LaunchPad

Le Menu

2008-08-31T20:37:00.000-07:00

Sliced veggies and tortilla chips with chipotle dip

Fresh corn soup with spanish paprika and cilantro

Pecan crusted fish, spicy cantalope salad, corn bread

Lime Cheesecake with chocolate crust

Grace Kelly?

2008-08-31T18:30:00.000-07:00

No. Grace Slick. Real slick.

That's LaunchPad for you. You give them Grace Slick you get Grace Jones.

ll

Le Menu

2008-08-17T18:04:00.000-07:00

I am the first to blog, with the line-up for tonight. Noted, the menu was based on the weather forecast, and --- and, I was betrayed. Not 89 degrees fahrenheit as promised, no, it is cool. Rainy. There is an overlay of clouds. Now, I don't mind that really. But we'll have to have summer in the brain, because we will have summer in the stomach. This menu required an astonishingly small amount of heat to produce, though I did use almost every appliance I possess, at least once.

Prelude: champagnes
(and they did a very nice ode to champagne. I'm sure it's a greatest hit, or will be.)

Snack: grapes, rolled in Oregon Blue cheese, and toasted almonds

Next: gazpacho with tortilla chips and bay shrimp

Next: green salad of mixed lettuces, with Fern Ridge herbed goat cheese, rolled in hazelnuts and baked until nice and soft in a balsamic shallot vinaigrette

Finale: Rum truffle cake and coffee for those who want caffiene.

Le Menu

2008-07-06T18:31:00.000-07:00

It will be hard to compete with Monroe St Cafe's chili fries, but one must do what one can.

Today, following champagne, we started with: salad rolls, stuffed with baked tofu, curry peanut sauce, cilantro, arugula, mint, bean thread noodles, with a ponzu dipping sauce.

We'll continue with cucumber seaweed salad. Nothing like that tidepool fun of seaweed salad.

Then we have tilapia, on a bed of bok choy, shitakes, rice, and scallions, with a sesame chili sauce, baked in foil.

And then we have orange chocolate cloud cake.

space slippers?

2008-07-06T18:23:00.000-07:00

Yay!!! LaunchPad had an excellent gig at the Monroe St. Market last night. We had a full attentive crowd for 2 hours until we ran out of some of our sort of space steam and had to wimp out to get more beer.

Today we continue the rocking here at the Random Estate with our biweekly swarm. Our set was musingly accompanied by cinema de ra;ndom. Absolute inspiration.

love

I'm sorry I'm must have been projecting

2008-06-22T20:40:00.000-07:00

O mud pie
How I love thee!

ice cream, chocolate
chocolate, ice cream

mr random

le Menu

2008-06-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

pink champagne du Orbital
et une autre

garlic stuffed olives, salmon pate et rice crackers, sauted haloumi avec jalepeno & lemon

goats do roam rose

butter lettuce salad with pine nuts, hearts of palm, tomatoes, avocado & lemon vinaigrete

eggplant involtini (stuffed with quinoa, goat cheese, roasted poblanos, & almonds)
fennel & red onion salad

mocha ice cream pie - mit schlag!

SSS

2008-06-22T18:52:00.000-07:00

Summertime Solstice Snack

Yes it's hot. It's very hot. We are being babies. We played too long. We were watching TV, like BABIES!!!! Yes.

Orbital Dave is more ticklish than any other grown-up that I know.

Tanks for your support. And for knowing us. Biblically.

lovelelu

Zwerp Factor 119

2008-06-08T19:51:00.001-07:00

LaunchPad has conceded to give it up to Zwerp factor 119. LaunchPad understands the necessities of such procedures. LaunchPad gets the zwerp on. LaunchPad brings it. LaunchPad knows how these things roll.

lovelelu

amazing earth sun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-08T19:09:00.000-07:00

again WE ALL Convened for another wonderful exaltation of life!!!!!!!!!!! We channeled a huge multi-pad haolografic zenwarp!!!wowowowowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

2008-06-08T19:00:00.000-07:00

When the sun shines, LaunchPad plays inside. Of course, they go out, occasionally, to view the external conditions, suitably protected by protective and decorative eyewear.

blobs in space!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-05-25T19:26:00.000-07:00

People of earth beware!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are blobs in your T.V> and blobs on the run!!!! TAKE NOTICE so as set your anti-gravitational- transmogrifiers on JELLYFISH STUN!!---love y/all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sickie Pants

2008-05-25T19:23:00.000-07:00

Let it be known that even though he's a total sickie pants, Mr. Random continues to rock as only he can. You are a super hero of ROCK, Random.

Orbital Dave, stop sneaZing.

lovelelu

2008-04-27T19:41:00.000-07:00

People take notice now!!!!!!!!!!!! You better read our blobs--- or we will blast you all off the faxce of our really shpere!!!I know hobto speell dumb--ass!!! Now listennto nmwe!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you read this blog?

2008-04-27T19:37:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Do you read this blog? What do you think? How about a comment.

Even if you're a secret agent, I'd still like you to report to headquarters (meaning US!).

I don't think anyone reads this.

I won't believe it until I see proof.

lovelelu

the sleeping caffeine alien

2008-04-13T20:31:00.000-07:00

we've been tricked into relaxation!!!! This swarm had a potpourri of ornigostaflamthoughany magic that made all launchpadians take swam to another level---wowowowowowopwow!!

Le Menu

2008-04-13T20:19:00.000-07:00

Curry dip with baby turnips (farmer's market), french breakfast radishes (farmer's market, green beans, cucumbers, & seaweed & tamari flavored brown rice crackers; garlic stuffed greek olives

Smoked salmon, manchego, apple, & frissee salad

Cheese, spinach, red pepper & almond stuffed portobellos, leek & green garlic smashed potato gratin

La Bete Noire with whipped cream & coffee

There is a certain catatonic effect. Oops.

This was the first trip to Farmer's market. We had nice local radishes, green garlic, baby walla walla sweet onions, & eggs!

Fully Entered The LaunchPad Zone

2008-04-13T18:27:00.000-07:00

We are experiencing neurodialations. Snack is smacking me in the mouth!

\mrrandom

It's Swarm so that's really cool

2008-04-13T18:08:00.000-07:00

Today David is wearing a Slim Goodbody style muscle man T-shirt. He's the mayor of Hot-opolis.

l

Swarm Slideshow!! (photos by Sistah Kem)

2008-03-31T05:00:00.000-07:00

improvayourmomza

2008-03-30T19:43:00.000-07:00

All hail your mothers. It's time to announce the official beginning of "Improvayourmomza" Come one, come all. I love swarm. Kem

the perfect swarm

2008-03-30T19:15:00.000-07:00

the perfect swarm of cosmic enlightenment swept through this launchpad event!!! Wow it as truely the one as always one seems to be higher than the last--- kind of like going up a ladder--keep climbing and your perspective is more filled with a sense of vertigo courage and potential realization!!!!! guess what the beat went on and on!!!!!

2008-03-30T18:30:00.000-07:00

It's Called Swarm
Because it's a get together
Rather than a practice.

But the truth is
It is a practice.

It's a spiritual practice.
It's a religious experience.

It Is Called
LaunchPad

Le Menu

2008-03-30T18:25:00.000-07:00

Asian Eggplant spread with rice crackers, baked tofu

Baby artichokes with spicy dip

Quinoa & mixed greens & cheese gratin
Pea & radish salad
Baked marinated prawns

creme brulee (with my brand new torch!! SSSZzzzzzz!)
chocolate meringues

S-N-A-C-K

2008-03-30T18:17:00.000-07:00

mmmmmmm
mmmrrrrrandom luvvs SNACK