Super Tuesday #40 sees us on the road and back in Oakland at Jeff Suslow’s palatial digs. For those of you who haven’t yet joined us at Jeff’s, you’ve been missing out. There’s easy parking, easy access from 580 (Fruitvale exit), Andronico’s has nothing on the Farmer John’s a block away, and the back deck and back yard are stupendous. Jeff’s fellow householder Bob has a thumb greener than Super Tuesday’s and it’s always a pleasure to see an incredible landscape evolve over the last couple of years. I’m not sure if the figs are ripe yet, but if they are, they are delicious!
Scrumptious!
This May 26 2009, we’re featuring the Super Tuesday Taco Buffet. Yep, a whole table full of taco fixin’s. Plan your contribution accordingly!
Jeff’s address is:
2459 Palmetto St
Oakland 94602
(510) 517-5976 (in case folks get lost)
Take 580 to the Fruitvale exit, cross back under the highway (east), turn right just past Farmer Joe’s, then dog leg to the left up on Palmetto. Very easy to find.
Mixalot is back from her East Asian excursion… and ready to serve up an old favorite cocktail:
Margarita on the rocks
- 2 shots Sauza Hornitos Tequila
- 1 shot cointreau/triple sec
- 1 shot Freshly squeezed lime juice.
She’s hinted at doing something extra special with these as well… but she won’t say exactly what she has in mind. We’ll have to wait and see.
Have you been on the road?
Seems like everyone’s been on the road lately. Mixalot and I were in New York City a month ago, then she turns around and leaves for Asia for two weeks. Everyone’s doing it! Here’s an incredible time lapse series from “Eclectic 3.0: The Roads Less Traveled” by one Mr. Ross Ching, which he compiled from still images! The amount of work for something like this is staggering. View and enjoy:
http://www.vimeo.com/3551875
Someone needs to hire Mr. Ching. Right away. You can’t buy this kind of talent! But you can read it at Eclectic 3.0: The Roads Less Traveled. And you should.
Moving even further south…
In keeping with our theme, Super Tuesday presents Lila Downs “Una Sangre,” a collection of original and traditional Mexican folk songs set to modern, popular melodies. Ms Downs mixes songs in English, Spanish and (IIRC) Nahuatl on this amazing collection. Her interpretation and renditions of La Cucuracha and La Bamba are like nothing you’ve ever heard before.
Lila Downs Una Sangre
I first read about this album in the Aero Mexicana flight magazine on my trip back from Chilapa de Alvarez a few years ago. (Well, technically, between Santa Cruz and Yetlancingo…) One of the most amazing travel adventures I have ever experienced: 6 connections, with no more than 1 hour wait (at the Mexico DF airport) between connections. And that includes the wait on the BART shuttle and BART from Oakland airport. It was unbelievable. I traveled from deep in the heart of Guerrero back to Dos Palmas in 14 1/2 hours. Other than the Mexico DF airport, I didn’t wait more than 15 minutes for connections. I stashed all the tickets in a folder somewhere… I have proof!
Upcoming Super Tuesdays
Look forward to the following Super Tuesdays in the coming months
- Jun 23 2009: Redwood City, Janet hosts The Thrill of the Grill!
- Jul 28 2009: Open.
- Aug 25 2009: SF, Dog Days at the DS
- Sep 22 2009: Walter Yu, Ikea-By-The-Bay (Emeryville)
- Oct 27 2009: Open! Maybe at your house…
- Nov 24 2009: Homecoming at Dos Palmas
Who gets the prize?
The first person at Super Tuesday who tells me they read this far gets a prize. I have no idea what that prize is, but I’ll think of something between now and then.