It would be extremely efficient if the bar was like a coffee shop and there was one line where people ordered and one place where they picked up. No one would ever get missed, everyone would wait the exact same amount of time for a drink, and nobody would ever wait for change or a credit card slip.
The Efficiency
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The Efficiency
It would be extremely efficient if the bar was like a coffee shop and there was one line where people ordered and one place where they picked up. No one would ever get missed, everyone would wait the exact same amount of time for a drink, and nobody would ever wait for change or a credit card slip.
Posted inFood & Drink
Eat, Drink and Learn: Get a culinary education at Allyson’s Kitchen
Chop to it.Ever wonder why your cooking doesn't come out as good as a restaurant chef's dishes? Cooking classes can help shed light on tricks of the trade that turn raw ingredients into delicious meals. I recently attended a cooking demonstration held at Allyson's Kitchen in the Old Mill, and was amazed at how many helpful hints Chef Joe Morgan showered on his audience while simultaneously turning out a 5-course restaurant-quality Italian meal.
The three-hour cooking demonstration, called "An Evening in Italy," was a treat for the senses. Fourteen "students" sat enrapt on tall barstools and tables in front of the long granite countertop that houses Allyson's Kitchen's demonstration kitchen. From our high vantage points, we could see into most of the full galley-style kitchen. A mirror placed at an angle above the countertop allowed us a bird's eye view of what went on in aluminum mixing bowls and ceramic-coated cast iron pots below.
Posted inFood & Drink
Eat, Drink and Learn: Get a culinary education at Allyson’s Kitchen
Chop to it.Ever wonder why your cooking doesn’t come out as good as a restaurant chef’s dishes? Cooking classes can help shed light on tricks of the trade that turn raw ingredients into delicious meals. I recently attended a cooking demonstration held at Allyson’s Kitchen in the Old Mill, and was amazed at how many helpful hints Chef Joe Morgan showered on his audience while simultaneously turning out a 5-course restaurant-quality Italian meal.
The three-hour cooking demonstration, called “An Evening in Italy,” was a treat for the senses. Fourteen “students” sat enrapt on tall barstools and tables in front of the long granite countertop that houses Allyson’s Kitchen’s demonstration kitchen. From our high vantage points, we could see into most of the full galley-style kitchen. A mirror placed at an angle above the countertop allowed us a bird’s eye view of what went on in aluminum mixing bowls and ceramic-coated cast iron pots below.
Posted inMusic
From Soul to Metal in 24 Hours
OK, so Bend's music scene might not be the most diverse in the Northwest, but don't tell that to Team Sound Check, which went from a club full of aging Deadheads to a raucous bar packed with metal heads in the span of 24 hours. How's that for genre shock?
Thursday night, we were at the Domino Room where Steve Kimock Crazy Engine brought in a dedicated fan base to watch the guitar master's new band, which funkified the place for two full sets of originals with a few choice covers mixed in for good measure.
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We’re Broke and We’re Miserable
The American economy is in a miserable state, and Oregon is the most miserable state in the entire country - at least if you go by MainStreet.com's calculations.
Posted inOpinion
Bringing Back Sobriety Checkpoints
"A man's house is his castle," the English jurist Sir Edward Coke declared in 1644.
America's founders put it into more ornate language almost two centuries later: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Although neither Sir Edward Coke nor the authors of the Bill of Rights had ever heard of automobiles, we're confident that if they had they would have said the inside of somebody's car should be just as secure as his house from unreasonable, warrantless searches.
Posted inOpinion
Ron Jeremy vs. Star Wars: The Dear Leader launches one, the Rockefeller cheeseburger, and more
Editor's note: The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from somewhere between Burns and Ashland, on assignment for Or-Bust.com and The Source Weekly.
Obama Spreads His Wings
The tour de force that is our new President visited Turkey, where locals made "Barack-clava" and a Syrian was arrested on suspicion of wanting to stab him. Then Air Force One had mechanical problems and was forced to land in a country decimated by war and corruption. Iraq, where Obama paced anxiously, biting his lower lip, as spokesmen explained that he was really there to "honor our troops." The reason for the whirlwind tour was an emergency meeting of world powers (AKA the "G-20" or "OK Corral") last Thursday in London, where sheiks, Asians and Aryans were all too eager to see a hip hop star in person. $1.1 trillion in financing for the International Monetary Fund was secured, though no one knows what the IMF does, and no agreement on any global stimulus plan was reached. Yep, another trillion and plenty of pictures, millions spent on travel, riot gear and detaining protestors… Obama called the meeting "the turning point in our pursuit of global economic recovery," adding that, "There are no guarantees." Nearby, the Rothchilds and Rockefellers met at a McDonalds and agreed over cheeseburgers that the economic downturn will last until, say, September.
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Dirty Penny, Elephant Revival Video
It was a busy Friday night for the Sound Check team. First we caught some of the Elephant Revival show at the Silver Moon then it was off to the Summit Saloon and Stage where Sound Check’s partially bandana-adorned crew pumped fists to the sounds of Dirty Penny.
Posted inCulture
Mingling Polarities: The refreshingly weird world of Tom Monson
Tom Monson wears his art on his sleeve.
Monson at work.
He is a postmodern scavenger, in his words “projecting value onto something un-valuable, like redemptions.” Tom turns kitschy thrift store finds into gems by adding bittersweet Maurice Sendak style characters, often placing them in grievous situations in a humorous way. In “slogan” a small plaque’s original saccharine image is over painted with a simply drawn nude that stares blankly at the viewer, his arm severed on the floor Monty Python style, the words “Win Some, Lose Some” fade into the background behind him. These altered appropriations confront universal emotions, but are also unabashedly autobiographical. Monson’s show at the PoetHouse last November called “Images that Breethe, frum thawts that bur^rn” (misspelling intentional) presented pieces that dealt blatantly with betrayal, hypocrisy and grief. In one piece, “Untitled,” a bright red snake is hacked in pieces and bleeding, X’s for eyes.