I agree with the foul-mouthed cracker bitch -- every post by Tom King is worth the wait.
And Vermont St. BBQ is great. If you had a bad experience there, I suggest you try it again. I've had a marginal meal at nearly all of my favorite restaurants. It happens. They're my favorite restaurants because it doesn't happen often, and the rest of the time, I know I'm going to get a good meal. I'd love to see Tom write about that sometime.
When you read Tom's blogs, you not only learn about a particular restaurant, you learn about the art of running a restaurant. Every person who wants to open a restaurant in Lawrence should be encouraged to read Tom's blog about the Paradise.
BTW -- Mitzibel, I miss your blog, too. Regardless of whether I agree or disagree with you, I always look forward to your blogs. Write more! You have interesting things to say even when you're just writing about hippies.
I actually really like Odessa's. The fried chicken is the way to go. As for the service, I've had it both ways -- personable/attentive and disturbingly passive. Still, I love the place. My biggest problem is that I'm so used to heading out on Mass to get lunch that I often forget about it. I hope this place can make it work.
I love Odessa's. The fried chicken is the way to go. As for the service, I've had it both ways -- personable/attentive and disturbingly passive. Still, I love the place. My biggest problem is that I'm so used to heading out on Mass to get lunch that I often forget about it. This site has cell-phone reminders for local shows; maybe it needs reminders for cool restaurants or a restaurant of the day. Either way, I need to eat at Odessa's more often.
Thank God these guys don't have a place to sit down and eat. If they did, I would be in trouble. I love this place, but I'm more of a "sit-down-at-the-restaurant" type of guy. I don't do a lot of take out.
In fact, except for this place, I don't do any take out. Which I guess helps to explain how much I like this place. Actually, it might be good that they don't have seating. If they did, I'd really be a fat-fart now.
I love the beef sandwiches and sausages, though I usually don't put the meats on the bread, instead just eating them with a fork. The baked beans are good, too.
I'm not sure what they call it, because I don't have a menu in front of me right now, but for lack of the correct term, they have something that is essentially a small bucket of meat and it's really affordable ... maybe $5 or so. It's the best value in Lawrence for ribs.
I can never decide if I really love their BBQ, or if I'm annoyed at it. To me, it has a real ketchup flavor to it. But I usually find it tasty, just not what I expect.
The place just has great food. Definitely one of my favorite places in Lawrence.
Besides, isn't it great when the underdog has the best stuff?
Murderama -- Lawrence.com editor Phil Cauthon is on a much-deserved vacation. My guess is that when he gets back, the ability to post responses will be turned back on for your blog.
None of the things that we have been doing recently are in response to our actual bloggers. The things we are doing are in response to how some reply posts are developing on a few of our blogs.
We're kind of in uncharted territory with these blogs (how many other mainstream media company sites have them?), so sometimes we have to ask the opinions of others. There are no pre-set rules or other examples to look at. We're it.
So, we're asking questions of lots of other folks.
That's why some of our blogs now require registration. And that's why there is currently no way to publish responses on the Murderama blog.
(Phil is back in the office on Tuesday and will get this sorted out.)
We want these blogs to really be a free-flowing discussion.
But we also want this to be a cool place to hang out on the Web. We look at these blogs a little like we look at a sports bar or coffee shop.
When you go to your favorite coffee shop or sports bar, and strike up a conversation, not everyone is going to agree with everyone. And some people are going to be a little saltier than others. Fans of the other team might come in for drinks. People dressed like their Pearl Jam roadies or from A Flock of Seagulls might walk in. That's what you somewhat expect at a sports bar or coffee shop.
The bartender/coffee server can deal with that.
Until someone keeps coming in who the rest of the regulars at the establishment really don't get along with or like. Then the place of business has to make a decision. Does he stay with his regulars or go with the new folks who are alienating everyone else.
Or are some of these new folks just buttheads or bullies who can't ge a long with anyone?
Right now, we're on the ground level of this. We're having to figure out things a little on the fly. But we'll get it all sorted out.
We just want to have a cool place to hang out, and I'm not going to lie, I love reading Sara's blog. :)
comments: why is there suddenly no longer any anonymous postings allowed in the powder room and not in any of the other blogs?
This is really unsettling to have to use my password over and over again just to post. I probably wont post any longer.
