Nov. 23, 2009. It was a stroke of irony befitting the band's dramatic lyricism. On Oct. 20, the day before platinum-selling San Marcos group Blue October was to launch the mental health-themed Pick Up the Phone Tour, the band's singer, Justin Furstenfeld, had a breakdown and ended up in a psychiatric ward. The monthlong tour, co-sponsored by the 1-800-SUICIDE hot line, was canceled except for the final dates this past weekend at Stubb's.
🇺🇸 UNITED STATES (Hawai'i) 📍 26881 Camino de Estrella, Dana Point, Orange County 🅿️ Small lot and ample street parking 🥤 No Alcohol 📸 All photos by Jared Cohee for Eat the World Los AngelesAs old as travel itself is the simple problem of going to (and more so returning from) Hawai’i, and the fact that your life does not have access to many of the things you were exposed to while visiting.
On Sunday night’s Succession, “Honeymoon States,” the family is still reeling from God’s #LoganRoyIsOverParty, but not in the way that normal families reel after an untimely (or, actually, he was kinda old so not that untimely) death. Grieving is for the upper middle class; the Successionistas are circling the wagons trying to figure out what Logan’s death means for their current position and their future position. Frank comes across an undated, unsigned note of wishes in Logan’s personal safe: on the single sheet of paper are funeral arrangements, miscellaneous bestowments, a desired epitaph (via Reddit, someone posted it in the Hung Up chat lol) and … Logan’s pick for the CEO to take over for him.
The Labcorp bill looked serious. It said Don Jones owed $2,350 and that the payment was “PAST DUE.” It layered on a threat: “Unless this office receives payment in full, escalated recovery steps will be taken.” And then it raised the stakes: “This is a serious matter you should no longer ignore. You must act now to clear your delinquent credit status. There is no longer any justification for not resolving your account.
Hello and welcome back to The Late Plate, This week we are going back to basics. If there is one thing that I cook at home in the warehouse, time and time again, it is a pot of simple pasta. In my book, you can’t go far wrong with a good plate of pasta. When done right, it is filling, easy, quick and delicious. The key is to make sure everything is well balanced, and I’m not embarrassed to say that I spend a *lot* of time thinking about how to achieve that.