Good Morning!

I've removed the names from this story, because, yes, I am that nice.

We saw a nationally known comedian's late show at a comedy club last night. It was the first time I've ever seen a headliner bomb.

I don't really know why it all went wrong from the first moment, but it was endless and excruciating. No one was heckling (strictly verboten in the venue), but several people walked out. When he did say something funny (every ten minutes or so), we all laughed and applauded and encouraged like we were watching our best friend finally have a tiny success during an otherwise disastrous attempt on open mic night. But that would be followed by another ten minutes of him rambling, explaining jokes and complaining that the audience wasn't responding. It was just uncomfortable for everyone involved.

On the bright side, the opener was hilarious. I wish that I could mention his name. He was a writer on an extremely popular, now ended sitcom about nothing. *cough* Too bad we couldn't call him back up for another hour last night!


Patrick's Saturday Six

1. How old is your microwave oven?
about 4 years old

2. How many television sets do you own?
4- one in the living room, one in our bedroom, one in Lauren's bedroom and one where we play video games

3. What type of cell phone do you own?
iPhone 5

4. How much else besides making calls do you use your cell phone for?
texting, internet, games, email, finding places of business near my location, maps...

5. Do you still have a landline in your home?
Nope

6. Do you have a single-serve coffee maker like a Keurig, or is yours a more traditional multi-cup model?
Single-serve Keurig

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Saturday 9: Suit and Tie

Since we aren't traveling this year, I am living vicariously through my friends and their world adventures. Kimberly and Gib are finally in Ireland on their anniversary trip! They got upgraded to first class because Delta had really screwed them over on an airline flight schedule change about a month ago. Very nice!

Kathy and Alex are all set up for their Mediterranean cruise in a couple of weeks. It sounds so lovely. So many cool things to see and do!


Saturday 9: Suit and Tie

1) When was the last time that you got dressed up, or to borrow from Mr. Timberlake, "fixed up to the nines?"
I live in Austin, where you can wear nice shorts to the fanciest restaurant in town. The last time I wore a cocktail dress was on our last cruise, over a year ago!

2) Justin Timberlake is known for his threads. Do you try to keep up with fashion trends?
I do to an extent. I was just saying that I don't really like the current style of layering tops. You can't buy a single top anymore. They're all cheap and whisper-thin, so you can layer another translucent tank top or tshirt underneath. You need at least three tops to avoid showing off your bra to the world. Just give me one beautiful shirt that's made of quality material. Please.

3) While on tour, Justin has a cigar roller on call so that he and the band can enjoy a "gentleman's club" atmosphere back stage. Do you enjoy the smell of a good cigar?
In passing. Sure. Pipes as well. But I have no desire to sit in a sea of cigar smoke in a lounge.

4) Justin appeared on Star Search when still in grade school, and he's been working ever since. When Crazy Sam was that age, her only "job" was to load the dishwasher and for this she earned her $1/day allowance. Did you work when you were a kid?
I did not, although Lori and I ran a lucrative lemonade stand for a while, selling mostly to contractors building the houses on our street.

5) JT has appeared several times on Saturday Night Live, a show that premiered before he was born. Who is your most favorite ever SNL castmember of all time?
Oh man. If I have to pick one- wow, this is hard! Chevy Chase. Gilda Radner. And Dana Carvey.

6) Justin is a very good golfer (6 handicap). Will you play this summer?
I want to learn. It seems like a great way to get outside and socialize and get some walking in as well. I've been told that my previous interest in disc golf is much like my previous interest in owning a red Jeep: 18-22 year-old boys are into it and pretty much no one else. So golf, it is!

7) A round of golf requires hours outside in the elements. Have you ever endured a painful sunburn?
Ha. Too many.

8) When they were young, Justin dated Britney Spears. Obviously, it's been easy for him to keep up with her successes and problems over the years. Do you wonder how one of your exes is doing?
Nah, I'm Facebook friends with the ones I want to keep up with.

9) Ever since his days with N'Sync, Justin Timberlake has supported music education. Did your grade school offer music classes? If so, do you remember any of the songs you learned then?
Yes it did. I don't remember songs from music class, but I remember several songs from the musicals I was in. Lauren still remembers a bunch of songs from her elementary school music class and shows. Even Kindergarten Graduation!

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Drinkin' and Cussin'

When I was a first-semester freshman at A&M, I didn't like beer. I was told that I couldn't be an Aggie and not like beer, and that I would like it by the time I graduated. I don't seek out beer as a beverage of choice today, but I ended up drinking a helluva lot of beer in College Station.

