500 Miles to Memphis played a show at The Nick last October and I completely dug it. Good energy and fun music. The Nick is always draws a bit of a diverse crowd. Just don’t wear clothes you won’t mind getting smokey. The scary looking pedal steel guy was my favorite part and sadly, I [...]
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Jinsei: Half-price rolls on Sundays
In my book, the only thing better than great sushi is great cheap sushi. I’ve received word from reliable sources that Jinsei is offering rolls at half price Sunday evenings. You can bet I’ll be going in tonight to check it out. If this is indeed true, that sushi had better watch out. This is, [...]
If I could be in 3 places Saturday evening
1. Eating Alabama. Eating Alabama‘s intrepid team of locavores seems to be on the verge of outdoing itself with this grand autumnal feast: The Alabama Supper. The thought of tasting a big old local pig slowly roasted over a hand-dug brick oven (or the apple cider, the sweet potatoes, or the Good People beer) is [...]
Iron Pour Tomorrow Night
Our town worked hard to earn the nickname “Pittsburgh of the South.” I’ll pay homage to the iron industry tomorrow night by witnessing (and participating in) an iron pour at Sloss Furnaces. After a tour of the furnaces, they’re going to let us all cast something myself. I hope the gloves are really thick. The [...]
Moving right along
Getting this site up and running is a bit like getting stuck behind a freight train.
