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Category Archives: Thoughts on Matters
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. Category Archives: Thoughts on Matters. Share It (but don’t steal it). Michael F. Weinberg. September 25, 2008. Yesterday’s Penny Arcade. Addresses piracy, or, more properly, the sharing of media between more than one person. It posits that early attempts to prevent piracy by asking the consumer not to share or copy games were ineffective, since the request was delivered absent of consequences or technical limitations on making copies. Necessarily, as media consumption shifts ...
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Category Archives: Music Recommendations
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. Category Archives: Music Recommendations. Chromeo Releases a New Dress Code. Michael F. Weinberg. September 12, 2010. Chromeo’s newest release. Until the record drops on September 14th. I’m hugely obsessed with Chromeo, and consider any tracks the duo touch cause for celebration. Is no exception. It continues the dance-driven groove of their previous records, replete with smooth Talk-Box choruses and slightly geeky, urgent lyrical come-ons. At Berbati’s Pan. April 13, 2009.
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2014 Advent Playlist
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. Every year it gets harder to find good Christmas songs that are new to the advent list. That said, five years would make a great run, so I’m going at it (at-least) once more! Pretty Paper – The Reverend Horton Heat. Christmas Eve With You – Brian McKnight, Dave Koz, & Julie McKnight. Snowmans Stomp – Steve Gray. Grown-up Christmas List – Monica. In Love At Christmas – K-Ci & JoJo. White Christmas – The Isley Brothers. A Love Letter – R. Kelly. Christmas Card – Marvin Sapp.
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52 Foods Week Fifty Two: Barhi Dates
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. 52 Foods Week Fifty One: Guinea Fowl. 52 Foods Week Fifty Two: Barhi Dates. Michael F. Weinberg. December 27, 2011. Two years ago, we escaped rainy Portland to celebrate New Year’s Eve in sunny Palm Springs. As I mentioned earlier this year, our trip involved a stop at Shields Date Garden. I was able to get a package of Barhis from Leja Farms. I began by pitting and chopping a cup of dates and covering them with four ounces of Maker’s Mark bourbon. I chose Maker̵...The sha...
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. Category Archives: Fifty Two Foods. 52 Foods Week Fifty Two: Barhi Dates. Michael F. Weinberg. December 27, 2011. Two years ago, we escaped rainy Portland to celebrate New Year’s Eve in sunny Palm Springs. As I mentioned earlier this year, our trip involved a stop at Shields Date Garden. I was able to get a package of Barhis from Leja Farms. I began by pitting and chopping a cup of dates and covering them with four ounces of Maker’s Mark bourbon. I chose Maker’...The shakes we...
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52 Foods Week Fifty One: Guinea Fowl
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. 52 Food Week Fifty: Lamb Shank. 52 Foods Week Fifty Two: Barhi Dates ». 52 Foods Week Fifty One: Guinea Fowl. Michael F. Weinberg. December 25, 2011. Back in January, I shared the delicious chicken. We got from Cache Creek Meat Company. I could not bring home every animal that I would have enjoyed. I went with the one option I’d never had before: the guinea fowl. A small, sartorially varied. I began by cutting in half a few slices of Llano Seco’s. I returned the bird to the po...
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Category Archives: Juke Box Sets
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. Category Archives: Juke Box Sets. Michael F. Weinberg. September 27, 2010. On September 30th, the Lutz Tavern. Is closing. I have many great memories that involve the Lutz. In college. It was the place to go to wind down and socialize after a long evening in the library. In the years after, it served as an informal reunion with friends and acquaintances. It’s a SE Portland institution, and whatever the economics, I’m sad to see it go. Last Lutz Set (10 songs):. May 3, 2008.
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52 Foods Week Forty Eight: Ground Pork
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. 52 Foods Week Forty Seven: Turkey. 52 Foods Week Forty Nine: Ground Beef ». 52 Foods Week Forty Eight: Ground Pork. Michael F. Weinberg. December 3, 2011. I picked up a half pound each of Llano Seco. Organic pork and Five Dot Ranch. Beef, both freshly ground by the Davis Co-Op. I put the ground meat in a bowl and added about a cup of finely chopped onion, a chopped garlic clove and two ribs of celery. Next I added a bunch of bread crumbs and an egg. Post a Comment Cancel reply.
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52 Food Week Fifty: Lamb Shank
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. 52 Foods Week Forty Nine: Ground Beef. 52 Foods Week Fifty One: Guinea Fowl ». 52 Food Week Fifty: Lamb Shank. Michael F. Weinberg. December 17, 2011. As I mentioned last week. We recently signed up for a meat CSA. I did some searching for a recipe that sounded like the Italian-ish preparation to which I’m partial. I finally happened upon an NPR article. After about two hours of cooking, I removed the lid to let the shanks brown for the final 20 minutes. When the shanks were d...
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Category Archives: Cocktails
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Lucky Mike's The Good Life. 52 Foods Week Fifty Two: Barhi Dates. Michael F. Weinberg. December 27, 2011. Two years ago, we escaped rainy Portland to celebrate New Year’s Eve in sunny Palm Springs. As I mentioned earlier this year, our trip involved a stop at Shields Date Garden. I was able to get a package of Barhis from Leja Farms. Via Siegfried Dates at the Davis Farmers Market. I knew immediately that I would use these for date milkshakes, an Indio, CA specialty I’d been longing to recreate. I began ...
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