by Tdarcos » Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:10 pm
RetroRomper wrote:Pinback isn't directly describing the burger, but the experience that Tommy Burger has on offer, which is to sit in the middle of Santa Monica and taste the atmosphere (included free with every meal).
When I was there a bit over 20 years ago, Tommys had opened a restaurant in Long Beach, on Anaheim about one block from Ximeno in a former McDonalds. Place ran 24 hours a day, and at 3 in the morning the trash cans were still filled, that's how much they sold. So it's not just Santa Monica. (Which isn't that bad a place, I was there a few times.)
And no, California as a whole isn't that great of a place: 2/3rds of it could fall into the ocean and I wouldn't bat an eye. But San Francisco and the Bay Area in general along with Hollywood (/ Santa Monica or whatever) offers a setting, vibe, and atmosphere that is unique in that only Boston, New York City, and a few other select places in the US can claim to have.
Kurt Gentry wrote a book called
The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California which was written in 1969 as a (fictional) look back from 1974 when the coast of California did fall in the ocean in 1972. It's fiction but is a thinly disguised history snapshot of California in 1969 and the amazing affects it has on the country and the politics that were in effect there and then. California's affects on the country are even more significant now than they were in '69, but it's a great book to read.
As a general thought, I've actually become burnt out on restaurants: the other night, I had the best burger of my life and it was made by a self purported "foodie" who customized it to my tastes. High quality ingredients, more thought and personalization than a restaurant could offer, and she added my sincere thanks for the meal to our friendship and larger set of interactions.
Yeah, I used that idea in a line from my latest book,
The Takeover Man:
Over the next two weeks, he enjoyed the honeymoon part of having a "wife," where she feeds you each evening and you fuck her every night.
Tasting new and differing food is good and restaurants offer local charm and a way to easily interact with the locality, but cooking for myself or having someone who cares to do so well for me and others, counts for quite a lot more.
Sometimes I'd often eat something out of the fridge or ordered in because I didn't feel like fixing something just for myself. But having the opportunity to make something for others can be fun.
I once made the best burgers ever for my brother in law, which was a recipe I got from a small restaurant I ordered them from once in Los Angeles. Cheesburgers, covered in chili and topped with Polish Sausage. Delicious! He thought they were great, too.
[quote="RetroRomper"]Pinback isn't directly describing the burger, but the experience that Tommy Burger has on offer, which is to sit in the middle of Santa Monica and [i]taste the atmosphere[/i] (included free with every meal).[/quote]
When I was there a bit over 20 years ago, Tommys had opened a restaurant in Long Beach, on Anaheim about one block from Ximeno in a former McDonalds. Place ran 24 hours a day, and at 3 in the morning the trash cans were still filled, that's how much they sold. So it's not just Santa Monica. (Which isn't that bad a place, I was there a few times.)
[quote]And no, California as a whole isn't that great of a place: 2/3rds of it could fall into the ocean and I wouldn't bat an eye. But San Francisco and the Bay Area in general along with Hollywood (/ Santa Monica or whatever) offers a setting, vibe, and atmosphere that is unique in that only Boston, New York City, and a few other select places in the US can claim to have.[/quote]
Kurt Gentry wrote a book called [i]The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California[/i] which was written in 1969 as a (fictional) look back from 1974 when the coast of California did fall in the ocean in 1972. It's fiction but is a thinly disguised history snapshot of California in 1969 and the amazing affects it has on the country and the politics that were in effect there and then. California's affects on the country are even more significant now than they were in '69, but it's a great book to read.
[quote]As a general thought, I've actually become burnt out on restaurants: the other night, I had the best burger of my life and it was made by a self purported "foodie" who customized it to my tastes. High quality ingredients, more thought and personalization than a restaurant could offer, and she added my sincere thanks for the meal to our friendship and larger set of interactions.[/quote]
Yeah, I used that idea in a line from my latest book, [i]The Takeover Man[/i]:
[color=violet]Over the next two weeks, he enjoyed the honeymoon part of having a "wife," where she feeds you each evening and you fuck her every night.[/color]
[quote]Tasting new and differing food is good and restaurants offer local charm and a way to easily interact with the locality, but cooking for myself or having someone who cares to do so well for me and others, counts for quite a lot more.[/quote]
Sometimes I'd often eat something out of the fridge or ordered in because I didn't feel like fixing something just for myself. But having the opportunity to make something for others can be fun.
I once made the best burgers ever for my brother in law, which was a recipe I got from a small restaurant I ordered them from once in Los Angeles. Cheesburgers, covered in chili and topped with Polish Sausage. Delicious! He thought they were great, too.