Can’t find much info on the south street farmers market, but it is near 14th and south street. Loup River will be playing around 7 PM. We need some plants for the garden, and some fine tunes should make shopping more enjoyable.
Anyone in Lincoln, right now over at the Russ’s on 66th and O, they’ve got free samples of Fat Tire and Abbey Ale. Way better than free samples of Chex mix or whatever. It kind of inspired me to start drinking early, thinking “if this old lady giving out samples is down with drinking in the early afternoon, I may as well too”. So go get a free dixie cup or two of beer, then head downtown for Gene’s show. Hurry!
A Lincoln band that is kicking some major ass around the world. I have been digging them a bunch lately
Their new vid
SUSAN DENTZER: At that time, Thomas had started down the road to the next phase, with something called the Eden Alternative. The approach revamped the nursing home in various ways, most visibly with plenty of green plants and even animals.
What Thomas came up with next was what he called “Green Houses,” small, homelike settings where care for elders, rather than the demands of the institution, came first.
DR. BILL THOMAS: This house really, for me, is a dream come true.
SUSAN DENTZER: Today, that vision is a reality, here at this Green House in Lincoln, Nebraska. It’s operated by Tabitha Health Services, a Lutheran-affiliated nonprofit focused on long-term care.
Of course you could go to the show at Duffy’s or click to download their albums here.
While out and about yesterday I stopped by westlake hardware and saw a small pile of the rock salt / ice melt and asked a dude if he had any smaller bags. “that there might be the only salt in Lincoln, grab it while you can.” I picked up the 50 pound bag and headed to the counter. The phone rang twice and both were folks asking about the salt. They had 4 pallets delivered yesterday morning and about 10 bags were left.
I will cut you a good deal if you are interested 
Ate lunch today at The Peacock, a new Indian restaurant near 27th and Pine Lake Road. I don’t think the restaurant has been open very long since I’ve been driving by a lot lately, waiting for it to open.
They served lunch from the buffet only today. I think their plan is to have a lunch buffet every day and then allow people to order from the menu in the evening.
The menu has a lot of options, not unlike The Oven. Lots of vegetarian choices, which is nice. The restaurant was very clean and open and the service was very good. The owners are anxious to do a good job and made sure everyone had plenty to eat and drink.
On the lunch buffet today they had chicken curry and a fried potato (don’t remember the name of the dish). They also had naan and a soft rice cake with two chutneys: coconut and mint. Another crisp, cracker-like dish was offered, as were some vegetable options. I didn’t take notes, so my explanation of the buffet is poor. I apologize for that. Saffron rice and rice with lentils were offered with the meal.
The food tasted great. Excellent flavor.
However, the chicken had bones in it. This is a big problem that they will have to address because I was picking bones out of every bite. By the end of lunch I just ate the saffron rice with the juice from the chicken curry and didn’t even bother with the meat.
A man sitting behind us asked about the bones and they said that’s just the way they prepare it. Like most people, I’m not used to eating bones or picking them out of my food, so that is a food preparation process the owners will need to change.
After we had gone through the line they informed us that they had added a chili beef dish (medallions or kabobs) to the buffet. They were anxious for people to eat it, so I went back and got some. It looked like it might be a tandoori beef with a chili glaze basted on. It was flavorful, but like the chicken, the quality of the meat was inferior.
The lunch buffet was $10.99. For those prices, in that location, the quality will have to improve if they want to succeed.
I love the idea of a locally owned Indian restaurant in that location. I hope they can make some minor changes to improve their food. Overall, I was a little disappointed, based on the price, but I think they can easily overcome those issues.
My Mommy does a bunch of stuff for the American cancer society relay for life. Lots of fund raisers at places. This one is pretty cool. Apparently an uber house is gonna be shown off. Refreshments and stuff for a donation of $5
Just look at that noble beast, so purdy.
I mentioned this in a Friday Five but wanted to make an official thread so more people might notice it. My dog Dignan needs a new home. I don’t have the time to give him the attention and exercise he needs anymore and it’s bumming me (and him) out.
He’s a 3 year-old “gun metal blue” Weimaraner, he’s completely house trained, as long as you recognize when he’s giving you the signal he needs to go out. He knows and obeys all the basic commands (sit, down, stay, turn around, speak). He’s a very excitable dog, when new people are around, and he needs lots of room to run, so a fenced in backyard would be essential (although he won’t want to stay out there alone for very long, he’s a people dog).
Weimaraners are bred as hunting dogs, but he’s never hunted. I suppose he could be taught pretty easily, if that’s your thing.
I’m also listing him in the Lincoln Journal-Star tomorrow, and asking $200 there, but I won’t let a price-tag get in the way of him having a good home, if it comes to that. If anyone here is thinking about adding a canine friend to the family, or knows anyone who is, please PM me.
P.S. If anyone’s interested in a short-term adoption or tryout period, I’d be open to that as well. I’ll be buying a house next fall and will make sure to have a fenced backyard, and could take him back (otherwise I’ll replace him at that point).
Rock Rose, the Terminals, and Domestica rocked last night. A bunch of really cool ornaments brought in some good money for Cedars. I bid on a few things and one was a mini christmas tree filled with ornaments. Some were boobs which were really cool.
A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed.
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