Event and Vent.....

Just a little info on an event tonight over in Leonardtown, and a couple of driving related aggravations…

Event:

Tonight is the second annual “Local Flavor Local Fare” food tasting on the square in Leonardtown. Several of the local restaurants will have booths where you can taste little bits of goodness. Our favorites Blue Wind, Corbels, Tides, Quality Street, Doo Dah, Café Des, the JTD center will all be represented. And, here’s a chance, Bollywood Masala will be there!! Sounds like the feeder will have his opportunity. Tickets MUST be purchased in advance (we have ours!) and I think they’re thirty per each. Solomon’s Island and Perigeaux will supply wine. Weather should be good, see you there!

Driving:

I know some think this is the complaint department, but I can’t help it. I discovered another Southern Maryland driving habit the other day. Watch for it. So you approach an intersection and the light turns red. You glide to a stop, resigned to a minute and a half or so (if you’re not at one of the demon infested lights such as Millstone) of not moving. But wait! That car next to me creeps six inches and stops. 10 seconds, another one foot creep. Stop. Creep, stop. Creep, stop. By this time the auto is half over the crosswalk into the intersection. Creep, stop. Almost in the intersection. Light turns green, we both leave. What’s up with that? Cheating on the “starting line”? Testing those brakes? Foot slips off brake 8 times in a row? You gotta wonder.

Second driving related aggravation. Have you seen those silly Lexus ads on TV lately for their sporty line? No more “fine Corinthian leather” approach. The first one I saw started with some guy in a sport coat and bare feet, running like a madman, leaping into a red Lexus and grinning like a loon, hitting the gas as a crowd of non-descript people start chasing him. Did he just steal the car? Lexus comes out in favor of grand theft auto? Then he picks up some young thing and they speed off, both grinning. Next (ad) we see them pulling into a parking space overlooking LA (?) only to be interrupted by a helicopter coming over the hill. More grinning and speeding. Lately there’s a series with cars spinning out on city streets (professional drivers on a closed course, do not attempt) with their mouths wide open as if catching flies. Close ups of faces that remind you of that painting by Edvard Munch, “the scream”. Silly silly silly.

There. Thank you for your indulgence. Have a nice day

DFD