Ari is an Aggie, and when we were out last week, she would only taste a Shiner Ruby Redbird. I said, "How did you make it through four years at A&M without acquiring a taste for beer?"

She said she hates it, and she drank whiskey. I said that hard liquor was too expensive for college student budgets. Ohhhh, she said, when she didn't have access to the hard stuff, she'd drunk a lot of Coors Light from kegs in her college days.

Well there's the problem. You have to go at LEAST Miller Draft.

So when I started my new job in January, I was told by more than one person that if I wasn't much of a cusser, I would become one, as people there aren't shy about throwing around the four-letter words.

Today I called Microsoft Word a M-F'er. You know how a document is all perfect and has a Table of Contents and stuff, and you try to edit it and everything goes to Hell in a handbasket in about two keystrokes? Text starts running off the edge of the pages and bullets disappear and your tables break... Am I right???

M-F'er.

Crystal was amused and declared our office "The F-Bomb Capitol of the World."

So now I'm a drinker and a potty mouth. All I need now is an F'in cigarette.

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She'd Be Standing Next To Me

Okay, kids. From The Lumineers "Ho Hey":

I don't think you're right for him...

Why do you care so much about him? I thought this song was about me.

;)


Alright. Wanna lose half your followers in one post? Just tell the following story...

I can't type because I'm already giggling.

Jeff and I were watching Andy Zimmern's Bizarre Foods America the other day. Andy was in Arkansas. They had just killed a bear and were preparing poppin' fresh cracklins from the skin. Andy explained that bear tends to be very gamey, so most people don't like it.

(Leave now. I'm warning you all. Just do it.)

So he and the hunters are crunching the hairy (not even kidding) cracklins and he says, "This is really clean. It's good. It doesn't have that bear...'taint'..."

Me: Did he just say... "It doesn't have bear taint?"

That's when we BOTH fell into hysterics.

It is truly a rare thing to get into a laughing fit with someone else. We've all been there (or been the one) where someone starts into uncontrollable giggles and other people around that person start laughing because that person is laughing. That's more about social awareness and supporting your crazy friend through a momentary and complete lapse of decorum. This was freaking hilarious, because neither one of us could stop. Luckily we were alone.

And I wouldn't put it past Andy to eat any bear parts that were served up.

Just sayin'.

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Night Out on the Town!

Just figured out I'm making around $60 an hour on my crafting website. Not bad for a self-made web concept... which others have since copied but never made successful. Mwahahahaaa!

Tonight Jeff and I are finally celebrating our 23rd anniversary! (We've been busy out the yang.) The celebration is a month late, but it's finally here. Looking forward to a night out downtown!


Saturday 9: Livin' on a Prayer

1) This song tells the tale of Tommy, who works on the docks, and Gina, who works in a diner. Where do you work?
in an office building at a pharmaceutical/biotechnology research company

2) Jon Bon Jovi has said that he and Frank Sinatra are distant relatives. Tell us about one of your relatives.
I'm distantly related to Robert E. Lee.

3) Jon and his high school sweetheart tied the knot in Vegas at the Graceland Wedding Chapel, and they remain married today. When you were in school, who did you fantasize about marrying? Where is that person today?
Well, I had two long-term boyfriends in high school. I wouldn't say I "fantasized" about marrying either of them. The one who actually gave me a promise ring (MUCH to the very intuitive dismay of my mother) turned out to be gay and is living in Houston now. The other one is happily married with two kids and living in Michigan.

This question reminds me of the long heart-to-heart conversation I had once with one of my best friends, Grant, where he said I was "the type of girl guys want to marry," and I couldn't decide whether it was a compliment or not. He said it was, but continued to goad me and eventually said I had "MARRIAGE" written across my forehead. I was worried I wouldn't date again until I was 30, if I was giving off that vibe. It was certainly not my intention!

I immediately went out and bought a lot of slutty club outfits. ;)

4) The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation is devoted to supplying local food pantries and helping rebuild neighborhoods hit by natural disasters. Here's your opportunity to give a shameless plug to a charity you support.
M.D. Anderson Children's Art Project funds patient programs at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston through the sale of products featuring drawings by pediatric cancer patients.

5) Jon is often complimented on his hair. What's the most recent compliment you've received?
Everyone loved the shirt I wore yesterday. Very summery!

6) Everyone talks about their favorite vacation spots. But, since Sam is crazy, she wants to hear about a place you visited that you wish never to return to.
Cancún. Waaaaaay too touristy. A never-ending line of timeshare hawkers hassling you day and night. Rude shop owners, if you don't stop in and buy something. Just bleh. Beautiful though.

