The Weekly Three

Three things that go great together. This week by my lovely wife, Jen.

 

When their first disc, Exile on Coldharbour Lane came out, I saw A3 in concert.  Proclaiming themselves as alt-country-acid rock, their beat as infectious as anything I have ever listened to.  Lyrics are real and relatable.  Every time I hear it (even as sick of the Sopranos’ theme song a person could be) makes me want to get up and dance.  Their second disc, La Peste is not as trancy and dance as Exile on Coldharbour Lane, more of a sipping CD in a dark room on a plush couch.  Headphones on as you are transformed to another dimension of ecstasy.  Takes you to another world without the illegal implications.

Aligning to the Other World state of mind, what better place than Las Vegas?  And what better book to have at the pool or bar as you watch all those thousands of people than Kitchen Confidential; Tony Bourdain brings you into a world very few of us have experienced.  Behind those doors to the kitchen of your favorite restaurant…dive…exclusive eats…lies the kitchen with pristinely dressed, expertly mannered, wizards of the kitchen creating that yummy dish that lands before you.  Or are they?  I have a completely new appreciation, and fear, for those wizards knocking out my food in record time.  Food that gives me comfort when I’m sad or near orgasmic experience in flavor.  Laugh-out-loud stories and explanations of what really happens behind those mystical doors in your favorite eatery.

The classic martini pulls it all together.  Basic, simple, cold, up with a twist.  Depending on if you are sinking into the trance of A3 and sipping your pleasure, or if you are reading Kitchen Confidential and need something smooth enough to gobble down to race towards another…it is the perfect complement to this Weekly Three

This is my first Weekly Three.  Perhaps I’ll be inspired with another sometime soon.

-- Jen