Ramblings and Junk

Looking for one of these in San Francisco.

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:09:52 -0500

Looking for one of these in San Francisco.

Super Bowl Sunday

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:37:00 -0500

So this weekend is Super Bowl Sunday with two teams playing that I could care little about. I will still watch the entire game, if it is not an Indianapolis blow out in the first half, and even if it is I will keep it on and be in the 51% of viewers who watch purely for the commercials.

Can you believe that? I don’t have a citation for that stat, I just heard it on CNN the other night while sitting in the airport and since I got to see the story 3 times, I remember it was 51%. I know these aren’t big market teams, but that number still seems very high to me. If I wasn’t traveling right now, I would TiVo the game just to re-watch any of the commercials that are good, I am a geek and an advertising geek as well.

My prediction for Sunday, 31-28, Saints win in a close one and stop the great Peyton Manning game winning drive short of a touchdown and out of field goal range.

And one more thing, I bet the Tim Tebow ad sucks monkey balls.

Superbowl Inspiration: The Book That Motivates The Saints (huffingtonpost.com)
The Funniest Superbowl Ads Of All Time (VIDEO) (huffingtonpost.com)
Super Sunday is not about football at ‘Faith Bowl’ (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
Advertising: An Advocacy Ad Stirs a National Debate (nytimes.com)

Sonia Hunt: “Fang..? Suck Me”

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:21:21 -0500

This is a re-post of a review by Sonia Hunt, more can be found at www.soniahunt.wordpress.com.

Sonia Hunt: “Fang..? Suck Me”

01/04/2010 by soniahunt

When I hear a name like ‘Fang’ I am reminiscent of wearing a gothic black gown, coyly sashaying into a crowded dark bar where Bill Compton abruptly appears, passionately grabbing me into a corner ready to suck on me while saying “Soni is mine!” Could be a dream, you say? Well this version ‘Fang’ comes without the vampires but someone should have sucked the life out of me anyway, because this meal was lifeless.

If you like the SF staple ‘House of Nanking’, then good for you. Welcome to Peter Fang’s sister property that is way more upscale even though it’s nestled next to the Gold Club. The presentation and atmosphere are better than Nanking – dim lighting, bamboo lanterns cast a glow on this trendy place in the SOMA district. But the food and service need dire help, even if from the vampire persuasion.

In general everything was too oily for my taste; I want to taste the food, not the oil it was cooked in. The Peking Duck had no flavor and the buns and meat were dry. The Mongolian Beef Tower was blasé and was drenched in crispy noodles sans the veggies listed on the menu. The Wonton Soup tasted like someone poured me a bowl of Campbell’s chicken broth, but without the garlic, ginger, scallion, wontons, rice wine vinegar, etc., that come in a true wonton soup. I was forced to stop there as the gargantuan portion sizes were telling me so. All in all, I was searching for Fang to entice my pompous palate and I came up high and dry, making Fang not even appealing enough for Eric Northman to take a bite of. Although the prices are decent for the portions you get, my quest continues for a great Chinese restaurant in San Francisco. So I’ll drink my True Blood and meander to the next place.

I can cook too.

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:10:34 -0500

I can cook too.

Saddleback Creek - Yeeee Haaaaa

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:24:08 -0500

Saddleback Creek - Yeeee Haaaaa

Baldacci

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:57:11 -0500

Baldacci

Clos Vu Dal

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:26:05 -0500

Clos Vu Dal

Merry Christmas!

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:48:09 -0500

Merry Christmas!

Snow in NY.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:36:17 -0500

Snow in NY.

From atop the Empire State Building at 2am.

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:35:39 -0500

From atop the Empire State Building at 2am.

Post dinner

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:08:18 -0500

Post dinner

Dinner w/ the Eagles vs. Giants game.

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:07:13 -0500

Dinner w/ the Eagles vs. Giants game.

From 32,000 Feet

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:51:47 -0500

Just because I can, I am putting this post up while on my flight to Chicago from Atlanta. I don’t know why all airlines don’t have in flight wireless service available, big thumbs up for Delta.

My new view.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:01:39 -0500

My new view.

Random video of the road on my drive to San Francisco. ...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:50:58 -0500

Random video of the road on my drive to San Francisco. Background song that came on just happened to be about going to SF.

Road Trip Wrap Up

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:43:00 -0500

Some statistics from the trip:

4029 miles traveled over 11 days

Many, many diners, but no waitresses named ‘Flo’

42 cans of Monster energy drink consumed (3 additional cans of Rockstar energy drink consumed when Monster could not be found)

3 hats purchased, 2 are from the corn palace for my nephews

An estimated 252 gallons of gasoline burned

1 car wash

1 speeding ticket, 2 conversations with law enforcement

14 states traversed

1 tumbleweed seen blowing across the road

1 radio station listened to entire trip (ALT Nation SiriusXM)

Estimated 2 lbs of cashews and salted sunflower seeds consumed

1 Fireman’s Ball attended

1 altercation over game of pool avoided

Many memories made and sights seen.

View from living room of Sonia’s condo.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:58:35 -0500

View from living room of Sonia’s condo.

San Francisco

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:41:19 -0500

San Francisco

More Nevada desert.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:51:16 -0500

More Nevada desert.

Leaving Las Vegas.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:34:22 -0500

Leaving Las Vegas.