I am totally into the Bourdain cult! Read everything he writes including his fiction. He lead me to the food classic The Whole Beast, Nose to Tail Eating by Fergus Henderson who is a hero to people who love to eat it all. Bourdain's spirit of adventure really works on his show. I have spent a lot of time here in DC in the small ethnic dives he thrives on.
When I was selling homes in the mid 80's and was married we had a XJ6 too, what a beautiful car. We got ours the last year it looked like a Jag 87? Like many objects of beauty it also caused pain years later, but it will forever be my gold standard for my sweetest ride ever. Great story about your dance club experiences. You have drunk deeply of the cup of life my friend. Nice. --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > I am hip to Patron and Tres Generacions although I usually drink > them > > neat. Herradura is a good traditionally produced one too. I like > all > > the versions anejo, reposido and blanco depending on how much > agave I > > want to taste. I think tequila is harder on my stomach than > similar > > quantities of other hard liquor. I could be wrong though so I'll > have > > to test it again! > > I know what you mean about harder on the stomach- I used to enjoy > drinking a glass of good brut champagne, followed by a tequila shot, > lemon and salt. Haven't done one in awhile(!). It was great as a > prelude to dancing at a club though. Used to get in my 85 xj6 jag > with Gail, open the sunroof, crank up Tom Petty or U2 and go flying > down the freeway into San Jose; four thousand pounds, four point two > liter inline six cylinder engine, 1949 model fuel injected British > racing engine, two hundred horsepower, glued to the road, lots of > torque! > > There used to be a great club in downtown San Jose (don't recall the > name) up on the second floor of a building on second street, with an > atrium in the middle, so the middle of the club was open in the > center, all the way down to a fountain on the first floor. There was > a bar on the long side across from the stairs, dance floor with > small stage next to that, and a lounge area with pool tables across > from the dance floor. Great place to hang out and dance and drink > tequila. > > Sometimes there'd be a conga player with the music or just a conga > in a stand that anyone could play. Saw a really good band from > Mexico there twice, playing this sort of Mayan acid-rock, with a > smoke machine going, looking like an ancient tribe from the mists of > time, jamming away! Fantastic dance music! It was a great place! > > > The ostrich is really not much of a stretch. It is just like beef > but > > very lean. I have purposely expanded my tastes into whatever other > > cultures are enjoying. I work on it to find a new edge to push. > > There is a funny show on the Travel Chanel with a guy eating > bizarre > > stuff from around the world. > > http://travel.discovery.com/tv/bizarre-foods/bizarre-foods.html > > > > In his first trip to Morocco I either had already eaten or would > > gladly eat everything he downed. He will lose me on future > episodes > > involving bugs! I am not down with that! > > You'd probably enjoy Tony Bourdain's No Reservations show on the > Travel Channel if you aren't already watching it. He's an > interesting guy too- eats *anything*, and keeps it real. > > >
