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I sauteed vegetables in my very special skillet bought with a Sur La Table gift card my staff gave me for Christmas. Lindsay Dinsmore and Kim Doerr contributed fresh basil from their gardens. I bought locally grown peppers, onions, and heirloom tomatoes. For a Michigan alumni connection, I got the Pretzel Bread from Zingerman’s. Two weeks after the retreat, I brought in the ingredients. But every now and then, something we set out being opposed to suddenly becomes the brilliant surprise in the end.Īnd that’s what happened with this sandwich. We sometimes find ourselves tolerating an idea because it’s not something we believe in. When we come together creatively, we don’t love all the ideas that everyone has. Avocado with banana peppers? Sauteed peppers and onions? Seriously, we had our doubts.īut, that’s the point. Let’s just say, not everyone was confident about how the sandwich was going to taste. That is why it was so important to really describe the ingredients, not just list them.Īt the end of the exercise, here was the list of ingredients: It has to be a font that expresses some kind of personality. I pushed them to get really specific-what kind of bread? Type of tomato? The reason for the specificity is that we don’t just make a brochure with a font. People began contributing basic ingredient ideas like lettuce, bread, etc. I started off the retreat by announcing we were going to build a sandwich. You could say that any project is really an exercise in sandwich building. Everyone contributes ideas based on their own likes/dislikes, experiences, perceptions. The idea is based on how we approach creative projects. The standout track for me is Jorge Calderon’s version of Keep Me In Your Heart. I’ve been listening to a Zevon tribute album called Enjoy Every Sandwich, and just loving it. So, when I was coming up with team-building ideas for our University Relations retreat, it dawned on me: we should make a UREL sandwich. Great in his own performances, but he had the sort of songs that other artists really responded to (similar to Tom Waits). Every time I eat a sandwich, I think about that. That phrase has really stuck with me all these years later. In one of his last interviews with David Letterman, Letterman asked Zevon, “Do you know something about life and death that maybe I don’t know?” Zevon sighed and responded, “Not unless I know how much you’re suppose to enjoy every sandwich.” Funny, cynical, and sad, Zevon could say things in his music with poetic irony.Ī few years ago, Zevon was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Zevon wasn’t a great singer, but he was a brilliant lyricist.
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Most people don’t know about him, but have likely heard his song “Werewolves of London” or at least heard it sampled by Kid Rock in his song about summer in Northern Michigan.