Gourmet Life! It's far more simple than it sounds. It's about the search for life's uniqueness that unveils itself to the child (any of us) who watches a butterfly launch into the air or lovers who feast on Tapas with fingers and flattery. It's the food, the mood, the care, the authenticity, the search, and ultimately... the path you choose to get there.
Heirloom Gardening (esp. Vegetables)! You know the vegetables you buy in the grocery store? They don't compare to the REAL THING! There are infinite varieties out there with unique and exciting tastes. So do yourself a Favor, and try-out Heirloom Flavor. <---- Yes! I made that up. *silly grin*
Ghosts & Spirits and those strange unexplanable occurances! I believe! For all I've seen, for all that has happened -- I would be worse than a Fool to have remaining doubts.
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MONTEREY BAND NEEDS FIDDLE/TIN WHISTLE
BOG IRON needs you!! They are an aggressive sounding hybrid of Metal and Trad Irish tunes, and they need a committed Fiddle and/or tin whistle to add that unique twist we need. They play loud and hard so you cannot be afraid of volume or distortion. They have tons of fun doing this and have gigs lined with more in the works.
http://www.myspace.com/bogiron
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The Olympic Sport of Curling! San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club
US Curling Assn Certified Level II Instructor
Music
Moonspell - from Portugal! MOONSPELL is my favorite band
Corvus Corax - Medieval Metal from Germany
Nick Cave - the brilliant warping of my mind
Duran Duran - I know, but some passions never die. And why should they!?!
Rasputina - ENCHANTING!
Serpenteens Monster Rock made for the monster in all of us!
http://www.myspace.com/serpenteens
Emperor- An Elegy for Icaros! Too dark for you!
My Dying Bride - DOOM! Too sad for you!
Scorpions - Rock ya like a hurricane!
The list is so long... I cannot list them all. Here are some more quickies:
Sisters of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, Midnight Syndicate, Steve Roach, Voltaire, Adam and the Ants, New Order, Goth, Post-Punk, Old Classic Punk
Ancient Music, Baroque, Gregorian Chant, Swing and Big Band, Cab Calloway, Ruth Brown, and the Blues (the first original American form of music!).
Movies
LITTLE NICKY! And it's not just because of Clint Howard, either! Marx Bros.! "Any closer and I'd be behind you!"
Thirteenth Warrior! So EPIC!!! "Luck will often carry a man, if his courage holds." Words to live by. And I do!
Kung Fu Short List: Zu - Warrior of the Magic Mountain - SUPERNATURAL!!! One of the greatest ever! Duel to the Death - AWESOME SWORD FIGHTS! The Deadliest Art - Documentary. This one has the greats in it!
Anything about Wang Fei Hung
OK! OK! Anything with Wire Fu which inevitably means there is something SUPERNATURAL going on.
Italian and Spanish Horror such as: Barbara Steele movies Paul Naschy movies Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone
American Horror Classics such as:
Anything shown on Bob Wilkins' Creature Features Freaks!Simple and poignant VINCENT PRICE movies -- we almost named our child Vincent Price! Actually, I'll watch ANY Vincent Price movie... most were NOT horror
Monster Movies Universal Monsters 'Nuf said! Godzilla - I had a recurring dream that Godzilla rose out of the Monterey Bay, walked from the beach to my elementary school, and stepped on it. He was my hero! Ultraman - I have the DVD set from the TV Show of my youth. OK! I know! Not a movie. Not a monster himself! I get that, but think of all the cool monsters he fought!
Television
English Premier League
I call Fulham FC "My American Team!"
Major League Soccer
The SJ Earthquakes are BACK where they belong! Hope to see you at a game some time!
Food Network or any program with Michael Chiarello
Books
Witches, Faeries, and Werewolves" translated from French The Mysteries of Udolpho, Ann Radcliffe Absinthe, History in a Bottle, Barnaby Conrad III Catholic Imagination, Andrew Greeley
In addition, I'm always reading books on Medieval Cooking, Ancient Roman Cuisine, Feng Shui, Victorian Americans, FilmMaking, and Curling Strategy.
Heroes
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI embodied the Gourmet Lifestyle. He lived life with Gusto(!) and cherished the simple things that made his heart sing... so the rest of us could understand. Godspeed, Maestro!
Vince Lombardi, Famous 1960s Coach of the Green Bay Packers Football Team. He demanded excellence and his men loved him for it.
The Undertaker, Professional Wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) - I am one of his Creature of the Night! Rest... in... Peace!
