In last month’s Dallas Observer Best of Dallas, JANTT Catering Company’s Key lime Pie was noted as Best Slice of Heaven. And trust me, it is! I just received this email about their new dinner service and it sounds yummy. And since I can’t or don’t cook, it could be just what I need!

got dinner?

JANTT Catering Co. can help with

Dinners a GO-GO . . . ready on Tues., Oct. 31:

Taco Soup with Sweet Cornbread Muffins

$15.00, serves 6

Chicken Tetrazzini with Green Salad &

Fresh-made ranch dressing

$18.00, Serves 6

Macaroni & Cheese & Smoked Sausage in BBQ sauce with grilled onions

$12.00, Serves 6

To Order: Call or e-mail your order by 10AM, Saturday, Oct. 28.

Orders will be ready for pick-up @ JANTT Kitchen on Tuesday between 4:30 – 6:30 PM. (Delivery is available at a nominal charge.) We currently only accept cash or checks. Meals are refrigerated with instructions for heating.

This week’s bonus: Free Gallon of Trudy’s Tea, sweet or unsweet,

with your order!

Also available this week:

Fresh-baked hearty garlic breadsticks

$.75 each

Award-winning Key Lime Pie: $15.00

JANTT Catering Co. 701 Military Pkwy., Suite 10, Mesquite 972-741-0856 janttcatering@sbcglobal.net

Sort of. Thank you Miss Jodi for telling me about this. Knowing me, it’s probably been around forever and I’m just now grabbing onto it, but it’s the best. If not the only. Enjoy!

And while you listen to YOUR radio station, go get all artsy-Jackson-Pollock-like on yourself here.

but can’t we somehow just get Aikman back?

I’m supposed to be here tonight but I think Plucker’s got the best of me last night. Blech!!

Fuse Restaurant and Lounge 4 pm - 7 pm: $3 domestics, $3 frozen drinks, $3 white wine, $3 red wine, $1 sake / $1 sushi

Maybe you can check it out for me!

But ya gotta check out The Amsterdam’s Bad Ass Jazz Night on Mondays. Although scheduled for 9:30, the kats didn’t start playing till 11 but it was worth the wait. The jam was slammin’ and better than that Balcony Club stuff. The Stellas weren’t bad either.

And finish off your Monday night just around the corner at the Meridian. A laid back crowd and decent Doppel Bock (5.50) that got my expert drinker bud even a little happy.

Do it!

Got this bulletin from mayoral candidate Zac Crain today on myspace. 

Vote for Zac now in the D Magazine Poll

By the way, I should have done this a while ago, but better late than never I guess. I’d like to welcome Zac Crain’s blog to the Hot Blog stand. A thought provoking perspective on the Big D.

From Yahoo News

NJ court stops short of gay marriage OK

Looks like we are definitely headed here for some apparent “Bad A$$ Jazz”. And since we’ll be in the neighborhood, we may just stop at a few more places.

I hadn’t eaten Alpha Bits for cereal since I was a kid years ago but I do remember how good it was. Whoever thought this was a good idea should be fired. After years of not having them, I thought I’d try them out only to pour it in the trash. No sugar? No way! YUK!

Tonight was the Pet Shop Boys concert at Nokia. My friend Mark was given comp tickets and I was the lucky friend to go. Who could turn down third row tickets? Even if they turned out to be sixth row? Not I. Plus, I hadn’t been to a big concert in a long while. I had never been to Nokia so it was a double treat.

Scheduled for eight p.m, we waited half an hour looking at a large picture of a brain surrounded by a neon square. That, a chaise lounge and one keyboard adorned the stage. As innovative as PSB is, I was certain this couldn’t be the entire set. It was but deceptively so. As the lights went down, two men appeared but not the artists. Everyone clapping and yelling, another pair appeared and began dancing. Without any surprise, PSB merely walked onto the stage to perform Psychological of their latest album, Fundamental. Being more of a groove, the concert got off to a slow start.

The brain image was part of a bigger mobile unit that could be divided into three sections. So it could be one long screen or even hold the dancers during certain numbers. You had to be there. Oh wait, now you can be.

With song after song they didn’t stray too much into unknown territory which was great. But the show was so completely random. While the men did their thing (singing and keyboarding), the dancers (two of ‘em) had some really elementary moves. They were good dancers but the choreography was reminiscent of any high school recital. Some cool breakdancing mixed with ballet never struck a chord and their lack of sync really drove me nuts. Vocalist Neil Tennant had no rapport with them and just let them do their thing. The hunky backup singers and the black female diva with the huge headress did little to help me figure out the exact theme of the show. Had none of them been there, the show might have been better. Instead it was good because the songs and sounds were good but the huge lingering ‘huh’ weighed too heavy.

The techno music and a singer who doesn’t have to belt out each number really made for a good sound. I like when an artist can sound pretty close to their cd version. But at the same time, PSB never got too daring with their songs that could have been easily remixed or reworked. But they did not disappoint and played the majority of their hits. West End Girls, Rent, Always on my Mind and a pumping encore of It’s a Sin and Go West. The nearly full house was up and at ‘em at every dance number and somehow, what I thought might be a subdued concert of 80s reminiscers sitting and listening to old faves was instead a dance party with most everyone on their feet.

I was worn out. I had no idea what to expect and got just that. I would have loved to have seen my fave PSB songs live. But I’ll just watch it here.