble gobble goo and
Gobble gobble gickel
I wish turkey
Only cost a nickel
Oh I love turkey on Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

To give a listen:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/24/adam-sandlers-thanksgivin_n_788173.html

GOBBLE DAY FUNNIES 2012

Here are some quotable quotes
to liven your 
THANKSGIVING 
holiday!
 
“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.” –Jon Stewart
 
“What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?” –Erma Bombeck
 
“You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, “Don’t feed them. If you feed them, they’ll never leave.” –Dylan Brody
 
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
and your pies take the prize,
and may your Thanksgiving dinner
stay off your thighs!
–Unknown
 
“Turkey: A large bird whose flesh, when eaten on certain religious anniversaries
has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.” – Ambrose Bierce
 
“An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.” Irv Kupcine
 
“I love Thanksgiving turkey … it’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.” –Arnold Schwarzenegger
 
HAVE A SAFE AND
HAPPY
THANKSGIVING DAY!
 
 
 
 
 

Sunday, November 18, 2012

A SEATTLE STORY

The nights are long and the days short.

That didn't stop us from traipsing around Seattle, WA yesterday. We may have started our walk to Pier 70 at 1:30 p.m. but our gallivanting led us through Pike Place Market for clams, joke boxes, and books.

We found ourselves facing a GUM WALL. That is right. There is a GUM WALL in Seattle with a city sign that has the words written on it, GUM WALL with an arrow. Yep, I am now a part of that Seattle history. It smelled of mint.

A CREPE filled with ham, Swiss, spinach and egg from a street shop kept us energized as we puffed up the hill to the Mexican restaurant BARRIO to visit with Bethany.

Tequila shooters and Jameson passed our mouths before we shot off to the SPACE NEEDLE. Built for the 1962 World's Fair, that infrastructure provided us with spectacular views of a city so large, even today I still find myself bewildered by it.

I thought it smaller than it really is but the charm of a small town resides within. They stop to let us cross as pedestrians even without a crosswalk. People smile and nod happily at each other like there is some innate need to outwardly express their happiness or at least content feeling that is directly caused by living in Seattle. I mean we had at least three different people offer to take our photograph in front of some landmark. We had to start saying no.

A vibrant city with hills to make the butt work hard, this is a destination to check out.

 

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

OFF TO SEATTLE in an HOUR, I Should Be Packing

I'm supposed to be packing. We leave in an hour. I'm not showered. And here I am writing to all of you instead.

I have been waiting for this trip since I was a teenager. I don't know what it is about Seattle that pulls me to it but I am truly hoping that the wait is worth it.

I know it will be.

And it's totally raining there.

On Jimi Hendrix's grave site, which I read, is all decked out.

And drops are falling on the homestead of Bill Gates.

The space needle, which is open 365 days a year but reserves the right to close for parties or maintenance whenever it deems fit, I bet is beautiful with the water drops splashing against it.

It's 11:16 a.m. Airport by 1 p.m. Hop to it Nerissa!

 

Monday, November 12, 2012

LETS ROCK THIS HOUSE!!! TO SEATTLE!!!

SEATTLE! SPACE NEEDLE! Water. Ocean. Rain?

Bethany Ambuehl. At Barrio. I will find her.

I'm so excited. I have never been there before.

This. This city. This city is on my list. Like, it's important. Almost as important as the Great Wall of China. Truly.

We hit Portland soon after. Bring on the sights.

We, admittedly, are going to party.

We, I hope, are going to listen to some great music.

We, are going to play pinochle.

And I, am going to whoop Dan's buttocks.

He may cry.

I love travel.

I love my life.

I am lucky.

Just call me a duck yo.

Some day I will stop saying yo.

But today yo, I know, how awesome it all is.

And I am super glad you all, Sweden, Germany, India, United States and whatever country may find their way to my blog, get to come along for the ride.

Hope I don't twist my foot again.

Peace.

I can't believe I just wrote Peace.

But I did.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

ZOMBIES, SEATTLE, AND DIRTY LIMERICKS

I'm going to Seattle in less than a week.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Time flies crazy fast and if you don't plop down on the cold November ground and take stock of what's going on, it will be gone before your first sneeze and cough.

We've been back from Missouri for just over a week. My phone arrived from the St. Louis Arch via FedEx before we even arrived home. I have been working, at the doctor, researching pancreas function and if I could just cut it out (nope), attending BONFIRE OF THE BIRTHDAYS (which I slept through half of it), creating collages for my next collection, allowing my addiction to The Walking Dead to flourish, and eating PHO at Bambu in Maplewood.

PHO is good. Very good. Try it.

My collages and decollages currently are on display and for sale at THE CREATIVE COTTAGE in Afton, Minnesota. Check it out and be collagified!

I work. Mostly a lot. Less last week. Tired. Wasn't feeling well. That specific sentiment of not feeling well gets in the way of the need to work tons to save for my next trip but I'm getting by and life is becoming easier.

BONFIRE OF THE BIRTHDAYS was, I've been told, crazy fun! I had a good time from what I attended, and dirty drunken limericks, performed with awesomely bad accents, have become the new tradition.

Watching The Walking Dead is like doing research for the zombie apocalypse.

Better safe than sorry.