With work and school, WBNI might be updated less frequently, but I’ll try my best.
Today is my “Friday” at work and my “Sunday” for school, but it’s actually Monday. You know what I mean.
I’m not looking forward to finishing work at 11:45pm-12:15am tonight, and then waking up at 5:15am for culinary class. I need that apartment in Oakland or Berkeley soon.
Green Lantern lantern and Danica McKellar (played Winnie Cooper on the Wonder Years) on television recently. I don’t watch The Big Bang Theory, but I guess I should.
Too bad CBS doesn’t put full episodes online, but here’s the scene. I mean HERE (direct links to the video only brought up the main CBS page). Then the episode ends with HULK hands. C’mon, Gui. You’re killing me.
Another link for videos here.
Monday was a kitchen staff meeting where we went over policies and received some information from Chef regarding the purveyors we deal with. I like getting handouts/printouts of useful information, and it reinforced what a lot of us must be thinking, and that’s, “Hibiscus is going to be a great place to learn.” After that, we all got a full-tour of the kitchen, and the other important areas like bathrooms, lockers, and the miscellaneous entrances to the lounge, the club, and some things that are a work-in-progress. We ended back in the kitchen to see a demo on how Chef wants chickens broken down for brining and stock. We wrapped things up, and set the schedule for Wednesday which is the shift we just finished. More on that with the next post.
I’ll be leaving the house in about an hour. Is this finally the first day of training at Hibiscus Oakland after a few months of waiting? Of course, I’m a little nervous. I’ve only met Chef and Omar White and one gentleman who was doing some construction in the dining room at the time. …
I wrote the above before leaving for work in Oakland, and then part of me said to just wait until it’s all done before finishing the post about today’s meeting.
I arrived with my knives, chef’s coat, etc. to be pleasantly surprised to hear, ‘You won’t be cooking tonight but tasting the menu.’ So, I followed my orders and sat down next to another man and a woman who I learned will also be part of the kitchen staff. After the FOH staff came over to our table and to the ones behind us, the first dish of sweet toy box tomatoes with housemade queso, mache, and toast points came out. It and everything that followed won me over.
I’ll write more about tonight, but I have to see my fridge about a drink.
Great first day.
I’ve been craving salsa even though tomatoes aren’t in season here in the Bay Area. I do like the idea of buying produce close to home, but I ended up buying tomatoes from Arizona and Mexico at Berkeley Bowl today. The jalapenos were also from Mexico. The onions were from California. Key Limes were grown somewhere here in the USA. The cilantro was from Vallejo’s Farmers Market. Other than that, salt and pepper. Maybe I’ll fry up some corn tortillas tomorrow!
I couldn’t really post this under cooking since there was no cooking involved, so why not make a new category–”in the kitchen.” That should cover everything including any baking I might do. Maybe it’s time to go through all these categories and simply them.
NYC has used its money to publish a guide for heroin users.
Yes, people will debate whether or not it should have been done, but it’s pretty simple. Will heroin users read the guide to insure the correct/safe way of shooting heroin? No. They’re too busy shooting heroin.
First voicemail of the new year:
Hi Richie, this is Sal. Happy New Year. Hope you have a Happy New Year…
Did I mention my name is not Richie? I do have two cousins that go by that nickname, one in Texas, one in France. My brother does have an old, high school friend named Sal. The person didn’t sound very excited when they left their message at 00:23, so the omission of exclamation points above was intentional.
Well, Happy New Year!
Jogged for 3.5 miles yesterday for the first time in months. It felt great, and so far the muscles aren’t sore. I hope there’s a break in today’s rain, so I can go for another one.
(I have a category just for jogging? I guess I should write more about jogging.)
No one told me (okay, I didn’t see the various signs telling me of this new feature) that ATMs don’t want deposits in envelopes anymore, and that these machines can now scan the cash or checks that you place into the proper slot. Do I want a scanned image of the check on my receipt?? That’s pretty neat if you ask me. Of course, the drawback to this are the few extra questions you get like, “Are you done with your deposit? Would you like cream or sugar with that?” Good thing the screens are touch screen now.
Will Ferrell Cameo in Wedding Announcement Photo
by Lindsey Robertson · November 21, 2009
Readers of the New York Times’ “Weddings and Celebrations” section did a double-take yesterday over one wedding announcement. Jessie Fuller and Buck Rodgers appeared smiling together in the official photo accompanying their announcement — with the actor Will Ferrell clearly standing behind them.
Yes, Will Ferrel was in the photo, but…BUT… the guy’s name is Buck. Rodgers.
Buck Rodgers like the one below:
"Thrill-thronged?"
Okay, they’re spelling differently, but I never said this blog was about investigative journalism.
Facebook message from niece:
Which Korean place did you go to??…Being on vacation…without a license kind of limits you to McDonald’s and Taco Bell (no complaints with the Taco Bell though). Oh by the way, whenever you say “Taco Bell”, where do you put the emphasis? I put it on taco, but “R” puts it on bell. It’s kind of like our own “Ninja vs Robot” argument.
I don’t think I emphasize any part of Taco Bell besides its deliciousness, its commitment to value, and its fine attempt at hot sauce in ready-made packets. Either way, thanks for making me laugh, AEW.
taco BELL wedding
I guess this director will have a chance to bring this to the big screen. Read here.
Thanks for the link, Cal.
When checking on the dvd’s release date, I found a blog post about someone who had made a custom toy and put it up on ebay. Here are a couple of pics of what that hand-crafted item looked like.
And what do you know? Here’s another attempt:
http://www.thefwoosh.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=61068&start=0
…a Purple Rain PC video game?
When I thought that I only had a 24-hour bug last month, things didn’t go my way, and I was out of it for five or six days. Now, I’m fighting the start of a cold thanks to some teenager who decided to sneeze a few times in front of me while I was waiting to order a sandwich in a Chinatown cafe/deli last Wednesday. Little fucker didn’t even cover his mouth, but instead he just bent at the waist as if he was bowing to some Japanese salary man. Well, he was way off the mark because there was only an older Vietnamese woman in front of him who waited to take his order.
To be honest, I’m feeling okay, but it’s a real nuisance when your nose starts to run just a little bit once every hour. Then a sneeze may or may not sneak up once every two hours. So, I did what any sane person would do, and that was go out and start some Christmas shopping! I even treated myself by buying a six-pack of Cable Car Lager–which I’ve never tried–at a BevMo.
Now, do I start with one of the above Gold Medal-winning bottles or do I stick with the juice and water? I should have bought a Magic 8-ball while I was in Toys R Us.
I just saw a commerical for SeniorPeopleMeet.com.
I won’t even link to it. You can type it into your address bar if you want, but I’m not the least bit curious.
Some classmates invited me to an affordable post-finals meal at a Vietnamese restaurant in Oakland Chinatown; I’m not sure which one. After that, I plan on trying out The Trappist. Ho ho ho.