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Thanks for your note.
We thought long and hard about whether to require registration on certain parts of this site. Honestly, most of us at lawrence.com get ticked off when we're surfing the Web and get smacked with a "please register" message. It's a pain to have to remember usernames and passwords for dozens of different sites.
But we ended up deciding to require registration on certain features of this site because we felt the features wouldn't be nearly as useful without it. Restaurant reviews would be practically worthless if we didn't make people own up to their words. Some blog comment threads would degenerate into anonymous name-calling without a registration requirement.
That's what has been happening on PowderRoom Confessions and on Codename Murderama. We absolutely don't mind it when people are skeptical of the bloggers on this site, or even flat-out critical. But we're tired of folks just being mean and hiding under the log-in of "anonymous" to do it. We only put this required log-in on those two blogs after much discussion and disagreement within our staff on how to do registration on our blogs.
But the key was that recent posts were going to require us to do this, and our options were to put required registration on all of the blogs, or just the ones where folks were hiding behind anonymity to resort to name calling and other comments that were, simply put, slanderous.
At some point the registration feature will be on all blogs, though users will still be able to post to the majority of our blogs anonymously. The reason why we want to have the ability to register for posting on blogs (instead of just anonymously) is so that folks can't grab someone else's username and start posting on it. This would keep others from using log-ins such as Maxi Pad, etc...
We sincerely hope you won't stop posting to our blogs.
Please call or e-mail me if you have any other thoughts or questions.
Hey Maxie ... This is Rob from the Lawrence.com staff. I just tried to respond to your site feedback about required registration to post on this blog, but you gave us a bogus e-mail address. If you would like, just send us a real e-mail address or I can just post the response directly to this blog. Thanks!!!
Taken out to the ballgame
Damn, is it good to have Joel back. I'm rooting for the Red Sox.
October 22, 2004 at 10:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Vermont Street BBQ
I agree with the foul-mouthed cracker bitch -- every post by Tom King is worth the wait.
And Vermont St. BBQ is great. If you had a bad experience there, I suggest you try it again. I've had a marginal meal at nearly all of my favorite restaurants. It happens. They're my favorite restaurants because it doesn't happen often, and the rest of the time, I know I'm going to get a good meal. I'd love to see Tom write about that sometime.
When you read Tom's blogs, you not only learn about a particular restaurant, you learn about the art of running a restaurant. Every person who wants to open a restaurant in Lawrence should be encouraged to read Tom's blog about the Paradise.
BTW -- Mitzibel, I miss your blog, too. Regardless of whether I agree or disagree with you, I always look forward to your blogs. Write more! You have interesting things to say even when you're just writing about hippies.
July 9, 2004 at 6:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Outdoor encounters
The Royals should be great this year. I've got tickets to the season opener!
March 30, 2004 at 6:40 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Can you go down?
brilliant!
November 2, 2003 at 1:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Odessa's Cafe
I actually really like Odessa's. The fried chicken is the way to go. As for the service, I've had it both ways -- personable/attentive and disturbingly passive. Still, I love the place. My biggest problem is that I'm so used to heading out on Mass to get lunch that I often forget about it. I hope this place can make it work.
September 22, 2003 at midnight ( permalink | suggest removal )
Odessa's Cafe
I love Odessa's. The fried chicken is the way to go. As for the service, I've had it both ways -- personable/attentive and disturbingly passive. Still, I love the place. My biggest problem is that I'm so used to heading out on Mass to get lunch that I often forget about it. This site has cell-phone reminders for local shows; maybe it needs reminders for cool restaurants or a restaurant of the day. Either way, I need to eat at Odessa's more often.
September 19, 2003 at 1:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Vermont Street BBQ
Thank God these guys don't have a place to sit down and eat. If they did, I would be in trouble. I love this place, but I'm more of a "sit-down-at-the-restaurant" type of guy. I don't do a lot of take out.
In fact, except for this place, I don't do any take out. Which I guess helps to explain how much I like this place. Actually, it might be good that they don't have seating. If they did, I'd really be a fat-fart now.
I love the beef sandwiches and sausages, though I usually don't put the meats on the bread, instead just eating them with a fork. The baked beans are good, too.
