Augie

The Browns wanted to be what the Eagles have become. A team that flaunts the salary cap and has it pay off with something good, at least for a while. The Browns screwed themselves with the Watson contract, and they have nothing but misery to show for it. Eventually the Eagles will have to eat all those void years, but the fans are having fun now!

We moved into a new house a couple years ago and needed a LOT of electrical work. Some days they would do like $1,800 worth of work, and when you go to pay it gives you options to tip at 15%, 18%, 20% or 22%. I’m sorry, this is turning into real money, I’ll pass.

Welcome to New York State!!!

I guess it helps that they can get all kinds of pressure on the QB, making things easier for the guys on the back end.

The prosciutto and arugula pizza was amazing! I’m already planning on trying to get my wife up there next weekend. It reminds me of the pizza we made in a cooking class in Rome a couple years ago. The instructor explained that this was different from the pizza in Naples where they toss dough. Ours was just rolled, and amazing! I have a pic of my wife with this big old pie in front of her, annd another pic of her taking the last bite! So light and airy it didn’t fill us up! The bartender today was telling me if I like the prosciutto and arugula pizza I need to try the white pizza. It’s got ricotta, truffles and mushrooms. It’s on my list now. I’ve been there 5 times in the last 2 weeks since I learned it was open. The owner is from Italy and the menu has so many things that need to be tasted!

I went to a new-ish restaurant yesterday. One of the two partners is from Italy and has a fine dining Italian place in town we love. The new place is more casual (and closer to me) and I’m thinking of going back today for the prosciutto and arugula pizza. I’m just intrigued.

Rude cart placement is one thing. Running into your Achilles because you are going too slow is another.

Absolutely right! She’s not obsessive about it the way she was at Boston Market (I just realized BM might be a bad abbreviation), but the Lemon Pepper Chicken from Publix is in the rotation. Easy, cheap and versatile. .

I thought my wife alone would keep Boston Market alive! Between her and the kids, they had a lot of meals there. It got to the point I couldn’t look at it any more, so she made it her lunchtime drive thru deal, hence her close relationship with the people in the window. 😂 I must say, I preferred the Boston Market phase to the roasted (a little too long) broccoli and shallots phase. That lasted for a couple years, but it’s just now making a resurgence and I’m getting a bit concerned.

Mike Brown is going to have to be medicated for what’s coming his way. He’ll cheap out eventually, I bet. It’s what he does.

Absolutely! There is only one place I will order wings, because they make them the best. Another place has the best clam chowder, while I prefer the French onion soup at another place. There is a place I visit maybe every other month, and I always get the same thing. I walked in yesterday and the bartender says “Arnold Palmer?” Yes, please. “And the fish tacos with fruit?” Now he’s just showing off or making fun of me. 😊 Along those lines, my wife once got a Christmas card from Boston Market addressed to “The Chicken Salad Lady”. 😂

I was watching Willard Scott announce all the people who turned 100 while I had breakfast before work one day. He announced a guy who lived on Hilton Head where we lived, so I perked up. I looked down at the newspaper in front of me, and the obituaries were at the back of the sports section, and there he was. So close!

I hope that would come with a plumbing upgrade!

Another way of putting it, WR’s go fast, until they don’t.

She swore she would die when she was 92, because that’s when her mother and her grandmother died. She’s 97 now. Maybe those years she abstained bought us these last few years, but I should mention she’s going to be angry if she has another birthday!

Indeed, as were her friends, the boozers! My mother couldn’t drink any alcohol for decades for medical reasons. Her friends made up for her. They were the people who had their own bar stool at the same gin mill every day, and they would hold court there.

My mother uses the term gin mill a lot. It’s where the boozers hang out. 😊 She’s 97, it’s too late for me to fix that. .

I sit at a bar almost every day….for lunch as I drink my Arnold Palmer and read my book. Somewhere along the line I got very particular about not drinking and driving. Even a glass of wine with dinner makes me uncomfortable. Fortunately, the wife barely drinks any alcohol so I have a designated driver. But to answer your question, I see adults gathering at bars with their beer and even drinking shots. That ended in college for me.

My wife’s roommate worked at Ruby’s when I met her. She was a bartender and made about $400 on a good night. We made peanuts as new kids at banks. That is why it was a little eye opening when the bartender was wearing my wife’s missing ring while slinging drinks. Live and learn. My ex-BIL once went to court because he stole a cherry tomato off a salad bar at a Wendy’s. He did it, he was confronted, I bet all he had to do was not be a jackass. But he was an entitled doctor and couldn’t just be decent to make it all go away. No, I don’t recall seeing that on the menu at the last bowling alley I attended, in Florida.

I’ll have you know I have 516 consecutive days of French lessons on Duolingo, so don’t mess with me! My dog does not look like a goat! I’ve certainly heard of it, but I was heading farther south as soon as I left for college at 17. Heck, I even had a Canadian guy in my wedding! If you want to call me unworldly, what is this Sundowner stuff I hear about?

That’s interesting. I love my beef on weck, but I’ve never had fries with gravy, and I wouldn’t even know where to go to get it. I’m not sure if I’ve ever even seen it in person. 🤷‍♂️

In the early days with my wife our big night out on the town was Friday nights at Ruby Tuesday’s. We would share the sampler platter weekly, and I’d have two draft beers while she had a strawberry daiquiri and we played Galaga. The sampler platter was an important part of a perfect evening. Simple times, great memories.

Nachos are my go to….but only if they can do them right. That is rare these days. When did queso become part of nachos? A proper nacho is not made with queso! About 40 years ago we had our favorite Mexican place on Hilton Head, and they had awesome nachos! One layer of chips covered with cheddar and jalapeños, then stuck under a high heat to melt. Simple. And perfect! We were planning a trip to Hilton Head and started talking about the places we wanted to eat. About half of the 4 hour drive we talked about foods from certain places, and we became fixated on the nachos from San Miquel’s. We were obsessed with them and decided to go there before we even check into our condo. We went straight to the restaurant and ordered the nachos. We were told “we took those off the menu on Tuesday.” WHAT? They did have some piled up nacho crap with queso, but I wanted MY nachos. After 40+ years they take it off the menu 48 hours before I arrive? They caved and made them for me, but it was the beginning of the end for nachos for me. I still make flat chips (rounds) with cheddar and jalapeños on most game days. <nacho rant over>

I hate it when that happens…..