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Ethan Bassford
Jul 31, 20144 min read
I Take Back Everything Bad I Ever Said About Midtown: B&D Halal Restaurant
My doctor’s office is walkable from work, and on the way back from my last routine checkup I took a slightly different route than last...
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Ethan Bassford
Mar 10, 201410 min read
Electric Balloon Tour: A Monument To Man’s Arrogance
The first thing you should know about our show in Phoenix is that it takes place at the Hard Rock Café. Last time I set foot in a Hard...
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Ethan Bassford
Mar 8, 201411 min read
Electric Balloon Tour: Things To Eat Besides The Lotus
We roll into San Francisco around midnight, and pull up to Different Fur Studios. Different Fur put the show together, and the powers...
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Ethan Bassford
Mar 5, 20146 min read
Electric Balloon Tour, the re-electrifying
The best thing that happens in Olympia besides making a friend at the thrift store is eating this banh mi. We have to get the oil...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 28, 20144 min read
Electric Balloon Tour, Day 10
The drive from Fargo to Spokane is 17 hours in good weather, but it is not good weather. The first day is all right, freezing cold but...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 26, 20144 min read
Electric Balloon Tour, Day 8
After Minneapolis, it’s on to Fargo. We drop off our stuff at The Aquarium, which is the upstairs of Dempsey’s Public House, a...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 26, 20143 min read
Scenes from a gas station; Tomah, WI
Gas stations are an important part of tour. Depending on your gas mileage and average bladder capacity, you’ll be stopping once every one...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 25, 20144 min read
Electric Balloon Tour, Day 7
Milwaukee gave us a warm reception. We played at the Riverwest Public House, a place I would absolutely hang out if I lived in the area....
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 23, 20141 min read
I found the cheese I was born to eat
We roll into Jonah’s parents’ house around 2, and immediately get to snacking. Mostly standard things: chips, salsa, nuts. But then Jonah...
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Ethan Bassford
Feb 11, 20142 min read
The most excited I’ve ever been about a sandwich that didn’t even have any meat or anyth
I’ve been going to Commodore for years now. It has great happy hour (3 dollars for good stuff like Harpoon, in a neighborhood where it’s...
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Ethan Bassford
Jan 22, 20141 min read
NY Pizza Suprema
I am far from the first to shout out the superlative quality of NY Pizza Suprema, but let me just say: believe the hype. This pizza has...
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Ethan Bassford
Jan 21, 20142 min read
Kimchi in my Sandwich I know, I know, it’s serious
It’s no secret I love Vanessa’s Dumpling. Ideally the one on Eldridge, but they’re all a certain level of good. Everything  is cheap, and...
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