Tom Brokaw Had a Hamburger and Danny Meyer Had Fried Chicken Last Night at the CNN Grill
Tom Brokaw dined last night with the restaurateur Danny Meyer at the CNN Grill, a watering hole of sorts right outside the convention gates where members of the media can be seen all week sheepishly eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner for free. CNN set the thing up over the weekend, outfitting with new signage, new paint, and twelve TVs what used to be (and will be again once the convention leaves town) the Eagle Street Bar & Grill. Overseeing operations in the kitchen is Michael Romanos, the star chef from Mr. Meyer's banner New York spot, the Union Square Cafe.
"I had fried chicken and uh... what else did I have? Barbecued potato chips," said Mr. Meyer. "It was awesome."
Earlier, Mr. Meyer was in the convention center watching the proceedings.
"I'm only here for today and tomorrow," he said, "so I went in for about two or three speeches tonight because I'm here, I gotta go do it. I saw George Bush on TV, which I could have done from home, Laura Bush, and um... a bunch of people I've never heard of."
The enthusiasm in the arena had not overwhelmed him.
"It was quiet," he said. "I was really interested in listening to what people were saying. I felt like I was a real fly on the wall. I heard delegates saying, you know, too bad Laura Bush didn't run for president, because she might have even been stronger than her husband."
Had Mr. Brokaw shared with him any intriguing theories about what was happening? No! They talked about fly fishing.
"He's been eating in our restaurants for years," Mr. Meyer said, "so we talk about fly fishing. I kinda feel like if he's in here tonight, you leave him alone."
Mr. Brokaw, for his part, seemed pretty nonplussed about the whole thing anyway.
"You know, Denver worked well for the Democrats, and I think that on an improv basis these guys are doing pretty well," he said, shortly after putting away a hamburger and a martini. "It's a tough one. I think it's somewhere in the middle. It's not as exciting -- but given the last two, Boston and New York, I think this one measures up."
Did Mr. Brokaw think Sarah Palin was going to drop out of the race?
"No," he said. "Listen, we haven't heard from her! How about we give her a chance? And then we go from there. Everybody tries to get ahead of the curve these days. And that's all I have to say."
What a banal article. I can only blame this for the newspaper being sold to a wealthy young man who prefers such banalities to the sort of edgy content the paper featured under Arthur Carter.
What do you
have in your closet?
How long ago
was it when shoes were just footwear? You threw them on to go play out in the
back yard, or down on the playground. Today, however, having a pair of sneakers
has taken on a whole new meaning, especially when dealing with sports shoes.
What has really made the sneaker culture huge is the sport shoe industry, with
Nike and Adidas pulling up the front. These sports icons have been worn and
styled by not only top athletes, but by people in the music industry.
They say that it was the Nike Dunk
that started it all off. In 1985, Nike brought out the
Nike Dunk.
Originally these sneakers meant for the college community of basketball
players. Instead, this style of sports shoes started the sneaker sub-culture.
Although this style of sneaker was designed to be used during high intensity
basketball games, the spotlight quickly turned to the fashion of wearing them,
what they looked like, and which ones you owned. Twenty years later, Nike has
brought the Nike Dunk back on
the courts with all its retro style and performance.
But why stop
with basketball shoes? In 2000, Nike decided to jump into the skateboarding
scene with the new Nike Skateboarding product line.
With
Nike SB has come the
Nike Dunk SB. For years, before
skateboarding came out from the underground scene, skateboarders utilized the
rugged design of basketball shoes. Nike decided to capitalize on what Vans and
DC shoes had been monopolizing for years, and take what was already an amazing
sneaker, and fit it into the needs of skateboarders. What the
Nike Dunk
SB brought in the way of performance was extra-padded tongue and their
patented Zoom Air insole. In the way of style, this sneaker has already come out
with six series, and names for them like Grip, Forbes, and Vipers.
Another blast
from the past would be the Nike Air
Force 1. These sneakers first came out in the early 80’s. And like the
hip hop culture, their popularity grew. However, this band did not reach their
full fashion peek until 2002 when Nelly released the song “Air
Force Ones”.
The other major
sports shoe brand is the Adicolor
Shoes, an Adidas Original. The design became so popular because the
plain white canvas was adaptable by painting, drawing, and spraying on your own
personal design, and even accessories were sold to help you in your creativity.
In 2006 they pushed the envelope further with a new color series using artists
and designers from all over the world.
Another huge sneaker that was popular with the hip hop world was the
Adidas Superstar. A very raw
and controversial Hip Hop group that helped skyrocket the
Adidas
Superstar to stardom was Run-D.M.C. This cutting edge group was known for
wearing their Superstars out on stage, and even wrote a song dedicated to them
called “My Adidas”. Whether its Nike or Adidas, clean out that closet, dust off
your old sneakers, and get into the game.
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Obana A
Best wishes!