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YatPundit is Edward Branley. Come on into the pub, have a beverage, and let's discuss what's going on in politics, pop culture, New Orleans stuff, and, oh, the other things folks talk about when they're at the pub!
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Brown Butter Mid-City – YatPundit’s Pub – 18-August-2017
Brown Butter Mid-City Brown Butter Mid-City for Lunch Brown Butter 231 N. Carrollton Avenue New Orleans, LA 70119 (504) 609-3871 www.brownbutterrestaurant.com Reservations via OpenTable (click to the restaurant’s website above) From the restaurant’s website: Located at the corner of N Carrollton and Bienville in Mid City New Orleans, we are the city’s destination for Contemporary Southern American cuisine in a comfortable cozy setting. Our goal is to challenge your palate with new and exciting flavors while anchoring our ingredients in the comforting and familiar. We are the place for a quick lunch, fine dinner, business/special event or just a beer and small plates for the game. Went out to lunch yesterday with the “Todd Price Taste Club,” for the group’s first lunch outing. Had a great time at Brown Butter on Carrollton and Bieville in Mid-City. HUGE CORRECTION TO THE POD: I refer to the group as “Todd Price Eats and Drinks. That is actually the name of Todd’s old Facebook page. Now, Todd, Ann, and Brett from NOLA dot com aggregate all their stuff on a single Facebook group, Where NOLA Eats. Sorry, Todd, I’ll get it right next time. 🙂 Menu for the Todd Price Taste Club group lunch at Brown Butter (Todd Price photo) Starters Salad starter at Brown Butter Brussels Sprouts starter at Brown Butter (Todd Price photo) The two starters were a Gem Lettuce salad with radish, fennel, onion, and Pecorino, with an herb vinaigrette. Our second starter was Flash-fried Brussel Sprouts. While just about everyone else got the sprouts, I got the salad and snitched some of the Brussels Sprouts from others. Both were good, but the Brussels Sprouts were the winner. Mains Brown Butter Burger (nowneworleans photo) Smoked Brisket at Brown Butter. The Brown Butter Burger, with pimento cheese, pickled red onion, roasted garlic aioli, on a brioche bun with house cut fries. Our second option was Smoked Brisket with skillet corn bread, vinegar slaw, along with a white sauce and a smoked onion and apple BBQ sauce. I had the brisket. It was great. Folks who got the burger also enjoyed their choice! Dessert Chocolate Torte at Brown Butter In addition to the beef and burgers, we enjoyed a chocolate torte. The dessert had whipped cream and an Amarena Cherry sauce. Tasty! Be sure to check out Ali’s blog at NowNewOrleans dot com! The post Brown Butter Mid-City – YatPundit’s Pub – 18-August-2017 appeared first on YatPundit.
USAvMEX at The Pub for Football Friday
USA vs Mexico! YatPundit’s Pub is all about The Beautiful Game USAvMEX tonight! We’re fans of Association Football here at YatPundit’s Pub. Specifically, we follow and support two soccer teams: Arsenal Football Club, that wonderful North London side that wears red. My sons support the team from Manchester, UK, that also wears red, so there’s a lot of banter about when they’re home or we’re on the phone. That’s as it should be when folks are passionate about their side. Soccer always improves my mood when it comes to whatever else is going on in the world. In the aftermath of Tuesday, that’s important. This weekend is what’s known as an “international break” in the club season. The national teams compete about once a month as they move forward in qualifying for the World Cup. The next World Cup Final tournament will be in the summer of 2018, in Russia. Each continent has a federation that oversees competition for the spots in the final tournament for their countries. USAvMEX Here in the North America, that federation is the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, or CONCACAF. US Soccer’s Men’s National Team faces Mexico tonight, in their quest for a spot in WC2018. Columbus, Ohio hosts the match. Since 2001, Team USA has not lost to Mexico when they’ve played in Columbus. As they say in politics, the “optics” of playing in Columbus are awful. The reason is simple: there are very few Mexico fans in that city, when compared to other cities, like Los Angeles, Dallas, or Houston. This is one of those occasions where USA supporters don’t care about optics, because we want the win. I’m all about having USA-Mexico friendly matches in the warmer cities where there’s a big Mexican/Mexican-American population. It makes money for US Soccer and sells a lot of bad stadium beer. This game, though? Vamanos, USA! The post USAvMEX at The Pub for Football Friday appeared first on YatPundit.
