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Piggybacking a Day Late or: Better Nate than Lever

04 Tuesday Dec 2018

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Salutations™!!

Yesterday, as I said on my post from last night, we had some internet problems but Nate from X1 Communications was able to get us up and running later in the day. Today, I was able to post The Man Who Ate the Town and the first Fan Interference in almost two months. Faninterference

For TMWATT, Ray and I talked about Quanto Basta and Campus Gas. For Fan Interference we spent a long time talking with Intern Haley McFadden about the Kareem Hunt situation, and of course, TC had to go off on his Redskins. I’m sure he’s not happy today after last night, either.

Anywhat! I, Ray and TC would greatly appreciate if you’d listen to our episodes. You can listen to TMWATT HERE and Fan Interference HERE.

Happy listening and thank you for it!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Classic Bites & Brews located right outside Wake Forest University” – Campus Gas

Double Piggyback or: The Beer Dads Who Ate the Town

26 Monday Nov 2018

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We recorded both The Man Who Ate the Town and The Beer Dads today.

Ray and I talk about burgers, Hop’s Burger Barn, Carmine’s 901 (or what used to be), journalistic integrity and source dependency, and other foodstuffs. We did touch on the Thanksgiving gathering that we were both a part of, too.

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The Beer Dads touched on the “other side of Christmas, the parts that we don’t actually like. We are all Scrooges in some way or fashion. Plus, we give Beer Dad Paul a hard time about his dislike of Journey.

I want to say, too that today was my first day away from The BCPF since last Thursday and I missed the heck out of her today. But, that’s how it should be, right? I think she may have missed me a little, too.

To hear The Man Who Ate the Town click HERE. Or, to hear The Beer Dads click HERE. Remember you can subscribe on Stitcher or iTunes and now, even on Spotify. Really, anywhere you get your podcasts. Finally, you can always visit The Less Desirables Network website. No matter how you listen, I appreciate that you do.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Just a small town girl, living in a lonely world. She took the midnight train going anywhere. Just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit. He took the midnight train going anywhere.” – “Don’t Stop Believin'” (Schon/Perry/Cain)

Piggybackin’ Family or: Time for Fun

19 Monday Nov 2018

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Today on The Man Who Ate the Town, Ray brought his wife, Whitney and I had The BCPF and we talked about Thanksgiving and a few food news items. We had a great time. We met with Ray and Whitney at 1703 for a wine tasting and then we all went to Willows for a bit of dinner and bevies. It was a fun time and a great show. You can listen to that episode HERE.

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Tomorrow is a big day for me, but you’ll have to wait for it. Until then…
Scorp out!

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“Cherish your human connections – your relationships with friends and family.” – Barbara Bush

Double Piggies or: What the Food!?

29 Monday Oct 2018

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Today, I welcomed a new co-host on The Man Who Ate the Town today, Ray Morgan. He did a great job and we had a great conversation. We talked about a few places closing (albeit temporarily) and discussed the NC ABC board. Lots of good stuff. You can hear that episode HERE. TLDNetwork

Also, we recorded two episodes of The Beer Dads and had some good conversations with great beer. You can hear that episode HERE.

I do want to talk for a second about the Ardmore Neighborhood Chili Cookoff (that we talk a little bit about today on TMWATT. It turns out that it has been postponed until January, so get your recipes ready and enter! You have an extra two months now to come up with that killer vat o’chili! Get cookin’!

Until tomorrow, happy listening!
Scorp out!

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“I love to cook. I make an award-winning turkey chili.” – Joely Fisher

Still Waiting or: A Preview

16 Tuesday Oct 2018

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Salutations™!!Homemade Organic Vegetarian Chili with Beans and Cheese

I’m still waiting on the info I was talking about yesterday, but I will talk a little about what it is. The weather is already starting to cool off a bit, so that means it’s time for some fall/winter staples, right? In my family, it always meant three things, two of which were kind of together. That’s chili (or as we called them chili beans), veggie-beef soup and pimento cheese, which we called “cheese salad.”

There’s a neighborhood that will be holding a chili cookoff and they will need cooks. There will be prizes, but I don’t know what they are, yet. As soon as I know, I’ll be passing along the info and then will have instructions if you’d like to participate. So, I hope that warms the cockles of your heart and makes your stomach growl. Stay tuned, I hope we get the info in the next day or so.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I am the kind of person who really will drive hours for a bowl of chili. I’m not a three-star restaurant kind of a person; I’m just a food person.” – Nora Ephron

Truly Piggybackin’ or: A Bit of All

24 Monday Sep 2018

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This past Friday, The BCPF and I were invited to eat at a place called Honky Tonk

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Smokehouse and we really enjoyed our meal. So, today, I wrote a (very) long blog post about it and because of a scheduling snafu (my fault), I flew solo on The Man Who Ate the Town Podcast. I also talked about Sweet Aromaz moving to their new space on the podcast, too.

Since I did the podcast solo and wrote an almost 2000-word post, I feel that was enough writing for today. You can read the post HERE and listen to the podcast HERE.

Thanks for either or both if you’re so inclined.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Honky Tonk Smokehouse serves meats that are hand-pulled or sliced, not finely chopped, with a special barbeque sauce served on the side so the customer is in control of the taste.” – Honky Tonk Smokehouse

Beantown Piggyback or: Triple Play

10 Monday Sep 2018

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Salutations™!!

