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July 2006 Archives
If you could open any sort of restaurant, what would it be like?
I would open an espresso pub. I would probably be really creative and call it "Kate's Espresso Pub" or "Kate's Espresso". My fantasy includes: free wifi for customers (but not freeloaders in the parking lot); local artists' art gallery; live entertainment on weekends and maybe even an open mic night; lots of bookshelves with BookCrossings books coming and going; and a meeting room where meetups and other small gatherings could take place. We would serve awesome fresh baked goods (no "food service" crap) all day and have a very simple soup/sandwich/salad menu for lunch and dinner, as well. But no egg salad, cuz it stinks. We would also serve blended drinks (coffee-based and fruit-based) and French and Italian sodas. We would have plenty of small tables with electrical outlets for our wifi users, as well as a few larger tables and a bar with pub stools. We would also have plenty of comfy chairs, a couple loveseats and couches for comfy seating. We would serve our coffee and espresso in real mugs... maybe even funky mugs. And last, but not least, our mondo (20 oz.) espresso would have FOUR espresso shots (not two measly shots like our competition).
Yep, that's my fantasy. :-)
Happy 18th Birthday to my dearest Spencer, the Princess of Quite-a-Lot.
I thank God for the privilege of being your mum. :-)
And illustrating the wonder that is "you", I submit evidence that you still like to play dress-up. ;-)
Happy 18th Birthday to my dear sweet Spencer. :-)
What's your favorite drink or cocktail? What's in it?
Question submitted by charm.vox.com
My favorite drink is a quad shot latte. Espresso and steamed milk... straight up. Joy.
My other favorite drink is water. Two parts hydrogen, one part oxygen. More joy. :-)
A long time ago in a galaxy far away... my favorite bar drink was Long Island Iced Tea and my favorite shooter was a B52. I behaved very badly when I drank them. No joy. :-
What's the strongest association you have between a scent and a memory?
1976. White wine = Vomit. A lot of both. Still can't stand the smell of white wine. Even worse is smelling food cooked in it. Though the white wine went down chilled, it came up heated. You get the picture... or the odor... whatever. Bleh.
What was your most memorable
or favoriteschool field trip?
We had so many great field trips when I was a kid. Virginia and DC have no end of cool places to visit, BUT I would have to say my most memorable field trip was in 5th grade when we went ventured all the way to Gettysburg to see the battlefield. We had been learning about the Civil War and memorized some of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and this was the fieldtrip that would "seal" the historic events into our minds. Sadly, while I did learn and beneift from fieldtrips, I saw them as more of a social event than an opportunity for learning. The details are fuzzy (it was SO long ago), but I remember getting goofy and acting like a total clown pretending to give a speech on a giant rock when... riiiiiiip... I split out the backside of my trendy red "scooter skirt" in front of the small crowd around me. Boy was my face red. Thankfully, someone lent me their windbreaker so I wrapped it around my behind and tried to behave more modestly for the rest of the trip. :-
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The Independence Day fireworks in Washington, DC are the best I've ever seen. I am not adventurous enough to view them from the National Mall, but have prefered to watch them from just across the Potomac River at Gravelly Point and once from a short way down the river at Bolling AFB/Naval Research Lab. The fireworks are so very pretty with the monuments in view. Very festive and fun, especially when you listen to the NPR simulcast of the NSO concert at the Capitol. That said, I will be happily enjoying this year's DC festivities my very favorite way... via cable TV in my air-conditioned, traffic-free living room. ;-)
The most entertaining fireworks by far, though, were at a 4th of July celebration in a small town in the Shenandoah Valley... I dubbed them "Cletus and Bubba's Backyard Fireworks". They were the town's official fireworks display, but I suspect they just sent Cletus and Bubba down to South of the Border (all you I-95 NC/SC travelers KNOW what I'm talking about!) to find the biggest bang-em-up variety pack available. Well, it was some kind of show... not amazing as fireworks go, but certainly entertaining... and we all had a good time ooh-ing and aah-ing at the homegrown display.
Did you know this year is the 225th anniversary of the 1781 Washington-Rochambeau march to Yorktown, Virginia? That would be THE Yorktown... the splendid siege and victory that finally won the American colonies their independence from Britain! (no worries! we still love the Brits! *grin*) The W3R site (beware, this site was created by reenactors, NOT web designers *sigh*) has lots of information about the Yorktown anniversary events being held up and down the east coast (from Rhode Island to Virginia) along the 600 mile route that Rochambeau, Washington and company marched.
March to Yorktown is an amazing event unfolding now in "realtime"... a reenactment of the 1781 march along the original route (or as close as possible to it, where need be). This reenactment commenced in March 2006 and will end in October 2006. The reenactors are blogging the daily march (powered by MT! huzzah!) and they also have a detailed schedule of the march dates and destinations posted. Perhaps they'll be marching through your neck of the woods and you will be able to cheer them on. Please do if you have the opportunity.
I can't wait until they get to Virginia. There are so many events planned around us AND my girls and I have been invited by General Washington, himself, to participate as interpreters at one or more of them. Huzzah!!
