Can take the Lynx Blue Line from South Blvd I-485 to Bland St. Exit:
The original Common Market opened in Plaza Midwood three years ago and has quickly become a neighborhood hangout-especially in the summer, when patrons buy a bottle of wine and settle on the patio to socialize with friends for the night. Co-owner Chuck Bargers is hoping for the same success with his new location in South End just across from the Lynx station . 1515 S. Tryon St. 704-332-7782
Apostrophe Lounge-1440 S.Tryon St. 704-371-7079
This intimate lounge has an extensive martini list.
Gin Mill: The skyline view from the rooftop terrace is unbeatable and the beer's cheap too. 1411 S. Tryon St. 704-373-0782
Amos's Southend: Local and National music acts fills this South End venue on a nightly basis. 1423 S. Tryon St. 704-377-6874
Nikko: Step inside this sushi hotspot for a taste of big-city nightlife.
1300 South Blvd 704-370-0100
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Ameile's Mint Soda
Finally got around to watching the 2001 quirky movie called Ameile on the Ovation channel last night with a very young Audrey Tautou of Da Vinci Code Tom Hanks' co-star fame. Loved it!
The shop where she works is so charming, I just had to name a drink that she serves after her. Here's my best guess of what it might contain:
Ameile's Mint Soda
1 glass of diet lemon-lime soda
1-2 tspns of Creme de Menthe
chunks of ice
Mix together and enjoy on a hot summer day. My body temperature drops as I drink this.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Aller-Leaf (click for a cure to Allergies)
April 10, 2008 - Thursday
AHHHH SPRING!
My eyes, my blasted eyes! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the grass is greening, and these big fat bees drunk with pollen and honey are carrying the venom for my dry scorched eyes. I've locked myself in the bathroom, pressed cold rags on my eyeballs, taken AllerLeaf, blown sticky clear mucous into a box of tissues. Only now can I look at my computer screen without screaming in pain and crying like a wounded kitten.
I've closed all the curtains and type like some tech-savy, red- nosed, blood-starved vampire.........I can't work, can't sleep, can't eat, can't watch tv...... I will claim a permanent pear-blossom eye disabiltiy with the Social Security Administration. I will drink Margaritas in my dark bathtub and soothe my blinded, tearing, blood-shot eyes with the cool condensations dripping down my hand.
This is a reposting of the MYSPACE blog I had...it's still out there if you would like to see a more unfiltered form of myself. I've reposted today because it still applies.
It doesn't matter what area of the county that I've lived in.....I have suffered from allergies. When I went into testing with my sister at the tender age of ten, we both cried our eyes out as our backs became inflamed with every single sample that was eyedropletted onto our backs. After years of taking Allergan, I'm officially weaned off of prescriptions drugs that left me groggy and tired. I now take an herbal supplement called Aller-Leaf. It's a GodSend. No one has allergies worse than me. I don't even need eye droplets anymore after taking this miracle product. It's also only $16 a bottle and each bottle lasts a month.
Herbs it contains:
Tumeric root
Nettle leaf
Bayberry bark
Feverfew tops
Chinese Skullcap
Yarrow flower
Eyebright herb
Yarrow flower
Goldenseal rhizome
If you have allergies, order online and you will be relieved. I promise you. It's also good for head colds.
AHHHH SPRING!
My eyes, my blasted eyes! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the grass is greening, and these big fat bees drunk with pollen and honey are carrying the venom for my dry scorched eyes. I've locked myself in the bathroom, pressed cold rags on my eyeballs, taken AllerLeaf, blown sticky clear mucous into a box of tissues. Only now can I look at my computer screen without screaming in pain and crying like a wounded kitten.
I've closed all the curtains and type like some tech-savy, red- nosed, blood-starved vampire.........I can't work, can't sleep, can't eat, can't watch tv...... I will claim a permanent pear-blossom eye disabiltiy with the Social Security Administration. I will drink Margaritas in my dark bathtub and soothe my blinded, tearing, blood-shot eyes with the cool condensations dripping down my hand.
This is a reposting of the MYSPACE blog I had...it's still out there if you would like to see a more unfiltered form of myself. I've reposted today because it still applies.
It doesn't matter what area of the county that I've lived in.....I have suffered from allergies. When I went into testing with my sister at the tender age of ten, we both cried our eyes out as our backs became inflamed with every single sample that was eyedropletted onto our backs. After years of taking Allergan, I'm officially weaned off of prescriptions drugs that left me groggy and tired. I now take an herbal supplement called Aller-Leaf. It's a GodSend. No one has allergies worse than me. I don't even need eye droplets anymore after taking this miracle product. It's also only $16 a bottle and each bottle lasts a month.
Herbs it contains:
Tumeric root
Nettle leaf
Bayberry bark
Feverfew tops
Chinese Skullcap
Yarrow flower
Eyebright herb
Yarrow flower
Goldenseal rhizome
If you have allergies, order online and you will be relieved. I promise you. It's also good for head colds.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
New Orleans Muffuletta Mix (click for Aunt Sally's)
Sadly, I never had a chance to visit New Orleans before the big hurricane. Many restaurant friends would go, come back , and tell me that I belonged there and I needed to go. It was always in the back of my mind when I was waitressing at different restaurants in South Carolina. I still have the bead necklaces my friends brought back. I never asked how they earned them.
Here's my adaptation of the New Orleans Famous Muffuletta Mix (sort of like an olive tapenade but better!) It makes 4x the amount for the same price as Aunt Sally's.
1 jar of green olives drained
1/4 cup virgin olive oil
1-2 cans of black olives drained
For the ingredients below, you can also substitute Italian Gardenia mix and roasted red peppers sold in jars in the pickle section of your grocery store:
1 cauliflower cut-up
2 stalks of celery cut-up
1 roasted red pepper cut-up
1-2 carrots cut-up
2 tbspns of apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar
2 tspns of minced garlic
1 pickle cut-up or 2 tspns of capers
salt to taste
Pour ingredients in food processor and pulse until spreadable, but still chunky.
Refrigerate.
The New Orleans tradition is to spread onto Muffuletta bread or Sourdough then layer with thin slices of Genoa Salami, Provolone cheese, ham & Moradella (or Bologna).
I usually eat this as a side dish with some roasted chicken.
You can also order this from Aunt Sally's Praline Shops in New Orleans at 1-800-642-7257 or auntsallys.com. They've been making this for 75 years now.
Stock up....you won't be able to stop eating it......
Here's my adaptation of the New Orleans Famous Muffuletta Mix (sort of like an olive tapenade but better!) It makes 4x the amount for the same price as Aunt Sally's.
1 jar of green olives drained
1/4 cup virgin olive oil
1-2 cans of black olives drained
For the ingredients below, you can also substitute Italian Gardenia mix and roasted red peppers sold in jars in the pickle section of your grocery store:
1 cauliflower cut-up
2 stalks of celery cut-up
1 roasted red pepper cut-up
1-2 carrots cut-up
2 tbspns of apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar
2 tspns of minced garlic
1 pickle cut-up or 2 tspns of capers
salt to taste
Pour ingredients in food processor and pulse until spreadable, but still chunky.
Refrigerate.
The New Orleans tradition is to spread onto Muffuletta bread or Sourdough then layer with thin slices of Genoa Salami, Provolone cheese, ham & Moradella (or Bologna).
I usually eat this as a side dish with some roasted chicken.
You can also order this from Aunt Sally's Praline Shops in New Orleans at 1-800-642-7257 or auntsallys.com. They've been making this for 75 years now.
Stock up....you won't be able to stop eating it......
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