fold, spindle, masticate
Finally, a use for all those old CD spindles: better breakfast through recycling. (via Core77)
The Judy Bridgewater schwag mystery
On Friday, I received a double-bubble-wrapped, via expensive DHL overnight, cassette tape. There was no letter or press release or anything resembling an explanation, just a tightly packaged tape with a retro cover of a Liz Taylor wannabe lounging on a couch holding a quellazaire, smoke elegantly emanating from the cigarette it’s holding. The album…
Let’s roll the tape
For innumerable good reasons, I’ve always avoided watching MSNBC’s anniversary rerun of Today’s Sept. 11 coverage. But I threw the thing on this morning while I cleaned the apartment, and it turned out to be a fascinating lesson in what we’ve forgotten about the day we’ll always remember. Sure, it’s an icky watch. While it’s…
this week in meat
+ Wildly popular Winter Park barbecue joint 4 Rivers Smokehouse adds a Winter Garden location at 1047 S. Dillard St., slated for a March 2011 opening. They are miracle workers, to be sure, but with 2,700 square feet of space, separate outdoor seating and a drive-through to wrangle, if they finish on time, we’ll eat…
In case you didn’t feel like showing up
Didn’t make the Drano Royal Flush event at the Amway Center on Wednesday? Neither did we, but judging by the PR photos we received from the Orlando Magic today, a good time was had by all.
Attack of the Giant Illustrators tonight
If you missed last Friday’s opening of the Giant Illustrators exhibit (not much advance press was sent out), here’s another shot. The Orlando chapter of AIGA is holding a free social in conjunction with the show tonight. Here’s the invite: September 9, FREE Please join us for a social, September 9th at 6:30PM, at the…
R.I.P. GEORGE CROSSLEY
Well, we saw this coming last night when reports surfaced that our favorite Orlando hellraiser collapsed yesterday at his radio station office, and having just heard the news confirmed, we have yet to quite get our collective head around George Crossley’s death. The former televangelist, activist, ACLU leader and (so very importantly) FRIEND to the…
bunnies, you guys
Like everyone else, I’m currently fascinated/oversaturated with information design. (Careful what you click on, though, because this.) Indexed is Jessica Hagy’s blog of daily, very simple infographics, drawn on index cards; I thought I’d share this one with you, my fellow food-obsessed folks. Pretty succinct delineation of the difference between being in the chips and…
Mister robata
Sushi and grilled meats will have you saying â??domo arigatoâ??
On his back
WWE pins down John Cenaâ??s career with atrocious wrestling tale
Comments
Legalize him I think it would be sad to make such a talented family leave the country (“The measure of a man,” Sept. 2). I know this family and they bring great music and joy everywhere they go and perform. They do a lot for the community, schools in the area and anyone who comes…
Live Active Cultures
There’s no argument over the fact that Orlando is America’s theme-park epicenter, with more world-class attractions per capita than anywhere on Earth outside of Japan or Dubai. But just because Central Florida’s amusements are the biggest and most popular, doesn’t mean its methods are the best or only way of doing things. Long before Uncle…
This Little Underground
Reunited and it feels so goooood. Sup, my babies? It’s great to be back in the saddle. You know I never like to leave you hanging, but I was up in the deep purple of Minneapolis for the 25th Anniversary Bash for noise-rock institution Amphetamine Reptile Records, which – whoo! – was one brain-blasting sonic…
Kingdom of the crystal kitsch
Crystal Castles; with Bear in Heaven; 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9; Firestone Live, 407-872-0066; www.firestonelive.net; $20-$25 ;; Kitsch is a powerful tool, especially when it tugs on the threadbare-sleeve-borne heart of one of the most anachronistically nostalgic cultural groups ever to make or break a band. That Crystal Castles struck an immediate chord with the…
You donâ??t know what they do
Nappy Roots with Grey Matter, DJ Kittybat 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 9 The Social, 407-246-1419 www.thesocial.org $15 “I was thinking about what kind of news report would come up when they find out that a flight has crashed today and onboard was the Grammy-nominated artists the Nappy Roots,” says B Stille, a rapper from the…
Orlando gets edible
It wasn’t so long ago in Orlando that it was almost impossible to buy garden-fresh organic produce unless you were lucky enough to have a secret farm source. Over the past few years, the locavore movement has caught hold, and the Sept. 1 debut of Edible Orlando magazine is further evidence of the city’s progress.…
Crowd scene
Thomas Thorspecken Sketches the Audience Sept. 5 at Lowndes Shakespeare Center Artist Thomas Thorspecken has delighted a growing number of Orlando fans over the past year and half with his detailed sketches of community scenes that he mostly captures at random. The bespectacled professional typically operates on the sly, pulling out pencil, pen and paper…
DVDs Nuts!
