The Coffee House

[smoke665]

Gary has had exceptional good luck hydroseeding.

I don't have problems with most grass seed. Planted several thousand acres over the years, but centipede is my nemesis.

 

[Gary A.]

Mary Lou and Gary are back from San Bernardino. 78F and very breezy ... very nice, and the event was equally nice. Thousands of books were given away to a widely diverse crowd, from families to older adults.

Gary had nice conversations with photogs who spotted my Fuji’s and started a conversation. “Are those mirrorless?” and the conversation begins ...

 

[Gary A.]

Gary has had exceptional good luck hydroseeding.

I don't have problems with most grass seed. Planted several thousand acres over the years, but centipede is my nemesis.

Me too, most likely tens of thousands actually.

 

[snowbear140 71]

We went to Fire boss' retirement. It took two and a half hours to get there, when it should have taken a little over one -- motorcycle crash had a state route shut down for a few hours.

I made him a map, then matted and framed it. all of the GIS team signed the mat. The map was titled "Eight Minute Travel Time and Run Card", and showed the eight minute travel time (a standard Fire thing) from his house. Other features were fire stations, places with liquor licenses, golf courses, hospitals and nursing homes. The run card (basically a list of equipment/stations to respond on an incident, in the order from closest to furthest) was a listing of the 20 closest bars and liquor stores to his house, including how many minutes it should take to get there. The standard disclaimer was changed to "The County GIS office will not be held responsible for property damages, loss of business, nor personal injury due to incidents including, but not limited to dropped drinks, sliders, or nachos."

Everyone loved it.

 

[Gary A.]

On the way home from San Bernardino, we passed through Ontario. Ontario, when I was growing up was one of two big cities next to the little agricultural community where Gary lived. Chino had one traffic signal and it flashed only red in four directions. Ontario had multi-laned avenues with tri-colored traffic lights, block after block of signal lights. Ontario was host to my father’s favorite restaurant, Vince’s Spaghetti. The spaghetti at Vince’s is soooo good that when I was a kid, all they offered on the menu was spaghetti and French Dips. If you’re only offering two items ... they better be good. Interestingly, while Gary has been eating Vince’s spaghetti since the 1950’s, Gary has never eaten one of their French Dips. When the family ate at Vince’s, we all had spaghetti except Mom. She, more often than not, ordered a French Dip. Today, Mary Lou and Gary, ate Vince’s Spaghetti and we ordered a pair of French Dips to go. The memories.

 

[Fujidave]

Morning all, another very grey and dark day here. Hope you all have a good one.

 

[Fujidave]

OK, who nicked the sun as it feels more like a winters day out. Came back early as I don`t like to have a camera out in the rain.

 

[smoke665]

Plenty of sun here as we head for the high 70's today.

 

[davidharmier60]

The weather outside looks pretty good.
Having cinnamon toast and bacon.
Not at all sure what will happen today.

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[Gary A.]

Morning all, another very grey and dark day here. Hope you all have a good one.

Buenos Dias Coffee Hosers, another typically overcast morning. It is 58F so far, but should hit 70F after the marine layer burns off. Gary plans to trim up the grapes as they are going nuts and climbing up all over the place.

Continuing from Gary's last post, the Vince's French Dip sandwiches were awesome. Mary Lou and Gary each ate a half last night. Vince's tosses some of the seasoned meat sauce ground beef into the au jus rendering the au jus very flavorful and the sandwich itself was up there with a Philippe's French Dip, home of the original French Dip.

A half order of Vince’s Spaghetti.

 

[smoke665]

@Gary A. My DW is an awesome cook, having won some competitions in years past. She made a variation of this the other night, so good. Million Dollar Spaghetti Casserole - Spend With Pennies . The recipe calls for italian sausage, which would probably put this over the top, but all she had on hand was ground beef. It was still fantastic.

 

[Gary A.]

@Gary A. My DW is an awesome cook, having won some competitions in years past. She made a variation of this the other night, so good. Million Dollar Spaghetti Casserole - Spend With Pennies . The recipe calls for italian sausage, which would probably put this over the top, but all she had on hand was ground beef. It was still fantastic.

Around this household, Gary cooks the entree and Mary Lou the sides. Mary Lou has trouble deciding which spaghetti is better, Vince's or Gary's. Gary's is healthier, as he uses ground turkey and turkey sausages in his sauce. Typically, Gary uses a pre-made sauce as a base, then tosses in stuff from the garden, tomatoes, peppers, basil, oregano, parsley, et cetera. He cooks the ground turkey and turkey sausages separate to minimize grease/fat. Vince's is cheaper, extremely tasty, no prep or clean-up but 30-40 minutes away. On the flip side, Gary does, on occasion, make his own healthy wheat noodles. Homemade noodles beats Vince's.

 

[Gary A.]

@Gary A. My DW is an awesome cook, having won some competitions in years past. She made a variation of this the other night, so good. Million Dollar Spaghetti Casserole - Spend With Pennies . The recipe calls for italian sausage, which would probably put this over the top, but all she had on hand was ground beef. It was still fantastic.

Gary's first take was that it looked like a lasagna ... Gary likes that recipe ... he will make it soon.

 

[smoke665]

Gary first take was that it looked like a lasagna ... Gary likes that recipe ... he will make it soon.

I am a big lasagne fan, and there is a hint of it in the dish, but there's more. Once you take a bite, you find there's more both in taste and texture. Add a Cesars salad on the side, some bread for dipping and nice dipping oil mix, and you have a feast.

 

[davidharmier60]

I haven't had Lasagna in a long time. Remember it being yummy!