7) When was the last time you played cards with an actual deck (as opposed to on your computer)? What game was it?
We played "Scott n' Julie's card game" at Scott n' Julie's place about three weeks ago. It's a regular card game, but they don't know which it is. Someday we'll figure it out.

8) Do you bite your nails?
Nope, but at times when I'm really stressed, I may pick at them.

9) Where are you as you answer these 9 questions? What's the view from where you sit?
At my desktop upstairs. I face the hallway, but when I turn around, I can see out over a heavily wooded area behind my back fence.

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Carl Himself

All-day vendor meeting... room of about 14 people... We were wondering when a particular asset changes in the databases.

Nathan: ...It's perversion.
Jennifer: Sorry?
Nathan: It's perversion.
Me *thinking I don't think that word means what you think it means.*
Nathan: It switches with each new version of the software.

Ahh. It's per version.


SO... I mentioned the following story here before.

There's a guy named Brandon- at least that's what we think it is, because we call him "Carl Jr." and none of us can remember his real name from when he told us a month ago. He passes by our lunch table at work fairly frequently. Stephanie spotted him the first time he passed, kept smiling at him and finally (about a month ago) told him her reminded her of her ex-boyfriend Carl (from 1993).

We and she have since had a few conversations with Carl Jr. in the morning and at lunch. Steph brought a photo of the real Carl back in May to show him, but Junior never comes by on the days she brings it downstairs. It's like a running joke. Either Carl Jr. or the photo are at lunch, but never both. Carlito is probably 30, while the real Carl is 46 or 47 today (seriously twenty years since she moved out of state and they broke up to avoid the long distance thing), so Carl Jr. is more a blast from the past (and S getting her flirt on) than anything.

Well, she has had that photo of Carl and her on her desk for weeks now. This weekend, she checked her personal email account (which she rarely does) and found a LinkedIn request from THE REAL CARL.

She was a bit hurt that he didn't include a personal message, just the generic "I would like to add you to my personal network on LinkedIn." So she carefully considered her response (hee hee heeeeee...I was already dying at this part of the story) and just clicked accept, without sending a message to him either.

HaHA!

The next day, after what I am certain was a calculated "wait" on his part, he messaged her and asked how she was, etc. Within a few hours they were on the phone, talking for HOURS. At one point, he said he was hurt that she just accepted his LinkedIn request without saying anything else. Aaaaahahaa. "You didn't say anything to me first!" Oh man.

Monday, she told the company chicks the whole detailed story. That girl was and still is beaming. Just beaming. I said, "Man, you are going to be hard to live with the next several months. I can tell." But honestly, it's so great! She tells me every text he sends through the day. She cannot stop smiling. I'm incredibly happy for her. Even if it means she may be moving to the east coast. *cough*

They are making arrangements to meet either here or there ASAP.

It's just such a neat little coincidence that the whole Carl Jr. thing is happening. Yes? She hadn't really thought a lot about Carl until she saw Brandon. Then BOOM. Carl showed up.

Too fun!

She said one of her photos was taking forever to send over her phone yesterday. I told her the naked ones take longer. She feigned shock. Yeah, I know what the kids are doing these days. ;)

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So I Picked Her Up...

At a vendor dinner last night, the vendor's project manager was talking about how Dobermans are naturally sweet dogs. He has two, and said if they exhibit any sort of dominant behavior as puppies, you turn them over on their backs in a submissive position, and that keeps them from developing any sort of power issues.

Then their BD guy, who has a Rottweiler, said you have to really establish dominance over Rottweilers when they're young, so they won't be vicious as adults. He explained that when his was a puppy (illustrative gesture "this big," about the size of a soccer ball), she ate something off of a plate on the dinner table. He scolded her and she growled.

"...so I picked her up and SLAMMED her on the table." (illustrative gesture "SMASH!")

*...crickets...*

"Yep. She never did that again."

Yikes. I suppose not.

Most awkward moment ever.


Song Lyrics of the Day

If I.... fall... for you..... I'll never recover...

"Love Somebody" Maroon Five

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That Moment When...

...you have to peel the paper crotch liner out of the new swimsuit you just bought.

*shudder*

Surely waxy paper is far less hygienic than just letting whatever lurks in the crotches of mall swimsuits simply live in the spandex until we toss them into the washer with scalding hot water and extra detergent as soon as we get home. It seems to me that germs and other "things" would sit on top of waxy paper, just waiting to rub off on your panties' fabric, whereas "things" embedded in material are more separated from you and might stay where they are during the trying-on process. Yes?

