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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
All up in my bidness
I was hanging out with some new friends and all around very cool people Saturday (Jen, Jesse, Charlotte and Eddie), when one of them said something that really stuck with me.
Jesse said someone once told him that the only way to make any real money in Waco is to be into three or four different things. It sounds like pretty sound advice, advice that I just may take.
So now I’m furiously brainstorming business opportunities. Eddie said he thinks I would be a great bartender and should open my own place. Here’s the problem — Not everyone is fun when they drink, some get stupid and belligerent. Somehow, I think a bar that allows only nice, funny drinkers wouldn’t get that far.
Someone else once suggested to me that Waco needed decent places to buy porn. A recent Waco transplant from California said, “You know what this town really needs?” I, innocently, was thinking the answer was “a ballet” or maybe “an Indian food restaurant.” Silly me. “Porn,” she blurted out. That conversation took place in January, and I still don’t know how to respond to her suggestion. I’ll just say, I think I’ll leave it to someone else to fill that void in Waco.
Moving right along, the only real aptitude I have is for writing. I guess I could see if the newspaper needs someone to … oh, wait, I’m already doing that.
My other option is to work on a book. Friends and family seem to think I have one in me, as if it was some sort of creative tumor or something. I guess I could give it a shot, I do want to be David Sedaris when I grow up, after all.
In the meantime, I’ll happily take your suggestions for what kind of thing you think I should get into, what lucrative void I might fill in W-town
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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Maybe those things float Julie Andrews’ boat, but me, my few new favorite things are a bit more Wacocentric.
First, there’s this fabulous T-shirt that Caitlin and Kate got me for my birthday. It’s a cool design, but put it on a chick named Wendy who has a star tattoo and it’s downright designer. What did you say? It looks like some local city symbol? I’m sure I have no idea what you’re talking about. If you’re a Wendy enthusiast or just have a fondness for the 23rd letter, get this shirt at Congress Clothing.
Next, there’s this fabulous desert concoction at Se Cocina called the 3 in 1. It’s a mix of Mexican creme brulee, flan and bread pudding. It’s about $6.75 and you should get it to share. I’m pretty sure that consumption of the entire thing would lead to death by overdose of goodness.
Lastly, also Se Cocina-related, is the artist who did the paintings that adorn the new downtown eatery. These colorful, distinctly un-Mexican restaurant like paintings have caught the eye of us newsroom folk and left us wondering who did them. The answer is Brad Settles, a moustachioed Baylor ex, who appreciates fine art, yet has a strange obsession with the words pickle pouch.
Check out one or all of the above, and please, as always, let me know what I’m missing.
And Brad, I’m pretty sure you owe me a drink now.
