January 17th Blog
Well, these have been a couple of really crappy days if you’re in the restaurant business. Not much more to say about it. Many restaurants couldn’t even open. Those that did probably saw a bunch of empty tables. Got to hand it Sharon Watkins at Chez Zee though. She lost power, battled the elements, and has still been open every night. If I could get the hell up my driveway, I would have been there in a heartbeat.
As for us, we hunkered down out in Westlake and made soup. The vegetable soup with a beef stock was delicious. Add some hot ciabatta rolls and a little vino and voila! Tonight, we’re eating chicken soup. Jewish penecillin. Celery, carrots, onions, parsley, and some whole wheat tagliatelli pasta. And then we’re going to put in a DVD and watch The Devil Wears Prada. Chicken soup and Meryl Streep. How cool is that? Every now and then it’s kind of nice to have a snow day (unless you’re in the service business).
Fox 7 has got their photogs running (understandably) all over town tracking down storm related stories. So no live review this week. But we are going to the archives to broadcast an earlier review of Frank and Angies. Next week back to live reviews at Cool River and the week after Sampaio’s.
And congratulations to all the TV weather types, particularly Scott Fisher. Normally, a weather run like this usually produces a kind of frenzied euphoria akin to a shark feeding frenzy. I think Sammy Allred once referred to this euphoria as a “weather woodie.” But mostly, the coverage has been thorough but not sensatonalized. Even a bit restrained at times. Imagine that. There’s hope for the western world after all.
