$20
That was my absolute limit to waste on gambling, the very few times I went to a casino. In 2000 I went to a “riverboat” casino in Lawerenceburg, IN to play slots and ended up winning $250. Which put me at a net positive for all the gambling I’ve ever done.
That was the last time I ever walked into a casino.
Je ne parle pas Francais.
You forgot about the love triangle between two characters!!!
It was the fourth of fifth date with my girlfriend. She was an avid cook and wanted to cook me dinner… Specifically lasagna.
I arrived at her apartment with her in full swing preparing it… The only problem was all the pasta was green, it was a vegetarian lasagna (she’s not vegetarian). Asparagus and other vegetables rounded it out. It looked really unappetizing.
Here’s the problem. By this time I was REALLY into this girl and here she was spending a lot of effort making me something that I really didn’t think I could eat. I was afraid this was going to end our relationship.
So I spent the whole time watching her make this dish telling myself… “Ok Canopy, you’re a 34 year old man and not a child. You can pretend to enjoy it this once. It won’t kill you.”
Over and over that was going through my mind.
We sit down at the table and she told me to serve myself and I dished out as much as I thought polite…
Then I took a bite.
I ended up eating two servings worth it was so damn good.
OH, and she and I have been married for 20 years now and have two boys. Also, food became one of the cornerstones of our relationship. She took me from being a Midwest redneck meat and potatoes child, to a full blown foodie that actually has a wider palate that her.
She also taught me how to cook and it turned out I am really good at it. I made us salmon cakes with an aioli, with mashed potatoes (that I just threw together without a recipe), and roasted broccoli.
I’ve been volunteering at Milwaukee’s Summerfest this year and it’s a pretty cool place. Multiple venues from the largest the AmFam Amphitheater to several smaller stages.
The only issue I really have with it, is with the stages all outdoors the sound quality is really bad for the most part. A couple of the bands have had a good Front House engineer that made the best of it though. Last night Kaleo finished out the Miller Light stage and they actually sounded pretty good. Never thought I’d listen to an Icelandic Blues band. Vertical Horizon was on earlier… Instamatic is just not the same without the Professor though. (FYI: Neil Peart was on the drums for the studio recording of that song.)
An outdoor amphitheater that actually sounds great is the Riverbend on the east side of Cincinnati, right on the Ohio river. I’ve seen several concerts there back when I lived in that area. Santana, Live (the band), and even the Cincinnati Pops under Erich Kunsel played there and it always sounded great. The best was probably the Pops playing the 1812 Overture… They used REAL F$%$KING CANNONS! It was awesome.