SIDE SALAD - Everything crunchy is good.

THE SALAD HEADS WEST

One of the reasons that the Salad Bowl has been a little sparce lately is that I've been trying to write Double Words For The Man so that I can take a week off to attend a journalism fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley.

I've written about old-school pro wrestlers getting back into the ring, complete with a photo gallery I shot. I did a piece on Meals on Wheels in Tampa. I wrote about Ybor City restaurant maven Clarita Garcia, chased down some Devil Crab recipes and wrote about a new snack bar.

It's been somewhat of a bizarre month even without having to write double-time.

Take Friday, for example, when I had to interview two European sumo wrestlers outside a Sweetbay supermarket and then later at a YMCA in central Tampa filled with kids.

It's a long story. One that I will explain in due time once the story runs in a couple weeks.

In the meantime, just know that when one of the sumo wrestlers is named Hans and he's from "da Nedderlands," all bets are off.

The first rule of fight club is...


...no "atomic wedgies."

The second rule of Fight Club is...


...loofah your keister every now and then, you crazy dutch bastard.


The third rule of Fight Club is...


...nobody wants to see sumo pubes.

As if that wasn't an odd enough display in a room full of after-care children who will now need extensive therapy...

...they had to throw ThunderBug into the mix.


DOWN GOES INSECT!!! DOWN GOES INSECT!!!

And on that note... I'll talk to you soon from the left coast.

Cheers.

Posted by Jeff at May 21, 2006 12:19 AM | TrackBack