The 9th Annual Umali Awards

2007 trophies

This year's event, celebrating the year 2009, is yet to be scheduled. Negotiations are underway with the good gallerists at The Green Gallery East. Hopes lie in having the Umali Awards occuring at the same time as favorite painter, Michael Banicki.

In the mean time, please cast your vote for what day you think will win the Umali Award for Best Day of the Year 2009. I've created a poster to help you make your decision. This poster, as well as a small catalogue, will be available at the awards ceremony. Make your official vote here!

 

Best Dining Out Experience of 2009

LaoLaan-Xang Izumi's Polly's Soul Food Cafe Lao Laan-Xang

Navarre (Portland, OR) - dinner with Sarah
A prix fixe dinner with the following: pickled kale and mushroom, black raddish salad, apple and fennel salad, crab cake, carrots, turnips, flank steak, chicken and pork bellies, Phoebe's devil food cake. Mahr's Weiss, water.
$0, January 10


Lao Laan-Xang(Madison, WI) - lunch with Sarah
deep fried vegetarian egg roll, tofu in spicy peanut sauce with broccoli and mushrooms. Thai iced coffee, sips of Thai iced tea.
$24, June 1

Izumi's (Milwaukee, WI) - dinner with Sarah
miso soup, then the following maki: hamachi (yellowtail), hotate (Japanese scallop), sake (salmon), garden maki, Alaskan maki (crab). Asahi beer, water.
$0, June 21

Polly's Soul Food Cafe (Memphis, TN) - dinner with Olanrewaju, Keanna, T
fried chicken and waffles with four sides: turnip greens, mac-n-cheese, barbecued beans, taters and gravy. Barq's root beer.
$13, July 26

Lao Laan-Xang(Madison, WI) - dinner with Sarah
vegetarian spring roll, broccoli and tofu in peanut sauce. Thai iced tea, water.
$0, August 3

This meal was one of several gifts given to me by Sarah.

Sarah and I spent the sunny day walking around Madison, WI.

This meal was a birthday gift.

Keanna and I found this place on Beale Street. Eaten after our first full day of traveling by bus to the South to visit colleges.

This meal in one of my favorite restaurants was eaten after I unloaded practically the entire contents of Sarah's moving pod.

Lao Laan-Xang (June 1)

Izumi's

Polly's Soul Food Cafe

Lao Laan-Xang (August 3)

Best Day of 2009

feb 14 apr 11 may 7 june 20

Good: Sarah accepts proposal of marriage.

Good: Pure vacation day in Portland, OR, including morning dalliances and afternoon beers.

Good: Last day of instruction at UW-Milwaukee; great performance with The Chain at the Cactus Club.

Good: My students give a successful piano recital; afternoon dalliances; watch Star Trek.
Bad: I misplace half a dozen MiniDV cassette tapes for work this morning.

Bad: I suffer from allergies despite taking a Claritin.

Bad:Presumptuous student, who had been absent for most of the second half of class, shows up on the final day.

Bad: Messing up my performance of Bagatelle in G Major (Beethoven).

April 11, Saturday

May 7, Thursday

June 20, Saturday


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