12 Dec 2014 28 Comments
in Humor, Observations Tags: blogging, blogs, cooking, fame, food, humor, Kim Kardashian, Sean Colgin, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, writing
It’s impossible to be objective when it comes to ourselves. Just in the way we can never know what other people see when they look at us, I sometimes wonder what other people must think of my blog.
Self-important-looking selfie with painting
“Stand up straight, babe,” my wife will sometimes say to me.
I wonder if there’s a blog equivalent of not standing up straight. Are any of my sentences lazy? More
15 Nov 2014 5 Comments
in Humor, Observations Tags: Americana, Andrew Bird, Durango, Gram Parsons, humor, indie, music, Neil Young, Sean Colgin, Wilco
I recently released an album of my original songs.
“You should promote your album on your blog,” a friend said.
“But my blog is a food blog!” I protested.
I wish I could say it was nine songs about food. But it’s not. It’s nine songs about all those things that relate loosely to food — love and sex, the pursuit of happiness, pondering our own bellybuttons, etc. More
24 Oct 2014 8 Comments
in On the Road, Pork, Starlets, Yoga Students & Quinoa (stories) Tags: Barley Forge Brewing Co., Camping, cowboys, Don Julio 70, Dumbledore, Garth's Boulder Garden, Greg Nylen, Joshua Tree, Pioneertown, Santa Maria tri tip, Sean Colgin, smoked pork shoulder
It was past Pioneertown, the last outpost, at the end of a long and dusty dirt road amidst the boulders and Joshua trees and outlaw cabins of the Mojave desert, that we set up camp.
Desert shadow selfie
More specifically, it was the property of our friend and Scoutmaster, Greg, and his wife Mary Ann, and an official Cub Scouts camp out. And I was designated cook for 50 or so people on Saturday night.
30 Aug 2013 7 Comments
in Eating Out, Food, Starlets, Yoga Students & Quinoa (stories) Tags: Chris Burden, food, humor, pop-up restaurant, pumpernickel, Sean Colgin, Topanga Elementary
Who would’ve guessed finding a good loaf of pumpernickel could be such a challenge!
I do a number of fundraising dinners, usually for my kids’ schools. It’s something I’m good at that I can contribute, the dinners bring in a lot of money for the schools, and they make a lot of people happy. But I had never done one quite this large before.
Heirloom tomatoes for gazpacho and green zebra risotto
Let me establish one thing: I am not a caterer. I don’t have all that caterer stuff, I dislike buffets, I don’t like not having creative control over every single dish. I typically do fancy dinners for anywhere from four to 16 or 18 people. More
skinny girls & mayonnaise 