Lone Locust Productions

Day: March 19, 2006

  • AZ Aloha Festival


    Just happened to pick up a newspaper Friday and discovered there was an Hawaiian (and Pacific Islander) festival in Phoenix called the AZ Aloha Festival this weekend.

    We took the kids (or should I say, “keiki”?) down to see what it was like. I really was surprised to see how much larger it was than either the Japanese or Chinese festivals.

    Not only did they encompass all of Heritage Square, but they’d spilled well over into the ASU downtown center. The crowds when it first opened were quite a bit more massive than the other festivals, although things seemed to be thinning out rather quickly in the afternoon.

    Had some pretty good vilovilo chicken and discovered the name of a Japanese place in Mesa (The Nagasaki Grill) that sells curry katsu – I’ll have to get down there and review them soon.


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  • Reach Them While They’re Young


    We stopped to buy groceries in Sprouts yesterday.

    Spouts is a little too loony for doing our general shopping, but it’s got some things you just can’t find elsewhere, and sometimes they have some great bargains on meats.

    While I was waiting to for the reset of the family to take a group bathroom break, I had the chance to peruse the breakfast cereal aisle and found something totally unexpected.

    I thought the whole area would be populated with flavorless, sugarless, oatmeal and whole grain derivatives.

    While I did find those, I also found the EnviroKidz line of breakfast cereals, “Amazon Frosted Flakes”, “Cheetah Chomps”, “Gorilla Munch”, “Koala Crisp”, “Orangutan-O’s” and “Peanut Butter Panda Puffs.”

    It’s a line of kids cereals where you can choose gluten free, whole grain, vegetarian, trans fat free breakfasts sweetened with “evaporated cane juice.”

    Each box has a cute endangered animal motif to keeps the kids going “Awwww” and if that isn’t enough to get a green-hearted parent to buy these cereals, they donate 1% of their sales to endangered species, habitat conservation and education.

    I suppose there’s nothing wrong with that, but somehow it makes me feel all cynical.


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  • Stanley’s Homemade Polish Sausage


    Many times in the past when I’ve been down at Photomark at lunchtime, I’ve noticed a little place across the street called “Stanley’s” which, although the name just mentions Polish Sausage, the window signs indicate a variety of sandwiches for lunch.

    The timing has always been bad, and their parking lot is miniscule (and full). The one chance I had when there was available parking turned out to be a Monday and they’re closed on Mondays.

    Finally I got there for lunch and was completely surprised by what I found. it’s actually more of a small Eastern European grocery with a well-stocked deli counter, with homemade smoked meats and sausages hanging from the ceiling.

    I had the polish sausage and it was good. It was served with only mustard and on a sub roll. It was too large for the roll and had to be cut into two segments to fit.

    My only reservation on it was that it was boiled or steamed and I tend to like Polish Sausage grilled instead.

    My coworker had the submarine sandwich and it looked great, I will certainly try that next time, as well as do some shopping for deli meats and cheeses.

    They’re open Tuesday – Saturday

    Stanley’s Homemade Polish Sausage
    2201 E McDowell Rd
    Phoenix, AZ


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