What a surprise – I am writing about food.
At dinner with my son Max the other night he brought up the subject of my blogs. One day he said, he is going to sit down and read them all. Otherwise, he said, he may not read them until after I am dead and then I won't be around for him to discuss them with me. A fair thought.
The Mets decisive win last night could be a turning point for the series. They lost the first two games and it looked like they weren't going to be able to quiet the free swinging KC bats. Maybe coming home was the ticket.
They won convincingly and the orange and blue sea throughout the stadium was electric. If they win today...its all tied and NY will be buzzing.
My prediction for tonight...Mets win 5-4in a nail biter. You?
On the eve of Halloween I know what my costume will be. It will be the same as always: Count Dracula. I choose the Count because, in a small way, I feel a harmless, but important kinship with him as I draw sustenance from interacting and conversing with people: networking, if you will. Without such sustenance I would be rudderless and lost and I do not think I could exist on a deserted island. What's your costume and why?Happy and safe Halloween!
I love coffee. That is to say, I love espresso.
Unfortunately, since getting my cholesterol count, I discovered that coffee raises your "bad" cholesterol.
Tea is okay. Sometimes its more than okay.
Two months ago, my wife and I (plus her siblings, cousins and their spouses) went to Amsterdam at the invitation of the Royal House of Orange. It seems that a painting that had belonged to my wife's paternal grandparents was stolen from them (by the Nazis) and it somehow found its way into the Royal Collection in about 1960. It isn't worth a whole lot of money, so the family decided to tell the House of Orange to keep the thing. As a result of the famliy's generosity, we were given a lovely lunch aboard a royal yacht through the canals, then a private tour of the Royal Pal