After TWENTY hours of traveling and several cancelled flights, we finally arrived in Iowa City at 2:00 this morning. Oy friggin' veh. We somehow managed to get through a 10:00 am school show.
We finally had our first real meal today at lunch, at a place nearby called Mondo's. I had a giant salad. Mesclun greens, shoyu vinaigrette, sesame-crusted chicken. It was good.
Then, after a lovely nap, Trish and I walked to a boba/coffee shop and had a delightful, not-too-sweet frozen mocha.
In the evening, we had a short performance at a donors' dinner. Afterwards, we got to mingle & pig out at the dessert buffet: mini-tarts, chocolate-covered strawberries, and assorted truffles from a local chocolate maker. Of course, I'm too stupid-tired to remember the name of the chocolatier. Sigh.
Going to bed...
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Three more days 'til we hit the road
Maybe things have changed since the Cross-Country Move of '93 (CT to SF), but I remember midwestern salad bars only had veggies that were either pickled beyond recognition or were covered in mayo or jello. The only things that were "green" were iceburg lettuce & lime ambrosia.
As I search the web for clues on Iowa eats, I am both assured and horrified: Iowa City seems to be promising, with plenty of decent restaurants (not to mention indy bookstores, which pretty much guarantee good coffee within spitting distance). There also seems to be a big Slow Food movement in Iowa, but I don't think the other tour folks are going to be too hip on following the slow food, and we don't have much time for food hunting, anyway.
On the other hand, the rest of Iowa seems to leave much to be desired. Sandwiches filled with fried pork tenderloin (pounded paper-thin & fried) and loose meat (which reminds one of bowel movements, not lunch food) dominate the menus. Looks like it's going to be an oink-a-palooza.
I don't want to be a glass is half-empty sort of gal, but just in case we get tired of loose meat, some of us have packed emergency rations.
As I search the web for clues on Iowa eats, I am both assured and horrified: Iowa City seems to be promising, with plenty of decent restaurants (not to mention indy bookstores, which pretty much guarantee good coffee within spitting distance). There also seems to be a big Slow Food movement in Iowa, but I don't think the other tour folks are going to be too hip on following the slow food, and we don't have much time for food hunting, anyway.
On the other hand, the rest of Iowa seems to leave much to be desired. Sandwiches filled with fried pork tenderloin (pounded paper-thin & fried) and loose meat (which reminds one of bowel movements, not lunch food) dominate the menus. Looks like it's going to be an oink-a-palooza.
I don't want to be a glass is half-empty sort of gal, but just in case we get tired of loose meat, some of us have packed emergency rations.
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Taiko food?
What do snack-seeking percussionists eat while on the road, far from our accustomed Bay Area eats?
We hit the road in a week for a three-week stint in Iowa. Stay tuned...
We hit the road in a week for a three-week stint in Iowa. Stay tuned...
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