: Addicted to Seltzer
We are long time major league fans of seltzer here in the Korn-Heilner household. For years we made weekly trudges over to Costco or A&P, lugged a case or two back home, and typically finished off the last bottle just after the next weekend. We would then be seltzer deprived for a week or two until we could go back out, trudge over to Costco, etc, etc.
Then we discovered SodaStream. In case you have not heard of these gadgets, basically it’s a simple device you put on your kitchen counter top. You keep bottles of water in the fridge. When you want seltzer you take a bottle out of the fridge, screw it into the machine, press a knob, some farting sounds come out of the machine, and — voila – you’ve got seltzer. Not only that, but you can control the degree of fizziness. I like my seltzer super extra fizzy.
This is one of the great inventions of the 20th century. It ranks up there with dental floss and open heart surgery.
There other big advantage of these gadgets is that now, instead of shlepping cases of bottles every week, you only have to replace a little CO2 canister every 5-6 weeks or so. But last week, our canister (and our spare canister) both ran out; and neither Lisa or I could get out to the store to exchange our used canister for new ones. 3 bottles of nicely chilled water were patiently waiting in the fridge to be fizzed up, but we were out of gas. The days dragged on and things got tense. We made do with water, but once you’re addicted to seltzer, water just leaves you flat. Finally, on Saturday I was able to run out and get new canisters. I charged up an ice cold bottle, poured glasses for Lisa & me, and we sat out on the front porch and had a toast. Cheers! Skoal! L’Chayyim! To seltzer! Or try any of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_%28honor%29#Worldwide
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June 14, Saturday, 8-9:30 PM – Lunatic Fringe, Glen Ridge Community Center @ The Glen Ridge Train Station, 228 Ridgewood Avenue (corner of Bloomfield Avenue), Glen Ridge, NJ Reservations: (973) 429-1527
This is the last show of the umpteenth season, your last chance to get a good laugh. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. BYO (whatever it is you wanna bring)
http://www.lunaticfringeimprov.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53938723078&ref=ts
June 15, Sunday, 3:00PM-4:30PM – Benefit for Walter Hudson at The Red Lion, 151 Bleeker St., Greenwich Village, NYC (212) 260-9797
I will be making one of my rare New York appearances this Sunday afternoon at The Red Lion in The Village. This show is a benefit for Sonny Hudson – a long time member of the metropolitan blues scene – who is in need of support for medical needs. I will be playing with three different bands. At 3:00 it’s Better Off Dead, at 3:30 it’s the Vestapolitans, and at 4:00 I’m with Arthur Neilson. There are some fine bands going on after 4:430, but I’ll be off to dinner with my family for Father’s Day.
http://www.redlionnyc.com
http://www.betteroffdead.com/home.htm
www.Vestapolitans.com
http://www.arthurneilson.com/
June 23, Monday , 8:00PM-11:00PM – Big Ed Sullivan Blues Jam at The Red Lion, 151 Bleeker St., Greenwich Village, NYC (212) 260-9797
A rare second New York appearance in one month. I will be filling in for the regular keyboardist David Bennet Cohen at the Monday Night Jam at the Red Lion. For those of you who are not familiar with the scene, at a blues jam different musicians get on & off during the course of the evening. There will likely be other keyboard players there, so if you show up and you don’t see me on stage, it’s likely that I’m taking turns with the other keyboard players. The Red Lion has an enormous selection of bottled beer and decent bar food – plus The Village is always fun on a summer night.
http://www.redlionnyc.comhttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Ed-Sullivan/253831450378
June 27, Friday, 7:00PM-10:00PM – Shuffle, Jump, and Moan in Montville, NJ
Well, this is embarrassing. I started writing and realized that I don’t know exactly where it is or what time we go on. It’s a town event and there will be a number of bands; Shuffle, Jump, and Moan will be doing a 50 minute set some time between 7 and 10. If you’re in the vicinity of Montville and want to hear some great blues, let me know and I’ll get you the full details as soon as I know. Is there an “embarrassed” emoticon in the house?