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What's Your Favorite Dive-Bar Snack?
Recently I read an interesting article in 7x7 magazine about the pleasures of dive bars. It got me thinking about dive-bar food. You don't have to admit that you frequent dive bars, but 'fess up: What is your favorite dive bar snack?
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Have Cafe Novelists Replaced Boozin' Writers?
In the past, the writer's life was often a lush life. Many great American novelists — including Ernest Hemingway and John Cheever — were notorious drunks. In fact, according to an article by Tom Shone in the new issue of More Intelligent Life, five of America's seven Nobel literary laureates were alcoholics:
In America William Faulkner and Scott Fitzgerald were the Paris and Britney of their day, caught in the funhouse mirror of fame, their careers a vivid tabloid mash-up of hospitalizations and electroshock therapies.
Say Cheese! Pancetta Smoked Mozzarella Skewers
A couple of weeks ago I read an article on the Atlantic's food blog that recommended making a grilled skewer appetizer with smoked cheese cubes wrapped in pancetta. The story reminded me of a delicious tapa I had years ago in a Spanish dive bar. Anxious to re-create the dish, I headed to the store and purchased thinly sliced pancetta and smoked mozzarella.
Happy Hour: Kasteel Cru Lager
Last night when I was out and about San Francisco, I came across the cutest little dive bar, The Black Horse Pub. Virtually a hole in the wall, this eclectic "deli" has a bathtub behind the bar filled with various European brews. When I asked the delightful bartender for the lightest bottled beer, he pulled out a beer I had never heard of before: a French lager called Kasteel Cru.
Wee Baby Loves Wii
Some people say they're old souls. I would reckon that this baby's soul is around 80 years old, and it's a regular Scotch drinker and Camel unfiltered cigarette smoker. Just a wild guess.
LL & Samantha Are 100% Sure They Don't Agree With Michael
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson stayed in Los Angeles over the holiday weekend where it was pretty much business as usual for the girls. The two shopped, hung out with friends, drank lots of coffee and even spent Christmas night getting Chinese food at a local dive bar. Last week Lindsay blogged about Michael Lohan's illegitimate child and now he's taken his response to a new level.
Product of the Day: "You Are a Douche" Cards
Here's one way to make friends and influence enemies! According to the Douche Cards website, if you hand out this card to "the asshole in question," you'll avoid arguments or barroom brawls. And how is formally telling someone in writing that they're a douche going to do that exactly?
Handle This: Your Date Can't Afford to Take You Out
Recently you were asked out on a date by a guy who works in your building. For your first date, he takes you on a fun factory tour of a local brewery, and you guys grab slices of pizza afterward. On the next date he takes you to his favorite burrito place and then an art gallery.
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