SHORT BIO Beverly Van Pelt is a writer, radio show host, filmmaker, and real estate broker from Monterey, California. She has a bachelors of science in Management & International Entrepreneurship with an emphasis in Marketing and Film & New Media from the California State University at Monterey Bay. Since 1997, she has been known as The Gothic Gourmet, a name that reflects her style and foodie status. In 1999, she received culinary instruction from former Club XIX Executive Chef, Ron Patterson. Beverly is also the proprietor of SunnySideoftheGraveyard.com, an online retail site devoted to Paranormal Culinary Lifestyle. She is a member of The League of Extraordinary Paranormal Women and hosts ParaWomen SCREAM Radio with Amy Williamson. With writing/directing partner, Patrick Golden, she is currently developing two feature-length horror films and several short film projects. Beverly is a founding partner and president of G’night Gnome Productions.
JUST A LITTLE MORE :-)
Writer of fiction and non-fiction with insights into daily living, food, and the supernatural – collectively and respectively. Poetry is my preferred method of expression and it can only barely contain the intensity of my emotions and thought. Poetic Prose often marks my work. I am overcome by the rhythm in my head. Then there are the film and TV projects.
ParaWomen SCREAM Radio on Blog Talk – We are Paranormal Women on the Radio! Our show highlights fields of the Paranormal & Horror. I am the voice of the show’s intro and outro. We are also The League of Extraordinary Paranormal Women. While I believe in ghosts, spirits, hauntings, etc., I do not believe that every situation is a haunting. In most cases, there are practical explanations and physical reasons for sights, sounds, and feelings. Of course, sometimes…
ParaWomen SCREAM Radio airs on Thursday nights from 4:30pm PACIFIC; 7:30pm EASTERN in the USA and the URL is: Go to: ParaWomen Radio on BlogTalk and look for “The-Gothic-Gourmet” profile on BlogTalk.
Being a Romantic Goth, it is easy for me to take the basics of all of my experiences and see them through the lens of Dark Romanticism, finding lightness in the joy and sorrow of living.
I promote a Positive Lifestyle. To live a gourmet life does not means that no matter how difficult OR great things can be, one seeks to find happiness and poignancy in the most simple moments. A key ingredient is belief, but don't be fooled. If you believe you deserve a good life, but blame others or wait for someone else to fix things, than your actions do not match your thoughts and you will not succeed. Live consciously. Live your life with no regret!
SunnySideoftheGraveyard.com is my new online retail store. Think: Paranormal Culinary Lifestyle! Eclectic, fun, and useful, I am continually adding products that have sold out and bringing in new ones. I am now carrying CDs of unsigned Monterey Bay musicians – and offer free shipping on CD purchases. Check it out! SunnySideoftheGraveyard.com
I occasionally co-star in micro-independent movies and was once an extra in the Japanese TV Min-Series "Strawberry Road". I’m told one can still find it in Japanese video stores.
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Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my new erotic horror novel THE 13TH is now in stores everywhere! I hope you'll check out this debauched and demonic horror ride!
There's even a website devoted just to the book, with an interactive map of the places and characters at www.the13th-horror.com.
Edward Lee called THE 13TH "A double-barreled shotgun blast of macabre entertainment -- an expert amalgamation of grotesquerie, eroticism, mystery, and pitch-black occult horror that no fan of the genre can miss."
And Gary A. Braunbeck said, "John Everson's The 13th is the first out-and-out horror novel in a long while to actually scare the **** out of me while reading it. It's stylish, extremely well-written, filled with richly-drawn characterizations, and boasts a labyrinthine plot worthy of Umberto Eco. Trust me -- this one will fry your nerves and break your heart."
Hi Beverly, just dropped by your website The Sunny Side of the Graveyard. It's wonderful! I'll be returning when I'm looking for Solstice gifts this year :)
Beverly, THIS IS IT, I have ONE LAST favor to ask you about this, could I? Since, as you might’ve heard, my picture won at the monthly level & Round 1, I got nominated for the LongHair Hawtie of the Year Finals (!) that ends today 7pm New York Time (can you just get it done now?) and... - was hoping for those 6 votes from you ;)
Yeah, you do need to get accepted as a friend of www.MySpace.com/OfficialLongHairHawties before you can vote, but they’re nice girls (the hawtie folks), no harm whatsoever :)
PS. since it would be so cool to win ‘by a landslide’ of like 7-800+ votes OVER and ABOVE over #2 guy (who will give us run for the money, he’s done that before!) - so, an 'evil' thought - maybe you can tell your friends to vote too? ;) Could you ask around?
There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray,
love, remember: and there is pansies. that's for thoughts.
There's fennel for you, and columbines: there's rue
for you; and here's some for me: we may call it
herb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your rue with
a difference. There's a daisy: I would give you
some violets, but they withered all when my father
died.......
"There goes Dolly, Dolly Dagger...her love's so heavy gonna make you stagger, There goes Dolly, Dolly Dagger...she drinks the blood from the Jagged Edge....Drink up Baby!"
Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my new erotic horror novel 
Online Now!
