Life of Pat

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Look whats on craigslist

Well... not really craigslist, but all the same... this A320 with slight water damage could be yours.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

I cannot believe the first quarter ends next week. One week from today is our culinary skills practical (aka final exam.) Basically, we have to cut up a bunch of shit and cook it. This first quarter has been an absolutely amazing experience. Sometimes I have doubts that this is the right path for me, but for some reason, every morning, I drag my ass out of bed and go to school. I actually think I might be sort of good at this cooking thing. The instructor seems to like my food, so that is a good sign. School has never ever come so easy to me. Perhaps, I have found my niche in this world. As I write this it appears that I will end the quarter with a 4.0. I hope I can keep that G.P.A. going. I promise next quarter I will bring my camera and start posting pictures of the food we make.

Quarter One Culinary Skills Class

Me and "Tall" Jason at Open House Brunch

"Tall" Jason, Adam and "the other" Jason
way in the back at Open House Brunch

Dineen, Me, "Tall" Jason, Adam,
"The other" Jason & Julia at Open House Brunch

Vegetable Day

Deep-fried Onion Ring #8

I love this picture of Brooke rolling out pasta

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Food Wall

Almond Pastry at Tous Les Jours Bakery.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Food Wall

Beautiful Pastries at Tous Les Jours Bakery.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Food Wall

Street vendor refreshment, Asia style.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Food Wall

Breakfast at Flying Pan Cafe.
Hong Kong

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Picture of the day

Matt at Ephesus, Turkey in 2007

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Romanticize My Life

I met this cool dude Ross when I was in New York this past August. He is good friends with Flowerhead. He posted a couple of pics I took on the trip to Montauk on his blog that he share's with some other folks. This was taken at the Memory Motel which inspired a Rolling Stones song. This one was taken on the hammock behind our hotel. Please follow Romanticize My Life.

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Watch a movie, take a dump, and you're home

Monday, October 05, 2009

Pastry School

I went for a little informative meeting at International Culinary School at the Art Institutes the other day and ended up registering. I started today. This morning at 7am was my very first class. There was no wasting time. We got the beginners course (pun not intended) on stocks. I have made stock before from left over turkey carcass, but I had no idea of the precise technique and procedure. I guess my adventure begins. On Wednesday I have my first actual cooking class in the kitchen.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Best Music Video EVER! OK, this ones for real.

It's hard to believe the same people that introduced me to Jan Terri followed her up with this. This is utterly fantastic. I was told I would not be able to get Jan Terri out of my head. No! It is this I cannot get out of my head.

VIA: Frazier and Nose

Best Music Video EVER!

The vintage UA at the end is just the icing on the cake of this little honey of a video. I heart you Jan Terri!

VIA: Frazier and Nose

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

The Longest Way 1.0

This guy's hair grows really slow!

Monday, August 03, 2009

Congratulations Ellen & Brian

I was just looking through the pictures I took at the wedding; oddly none of them are a closeup of the bride and groom. I do, however, have pictures of everyone's shoes.

It was quite an interesting adventure. The wedding was in Vail. Gail, Matt & I headed up Thursday. We were invited to the rehearsal dinner, but after a dress crisis involving scissors borrowed from the front desk to remove said dress we decided to stay in. The hotel bar was debuting their new fruity sparkling wine cocktail for 50% off, so being that we are in a recession we drank fruity sparkling wine cocktails all night. Vail is at 8,000 feet versus Denver which is at 5,280. Believe it or not 2,720 goes right to your head, or we are just a bunch of fruity cocktail drinking lightweights. Around 11pm the wedding party showed up. I tried to set one of Brian's friends up with Gail, but there was some disconnect.

The next morning I awoke to another crisis. This time someone had drank one of Gail's contact lenses. There was lots of shouting and finger pointing. In the end we do believe she drank her own contact lense, but we may never find out. I suggested that she wear her glasses, but she gave me a very stern look like I had just poured sugar in her gas tank. There was Gail, running around Vail, with one fracken contact lense. She was actually quite subdued. I have figured it out. The rule to calming Gail down is to drink one of her contact lenses.

The wedding was awesome. It was in this quaint chapel right in the middle of Vail Village. It was short and sweet. There was a priest representing Ellen's catholic family and Brian's Lutheran Minister. The priest came all the way from Nicaragua for the wedding. Ellen had practiced medicine in the same village that the priest lives. She made quite an impression on him. The minister is form Washington Park. I had no less than five people approach me to tell me that they think the minister is a homo. I am not exactly sure what they want me to do with that information but, none the less I told them I would check the gay directory for him. Later at the reception I got a chance to chat with the minister. It turns out he is not gay, he is just a hipster. I can see how the two can be confused.

The reception was very nice. It was at a beautiful log pavilion along the creek. The food was good. The asparagus was cooked perfectly. Absent was the cake, in its place was a marble slab ice cream station. A lovely time was had by all.