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A. Freeman needs to look for his shot a little less.
Glad I went to Star Wars with the family today instead
Speaking of assistants…. appears that the great white North has worn out another welcome…this guy is coming close to committing professional suicide. It will be interesting to see if he can stick somewhere long enough to get the gig he understandably covets. At this route, he may be better off being the top dog to prove his smarts
Daily Advertiser: Orgeron still frosty toward Canada, who may be replaced by Ensminger after Citrus Bowl. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwkIGTpTo
I last had the pork chop sandwich (two of them) @ snappy in early 2000. It was really good…now, it was not as good as cheese steaks in Philly, muffaletta from New Orleans central grocery, Katz deli pastrami.
Grandma’s and their cooking. I can dig it.
Regarding snappy lunch…they have one thing to eat and one thing only – pork chop sandwich.
Pack1997 – do you even watch games this year?
He had made 25 of his last 30 shots. He is shooting 65% for the year.
He was 3 for 3 Saturday.
I don’t know why he didn’t see more minutes vs UNCG.
To be honest, I found his lack of playing time coupled with some others abundance of it more disturbing than the results of the game.
Yogi – Agreed on Arlington.
It is truly humbling.
And Grey – thanks for info on the Viking Cruise and more importantly – Normandy. I want to go to there sometime within the next 10 years. I would like to go with my son, since he likes history. But @ 9, he can’t yet appreciate it.
Rye – agreed on the steaks.
Also, as Rye notes, Country BBQ is a definitely a must-stop. However, I recommend that you stop in for breakfast.
Their Pork Tenderloin biscuits are fantastic – and the line routinely goes out the door as locals wait for it.
I do NOT recommend the Lexington BBQ festival. I thought I was going to some kind of BBQ Mecca. It was not. It was just another fall fest. Arts and crafts, a beer garden and like 2 tents serving BBQ. Boo….
Rye – 5 Guys is pretty good. Burgers are one of those things I can cook really good on my own (at least, to me, my burgers are every bit as good, if not better than 5 guys, cook-out, char-grill, etc) – and I’d rather be drinking beer on my patio grilling the burgers myself with whatever tunes I want than sitting in a booth paying an extra few bucks to have the process outsourced and tunes I don’t control and sanitary conditions I don’t control either.
Rye – regarding Cook-Out – you gotta watch out for Greensboro “boosters.” I like Greensboro, but there are lot of folks there who are very loyal to the town -and really champion things coming out of there. Cook-Out, Natty Green, Red Oak, Crafted – these things are pretty good – but sometimes, even within the town itself (especially true with Natty Green/Red Oak) – there’s a better alternative.
Becton91 – Sadlack’s was a victim of “progress.” It’s gone, I think they are building a larger building on there now. Joints with personality seem to be sorely missing on Hillsborough Street.
As someone who went to the original cook-out…I thought their burgers were good – but not any better than Char-Grill, not that much better than a Wendy’s Double quite frankly.
In the early 90s, I lived right down the road from it. It was pretty good – but it was just basically a fast food burger. Char-Grill was much more memorable. IN and OUT was better than both in my opinion. I have driven by both Char Grill and countless Cook-Outs, and sadly, in the case of Char Grill anyhoo, don’t find myself craving them. I do know next time I’m out west, I’m hitting in and out burger.
As someone mentioned above – Fat Daddy’s had great burgers (they and Fuddrucker’s used the same kind of bun, which definitely enhances the overall “burger” experience.) I have also been to Bad Daddy’s – it’s good – but not great. Hop-Burger in Greensboro is pretty good. As mentioned earlier – Farmburger in Asheville is a favorite of mine. They marry the burger, a good beer, a place you can take a kid, fast service, but still feel like you are eating OUT better than any other spot around here.
BoTB – Thanks – and thanks for sharing your yarn…sounds like you earned your time at the beach.
And, boy, gonna sound like the old foagie now, but that’s another thing that has changed is the expectation of work. I think the time when one was expected to work is getting older and older. When he was around, my Dad would give me the stink eye when I was 10 or 11 or so for not working (because he worked in some of those ‘bacca fields in the summer.) Of course, you couldn’t really do that in the suburbia that I grew up in (Greensboro/ Raleigh). But I did go to door to door and find some lawns to mow until I found my first official part-time job at the local Kerr Drugs when child labor law allowed me to work. That gave me ample walking around $$.
