Paulie Walnuts Does Denny's!

Awesome...Totally Awesome!



My dad, with his partner, (hereafter lovingly known as Uncle Jerry,) bought into the Denny's Franchise in Longview, WA in late 1970 and we, (Mom, Dad, and I) moved there in 1971. (As an aside, family legend has it that they had considered buying into a company that was starting to expand, but one of the partners, and I've never really been able to ascertain who, talked the other one out of it. "Hamburgers" the story goes..."Not gonna go anywhere". The "Hamburger" place that he spoke of was ((of course)) McDonald's, and I later heard that for awhile in the 1980's it was one of, if not the busiest, McDonald's in Washington.)

Anyway, I spent many, MANY hours playing in the back, sitting at the counter chatting with the regulars, and eating lots (and LOTS) of just about everything on the menu.

I probably would have thought Paulie Walnuts was a cool old man, and would have probably bugged the hell out of him everytime he came in to eat.

~Jason

Dead Nightclubs of Seattle

I was young, and missed a lot of it, but I remember quite a few of these places, and spent some fun times (and saw some great music...) Not to mention Valentine's Day at the Vogue that one year... ;)

Those were the Daze...

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife/2004154856_deadclubs31.html

~Jason

The train HAS left the station...

(Seriously, Jason? Almost a year since your last post? What kind of blog is this, anyway?)

Andy's Diner is closing.

R.I.P....

Hope that something cool happens to all of those old railcars.

~Jason

New Posts!

Not from me, however....

Check out the new posts by earleybird to the right...(Fried Chicken is for Lovers....) Funny!

~Jason

Not the best, but....

I am always sad when I hear about a place this old closes down.

Hope that the restaurant that replaces it does well.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003557036_bakers05m.html

~Jason

Congrats, Murray!

Playboy gives props to Murray Stenson, (who, in my opinion,) is the best Bartender on the Planet.

http://www.playboy.com/style/a-list/bartenders/08.html

Congrats again, Murray, and great pic!

Sad...

The Link to the Tablet review has, alas,been removed. Hopefully I'll run across it here soon and will repost it.

I LOVE the Internet!

I feel the need....The Need For Speed!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2851488008488190547&q=lelouch%3E%20http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2851488008488190547&q=lelouch%3E%20>

Wow...What a film!

~Jason

HA!

She said that she wouldn't, but she did! My wife has started a blog and it's real real good. Better then this one, anyway...

http://www.friedchickenisforlovers.blogspot.com/

Check it out. I'm jealous of how well she writes....

(Oh, and I finally figured out how to make links work. Click away, friends!)

~Jason

2/16/06

Maybe a little depressing....

Mom's Birthday today. I would give just about anything to be able to pick up the phone and call to wish her a happy birthday, but sadly, I'll never be able to do that again.

If anyone who is reading could take a moment and think about their parents, maybe call and just chat with them for a few minutes, that'd be real real great.

~Jason