The icky paper is there because some girls actually try on swimsuits without panties. Meanwhile, I cringe that the paper even touches my undies in the fitting room. Crinkle, crinkle. ACK.

Ever get a liner that is all stuck to itself at the store? You don't know whether to just rip that thing off or try to spread it back out. Well let me tell you... Unless you brought latex gloves and a barf bag, don't get too involved with that piece of paper. Take a hard look at that swimsuit. Is it really that cute? Yeah, there are a thousand flat pieces of waxy paper in a thousand swimsuits in the mall. Skip it.

You may even find the lucky swimsuit that doesn't have the paper at all.

*angel chorus*

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Lavender Blue... Dilly Dilly

Went to the Lavender Festival in Blanco with Scott 'n' Julie ('n' Kirsten) last weekend. We started with brunch at the Uptown Blanco Restaurant, which is in the former town theater. It was amazing.

It is always fun to hit the area festivals, but it was hot on Sunday. We took a quick break in the county courthouse, where they filmed scenes from the 2010 version of the movie True Grit. Very coolio. What a neat building, too.

At the festival, I bought two awesome pieces of Rebecca Rang's metal art, which I had absolutely looooved at the Blue Genie show at Christmas, but didn't buy then, because I wasn't shopping for myself. I really dig the colors and the shininess and the silvery metal peeking through. It's such happy art! I'm still thinking of the perfect place for them in the house, because I want to see these every day. (Art Schoenig's flowers are fabulous, too! And the only ones I would be able to keep alive in my garden.)

Afterwards, we went to one of a few lavender farms nearby, but the lavender is confused this year, and hasn't bloomed yet (AT ALL) because of the cool May. There were still beautiful wildflowers and pretty scenery as far as the eye could see.

Click me! I'm bigger than this.

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"You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone"

There is now a radio version of Anna Kendrick's "Cup Song" from Pitch Perfect. Love it!




50 little things meme

1.How many pets do you own? 2
2. What’s your least favorite season? now that school is no longer a factor in our family- summer. Hot. Too crowded everywhere.
3. Do you prefer to text or call? call
4. Morning or night? night
5. Do you like tacos?  yes
6. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? introvert
7. What’s your favorite desert? Mojave
8. Do you enjoy walks? oh yes
9. Are you a frequent user of Facebook? yep
10. Do you watch animated shows still? definitely
11. Can you roll your tongue? yes
12. What’s your “lucky” number? 3
13. Are you scared of anything? scorpions
14. Big mac or big whopper? whopper isn't capitalized here... so I'll go with big whopper
15. Do you like to play board games? yes!
16. Are you fond of romantic novels? a few, but they have to be well-written, which is rare
17. Fruitloops or cocopops? I have no idea what cocopops are, so I'll go with the loops of fruit
18. Would you eat a live spider for one million dollars? absolutely not
19. Are you a heavy drinker? no
20. Would you forgive someone for cheating? depends on the circumstances
21. Are you superstitious? no
22. Have you seen A Clockwork Orange? yes
23. Do you like to read? yes, but mostly short things like newspaper and magazine articles
24. Are you easily distressed? Not unless I'm under a lot of stress already for some reason.
25. Do you believe in aliens? there has to be other life in the universe somewhere
26. If you were the last person alive besides one other person you get to choose, who would it be? I can't be expected to choose between the spouse and kid.... I'll let them duke it out.
27. Dogs or cats? cats
28. Are you a grumpy person? nope
29. What’s something you hate? cruelty to animals
30. Are you a worry wart? if I'm not busy, yes I can be
31. Do you like having your picture taken? I can take it or leave it
32. Do you like cotton candy? no
33. Would you ever use a dating site? if I were single, I probably would
34. Do you believe in ghosts? no
35. Rap or pop? pop
36. What’s the weirdest flavor of ice cream you’ve tried? Guinness. It's pretty good!
37. Do you like math? yes
38. Are you the type of person to laugh at others' misfortune? yikes, of course not.
39. Love or lust? love
40. Do you remember lyrics easily? yes
41. What was/is your favorite school subject? biological sciences
42: Do you like tattoos? on Adam Levine, yes
43. Are you the type of person to lie? nope
44. Do you eat porridge for breakfast? every day
45. What music are you listening to right now? BT "Superfabulous"
46. Are you allergic to anything? CT and MRI contrasts, sulfa antibiotics and cedar
47. Do you like Lady Gaga? yes
48. What about Nick Minaj? I like some of her music.
49. Do you like rainy days? love
50. Last question, do you like pie? Who doesn't?

