I love butter. No, I’m not gonna marry it. I do eat way too much butter and that stems from my time in haute cuisine. Everything had butter in it. I would keep a 50-gallon stockpot of it going at all times in my fine dining kitchens. The butter remained perfectly clarified with just theContinue reading “Butter”
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Grandpas
I was not particularly close with my Mom’s father. I seemed to be at the end of a long line of nieces and nephews all vying for attention from The Man. I was okay with that. I know he was a tough guy working at a slaughterhouse for many years. I guess that’s where myContinue reading “Grandpas”
Haru
Japanese for Spring. Having been self-quarantined since last September, our first little foray out of the house was to the Japanese Friendship Garden in downtown Phoenix on Saturday. I know, a trip downtown? But this is to one of my favorite little parks in Phoenix and it was for Haru, the celebration of the SpringContinue reading “Haru”
Live Entertainment
One of the major casualties of the pandemic was/is the loss of live concerts and other entertainment venues. I would never slight the fatalities of this deadly virus attack but consider another type of human loss: The emotions you experience when you feel the intense power of a live theater’s actors take you to pointsContinue reading “Live Entertainment”
Monday
For most of my working career in the food service industry, Mondays just started the work week which usually ended on Sunday night. The days were marked by a work task, Mondays food ordering, Tuesdays retail items for the Gift Shop, meeting days and so on. Now being retired, Monday can mean any damn thingContinue reading “Monday”
No Excuses
Absolutely none. I took a day off from everything and I mean everything so I will resume with a kick-ass post tomorrow after my wake-n-bake and I am looking forward to posting another song I wrote as I like to do on Mondays. Wednesdays will be the day I post audio excerpts from my book.Continue reading “No Excuses”
Decisions, Decisions
Mostly bad ones. Like when I left college and I find myself in the expansive (by 1978 standards) Stardust Sports Book. I am drunk (big surprise there) and making an ass out of myself while flirting with this (50k boob job) cocktail waitress. If her eyes rolled any further back in her head from myContinue reading “Decisions, Decisions”
Babies
I think babies are the coolest. All species, it doesn’t matter. Small little friends arriving by the second on this planet and I wish I could protect ALL of them. I was surprised to hear that the only species whose offspring will die without any assistance is the human baby. And we dominate this planet?Continue reading “Babies”
Careful What You Ask For
The next big thing, since it appears we are in the embryonic stages of addressing and getting a handle on the Covid-19 virus, is getting back to “the new normal.” Why? Do you remember what the “normal” was when the virus appeared in January? Think back: The opening of the first nuclear plant in theContinue reading “Careful What You Ask For”
Boxing Day
As a self-professed Anglophile, I always take a moment on the day after Christmas to celebrate Boxing Day. This holiday is almost two-hundred years old and was established to provide gifts to the poor. No cooler reason than that to have a holiday, right? Wherever we travelled overseas, at my mother’s insistence, we did NOTContinue reading “Boxing Day”
