Monthly Archives: May 2012

A Day at the Beach

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Two mornings after I saw the band Beach House play in Jax Beach, I decided to head to Atlantic Beach. Coincidentally enough, the first people I walk up to and ask what they’re doing, the woman Hece responds, “We are building beach house.”

She was there with Deyan, and “We always do beach house,” she said.

Atlantic Beach was a pretty happening place Saturday morning, as can be expected as more and more kids get out of school for summer and the weather gets hotter and hotter.

From beach-house building, to bike-riding, to reading or running around, there’s all sorts to do in the sunshine on the sand near the ocean. Fishing, surfing, kites and boats, too, of course.

Beach House, at the Beaches, & Asa, too!

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Loblolly, Between Two Houses

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There’s a reason I hadn’t heard of the Loblolly Hogtown Creek Greenway until yesterday morning, and that is that the entrance is wedged between two houses. Just North of University, on 34th,  exists these secret woods, with trails, water, and wildlife running through them.

Just North of the intersection of 34th and University.

Blunderbussed

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Ahhh, Jack White!! He keeps doing this. Putting out ripping music, who’s chords strike relevance down to my pulsing blood. I guess that’s why it works so well.

I can’t say I’ve listened to the full album sufficiently yet, even if I have heard ‘Love Interruption’ upwards of ten times. I feel any comment on the raw of the lyrics will reveal much more about me and my recent love-history than I’d care to share with the unknown, suffice to say — it gets me. It gets me good. I can feel it, it makes me want to get up on stage and rock, even riff off some blues. If only I could play guitar.

Anyone who’s been in a relationship that’s screwed them(haha), I think you’ll dig that song. I heard he nailed it in his performance on SNL, maybe youtube it.

Oh, okay fine, here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSLem5hLxLc

My favorite song so far though, other than that ‘Love Interruption’ which I kinda feel stands on its own, is ‘Missing Pieces’. Again, maybe revealing a bit too much, but the final lyrics just nail the love-struck victim on the head with truth. No better way, I say. It’s only the opening track, though, so I guess I’ve got the rest of the album to go listen to…

http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Blunderbuss/7498797

Catching Stars

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I’ve been a terrible theatre-goer as of late, but I have seen one new play on broadway, and that was Peter and the Starcatcher. Apparently it was a good call, as it’s got nine Tony Award Nominations. http://peterandthestarcatcher.com/

Much of the set was made out of recycled material, from the Little Mermaid set previously on Broadway, for example. That adds to the magic of the play in my eyes, aside from it taking on the back-story of fabled Peter Pan. Not all Broadway plays use recycled material from other Broadway plays, it helps that the set designer Donyale Werle is co-chair of Broadway Green Alliance’s Pre/Post Production Committee.

This just opened on Broadway a few weeks ago, but when I was in New York I was still hearing rave reviews of “The Book of Mormon.” When you can’t get tickets for something till next January, that’s usually a good sign there’s a reason for it. “Death of a Salesman” was also on the top of my list, and tickets were SOLD OUT.

Planning trips to the city and purchasing tickets long before you get there is a solid idea.

Brightest Night, in Asheville

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Enter if you can shrug the dignity.

It was the night of the brightest full moon in 30 years, if you missed it Saturday Cinco de Mayo, stick around another 30 and maybe it’ll happen again. The Tupelo Honey Cafe had a wait, because it’s so good, so I wondered into the hipster-ist of hipster-stores — no, the hipster-ist of the hipster of hipster stores, in the hipster-capital of the East. What other could I be speaking of than the Urban Outfitters in the heart of Asheville, NC? I couldn’t stay in long, of course, I felt like I was holding my breath in there, but I did it — I went in, snapped a shot to prove, yes, it -does- exist, right there on the corner of College and some other street(oops), and yes, I survived.

The wait ended, and the egg-roll appetizer was great, but not as good as the chicken I had for dinner. Okay, so, I can’t remember the fancy name on the menu, but it came with cheesy cauliflower which I had doubts about, but turned out to be much better than expected. The desserts though, that’s the real gold. The banana pudding will nearly melt your face off with its smooth delectability, and the sweet potato creme brûlée is just too odd of a menu-item to not try out. Turns out, both are great options. You’ll appreciate the lightness of the pudding after a full meal of awesome, but the sweet potato creme brûlée is so rare and definitely worth it in my book.

As its early May, a table outside was perfect, and I had full view of the bright full moon right from the table.