September 1, 2006


Meet the Flockers: Aaron Winslow

I was born in Abilene, Texas in 1971.


I’m the son of a civil engineer (now hotel owner) and liturgical stained glass artist (now real estate agent). I grew up in Houston’s beautiful Third Ward, but graduated from high school in Boulder, Colorado.

I’ve lived in Austin, Chicago, Albuquerque, south Florida, and now back in Houston where I work full-time as a special collections librarian. I enjoy cooking delicious things and making jokes, at the same time, when I can manage it.

I like:
people (but I often can’t tolerate being around them)
Vietnamese food
basketball
French bulldogs
Redd Foxx
whiskey
swimming

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11 Responses to “Meet the Flockers: Aaron Winslow”

  1. Sheila Ryan on September 1st, 2006 at 2:26 pm

    I look into my crystal ball, and this is what I see. You’ve made a decorous departure from Florida . . . and . . . and here swirling mists begin to cloud the view . . . but I see a French-Indochinese restaurant (in the manner of Chicago’s Le Colonial). A long bar made of some beautifully polished tropical wood (sustainably grown and harvested, of course). Row upon row of whiskey bottles. A few monitors placed discreetly above the bar. Customers waiting to be seated watch — live! direct from the kitchen! — chef Winslow cracking wise about mangoes with the guy at the salad station.

    And . . . eh . . . here comes that damn mist again . . . is that . . . is that Redd Foxx? What in the hell is he doing here? (I thought he was dead.) He’s . . . singing some weird version of “Staggerlee”.

    “I was standin’ on the corner/When I heard my French bulldog bark . . . ”

    Now everything’s gone dark. Just as some comedian wound up a joke with a mystifying punch line.

  2. Aaron Winslow on September 1st, 2006 at 3:32 pm

    That seems pretty good to me. Except for the Redd Foxx zombie.

  3. Andrew Simone on September 1st, 2006 at 3:34 pm

    What’s your preferred whiskey?

  4. Aaron Winslow on September 1st, 2006 at 3:38 pm

    I like scotches and bourbons. I try not to be particular, but if I have options and money… I like the Macallan and the Basil Hayden’s. Usually, it’s Dewar’s and Maker’s Mark.

  5. Sheila Ryan on September 1st, 2006 at 3:56 pm

    Don’t be scared. Not in heaven nor on earth nor in-between could Redd Foxx be a zombie.

    I just had a leetle too much Maker’s Mark and commenced to seeing things.

  6. Andrew Simone on September 1st, 2006 at 4:04 pm

    You and I have the same taste and attitude. Although, I lean toward the Mark over Dewar’s.

  7. Deron Bauman on September 1st, 2006 at 5:54 pm

    arnold, how do you feel about johnnie walker black? it is the best whiskey I’ve had. I don’t know if that is a good or bad thing. how does it compare to the two good ones you mentioned.

  8. Aaron Winslow on September 1st, 2006 at 6:07 pm

    I think Johnny Walker Black is delicious. It’s blended (like Dewar’s although a bit tastier) and some feel that single malts (like the Macallan) are superior. I’m really not that particular.

  9. Deron Bauman on September 1st, 2006 at 6:18 pm

    I’ve never had a single malt.

  10. Cindy Scroggins on September 3rd, 2006 at 4:10 pm

    You’ve never had a single malt? Git over here soon. I’m with Aaron on the Macallan, but it’s too expensive (>$50 a bottle). I prefer Glenlivet. Once you’ve had single malt, you’ll never go back to blends. It’s pure and smooth and — I need a drink.

  11. Deron Bauman on September 4th, 2006 at 1:16 am

    I’ll be there shortly, Cindy. I need one too.