Austin will soon be getting its very own Fogo de Chao. For those of you who have never met our puppets, or who have never perused Southwest's in-flight magazine, Fogo de Chao is a chain Brazilian churrascaria. An embarrassment of foods is brought to your table by "gauchos" who, responding to a red-means-stop, green-means-more-meat sign, deliver to your table fifteen different types of seasoned, fire-roasted meats on a large metal skewer. The puppets are really taken by this concept of Brazilian abundance and like to yell "MEAT ON A SWORD!" when they are feeling surly or attention-starved. "MEAT ON A SWORD!" A battle cry! A demand for service by gauchos! Real gauchos, right here in Austin! Wearing knee-revealing gaucho pants, I hope.
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I've been drowsy and lo-N.R.G. all day today. I barely left the house except to go eat a burger with Bob's ex and her husband (lovely people). Most of the day was dedicated to my OCD version of online airplane ticketing. That's right: another Euro adventure this Christmas. This time, sunny Spain! Or more specifically, Barcelona. The Ap Fam is sponsoring a family vay-cay. Ma and Pa Ap, the three baby Aps, and the two Ap wives are spending a week in Catalonia. I've been perusing a Catalan phrasebook. I had no idea that Catalan was the language of Spanish and French mooshed together. In fact, Catalan looks more like French to me. I hope that I can bust out some of my francais whilst on the continent.
Posted by Zerd at October 20, 2007 06:39 PMTell Bob to dig out his copy of "A Quick & Dirty Guide to War" by James Dunnigan and Austin Bay. There's a chapter on Catalan and the Basque uprising in it. The book may tell you what to avoid saying while on the other side of the pond, such as commenting on the similarity of the Catalan and Valencian languages. :)
Posted by: Dave at October 22, 2007 07:19 PM