Quote of the "month"
October 2006
"I still cry everyday," she says softly. "I think about Mary all the time. We've been to all these places with her," she says looking around the venue in which we're sitting. "Now we have to establish new memories without her and it's really hard."
"This album is many things, but it is mainly us turning our backs to the non-life that might be death or to depression turning your back to that. Not blocking it out because sadness is there and there are things that have happened that can take a long time to heal. It's not denial but certainly looking forward."
"Once you're in this process there is no going back. And there is no point anyway." - Laetitia Sadier, on recording the album Margerine Eclipse following the death of fellow Stereolab member Mary Hansen, from Umbrella Music interview, 8 May 2004.
Movin' on up
As anyone who reads this probably knows, I've recently moved to the Miami area to take a job at a law school library. So far, the job is going well. I'll post more about that later. First, I wanted to do quick reviews of a couple of restaurants I stopped in on the way down here.
The first is the Dutch Kitchen in Frackville, PA. It's right off Exit 124B on I-81. It's a homey little place with loads of knick-knacks for sale on the walls. There's a regular dining room, which is attached to a small diner with counter. I had the Baked Pork Sausages, which were awesome. I also had a bowl of New England Clam Chowder, which was quite good. I ordered a piece of the pumpkin pie to go and ate it much later on the road. Service was quick and pleasant. I think the whole thing cost me about $17 or so, plus tip. I highly recommend a stop if you're driving I-81.
The second was this tiny place on Highway 80 in Pooler, GA called Don's Famous Barbecue. It's about 1 mile west of I-95, off Exit 102. Don's is a tiny little place, with a bunch of small tables and booths. Ordering is done at a small cash register near the entrance, and then the food is brought out from the kitchen to your table. I had the pork sandwich, which comes sans sauce. Hot and mild sauce are provided at the table. I preferred the hot, but the two mixed together was also quite good: spicy and a little sweet. The pork was tender, but not overly so, it's chopped rather than pulled, so it's texture is more similar to well-cooked ribs than the usual pulled pork shoulder. I had the sandwich and a small soda, which amounted to about $6.00. Far, far more satisfying than what I would have received for $6.00 in some crappy fast-food joint, that's for sure.
I have finished the slight redesign of this site. All of the links should now be working. The front page is a little ugly. I'll do something with it at some point, but right now it's functional. Eventually, there will be content under the rest of the menu options. For now, I've posted some new stuff in the writings section. Mostly papers from library school, and a few I wrote in London that weren't up here before for some reason.
More later.
