Weekend Wrap----

After the busy start of the early weekend, it concluded quietly. Saturday night, an intended test kitchen adventure fell victim to fatigue, and was postponed until last night (stay tuned, report in work). So instead of high cuisine, we did take out from the nearby Monterey. Despite carrying home dozens of their take out menus over the course the years, one can never be found when actually needed, so we just went up there. Kind of a quiet Sunday night, but still a few diners were there. With hundreds of choices to narrow down (hard to do in real time), we finally settled on Enchiladas Verdes and the Chimichanga Dinner. A short(ish) wait resulted in a big bag, containing two aluminum foil containers for the mains, two Styrofoam for the salads, and a big bag of chips with two sauces (what is that white stuff anyway?). The quality was as expected, no surprises either way, although it’s nice that instead of the ubiquitous ground beef, they continue to use real shredded beef which sadly I suppose one can get commercially. Don’t really picture them roasting up haunches of beef and shredding by hand. The rice wasn’t as overcooked as it usually is, and the “guacamole salad” was forgettable, wilted iceberg with dollops of guacamole and sour cream congealing everything into a tasteless lump. Chips were good as was the red stuff. White stuff (whatever it is) was nothing to speak about. The enchiladas and chimi’s were okay with a quick pop in the microwave to rejuvenate the cheese and sauces. You get what you expect (if you don't expect too much).

The rest of Sunday was sort of dissipated indoors with the return of summer like outdoors, so I saw the end of the Tour de France. The Versus live coverage fairly nicely done. Biker terms abounded – Peloton; KOM; “brought back"; “attack”; “sprint”. It’s a good thing that I knew who actually won, because later in the day the CBS network coverage (previously recorded) seemed more interested in the person who finished third than the actual winner. Thus it is always. Nobody cares about anybody but the Americans...

Then I watched the poor PGA folks struggling to get the Canadian Open in, dodging thunderstorms all weekend with the final (two?) rounds slated to conclude today. Highlight for me was an interview with Jerry Kelly wearing an “Original Six” NHL ballcap.

And so another weekend is done, the last one in July for heaven’s sake. I do have to find out where that time goes. And to start the week on a low note, I saw the first of which I suppose will be many depressing promos for that Julie/Julia movie. A preview of Meryl Streep cackling at the upper ranges of her register making a cartoon like caricature of Julia Child. Sigh......

She would have had you
DFD