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Sunday, March 7th, 2010

David Cross – Gay guys ordering pizza (video: Crashing Doors at YouTube)

Cooking with Christ and Mrs Betty Bowers

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

As God is My Waitress I Will Never Go Hungry Again!
(video: Mrs Betty Bowers at YouTube)

Mixing up a big ol’ mess of two of Mike’s favorite things — cooking and a pinch of savory satire, Mrs Betty Bowers presents:

A cooking show with America’s Best Christian, Mrs. Betty Bowers. Betty shows that, with enough servants, even the laziest homemaker can serve up a yummy recipe that teaches children all about the gruesome, bloody death of Jesus. Bon appétit!

Bon appétit, indeed!

By the way, you can order one of Mrs Betty Bowers‘ heavenly As God is My Waitress aprons (or a t-shirt) online at the link. And, be sure to spend some good old-fashioned quality time with Mrs Betty Bowers at her absolutely divine website.

9th Annual Hillcrest Mardi Gras

Monday, February 15th, 2010

9th Annual Hillcrest Mardi Gras

From the Hillcrest Mardi Gras website:

San Diego, CA – The 9th annual Hillcrest Mardi Gras Street Party celebration will be held on Fat Tuesday, February 16, 2010 on University Avenue between First and Fourth Avenues. The time of the event is 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. The festival will take place rain or shine.

The event is sponsored by the GSDBA Charitable Foundation and the Hillcrest Business Association. All proceeds from the street party benefit both organizations. The GSDBA Charitable Foundation issues annual Youth Scholarships.

The festival will feature live entertainment, special guest performers, and an exclusive V.I.P. area. Food and other drink will be available for purchase from participating vendors and venues. Additionally, full liquor will also be served during the event. An array of other surprises, plenty of beads, and various other party favors will also be part of the festive evening. Hillcrest Mardi Gras remains a 21 and up age event.

Advance ticket price is $15 advance (or $20 day of) and $50 advance (or $75 day of) for a V.I.P. Pass which includes express entry, private reception area, and private bathrooms. Tickets are available at the following Hillcrest area locations: Baja Betty’s at 1421 University Avenue; Urban Mo’s at 308 University Avenue; and Obelisk Bookstore at 1029 University Avenue.

Patrons can also purchase tickets online at the website www.HillcrestMardiGras.org. Ticket purchases are tax-deductible. No refunds are offered on ticket purchases – the festival will take place rain or shine. Tickets are on sale now.

Hillcrest Mardi Gras is a fun-filled evening featuring many games, vendors, food, live entertainment, and costumes. More than 2,000 guests enjoyed the event in 2009.

The Quotable Will Self

Friday, November 13th, 2009

“Some view the Starbucks ethos with a venti cup full of foaming cynicism. You won’t be surprised to learn that I’m one of them. Even on a quiet weekday afternoon, the reek of sanctimony is stronger than the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. Starbucks has perfected the hessian-sack, blond-wood school of pseudo-caring capitalism. Relax in this armchair under a ghastly mass-produced daub that looks like an enlarged detail of a Matisse, and let the caffeine’n’sucrose wave sweep you away!”

Will Self, British novelist and columnist, commenting on the Starbucks
experience from A double-shot of sanctimony

CBN warns of ‘demonic’ Halloween candy

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

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The hidden, demonic subtext contained in a bookstore sign in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood revealed (photo: mine)

Just when you thought you’d heard it all from the completely and utterly bonkers Pat Robertson and his loony-tunes Christian Broadcasting Network, Americans United for Separation of Church and State points to the latest from America’s Christian right:

In a column on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s Web site, writer Kimberly Daniels asserts that “demonssneak into bags of Halloween candy at grocery stores.

“[M]ost of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches,” Daniels wrote. “I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from the local grocery store. The demons cannot tell the difference.”

The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, urged Robertson and Daniels to lighten up.

“I’ve heard of the devil being in the details, but to think he’s lurking inside a Snickers bar is a little too much,” Lynn quipped. “Pat Robertson has always peddled some scary stuff, but this is over the top.”

(emphasis: mine)

Not one to willingly loosen her grip on the steering wheel of the Christianist clown car, Daniels drives on:

“Halloween is much more than a holiday filled with fun and tricks or treats … It is a time for the gathering of evil that masquerades behind the fictitious characters of Dracula, werewolves, mummies and witches on brooms. The truth is that these demons that have been presented as scary cartoons actually exist. I have prayed for witches who are addicted to drinking blood and howling at the moon.”

No doubt she has.