I'm not sure what they call it, because I don't have a menu in front of me right now, but for lack of the correct term, they have something that is essentially a small bucket of meat and it's really affordable ... maybe $5 or so. It's the best value in Lawrence for ribs.
I can never decide if I really love their BBQ, or if I'm annoyed at it. To me, it has a real ketchup flavor to it. But I usually find it tasty, just not what I expect.
The place just has great food. Definitely one of my favorite places in Lawrence.
Besides, isn't it great when the underdog has the best stuff?
September 6, 2003 at midnight ( permalink | suggest removal )
Fast Times at Lake of the Ozarks
Murderama -- Lawrence.com editor Phil Cauthon is on a much-deserved vacation. My guess is that when he gets back, the ability to post responses will be turned back on for your blog.
None of the things that we have been doing recently are in response to our actual bloggers. The things we are doing are in response to how some reply posts are developing on a few of our blogs.
We're kind of in uncharted territory with these blogs (how many other mainstream media company sites have them?), so sometimes we have to ask the opinions of others. There are no pre-set rules or other examples to look at. We're it.
So, we're asking questions of lots of other folks.
That's why some of our blogs now require registration. And that's why there is currently no way to publish responses on the Murderama blog.
(Phil is back in the office on Tuesday and will get this sorted out.)
We want these blogs to really be a free-flowing discussion.
But we also want this to be a cool place to hang out on the Web. We look at these blogs a little like we look at a sports bar or coffee shop.
When you go to your favorite coffee shop or sports bar, and strike up a conversation, not everyone is going to agree with everyone. And some people are going to be a little saltier than others. Fans of the other team might come in for drinks. People dressed like their Pearl Jam roadies or from A Flock of Seagulls might walk in. That's what you somewhat expect at a sports bar or coffee shop.
The bartender/coffee server can deal with that.
Until someone keeps coming in who the rest of the regulars at the establishment really don't get along with or like. Then the place of business has to make a decision. Does he stay with his regulars or go with the new folks who are alienating everyone else.
Or are some of these new folks just buttheads or bullies who can't ge a long with anyone?
Right now, we're on the ground level of this. We're having to figure out things a little on the fly. But we'll get it all sorted out.
We just want to have a cool place to hang out, and I'm not going to lie, I love reading Sara's blog. :)
rob
July 18, 2003 at 10:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Fast Times at Lake of the Ozarks
comments: why is there suddenly no longer any anonymous postings allowed in the powder room and not in any of the other blogs?
This is really unsettling to have to use my password over and over again just to post. I probably wont post any longer.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Thanks for your note.
We thought long and hard about whether to require registration on certain parts of this site. Honestly, most of us at lawrence.com get ticked off when we're surfing the Web and get smacked with a "please register" message. It's a pain to have to remember usernames and passwords for dozens of different sites.
But we ended up deciding to require registration on certain features of this site because we felt the features wouldn't be nearly as useful without it. Restaurant reviews would be practically worthless if we didn't make people own up to their words. Some blog comment threads would degenerate into anonymous name-calling without a registration requirement.
That's what has been happening on PowderRoom Confessions and on Codename Murderama. We absolutely don't mind it when people are skeptical of the bloggers on this site, or even flat-out critical. But we're tired of folks just being mean and hiding under the log-in of "anonymous" to do it. We only put this required log-in on those two blogs after much discussion and disagreement within our staff on how to do registration on our blogs.
But the key was that recent posts were going to require us to do this, and our options were to put required registration on all of the blogs, or just the ones where folks were hiding behind anonymity to resort to name calling and other comments that were, simply put, slanderous.
At some point the registration feature will be on all blogs, though users will still be able to post to the majority of our blogs anonymously. The reason why we want to have the ability to register for posting on blogs (instead of just anonymously) is so that folks can't grab someone else's username and start posting on it. This would keep others from using log-ins such as Maxi Pad, etc...
We sincerely hope you won't stop posting to our blogs.
Please call or e-mail me if you have any other thoughts or questions.
Sincerely,
rob
July 17, 2003 at 9:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Fast Times at Lake of the Ozarks
Hey Maxie ... This is Rob from the Lawrence.com staff. I just tried to respond to your site feedback about required registration to post on this blog, but you gave us a bogus e-mail address. If you would like, just send us a real e-mail address or I can just post the response directly to this blog. Thanks!!!
July 17, 2003 at 9:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )