Anything on the "Big Government" moves in Cali?
(Mr. Conservative)
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(Mr. Conservative)
Which one is irritating you today? Water meters or traffic meters?
Just checking the conservative pulse on big government in California.
Anything on the screen?
Years ago I was on jury duty, the old fashioned kind where you had to come in every day for a week. One of Anthony Bourdain's books was in the jurors' bookshelf. One thing I still remember from the book was the advice not to order fish in a restaurant on Monday.
From one his TV shows I learned from something he said more or less as an aside about how to reduce the chances of cutting your fingers while slicing or chopping with a knife - roll your fingertips under and guide the knife blade with your knuckles.
From one his TV shows I learned from something he said more or less as an aside about how to reduce the chances of cutting your fingers while slicing or chopping with a knife - roll your fingertips under and guide the knife blade with your knuckles.
Hüsker Dü
DA
I'm gonna miss his show, no one did it like him . . . a bit over the top at times (as if anyone else would EVER be able too get a similar experience with network backing aka $$$$$$$$), but usually fun to watch.
The guy was very good at what he did, and his shows were always interesting and entertaining. I grew up in a small family restaurant (Bistro) that he would have loved.
We shared many of the same tastes in food and culture, although he was more of an espola conservative (politically).
RIP Chef Bourdain.
Because of tunnel repairs on the Union Pacific line up in Oregon, Amtrak's Coast Starlight has been running with a break between Sacramento and northern Oregon bridged by buses. Yesterday's northbound from LA to Sacramento consisted of only 2 coach cars, one business class, and one lounge/cafe car (plus engine and baggage car). No dining car, no sleepers.
...and today Amtrak announced they are just dropping the bus idea, so there will be a northern section between Seattle and Eugene and a southern section between Sacramento and LA.
Hüsker Dü
DA
I have a guy I golf with that works for Amtrak that I complain all the time to about how lame the west coast system is. I have looked at taking the train up the coast with my golf clubs and those routes don't have baggage service. His advice was buy a seat for my clubs? Lame. That and getting to SF is a complete boondoggle . . . good thing I fly for free, but I wish the amtrak routing and service options were better.
San Francisco is served from LA by Coast Starlight (usually upgraded service (reserved seats, Diner Car, view/lounge car with snack service, baggage service) compared to commuter service), with the last segment a bus from Oakland over the bridge to downtown SF. The guy in the seat next to me was going to SF; he planned to call an Uber for the last leg. BART is also possible with more options on destinations, but a hassle with anything more than carryons.
https://www.up.com/customers/announcements/customernews/generalannouncements/CN2018-17.html
Amtrak says Monday's Coast Starlight southern leg (Sacramento to LA) is "Sold Out" (but I already have my ticket).
Hüsker Dü
DA
What's the BFD? "Sold Out"?https://www.up.com/customers/announcements/customernews/generalannouncements/CN2018-17.html
Amtrak says Monday's Coast Starlight southern leg (Sacramento to LA) is "Sold Out" (but I already have my ticket).
Results of Father's Day sparkling wine test --
$10 Korbel Brut
$40 Moet & Chandon Brut
$90 Ruinart Blanc de Blancs
All from BevMo in Sacramento
All wines were poured into distinctive glasses by a friend out of sight out of the judges (myself and my 3 kids). I couldn't tell much difference, but the others insisted that I make a judgment. After all four judges submitted their answers by arranging their glasses front to back, the judge told us that all 4 chose the $10 wine as best, and split 2-2 for the other positions. The judge then joined us in killing off the $90 bottle.
$10 Korbel Brut
$40 Moet & Chandon Brut
$90 Ruinart Blanc de Blancs
All from BevMo in Sacramento
All wines were poured into distinctive glasses by a friend out of sight out of the judges (myself and my 3 kids). I couldn't tell much difference, but the others insisted that I make a judgment. After all four judges submitted their answers by arranging their glasses front to back, the judge told us that all 4 chose the $10 wine as best, and split 2-2 for the other positions. The judge then joined us in killing off the $90 bottle.
Father's Day treats -
3 WC games
3 hours at Crocker Museum (unplanned accident, third Sunday of the month is pay-what-you-want day (or as the guy at the entrance called it, "Free Sunday" (we put $10 in the donation box)))
Dinner at a perfect Mexican restaurant, Taqueria Maya. Looks like a recycled Der Weinershcnitzel building. Food is authentic (down to bottles of Mexican hot sauce on the table that I have never seen before) and good.
Nap followed by family board games.
3 WC games
3 hours at Crocker Museum (unplanned accident, third Sunday of the month is pay-what-you-want day (or as the guy at the entrance called it, "Free Sunday" (we put $10 in the donation box)))
Dinner at a perfect Mexican restaurant, Taqueria Maya. Looks like a recycled Der Weinershcnitzel building. Food is authentic (down to bottles of Mexican hot sauce on the table that I have never seen before) and good.
Nap followed by family board games.
Ha....The Golf Ball Thief now knows to roll his fingers and the source of his
sickness on Monday evenings .....
Any news on the conservative California legislative front?
In 1968 my parents moved to a house that had been first built in 1843 and to which several modifications had been made over the years. We were told that at one time it was a doctor's office and residence. We used it as a 5-bedroom, 2-bath house with central hot-water-radiator heating, 2 fireplaces that had been converted to electric heat bulbs that were no longer available on the market, and a big coal-burning stove in the kitchen (for heat and breadmaking). After they sold it in 1987, the new owner converted it to a 7-bedroom, 3-bath B&B, complete with commercial kitchen and gift shop. Now my siblings and I are in discussion with a historian who is trying to gather data as the place is being converted to an art museum with space upstairs for a local web-only radio station.
The matron of honor at our wedding in 1988 was an old friend of my wife from her younger days in the Philippines, who, at the time of the wedding, had recently had surgery for brain cancer. On our first anniversary, we went to San Francisco to visit her - by that time she was low in energy and mostly confined to her home. We took her 13-year-old daughter out for a day on the town - lunch, baseball game at Candlestick, trip to the beach for sunset, dinner. The mother passed away less than a year later.
The father of her daughter was involved in Philippine politics, and eventually became Mayor of Tanauan City. Until this weekend --
https://www.philstar.com/other-sect...ows-moment-when-tanauan-mayor-halili-was-shot
The father of her daughter was involved in Philippine politics, and eventually became Mayor of Tanauan City. Until this weekend --
https://www.philstar.com/other-sect...ows-moment-when-tanauan-mayor-halili-was-shot