Spitball Army

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I used to think that 1972 was the be-all, end-all year of pop music, and 1967. Now I’m not so sure which one comes out on top. There is a ten-year stretch in there between the mid-’60s and the mid-’70s when some of my favorite records of all genres were released. I become firmer in my resolve about that with each passing year.

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Tomorrow the print version of The New York Times will run a story entitled “36 Hours in Birmingham, Ala.” written by Jim Noles, but today it is up on the newspaper’s website. Noles hit many of the high points – the bragging points – of our city, including Frank Stitt’s Highlands Bar & Grill and the Hot & Hot Fish Club, Vulcan Park, Workplay, the Civil Rights Museum. All of the photographs are by my neighbor, fellow Crestwoodian Gary Tramontina.

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The Orchestra Rocks;
celery;
interactive journalism

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Bob Dylan’s New Morning;
Dexter, Season Two;
rosemary

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On Friday, Michelle Obama will begin digging up a patch of White House lawn to plant a vegetable garden, the first since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden in World War II. There will be no beets (the president doesn’t like them) but arugula will make the cut.

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Not too spicy hot, but flavorful enough to keep my own adventurous taste buds entertained, and I love the fact that the majority of this dish comes right out of the produce section of the market.

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