This week will be a full complement of podcasts for The Less Desirables Network! There are currently five shows on the network and five podcasts this week. That doesn’t happen that often these days and one of them is a bi-weekly show (for now) so that would cause a little wrinkle in the “full complement” department.

Anywhat! Today we have produced/published three of them!

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The Beer Dads took Labor Day off but return to talk about what fall/autumn brings and what kind of traditions they look forward to, dread or participate in. You can listen to that episode HERE.

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Fan Interference is next and TC and I talk a little bit, or a lot, about Week 1 of the NFL, injuries, who looked good, who looked bad and how a tie is not a loss. We also talk about Nick Saban’s winning and whining ways. You can hear that episode HERE.

TMWATTLogoFinally, there’s The Man Who Ate the Town and “The Tims” talk about Chef Travis Myers (because why wouldn’t you?), Mary’s Gourmet Diner, The BCPF’s and my trip to Boston, food holidays and history. New conversations and segments coming to this show. You can hear this week’s episode HERE.

As always, thank you, Dear Reader, for reading my rantings and thank you if you’re a listener to any of our podcasts. If you’re not, you’re a “short timer” and it’s only a matter of time!

Until tomorrow, keep listening…
Scorp out!

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“The Regulars are coming!” – Paul Revere

Still Swinging or: Mmm Mmm Good

06 Thursday Sep 2018

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I’m excited because tonight I get to do something I haven’t gotten to do in a few weeks. I get to cook with my boy, the aspiring chef, 3B. You see, two weeks ago, we had eaten a late lunch and weren’t hungry by the time evening came along. That Sunday, we had our Fantasy Football draft (two of them) and we ate at Willows. Then I left Thursday for the Boston trip and was gone until Tuesday. So, tonight we get to cook, at least I say we will.

It’s some kind of steak dinner. He picked it and will cook it, I’m just gonna help him. But, tonight is the start of football season and I am so looking forward to it. As I’m still getting into the swing of things, I’ll be taking it easy tonight and trying to get time to write long posts about the trip because I know you’re just dying to read about it, right? Right.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“I’m not a chef. But I’m passionate about food – the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it.” – Zac Posen

Never Met a Stranger or: Oui!

03 Monday Sep 2018

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The BCPF and I went to a quaint bistro here in Boston for our anniversary and had a delicious meal that you’ll read more about this week on The Man Who Ate the Town. While we were there, and as I was using my special light to take my pictures, we struck up a conversation with the table beside us. We talked about WSNC and food and life.

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The “neighbors” food, the filet au poivre

It turns out that they were also celebrating an anniversary, albeit a dating one – five years. It was cool, they asked me to take pictures of their food, as well. They were a little bit older than we and they had just started listening to podcasts. Of course, we talked about podcasting and such as well.

The food, beverages and conversation were fantastic at Aquitaine, the bistro. In addition, our Uber driver, Casey, was also a great conversationalist and we enjoyed our ride with her. Add in our Hop On/Hop Off bus tour around Boston (we rode it twice) and we had a wonderful time in Beantown yesterday. In fact, we’ve had a great and wonderful time the entire time! Boston is definitely somewhere we’ll get back to. We love it. We started our day at a lovely little spot where we had brunch (again, more this week).

Tonight, we see The Fixx at City Winery and that will round out our trip. We will head home tomorrow. My post tomorrow may be late just so you know. So, we’re heading to Harvard and Cambridge today, talk to you later!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Every day is an anniversary of another great day.” – The BCPF

Anniversary in Beantown or: Champagne, Strawberries & Chocolate

02 Sunday Sep 2018

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I”m going to skip all the anniversary storytime stuff that I normally put on these. I figure that by now I’ve said all I can say without being redundant. I could probably go back a year, two years, three years and copy and paste something, but this one is different. It’s the first time that we’ve been away for our anniversary since we got married.

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Thank you, Omni Parker House!

Really, it’s the first time we’ve been “somewhere” since we got married. We went to Chicago for The BCPF’s work in 2015, in August. Earlier this year we went to Asheville, NC for the weekend with The Beer Dads family. But, we haven’t been anywhere for vacation by ourselves, for ourselves, and we had traveled some before we got married.

We have seen some fantastic stuff, eaten some fantastic food, talked to some fantastic folks. Yesterday, alone, we walked over 13,000 steps just looking for breweries (we really only found one), the previous two days we walked over 9,000 each. We’ve had to walk off all that great food we’ve eaten. You’ll be able to read a recap on The Man Who Ate the Town and the TMWATT Instagram later this week.

This morning, we had a knock on our hotel room door at 8am. The hotel had sent up 4 chocolate covered strawberries and a small bottle of champagne. It was really nice. They also sent a card up in which some of the employees had signed. To be honest, I knew about it, but I didn’t ask for it, I just scheduled the time. It was awesome of them. They have been really nice here. The hotel is old and it shows its age, but there’s plenty of charm and an elegance that harks back to yesteryear. I have enjoyed the hotel and their concierges have been really helpful the whole time.

To The BCPF, I apologize if rehashing our story on here once more was what you were looking for, I just hope you know that I have loved our time this long, extended weekend and I love you more and more every day. I’d walk down that stairway to the gunroom again, in a heartbeat. As you said last night, every day is an anniversary of a great day we’ve already had. Let’s keep that going. I love you, Stephanie.

Until tomorrow, Dear Reader…
Scorp out!

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“A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.” – Paul Sweeney