Calling for a Boycott of Starbucks’ Jizz Cake!
Read MoreStarbucks makes strong coffee. I love strong coffee. So, I love Starbucks.
Quod erat demonstrandum.
But Seattle, we have a problem.
Your pastries suck!
Dinner With Old Bear at Dickie Brennan’s Steakhouse
Read MoreSometimes, someone else’s needs are greater than my own.
— Mark “Old Bear” Hughes
Nolan Dalla Rant: Maid to Drive Me Crazy
Maid’s carts outside my hotel room door at the New Orleans Sheraton
Read MoreI sympathize. I really do.
Working as a hotel maid must be a brutal job. It doesn’t pay shit. You’re forced to clean up other people’s filth. I can’t even begin to imagine the nasty things you see every day.
That said, I do have one simple request.
QUIT WAKING ME UP EVERY FUCKING MORNING AT 7:20 AM!
The Strangers Beside Us
Read MoreWe pass by strangers every day.
Most of the time, like ships in the night, we don’t even know they’re there or who they are.
I wonder how many times we’ve stood beside truly remarkable people, extraordinary individuals among us — those who have witnessed incredible events in history and may have even shaped the world in some way — and didn’t even know it.
It probably happens more often than you think.
Mother’s (New Orleans)
Read MoreIsn’t there an old saying that you shouldn’t eat at a place called “Mother’s?” Or maybe the saying goes, “Never play poker with a man named ‘Doc,” and don’t eat at a place called “Mom’s.”
Whatever.
Whoever wrote that has never eaten at famous Mother’s Restaurant, on Poydras Street in New Orleans.Â
Here’s my review.
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