Thursday, February 3, 2011

Welcome to GreaseWeek

GreaseWeek is a website dedicated to L.A.’s greasiest foods. I ride my bike around the city, order greasy food, eat it, write about it, and post it on my website. That being said, I am by no means a writer, photographer, food critic, web designer or pro cyclist. I do the best I can to make the site somewhat entertaining. The blog on the other hand is more focused on my, rants, raves, and ramblings pertaining to food. It is more free hand and only serves the purpose of what is on my mind. Which today is this...      
A couple of weeks ago I was doing a review, taking pictures, surveying my burger, jotting down notes, basically being your typical obnoxious food blogger. The guy behind the counter spotted my shenanigans, and asked me 'what makes you an authority?' Of course I have no authority, credentials, or merits, which is basically what I told him, but it got me to thinking, who does have authority? I like my burger with all sorts of toppings. Is it right to tell a guy who orders his burger with just catsup that it's a terrible mistake. Even though it may be true, what 'authority' do I have to discredit his order. People have different tastes and opinions. The bottom line is I'm right and they're wrong. Of course they will think just the opposite, so ultimately we will have to agree to disagree. 
I have no authority but who does? I suppose the same thing can be asked for anything subjective. Movies come to mind. Roger Ebert is a well known movie critic, I often agree with him, but there are times that I don’t. Personally, I liked Siskle, but he’s been gone for a long time. I suppose if you read enough of a persons reviews and agree with what that person has to say most of the time, all of a sudden that persons writings hold more validity. Without trying to sound like a blow-hard, I hope if anyone reads the reviews that I write, they can agree with what I am saying. And if not, I hope they would let me have it in the comment box.  Either way, I want to open a certain level of dialog and interactivity when it comes to greasy delectables, abominations, and everything in the middle in the city of L.A. 

Note: The Website in not up yet but will be soon... sort of soon...

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