Archive for April, 2006

BEST PUBLICATION TO DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM 2006: City Pages
OK, I am usually pretty good with humor and all….but, what were they thinking of with some of their picks for their Best of the Cities Issue? I found myself basically offended and not amused.

BEST CHEAP THRILL: Crystal meth
BEST COLUMNIST: Katherine Kersten
BEST CAREER MOVE: Kirby Puckett

On a lighter note over 6,000 people showed up at the Capitol today for OutFront Lobby Day!

This Week’s Special: JAMAICAN JERK CHICKEN SANDWICH: Our grilled chicken breast covered with a spicy, home made, jerk sauce. Topped with shredded carrots, pickled onions and field greens, served on a ciabatta roll.

Don’t Forget our Dining Out For Life Special: Seared Mediterranean Style Sea Bass with a white wine, tomato and kalamata olive pan sauce, served with Israeli Couscous and garlic spinach. This will be available only on Thursday night.

We are getting ready up for a big week (if you didn’t get our e-Newsletter on Friday you might not have heard). This Thursday is OutFront Lobby Day, the Farm Boys Event, and Dining Out for Life. Then on Friday night after the Mpls Film Fest showing of Camp Out we are hosting a gathering. Be sure to check the EVENTS page for more details for events at the Wilde Roast Cafe. You can sign up for our e-Newsletter on the HOME page. See ya this week!

Ann Bancroft was in the cafe this morning, so I got her to sign a menu for our Wall of Fame. I needed a picture of her so I looked up her name on Yahoo Images. After I got her picture I ran my name (why not?). I got the pictures of my cousin who died from AIDS. This is why I walk!

http://www.aidforaids.net/memorialwalk/images/TomDegree.gif

Tired of all the Oscar movies that are on DVD? Want to get out of the house and see a good movie? Then you must see Kinky Boots which opens this weekend at Uptown Theater.

http://www.thefilmfactory.co.uk/kinkyboots/index_flash.html

With the sudden death of his father, Charlie Price takes up the reins of the family’s traditional, Northampton shoe business - Price and Sons. But Charlie quickly discovers it is not business as usual and without new orders, bankruptcy looms.

As a sceptical workforce debate their novice manager, Charlie looks to London for solutions, and in a chance encounter, discovers sassy drag queen, Lola, whose Soho world of outrageous fashion and stylish, erotic boots for men, opens his eyes to an intriguing niche market, a long way from men’s classic brogues.

April 17th: Special this Week

Spinach Strawberry Salad: tender baby spinach with fresh strawberries, sweet red onions and toasted almonds, tossed with a homemade raspberry poppy seed vinaigrette (add a grilled chicken breast for $2.00)

Have you heard of the Gay Games? They are an Olympic type event for the GLBT community. This summer they will be held in Chicago (July 15th to 22nd).

The Wilde Roast Cafe will host a fundraiser event for the games. The money raised will help local teams attending the games. The event will be May 12th at 7pm.

More about the games: http://www.chicago2006.org/

10,000 athletes will be coming from around the world to compete, and many more to watch.

Did you catch this Letter to the Editor in the Pioneer Press yesterday?

Stepbrother says he hasn’t talked to Sen. Bachmann about Gay Marriage

Regarding the article “Bachmann’s stepsister opposes her effort (April 5),” Sen. Michele Bachmann makes a statement that is untrue. I am Bachmann’s stepbrother and Helen La Fave’s brother; Bachmann indicated that she’s taken a vote count of our family concerning gay marriage.

For the record, I’ve never spoken to Bachmann concerning gay marriage.I had e-mailed Bachmann asking why she had to be the one carrying the torch on this issue knowing we have a gay sister. My concern for my family does not give Bachmann the right to assume she knows my feelings about gay marriage.

Maybe the reason “family-values” candidate Bachmann implies she took a family vote is so she doesn’t have to explain why she chose to inject her family into this divisive subject that is now causing our family so much pain and discomfort.

MICHAEL LA FAVE
Forest Lake

April 10th to 16th Special

Seared Tuna and Spinach Salad: seared ahi tuna steak served medium rare with an orange soy-ginger glaze on top of a bed of baby spinach that have been tossed with a golden tomato vinaigrette, garnished with red peppers and sesame seeds.

Easter Brunch Special Two Kinds of Crepes:

Sweet Crepes filled with honeyed ricotta cheese and strawberries topped with a brown butter rum sauce.

Savory Crepes benedict filled with softly scrambled eggs, canadian bacon and topped with a hollandaise sauce.

(both served with either a fresh squeezed orange juice or a mimosa)