The Phot is a beer snob. No two ways about it. At the wonderful, wonderful Capital Ale House in Richmond VA the other night, he peered intensely at the complex, detailed 50-page beer menu for a full 15 minutes before deciding; on being told that his hard-won choice might be unavailable and could he choose another, Nick looked panicked; surely he wouldn’t have to wait another 15 minutes before he got some alcohol into him.
Just as it is a medical fact that female (and apparently even male) friends’ hormonal cycles can align, beer habits can definitely rub off. Since I started with the group in August, I have found myself more and more interested in finding places that serve “off the beaten track” beers, and feel frustrated if my choice is between Bud, Bud Light, Miller, Miller Lite and Heineken.
But Capital Ale House can be a place of work as well as play. Mike, Nick and I spent nearly three hours there the other night cueing our individual parts in preparation for a composer reading session in Boulder Colorado. I’ve written before of the importance to the group of visual cues from players, but of even more importance to unconducted new music is the written cue.
I have taken many cueing lessons from the thoroughly marked-up parts of my illustrious predecessor, Ms Molly Alicia Barth, now of Portland OR. It took me a while to understand her shorthand, but now I happily employ otherwise baffling markings like “m5b3+cl” in every multi-measure rest I have.
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Beer beer beer. I love beer. Beer sure does take the drudgery out of score marking.
However, In my usual fashion of Dear John rants:
Dear Capital Ale House,
Serving frozen french fries with flavored mayo does not make them ‘frites.’
Love,
Mikeney
P.S. I love your beer.
Posted 28 Jan 2007 at 4:26 PM ¶Actually, it does
pommes frite | pommes frites Definition # 247
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See French fry.
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Entry Type: Prepared Dish
Language: French
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Posted 17 Feb 2007 at 12:12 PM ¶French fry (English)
chip (English)
Mais, bien sur. What I was really directing my displeasure towards was the “frozen” aspect of the fries. After having real Belgian frites, cut and fried in a single motion whilst in Belgium, frozen doesn’t quite push the same buttons.
Posted 18 Feb 2007 at 8:50 PM ¶I have had fries sold on the streets of Ghent, Bruges, Namur, Liege, and Brussels. Though I’d like to believe they were freshly cut and fried twice in lard, probably not,though called frites. Go to any grocery mart in Belgium and look in the frozen food section. And the donner kabob and bicky burgers are most likely processed meat.
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