The Coffee House

[table1349]

I am a "fence climber" or a we say in Europe, a COSMOPOLITAN

Cosmopolitan, that has a much more sophisticated ring to it than "fence climber", but in my world the connotation the locals would assign to it would likely be worse than "fence climber"

Cosmopolitan, fence climber, what ever. Around here we just call it a "well bred mutt."

More muddy than mutty

Nah, just mutts. One side of the family has a Kilt wearing limey that married a Mick. The other side of the family is a Kilt wearing limey that married a Kraut. Some how in the mix I managed to ended up with an Italian stomach. Go figure.

That's not to say I don't like Corn beef and Cabbage, Mince and Tatties, or Sauerbraten and Spätzle as well as most other foods, but I have a particular liking for Italian. Not Americanized Italian, rather true Italian food. Ribollita, Arancini, Caponata, or Ossobuco. Things you rarely if ever see on an Italian menu here.

In all seriousness I am interested to see what my make up would be. The wife and I have talked about each taking one of those 23 and Me type DNA tests just to see.

 

[smoke665]

In all seriousness I am interested to see what my make up would be. The wife and I have talked about each taking one of those 23 and Me type DNA tests just to see.

Not me. As the one to whom all the "family stories (dirt)" was handed down to, there's probably a few genes I don't want to be confirmed.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary is reading the directions to the ice cream maker ...

What kind?

Oster. It has an electric motor ... but you gotta add the ice and salt and make the concoction for icing. Gary has a bowl of ol' fashion vanilla cooling in the frig. In about an hour it will be good for churning. The ice cream maker was a gift from Gary's youngest daughter.

 

[table1349]

In all seriousness I am interested to see what my make up would be. The wife and I have talked about each taking one of those 23 and Me type DNA tests just to see.

Not me. As the one to whom all the "family stories (dirt)" was handed down to, there's probably a few genes I don't want to be confirmed.

I would. Somewhere in the line since crossing the pond is a Northern Cheyenne orphan member that was adopted, to much consternation of others, at the time in the early 1800's. I would like to know what else is mixed in their. We are supposedly related to Nobility as well as known to be related to some famous outlaws. The outlaws are the reason I would tell people I took up the profession I did. I figured since we couldn't beat em, we might as well join em.

 

[table1349]

Gary is reading the directions to the ice cream maker ...

What kind?

Oster. It has an electric motor ... but you gotta add the ice and salt and make the concoction for icing. Gary has a bowl of ol' fashion vanilla cooling in the frig. In about an hour it will be good for churning. The ice cream maker was a gift from Gary's youngest daughter.

Ah yes, as a farm boy I am far too familiar with the hand cranked model. Guess who was the motor to run that thing.

My current ice cream maker is the attachment kind for the Kitchen aid mixer. I cheat though, instead of placing it in the freezer before use, I buy a pound of dry ice and break it up. I put part of the ice in a small cooler just the size of the bowl, put the bowl in and then put the rest of the dry ice inside the bowl. It gets REAL COLD that way. A touch of vodka in the ice cream mix keeps it from freezing too fast or getting grainy with ice crystals.

Enjoy the ice cream, home made always tastes the best, just because it is home made.

 

[table1349]

Fun week listening to Radio Classics on Sirius XM. It's Christmas in July week. All Christmas themed shows for the entire week. Especially since we managed to make it to 100 today for the first time this summer.

 

[tirediron]

Gary's ex is a Krupp.

A coffee maker? It all makes sense now...[emoji6]

Krupp's make steel.

Among other things...

 

[limr30 3]

Well, Gary may have his Hollywood Bowl, but Leo has her Boscobel and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

From inside the tent, just before the performance of Pride and Prejudice began (they do more than just Shakespeare.)

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

Well, Gary may have his Hollywood Bowl, but Leo has her Boscobel and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

I would love that.

 

[limr30 3]

Well, Gary may have his Hollywood Bowl, but Leo has her Boscobel and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

I would love that.

I believe you would. It's a gorgeous setting and the productions are always outstanding. The first time I went was almost 30 years ago when my high school English teacher brought a few of us to see A Midsummer Night's Dream. I have been hooked ever since

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

Well, Gary may have his Hollywood Bowl, but Leo has her Boscobel and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

I would love that.

I believe you would. It's a gorgeous setting and the productions are always outstanding. The first time I went was almost 30 years ago when my high school English teacher brought a few of us to see A Midsummer Night's Dream. I have been hooked ever since

There was a Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo and Juliet on the Boston Common recently but we were out of town and I missed it. I really wanted to take my daughter because they read that one in English class this past year (8th grade). We used to go to the shows at the amphitheater along the Charles River in Brighton when we were too young to appreciate it. It closed for a few years but I read recently that it was going to reopen!

 

[limr30 3]

Reading Shakespeare and seeing it performed are such completely different things. Even when I taught Shakespeare in class, I would show a movie and not make students only read. So much gets lost when the words are just sitting there on a page instead of being spoken and acted. Seeing a play would surely give your daughter an appreciation for it, or even a greater one if she liked reading it. I hope the theater reopens! If not, road trip to the Hudson Valley!

 

[Gary A.]

Not to appear competitive ... but ... Gary has 'Shakespeare by the Sea'. An annual event Gary and Mary Lou attend at Pt. Fermin Park in San Pedro/Palos Verdes Peninsula. About 100 feet south from the amphitheater and 100 feet straight down a cliff, is the wonderful cold Pacific. (The first lighthouse for the Port of Los Angeles is next to the amphitheater.)

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[Frank F.]

Well, Gary may have his Hollywood Bowl, but Leo has her Boscobel and Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival

I would love that.

I believe you would. It's a gorgeous setting and the productions are always outstanding. The first time I went was almost 30 years ago when my high school English teacher brought a few of us to see A Midsummer Night's Dream. I have been hooked ever since

You are older than 30?

 

[Frank F.]

The Gary takes wonderful photos