Well, in order to forestall increasing “rats! I was going to
blog about that” second thoughts after hitting “publish”, I have taken to jot down
topics as they come to me. So, since my
last posting the list is up to six, and includes but not limited to: Fake meat; Tiger Quote; Diets demystified; a
stringer report from NYC, the walrus speaks again, and the “what the heck is a
Maryland Crab Cake?”; something for all tastes! a normal writer
might hit them all, but I’m far from normal and as we all know tend to take a
little mole hill and render it into a mountain, so we will have to have some in
the hopper..
Tiger Tidbits
My feelings are pretty well known now about tiger who has
now been anointed as a Saint. Never mind
the philandering, wife cheating past, he now “Deserves” to win another
Major. Oh, and I think even less of him
now that he is going to accept the national award by his White House golfing
buddy. Somebody sent me a link to a
column by the iconoclastic sports writer Phil Mushnick who toils for the New
York Post. He recently published an
article entitled “Masters broadcast went over the top with Tiger Woods worship”
and led off with the line: “Notre Dame
Cathedral Burns! Tiger Woods Unharmed!”, which I thought pretty well
characterized the current hysteria.
Okay cross off one!
Walrus Wanderings
In doing (what passes for) research for the “Cabbages and
Kings” reference in last posting, I came across the full text of the Lewis
Carroll poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter”.
In the sixth of 18 verses, Oysters rear their lovely head (if they had
one) with:
O Oysters, come and
walk with us!'
The Walrus did
beseech.
A pleasant walk, a
pleasant talk,
Along the briny
beach:
We cannot do with
more than four,
To give a hand to
each.'
Then it goes on about their fanciful walk, and in a spoiler,
the 18th verse concludes with:
O Oysters,' said the
Carpenter,
You've had a pleasant
run!
Shall we be trotting
home again?'
But answer came there
none —
And this was scarcely
odd, because
They'd eaten every
one."
Interesting stuff!
Stringer Submissions
One of the fun things I get are reports on ramblings, restaurants,
comings and goings, from trusted palates around the region
I got a couple that are worth passing on, plus just an fyi.
From a friend visiting NYC.. “breakfast this morning at my favorite Brooklyn restaurant,
The River Café . As alert
readers know, I am a fan of classical restaurants. This certainly qualifies:
Gorgeous! Everything
just so, notice the silver knife rest
The Breakfast Menu
NYC pricing! this ain't no IHOP!!
Our adventurous
friend chose the “golden pancakes” (top right)
No report
on the Golden Strip.. life can be good
The
second report is from nobody other than FOJTE who celebrated his wife’s
birthday by celebrating dinner at Tony’s in downtown St. Louis, now a posthumous monument
to Vince Bommarito. They went to honor
his memory and renew acquaintanceship with the food. He reports that they haven’t skipped a beat,
the food and service was still worth the many stars that have accrued.
The only
observation was that in the years(?) since their last visit a couple of things
have changed: FOJTE was the ONLY guest
(that he observed) with a tie, and there was even “golf shirts” in
evidence. It also appeared that the cozy
little reception bar to the right of the entrance is no longer in use. Sigh, you can’t exactly go home again. Thank god the food and service remained a
constant. More details to follow.
The “FYI”: the original Kevin’s (seafood) in
Leonardtown
Is now
yet another outlet for Pizza, called
which
means they only serve it by……
Early
report was that it was good..
Well, we just crested three
pages of content, which is kind of my estimate of enough for us both. Maybe just leave you with a couple of shots
of Easter Flowers in the Digs
FOJTE
has proper upbringing (thanks dad!) so that when he went to Tony’s, he was appropriately
DFD
And I
won’t sully that thought with mention of MJ’s
Still
a few topics left over for next time
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