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LA For The Week

March 24th, 2009 Posted in Oddities

Thought of the day…

Breakfast is the only meal of the day that I tend to view with the same kind of traditionalized reverence that most people associate with Lunch and Dinner.

I like to eat breakfast alone, and almost never before noon; anybody with a terminally jangled lifestyle needs at least one psychic anchor every twenty-four hours, and mine is breakfast. In Hong Kong, Dallas or at home — and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed — breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess.

The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half-pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chiles, a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert….

Right, and there should also be two or three newspapers, all mail and messages, a telephone, a notebook for planning the next twenty-four hours and at least one source of good music….

All of which should be dealt with outside, in the warmth of a hot sun, and preferably stone naked.

Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005)

And perhaps the most rambling interview ever:

Hunter Thompson and Kieth Richards. Where are the subtitles when you need them. Great interview where they discuss everything from the Rosemont concert to J Edgar Hoover. Starts fuzzy then cleans up nice.

One Response to “LA For The Week”

  1. Lois Geller Says:

    Breakfast is “the most important meal of the day” and frankly isn’t it a bit boring?
    Cheerios and berries, oatmeal, eggs, french toast…not a lot of picks.
    When I was a little girl, my Dad used to eat steak for breakfast. Of course, later in life he had coronary artery disease from that fat.
    Just home from the Cornell Club in NY and lots of people were chowing down there on heaps of bacon and ham. I guess there’s something to say for a high protein breakfast in a cold, cold place.


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