dickiev

I thought you made dinner for one of your fellow chefs?
I was just wondering how that went...

I can headstand in the middle of the room for the most part without problems...I still fall over sometimes but tend not to hurt myself -- which is good.

Handstands, definitely against the wall for now.

Well, here I go to class! Wish me luck!

i told noah u said hi, and showed him yer pics on here. he sure was suprised, espescially to see that u didn't have dreadlocks anymore! and he says hi back! i'm seein the rest of the family on xmas, i'll be sure to tell them hi from u.

Yep, I'm that Richard. Next time I'm in town I'll definitely have to stop by the shops and see those guys.

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God damn you and all your time off. I have 2 days off for Christmas, and I have to spend half of that travelling to see my parents. Bar jobs suck.
Your christmas dinner sounds almost good enough to make me not be vegan anymore
Get the tattoo duder, maybe not on your hand, but get it...

Are you giving out the recipe for Richardree? If so, could you send it my way? I once had a recipe for kitcharee (did I spell that right?) but I lost it. I heard that when Indians fast they eat it. Have you ever done a fast? The first time I ever tried a fast I of course went Gung Ho and did the "master cleanser." Lots of water with lemon and black pepper. After one and a half days I was throwing up nothing but bile and felt like I couldn't get out of bed. How did Gandhi do it?? Now, once a year in the spring I do a "fruit fast" where I eat, you guessed it, nothing but fruit. Talk about a good way to lose weight and be healthy about it.

As far as I know right now there aren't any Bikram classes in Milwaukee. I think Madison offers some. We do have some classes here called "hot" yoga. I figure it must be the same thing roughly. Sometime, perhaps, I will try it. This Sunday I am taking my first First series Astanga class with Gia. I am excited -- as usual.

Here I am blathering on again...what is the name of your restaurant? A friend of mine just got back from Vegas. We are both interested...

I am excited to hear how the Anusara class goes. Even though I know yoga philosophy says where ever you are in your practice right now is where you are supposed to be, I just don't know if I will ever feel physically or mentally ready to take a class conducted by a modern day yoga "celebrity." I just feel so beneath these people. That is so wrong isn't it? Are you nervous at all?

I will have to make a note of your restaurant for when I get to visit Vegas. Which I hope will be next year some time. Speaking of...have you ever attended the Viva Las Vegas rockabilly weekender?

I'm having computer issues...sorry

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I'm so stupid. I accidentally removed you from my friends list...will you forgive me?
Can we still be friends?


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Have you ever heard the saying "Life is what happens when you are making plans for something else"? It's funny, I would say that most of my best career moves have taken place when something totally out of my control occurs. I was a laid off my first real job about six years ago. I ended up taking the first thing that came my way...something I had no experience in, then the place I got laid off from was eventually re-started by former employees and now, here I am, back where I started out...yet way better off than when I began! Life is crazy sometimes.

I never finished reading Kitchen Confidential, unfortunately. I don't know why. It was definitely interesting. And he certainly has a type A personality; it's no wonder he is so successful. I've heard he has quite a reputation these days for eating some questionable things. I don't know the details...not sure I want to. I can't even get through one episode of "Fear Factor" with out running out of the room.

It sounds like running your own restaurant is just way too much work. You're probably smart not to attempt it. Speaking of, did you ever watch the Restaurant? What do you think of DiSpirito? I know nothing about the biz but he came across to me as if the restaurant was just his play ground. He didn't seem to want to address the serious problems, he wasn't cooking...it seemed to me like he just spent most of the time shmoozing the patrons.

Thanks a lot for the information on yoga nidra. It sounds very interesting. I feel like I really need to start practicing meditation on a regular basis, but it's hard to know where to start. It seems to me a lot of people who are into meditation have come to it through some trauma in their daily lives that they are trying to deal with. I'm not going to say that my life is perfect, but I'm genuinely happy with how things are going -- I'm just a roll-with-the-punches, grounded person naturally. Sometimes I think because of that the idea of mediation is harder for me. Does that make any sense?? My practice is the closest I get to any type of meditation for the time being but I will definitely check out the nidra CD's at Amazon. Thanks again!

Oh, just curious, what kind of restaurant do you work in?

Funny. I had the same experience when I started taking yoga classes. I had been doing it at home and thought I had a good grasp on how it was supposed to be. Then I went to class and I was like, man, I must not have been doing this right before...it's harder than I thought!! Needless to say, the growth in my practice has been vast just since I started taking classes in July compared to all of those years I was attempting it at home alone. I am interested in sitting meditation tho. In fact, I think the first week in January I am going to attend the local Zen fellowship and have them introduce me to zazen. Again, I've read a lot about proper zazen techniques but I want to have an experienced teacher show me so I know I'm doing it correctly.

So, I'm interested, since cooking is another one of my passions...how do you like being a chef? And do you hope to open your own restaurant one day? Oh, and what do you think of Anthony Bourdain? I read parts of Kitchen Confidential and definitely have a vibe on him.

Congrats on group ownership...

Sorry, but your number (and my map) fell victim to a horrible coffee accident as I was swerving around some idiot on HWY 58 near Barstow.
I'm bummed we missed hooking up, and in general, I was less than impressed with my trip.

DV, being of service is the whole thing, isn't it? I had a guy working for me 5-6 years ago that couldn't comprehend doing what we do as a career; he said it had no purpose. The chef looked at him and said "we do have a purpose". Dipshit asked him what it was and he replied with three simple, eloquent words: "Feed the people". It doesn't get much simpler than that.

Got your email.
I lived in Vegas from 93 to 98 and I go back almost every year for this convention. My mom lived there from 90 to last September, so we have made plans to make it to the convention as a 'holiday' tradition every year.
While it's too late this year, maybe nexy year I will bring Ivy with me.
In any case, I got your digits. I'm sure well meet there sometime over the four days.
Keep Trudgin'


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