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done A ton of talented people (Michael Shannon, Chloë Sevigny, Willem Dafoe, David Lynch) hop aboard Werner Herzog’s latest crazed passion project and pay for it dearly, but interestingly. Ostensibly a failure, My Son follows an actor (Shannon) who kills his mother in a Greek play, then really…
She is Samus, hear her roar
Metroid:Other M Nintendo Wii At this point, Samus Aran, the blonde heroine of Nintendo’s long-running Metroid series, really doesn’t have anything left to prove. She’s starred in 11 — 11! — different video games, dating all the way back to the days when Ronald Reagan camped in the White House. She already became the subject…
Dare to dream
When Eli Morales was 5 years old, her parents made a difficult decision. They left Eli with her grandparents in Pachivia, Mexico, to pursue a more prosperous life in the United States. Pachivia, a tiny town in the state of Guerrero just south of Mexico City, offered few opportunities for Eli’s family. Her father earned…
Distance learning
This summer, four students from Rollins College traveled 1,100 miles to attend a summer camp in New York City. That may seem an unlikely place to find a summer camp (and a long distance to travel for such a thing), but this wasn’t a typical camp experience. It was a week-long intensive session for students…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): My friend Alana suffered from a mysterious ailment for months. Symptoms included vertigo, stomach pains and numbness in her legs. After being treated unsuccessfully by six health-care practitioners, both mainstream and alternative, she went to see Dr. Ling, a Chinese herbalist recommended by a friend. Ling was a dour woman who…
Savage Love
A few nights ago, I got drunk and knocked on my roommate’s door and confessed my attraction to him while he was lying in bed in nothing more than his skivvies. I asked him if I could sleep in his room because our other roommate — whose bedroom is directly above mine — was having…
Happytown
We’re off to see the Wizard! Well, we were, anyway. In our ongoing attempt to keep you apprised of all of the comings and goings of the still somewhat theoretical Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts – formerly known as The Pin-Drop Palace™ before the acoustic hall was removed – we skipped downtown to…
The best of the bunch (so far)
So here we are, having made it through two-thirds of the year, only a day away from the official start of the Toronto International Film Festival and the unofficial starting gun for the 2010 awards season. Before the Finchers and the Weinsteins can go and shake up the ranks too much, here’s a look at…
All the real girls (are somewhere else)
Since pride in our community rests at the tippy top of our to-do list always here at OW, we must give thanks to our newest qualifying overachiever in the neighborhood. 19-year-old go-getter, Kaitlyn Chana, who spells her name much fancier than I do. KaitlYn will be at the Altamonte Mall on September 11th to wow…
Don’t drink the Drano, Heather…
OK, so here’s the thing, Heather. Just as we were sealing up our lockers and lubing up our panties to get out of here for a long three-day weekend last Friday, a “What’s Ahead” media advisory from the city – one of seemingly toxic importance – splattered across our transom. At first blush, we were…
you can call me alfajor
Last week I had lunch at La Granja—which, if you never have, you really should; the $3.95 lunch special is crazy good, and any place that puts french fries in a stir-fry is worth multiple visits—and, anyway, as I was ordering I noticed a little stack of homely wax-paper-wrapped disks on a plastic cake stand,…
