Friday, September 3, 2010
Open Thread The Perfect Fundraiser for Weekly Open Thread
Posted by Nicki Wood on Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:00 AM
Dirt, Guts, & Donuts II calls itself "the South's most delicious mountain bike race." But that is really underselling it.
DGD II combines cycling, pastries, books and a mid-October date (the 16th) for ideal cycling weather. The Lock 4 race includes two doughnut stops, where you can eat doughnuts and get two minutes knocked off your total for each doughnut. Proceeds go to Ride for Reading, which delivers books via bicycle to neighborhoods where age-appropriate books are scarce.
Some Bites and Scene favorite haunts are supporting the ride, including Krispy Kreme, Halcyon Bike Shop, Bicycle Lounge, Cumberland Transit, Eastside Cycles, Bike Pedlar and Woody's Bicycles. Oh, and there are prizes and swag, and Trek will be there with bikes to test-ride.
You just don't need anything else for a perfect event.
What's got you excited this week?
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Does anyone know a market in town that sells good tomatillos? I want to make a salsa verde dish but the ones in Whole Foods are woeful. Perhaps there is a Latin market with a good produce section somewhere?
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Carrie, try K&S market on Nolensville road (south of the Nolensville/Harding road intersection). The place smells like a bog mummy stuffed with fishguts and left to macerate in a barrel of Killian's Red, but their international produce selection is the best in Nashville.
Feel free to make fun of the "Please donot wash hands in fishtank" sign.
I am no grammar freak, but again with the deja vu....
I am excited that next week I'll be driving from Burbank to Vegas, so I get to hit all sorts of out of the way diners and make the obligatory stop at In-N-Out, with Nobu for the grand finale.
"The place smells like a bog mummy stuffed with fishguts and left to macerate in a barrel of Killian's Red."
You win the internet for today, my newly betrothed friend.
Another great fundraiser? All you can eat cupcakes from the area's best cupcake makers. ALL YOU CAN EAT, FRIENDS! Sadly, I will be out of town. I'm not telling Mr. Eats or he'll bail out of going to my class reunion.
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lol. i love that description. i go to K&S exactly once a year to buy orange blossom and rose waters for homemade baklava. my lebanese husband has the absolute best recipe ever, and we go through the long, painstaking process only at the holidays.
@lesley - i heard about the cupcake event, too. right.up.my.alley.
Sorry, that distracted me from the question. The little market next to Los Potrillos on Foster (in Woodbine) had a huge heap of tomatillos a few days ago. If your luck holds, the woman will be sitting out front with her stewpot full of home-cooked tamales for about $1.