Rye – it’s not just the structure. It was the expectation to entertain oneself. You see like you’re about my age. But from the 70s-80s – a lot of things happened to the American family that forever changed our society. Kids started showing up on milk cartons, divorce, working Moms, no parents around, and well, we were the last generation of children with real freedom.
Bill and Rye – I tend to agree.
I was a latch key kid of the 80s. My Mom and Dad split up for good when I was in 5th grade (even before then, he wasn’t around much) – but by that time, I had my routine established…in August, we’d start playing pick-up football. We played tackle – first downs were 2 completions or a reasonable amount of yardage, 3 Mississippi rush, with 1 blitz per set of downs.
When it got colder, we had pick-up basketball at the local Baptist Church – and played until school ended.This is when I mention that during this time, starting in the fall and the spring, I had soccer practice. In the winter, there was Y League basketball. It was usually 1 day a week and an hour. Games were on Saturdays – but our true passion – even though almost all kids played soccer – was the basketball and/or football games we played every afternoon until school ended.
My son doesn’t have that. These days kids don’t roam the neighborhoods. It’s little wonder that kids are gender confused these days. We medicate our boys so they don’t act up. We institutionalize them in class rooms – and kids have little freedom. Heck, I walked to school when I was in kindergarten and 1st grade.
And Rye with a name like “Ryebread” you really need to be weighing in on the food thread!
Yea Rye – I played it as well. And as much as anything, that reinforced my belief that there was a toughness lacked in the average American soccer player.
I think the game is classically European – risk averse, resistant to any kind of change (heaven forbid you stop the clock when there’s an injury or stoppage of play)…the flopping.
You see, I don’t want America to be in great in soccer. The main reason that the push to be great in soccer is the “everyone else is doing it!” crowd.
I do see why it’s a popular game for participants. The action is more constant than baseball, the rules are easy to understand, and you get a good cardio workout. But from a spectator sport perspective – like auto racing – it isn’t as good as other sports.
I am a bud light fan myself. It’s my grilling / starter / tailgating beer / golfing beer.
I like good beers. But you can’t consume as many of those without adverse consequences as you can your domestic light beer.
Uh yeah Plywood. More you can shake a stick at. Food trucks are fine at a brewery with ample seating.
Asheville is a great food City. Been to farm burger, white duck taco and a great biscuit place there but never curate
Curate must be good. I have heard too many different people from different backgrounds to think otherwise.
Do they have a kids menu? There, now you see my problem.
Agrt whiteshoes.
I think that’s a huge part of the appeal Ironically, it’s a hit amongst those who claim to be the most open-minded.
Fastback – if you like food New Orleans is a required destination. Of course, they cheat. Lots of butter, salt.
I want to try rendezvous sometimes in Memphis. I was hoping I got this gig that would require a 4 week stay there just so I could try it out.
Fastback – Yea. You missed it. I have eaten some around here and the effort is there but they come up woefully short. And the topper is the fresh french bread served with it.
I have come to the conclusion that of I can’t have acme or Drago’s (whom I have also heard good things about) – I will have none.
Now, more recently, I have become born again as a fresh oyster man – if the place passes some sanitation and freshness guidelines. They are really good as well.
Went to a little place on Meeting street in Charleston. The servers were snooty (for being restauntuers) but the oysters we’re awesome. Probably would have been a shame to char broil em
I see a thread like this, I realize it’s been a while since I have had a special meal.
So here’s a couple from a while back:
Crawfish Monica at the fairgrounds for Jazz fest.
Barbeque oysters @ redfish.
Charcoal grilled oysters @ acme.
Muffaleta from Central grocery
A burger joint in Austin, TX that resulted in me making a subtle change to my own burgers.
Italian mix from some small grocery delivery in Albany
Pastrami @ Katz deli nycA) Sun Bowl has been around forever.
B) I did some research and it’s not unusual for a team finishing 2nd in its division to go to the bowl (since the ACC signed on.)
3) It is, however, the first time a 6-2 acc team went to this bowl since we signed the deal with them.4) As cowdog indicates, the perfect storm pushed us here. Further, it got us a bad opponent who just fired it’s coach.
Finally, we have typically gotten a better bowl than we deserved and its our turn to get the short end of the stick.
