StephanieL

Lots of debris and a couple of abandoned crates down the block from me. Another annoyance: after landing back in SFO after our European adventure, we stayed overnight in an airport hotel. Next day, I found a broken taillight cover on my car. I've no idea where or when it actually happened--it could very well have gotten broken in the offsite long-term parking lot. So I spent some time yesterday on the phone with my insurance company and the local PD.

From my new copy of Imbibe, the Last Spritz: combine equal parts green Chartreuse, maraschino liqueur, and lime juice in an ice-filled highball or Collins glass and top with soda water.

Tagliatelle with homegrown peas & favas, ricotta, and Meyer lemon zest.

I spoke too soon. As soon as twilight hit, the artillery barrage commenced and went on for hours. Kitties were not amused, though they seem to be taking the noise better each year.

So far, the neighborhood has been (relatively) quiet. Usually they start going by early afternoon. Maybe the combination of very high temps and dry grass everywhere has knocked some sense into people.

Good Scandinavian breakfasts at my hotel in Copenhagen: fruit, muesli & yogurt, rugged bread, cheese and cold meats, and other niceties. Pastries were just eh, but the pastry itch was satisfied at various bakeries.

Uh, no. I believe that she told me something to the effect that the Sun City track didn't have the kind of impact in SA that we think it might have.

I remember the Sun City single and music video. N has a slightly more jaundiced take on its effect in SA. 😉

In the East Bay, there are 2 dueling hot dog franchises: Casper's and Kasper's. I believe the K version was the original, with the C version coming into existence due to a family feud. We have a vintage Casper's in my town, complete with original sign, that is sadly closing next month due to the owner retiring (all of the stands are franchised now). Since I was downtown today, my lunch was a chili dog.

Quick meal using a recipe from the RG website: (chicken) Italian sausage, Rebosero beans, canned tomatoes, and escarole (substitute for the original dandelion greens).

What did you think?

My mother taught at James Madison for a couple of years in the late 1960s.

I went on a MF outing years ago (I think Simon was in town), and I remember having raw Brussel sprouts for the first time there, as a kind of slaw. Blew my mind.

It's really a shame he didn't live long enough to attend the Rickwood Field game.

At 88.

With Tabasco being the exception, of course.

Yeah, the honor system isn't working too well in SF.

It's pretty easy to dodge the fare on MUNI buses, and on BART too to some degree.

Another basketball great, and the model for the NBA logo.

Love the touch of sprinkles. Looks like he's going for a Pride challah. 😉

I used a Martinez recipe from an SF cocktails book I got a few months ago. Note the ratio of vermouth to gin--I'm not complaining. 1 1/2 oz. sweet vermouth (Carparo Antica in my case) 1 oz. gin 1 barspoon maraschino liqueur 1 dash Angostura 2 dashes orange bitters Lemon slice garnish

Who the heck knows. And it's not like they kept the cuttings either.

Another "big bowl" dinner: RG Good Mother Stallards, barley, four kinds of (cooked) mushrooms, shallots, arugula, parsley, and a light dressing. Meyer lemon posset for dessert.

Someone working in the yard of the property behind us reached over the fence to cut down N's elderberry bush. A whole year's worth of crop is lost. We don't know who owns the space or even who lives there, so N just put up a trellis and a "No Trespassing" sign. On the latter, she wrote "Please don't cut the elderberries" in English and Spanish. Hopefully, that won't happen again.

The conference I was at this past week was just down the road from a Boichik Bagels outpost. The shop smelled just like my childhood bagel shop in NJ, not to mention many NYC stores (including H&H, the model for Boichik). I miss those places.