Category: opinion

Austin Food & Wine Festival Tickets: Poor People Need Not Apply

Ashli Michelle April 1, 2013 1 Comment
If you are poor, then you just need to keep being poor somewhere other than the Austin Food & Wine Festival on April 26th - 28th. Rich people do not have time to listen to poor people complain about the cost of this event. I have a feeling the rich people are the people slinging sentences like--- "Stop complaining about how expensive the Austin Food & Wine Festival is." First of all, no...

BREAKING NEWS: Onions Aren’t Supposed to Make People Cry

Ashli Michelle March 21, 2013 0 Comments
People not able to attend Le Cordon Bleu may now rejoice, for today is the luckiest day in the history of lucky days. At approximately 4pm this afternoon, I am going to produce a video which will probably be nominated for several culinary training awards. This video is the first of many that promise to force commoners to feel as though they have attended culinary school for a staggering--- 3...

Valentine’s Day Dining = Wouch

Ashli Michelle January 25, 2013 1 Comment
Valentine's Day is one of the scariest dining days of the year. Restaurants are aware they will be slammed with a slew of amateur eaters. Most restaurants decide to make things easier by only offering some kind of set menu, which is also known as a let down. Is it the restaurant's fault they have to have a set menu on Valentine's Day? No. It's the rookie eaters blasting through restaurants all...

First Class

Ashli Michelle November 21, 2012 1 Comment
Going on a trip can cause mental anguish if the traveler has difficulty with the almighty first class upgrade. Sometimes it's better for some people to stay in coach where they belong. I just so happen to be one of those people. The first thing that recently annoyed my husband was when I asked if he thinks the first class blanket would look nice in my chihuahua's kennel. I have two chihuahuas, so...

Housewife Life

Ashli Michelle October 29, 2012 4 Comments
Today is my first day as a housewife. Even though I've been married almost two months, it just occurred to me last night that I'm supposed to be taking care of things around here. All this time I thought housewives just sat around trying not to be bored. The only housewives I thought were busy were those with rug rats running around. Since I thought a housewife was just a wife at a house, my...