Posts Tagged “anthony bourdain”SomaCow Media is proud to present Morp Zeemt SomaCow brought to you this week by Ribbledoo Whack. This week we talked about J Zima Ahchoo Blurb. J talked about J Vorp Wagglewaggle We love J Whirrrrrrrrrrrrr And this music was Spiddlepunked:
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In this, our 200th episode, we wrapped up our Trivia competition with Curtis Earth, we discussed our visit to Keila’s incredible studio, and we discussed the beauty of art for art’s sake. I am still flabbergasted at the results of our Trivia fest. I do not doubt the answers given by Curtis, as I know he is steadfast and earnest. But I am a little distraught as to the fact that he was sitting NEXT to the person that won. Shenanigans? Certainly not Bennigan’s, they done closed up shop. Perhaps just Goings On. I am content to say that there may have been some fierce Goings On. We bid a fond adieu (for now) to Mr. Earth, who gave us good radio and had to be at some massive party or sales meeting or anything more important than us, and Mickey and I filled J in (ew) on our Friday afternoon field trip. I may start making these a regular thing here on SomaCow, as they help widen my family’s view of the world, provide a nice escape after a week of slogging in the cubicle mines, and, well, they sure do help for show topics! If you have a weird, neat, cool, scary, or just plain interesting place I can visit on a Friday, drop me a line, won’t you please? Thanks. So, this week was Keila’s Glassworks, a relatively new institution here in Orlando. Leasing space from the City Arts Factory here in The City Beautiful, Charles Keila and his family and staff have carved out a niche in our city quick-like. The purpose of the studio is blowing glass, for sale, for instructional purposes, and for entertainment. It gets a 10 out of 10 for all three in my opinion. I first heard about Kelia’s while watching The Travel Channel. How’s that for lazy? Place is here in MY CITY, and I have to wait for Samantha Brown to come yapping across the screen before I am aware. No, I was not WATCHING Samantha Brown… I was, um, waiting for Anthony Bordain to come on and stuff. Yeah. We’ll get to her, just you wait. We called up the place and set an appointment, and inquired as to prices. Depending on what you want, the prices vary as to how much time you will spend in studio, and what you will be making. I wanted the full hog, training, tumbler making, vase blowing, adding on extrys, so I opted for “The Experience“. I am glad I did, because when we emerged, three hours later, soaking with perspiration and creative juices (ew), we had a whole damn shelf-worth of beautiful works of art to show for it. Suffice it to say, it costs less than Disney, but then, so does everything. We met Front Madame Meg, Journeyman Justin, and Shadow the Apprentice, as the owner was out during our visit, and I could not have been more impressed by their friendliness, competency, and hospitality. Meg got us set up in no time, explaining some of what we would be doing, and Justin and Shadow gave us a complete demo, pausing to explain the process in great detail, and no matter how many questions I shot off, they each responded with enthusiasm and intelligence. It’s tough to remember all that we did, as its a blur of molten honey-lava, pole cracking, tong squeezing, and laughter, but I do remember these salient points from the whole experience:
2. You can screw up your creation. From over pressing with the caliper like squeezy things to over or under heating the glass, all the way to picking out a daft color arrangement, you CAN make the beautiful turn ugly, or, at the very least, wobbly. The difference here is that Justin and Shadow were there at all times to swoop in and fix it for you, if fixing is what you need. So nice to have a safety net, especially after 40 minutes toiling and turning a vase.
SomaCow Media is proud to present SomaCow, brought to you by Semoran Skateway. Well, Geoff is off at sensitivity training learning not to call black people ‘monkeys’, or Asians ‘Alien slanteyes’. Hopefully.
And while he’s off learning to not call people “durka durkas” vs “woo woos”, I’m here at home watching Anthony Bourdain. See, I know that when Geoff comes home he will want to watch him again so that means double Anthony for me! I think if we ever had a third person it would be him… So let’s see how the guys do with this more sensitive side of SomaCow. Any ideas on a punishment if they fall into their old ways? Geoff finished Stardust and gives his final review. Is it a children’s book? (If you would like to sponsor this, or any other segment, email me, Jen, at somacow@gmail.com) The music we enjoyed this hour:
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