Posted by Thomas Strubinger on Feb 2, 2015 in A Featured Post, Tom's Blog
If you haven’t yet heard, the Grateful Dead are getting back together one more time, with a “Fare Thee Well” three night stand. They picked Soldier Field because it was the location of their final show with Jerry Garcia in 1995. 2o years later, Original members Phil Lesh, Bob Wier, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzman will be joined by Jeff Chimeni and Bruce Hornsby, as well as Trey Anastasio of Phish. They are doing 3 shows, over the fourth of July weekend, July 3rd, 4th, & 5th, 2015. Billed as “Fare thee Well”, it should be an amazing for young and old Grateful Dead fans alike. Who is the dead and why are they following me? The Grateful Dead was started 50 years ago in 1965 when Phil Lesh joined “The Warlocks” and they changed their name to the “Grateful Dead”. Playing gigs in the San Francisco Bay area, they became a symbol of the counterculture and psychedelic scene. Their loyal fans, known as Dead Heads, would tour with them, moving from town to town, selling handmade jewelery, bottles of water, and grilled cheese sandwiches. There really wasn’t much of anything you couldn’t get in the lot at a grateful Dead show, and when they came to town, they literally brought a town with them, with as many as 15,000 people following them at their height. I was lucky enough to see the Dead almost a dozen times, and I was at the final two concerts in Soldier Field back on July 8th and 9th, 1995. It is an experience that never will be relived, but for the millions of us, who clung to Phish when Jerry died, Trey Anastasio makes an amazing replacement for this one time event. I’m not saying they won’t tour again, because we all know “The Music Never Stopped” on “Shakedown Street” even when “Bertha”, “Jack Straw, and “Tennessee Jed” have a “Touch of Grey”, their still “Going to Hell in a Bucket”. Grateful Dead Envelope Art Back in the days before the internet, there were only a few ways to get tickets to a dead show. You could go to Ticketmaster outlet and campout, you could call at 10am or whatever time they went on sale (typically getting a busy signal for a half hour or more of calling), you could wait for “a miracle” day of the show, or the best option when it worked, was to send off mail order. The first x thousand letters they received would get tickets. In order to stand out from the pack, dead heads started turning the envelopes into art work, hopeful it would increase their chance of getting mail-order tickets. Below are some of the examples of the envelope art that was sent in this...
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Posted by Thomas Strubinger on Jan 30, 2015 in Food, Tom's Blog
When I moved to Palm Beach Gardens I really had a hard time finding the good Jamaican food in North Palm Beach County. Coming from the Broward we were spoiled by great food from all Nationalities. There was a place that was short lived on Northlake, but Silver Spoon has been around a couple years now, and their Oxtail is fantastic! We have also tried the Curry Goat, the Brown Stew Chicken and the Jerk Pork, but I always go back for the oxtail. If you are in the area you should stop by and grab an order to go. 2 Large orders feeds my family of four, but my kids (3 & 5) can eat almost an order of the beef themselves. (read yummy) 940 Park Avenue, Lake Park, FL 33403 (561) 882-2400...
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Posted by Thomas Strubinger on Jan 26, 2015 in A Featured Post, Tom's Blog
These are the pictures from my drive home on January 25, 2015. After spending the day at the fair, I dropped the family off at home, and proceed to make the weekly pilgrimage to Publix for rations. I’m a pretty good shopper, and armed with my grocery app, make good time through the store. I am lucky to have not had my kids with me, becuause chances are the chore would of taken twice as long and I would of missed this brilliant display of colors… As I walked out of the store I was stunned my what I saw, and immediately got my phone ready as I turned onto PGA Blvd. I snapped as many as I could as I drove over the Intracoastal Bridge on my west, although at my favorite place to get a picture (the bridge tenders house) my phone failed me, and I got none… The picture with two palm trees showing the Waterway Cafe, is my favorite and the featured image for this post, and also the one that made it onto my Instagram...
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Posted by Thomas Strubinger on Jan 14, 2015 in A Featured Post, Tom's Blog
I like to walk with Grandpa…He takes his time you seeHis steps are little just like mine; He stops and waits for me.He lets me ask him questions He lets me hold his hand.He makes me feel 10 feet tallAnd I think he is grand.He says there’s no one like meAnd gold is what I’m worth. When I get to walk with Grandpa I’m luckiest kid on earth!-Patsy...
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Posted by Thomas Strubinger on Jan 13, 2015 in Puns, Tom's Blog
I can’t ride roller coasters because Ice Cream a...
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Posted by Thomas Strubinger on Jan 13, 2015 in A Featured Post, Tom's Blog
This looks like so much fun, we need one of these in South Florida! Investors? Build it and they will come…....
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Posted by Thomas Strubinger on Jan 7, 2015 in A Featured Post, Tom's Blog
My Nephew was born with a condition called Torticollis. This is how my sister explained it. It either happened as he grew inside of me while pregnant or possibly during delivery. He was sunny side up during delivery and ended up coming out a little sideways.. The torticollis basically means that the muscles on one side of his neck are weaker than the other side. He is getting physical therapy to correct it and it’s not a huge deal. But because those muscles were weak and he held his head to one side much of the time a flat spot was created on the back of his head. So that is what the helmet will correct. The flat spot is not real bad but he has to wear this helmet for 10 to 12 weeks for 23 hours a day. It’s not nearly as bad as it sounds he doesn’t even know it’s on. But we can’t wait for it to be off so that we can feel and see if soft blonde hair again!! They weren’t happy with the basic blue helmet he had, since Nash basically has it on constantly, so they had it painted for him by Unlimited Paint and Bodyyou can see pictures of the process on their facebook page here I think it is super cool Shawn...
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Posted by Thomas Strubinger on Dec 31, 2014 in A Featured Post, Tom's Blog
I was driving to work today, and i had to do a u-turn. This old ratty 1966 VW Bus caught my eye. It would appear to be a barn find with original...
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