YatPundit’s Pub #2 – Dealing with anxiety and stress
YatPundit’s Pub – Day 2 of Trumpworld Entrance to the Labyrinth at Audubon Park Our second pod from YatPundit’s Pub. Today, some thoughts before I walked the Labyrinth, then some comments on mental health and taking care of our people. The Labyrinth The Chartres Labyrinth at Audubon Park We’re fortunate to have a Chartres-style labyrinth here in New Orleans, located uptown, at Audubon Park. If you’re not familiar with labyrinths and their applications, Veriditas, the Labyrinth project, has a great getting-started page that will help orient you. One of the things I try to do when I go out to Silicon Valley to teach is to go into San Francisco and walk the labyrinth at Grace Cathedral. I prefer the outdoor labyrinth there. So, take a look at Veriditas and their work, and if there’s a labyrinth near you, perhaps it will help you eject some of the anxiety and stress in your life. Taking care of friends Anxiety and depression are all around us since Tuesday night. It’s important we take care of friends and family. The group that worries me most are what I call “social media self medicaters” – folks who have serious issues with anxiety and/or depression, but aren’t seeing anyone for it. They come onto platforms like Facebook and try to talk out their issues, but that can backfire. Facebook can be a dark and scary place for some people. Therefore, we don’t need our friends who already have issues talking to people who will exacerbate their problems. This is a challenging situation, since it’s hard to simply tell someone to stay off social media. Also, a lot of folks right now have legitimate concerns, since crazed conservatives are making up wish lists of things from the last eight years that they want to undo. Same-sex marriages and Obamacare are high on most of those lists. This crap isn’t something our friends need in their lives. Take care of your people! NOTE: In the pod, I mention an incident in Lafayette, Louisiana, involving a Muslim student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The young woman has admitted to the police she fabricated the story. The post YatPundit’s Pub #2 – Dealing with anxiety and stress appeared first on YatPundit.
YatPundit’s Pub – Podcast #1 – Aftermath
YatPundit’s Pub brings the podcast back, and we’re going to talk about a lot of things. The Pub will run 15-30 minutes, Monday thru Friday. YatPundit’s Pub It’s right here. We’re at the bar at Tujague’s. Maybe we’re at a table at The Bulldog on Canal Blvd. It’s wherever New Orleanians get together to talk. One important point–it’s the “liberal” side of the bar. It’s the table in the corner where the Democrats gather. Don’t think for a moment it’s not, even on the days when politics isn’t the subject. And we’re off! Election Aftermath Today we discuss the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s Presidential election. Three segments: Where we are today, and up to 20-Jan-2017 Immediate thoughts on what we need to focus on for the first two years of the next presidency Long-term future: We need to be “Faith Based Liberals” and rebuild progressive local government I’m not going to get into recriminations, blame, etc. It didn’t do any good to go there in 2000, and it’s not going to do any good now. The place for that discussion is when we talk about the long term. Progressives need to work to re-build our presence in government at the local and state levels. That’s where the Clinton-versus-Sanders, the Liberal-versus-DLC, the beliefs of the Democratic Party come in. We’ll get there. It’s the things we should talk over a beer. Or two. So, YatPundit’s Pub isn’t going to be all politics. We’re going to talk about food, drink, and cultcha! It’s what you expect when you sit down at the table with your beverage. Hopefully we’ll get others involved to chat about these things, so it’s not just me ranting. My day gig (computer training and consulting) still involves a bit of travel, and the pod won’t stop because of that. While pub conversations will vary, one fixed subject here in the pub is going to be “Football Friday”. We’re going to talk about soccer. If you’re a fan of The Beautiful Game, and you grow weary of me talking about Arsenal Football Club, let’s get you on the pod and we’re have some proper banter. The post YatPundit’s Pub – Podcast #1 – Aftermath appeared first on YatPundit.