The Coffee House

[Gary A.]

Well, another week, another road trip. Unfortunately this one is for a funeral (brother-in-law); so off to Michigan, Tuesday, after work, and back home on Thursday.

 

[Gary A.]

Gary whipped up one of the best soups ever. It came from a recipe, turkey meatballs full of basil and pepper. Then diced onions, celery, carrots, garlic, parsnip and Swiss Chard all roasted/sauteed before the broth, then with the broth vino, pepper, salt, diced tomatoes, chickpeas and more basil. Gary cooked the meatball in a cast iron Dutch oven, after removing the meatball, tossed in all the veggies which sauteed in the leftover meatball stuff. Then everything was thrown into the broth. Delish!

 

[vintagesnaps]

That sounds good on a cold and wintry night. Wind keeps rattling the screen door, brr!

Hmm I could make some meatballs, dice some veggies... broth, yeah, canned tomatoes, yep, have those on hand. Soup it may be! No garbanzo beans though, don't like 'em, don't mind not having them in my soup! lol

You should feel guilty Smoke, yep you should! lol

 

[Fred von den Berg]

Gary whipped up one of the best soups ever. It came from a recipe, turkey meatballs full of basil and pepper. Then diced onions, celery, carrots, garlic, parsnip and Swiss Chard all roasted/sauteed before the broth, then with the broth vino, pepper, salt, diced tomatoes, chickpeas and more basil. Gary cooked the meatball in a cast iron Dutch oven, after removing the meatball, tossed in all the veggies which sauteed in the leftover meatball stuff. Then everything was thrown into the broth. Delish!

It's 7:30 in the morning as I'm reading this with watering mouth and rumbling stomach. I make a fairly decent Minestrone myself (according to my wife and daughter anyway).

 

[davidharmier60]

4:26 AM CST as I type this.
Gotta go do the floors and bathrooms.

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[davidharmier60]

You simply have to love Saturday at the store. There are always two other cars Monday through Friday. I'm sitting here all by my lonesome self. Whoops here comes keyholder!

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[smoke665]

You should feel guilty Smoke, yep you should! lol

I know I should but if it's any consolation, yesterday was the first day for short sleeve shirts on the trip. Sunday we move even further south, so I'm expecting I'll finally be able to bring out the shorts and flip flops

 

[SquarePeg37 8]

It reached 60 here yesterday. All of that snow we got is completely gone. That’s unusual to not see at least a layer of old snow laying around.

Windy as heck today. The rain kept me up in the wee hours, torrential downpours that seemed to go in forever. Seems to have cleared up now. Heading out for some errands then bake home to make some cupcakes for the birthday girl’s party which has been changed to late afternoon! I may get put to watch the Pats after all. At a minimum I can watch on the big screen as all the teenagers will be gone by 7.

 

[JonA_CT]

Even though my team was terrible, this is one of my favorite weekends of the year. I’ve got time carved out for both the Pats game tonight and the Vikings game tomorrow (my Dad is a transplant from MN and my brother loves them too).

We are actually trekking to Trader Joe’s now. Gonna buy some flowers

 

[Gary A.]

Maggie trying to relax. Yesterday, Mary Lou and Gary did a little research and discovered that one can use tight, breathable garments in lieu of cones. Hopefully ... it gets delivered today and the cone will be never more.

 

[smoke665]

Maggie trying to relax. Y

Poor Maggie, that just looks really uncomfortable. Hope the alternative works!!!

 

[davidharmier60]

1 minute and several seconds under 5 hours today. Ran out of propane with 2/3 or more of the store still needy. Put the other tank on and got almost done and then IT went empty. They know I must have propane for Monday. That's all I can do.
Going to the PO, then the box at the front of the neighborhood and then home.

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[SquarePeg37 8]

Even though my team was terrible, this is one of my favorite weekends of the year. I’ve got time carved out for both the Pats game tonight and the Vikings game tomorrow (my Dad is a transplant from MN and my brother loves them too).

We are actually trekking to Trader Joe’s now. Gonna buy some flowers

Got these there just yesterday.

 

[limr30 3]

Morning hosers. I am taking a sick day.

Oh wait, yeah, it's Saturday. I am going to NOT do all those other things that y'all are doing. I have been running on adrenaline and will power since Tuesday. Time for me to finally finish getting over this cold.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers. Gary hasn't been to TJ's in ages. It is a bit of a drive and since all my vino has been coming directly from the wineries, TJ's is but a memory.

A very interesting article on the front page of the Los Angeles Times, "No brand is too small for counterfeiters".
"Team Dream is a small business by most any measure. The quirky cycling apparel brand has just five employees. It produces only about 100 pieces of each garment and operates out of a converted gas station in San Marino, where a closet -sized nook doubles as both a fulfillment center and R&D lab. ... So it came as a shock one day to learn that Team Dream clothing was being counterfeited and sold on a major Chinese e-commerce site. ... But there it was, a cheaper facsimile of Team Dream's U.S.-made $135 "Thin Stripe Long Sleeve" jersey for sale on Taobao, China's premier online shopping site owned by Alibaba, for about half the price. ..."

After speaking with The Times, Alibaba remove the seller's page.

Gary is equally surprised as he is not surprised by this.