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"Areas"

Last week, there was a commercial for one of those med spas that does various beauty procedures. At the end, they said one area was $1200, with a minimum of three areas.

Jeff: What are "areas?"
Me: Like... armpits...
Lauren: (cringes)
Me: ... Crotch...
Lauren: *audible gag*
Jeff: People need their crotches lipo-ed?

Oh.

Liposuction. I thought they were talking about laser hair removal. Hey, some people may be thin everywhere but their armpits. Don't make fun.

   
Saturday 9: Sweet Caroline

1) "Sweet Caroline" has been sung during every Boston Red Sox home game since the 1990s. (Click here to watch Neil Diamond lead the fans in the first game after April's bombing.) Do you know the words well enough to sing along?
Of course!

2) Do you have a favorite major league baseball team?
If I had to choose- Texas Rangers. (Sorry, Houston.)

3) Budweiser is the "official beer of major league baseball." Do you reach for a cold beer on a hot summer day?
Not usually. I reach for iced tea.

4) Every season, more than a million Vienna Beef Hot Dogs are consumed by baseball fans at Chicago's Wrigley Field. When you get a hot dog, what do you put on it?
ketchup, mustard and dill relish

5) The odds of a fan in the stands being hit by a baseball are 300,000 to 1. The odds of winning the lottery are (approximately) 1 in 12,000,000. Do you play the lottery?
I have played twice. I'm not into the lottery at all. I think it's a great way for the states to make money though.

6) Though his song has been adopted by faithful Boston Red Sox fans, Neil Diamond was born and raised in New York City. Have you ever visited The Big Apple?
Four times~
a) Once when I was in middle school, with my mom and aunt. We saw A Chorus Line from the third row, in its original run. AMAZING.
b) Cathy and I went my freshman year of college. We stayed with my friend Patrick's brother in his faboo, tiny apartment in Manhattan. Patrick was visiting his brother at the same time. His brother took us all out to The Palladium, which was the absolute best part of the weekend. It was a brand new club at the time, opened by the guys who ran Studio 54. Patrick's brother was an investment banker and knew everyone everywhere we went that weekend, including (most importantly to us at the time) the door guys at The Palladium. So we did one of those "pass the long-ass line to the dude who decides whether or not you're cool enough to get into the club, smile at the guy and get waved in" deals. One of the coolest moments of my life. I'm just sayin'. I won't ever forget that. We also went to the top of the World Trade Center that trip. I won't ever forget that either.
c)Once with Jeff, when I met my gorgeous, NSYNCy girlfriends (Angel, Wendy, Kerstin, Jennifer and Karla) and their spouses/boyfriends to see Joey Fatone as Mark in RENT. That trip Jeff and I also saw the original cast production of Hairspray with Marissa Jaret Winokur and Harvey Fierstein in the lead roles and Matthew Morrison as Link. I met Tom Wopat that weekend at our hotel. He had left his jacket under the chair where I was sitting, when he had moved from there to the bar earlier in the evening, and came back to get it.
d) The last trip was with Jeff and Lauren, and we saw the original cast production of Legally Blonde: The Musical with Laura Bell Bundy.

Oh, I also love the restaurants and the sights and all the buildings and lights and everything. I just tend to identify my trips there by musicals. :)

7) Baseball players are notoriously superstitious. For example, the Cubs' Matt Garza eats Popeye's fried chicken every day that he pitches. Joltin' Joe DiMaggio touched second base with his foot every time he ran on or off the field. Do you have any superstitions?
Nah.

8) A ball signed by Babe Ruth can fetch tens of thousands of dollars at auction. Have you ever asked a celebrity for his/her autograph?
Tons of times. At some point I got rid of most of my autographs from high school and college. Biggest mistake EVER! But I still have the memories of meeting great celebs- mostly my favorite musicians. Laura's favorite autograph story is when I had to cross about 30 yards of rough between the greens at the Dennis Quaid charity golf tournament we were working, to get Bob Schneider to sign my hat. He was starting to walk towards his golf cart, so I had to yell after him, "Bob! Bob!..." as I was sort of skipping through the grass. Laura saw it all. Not my proudest moment, but I got that autograph!

9) Baseball means summer and summer means sun. Are you working on a tan, or do you slather on the sunscreen? 
I wish I were working on a tan, but I have to slather the sunscreen.

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F-F-F-Friiiiiiday

The DJs were talking this morning about a new facility at DFW airport that rents you a small (doctor's office size) room with a bed, HDTV and computer with internet for $34 per hour. A 30 minute shower (with shower gel, shampoo, hair dryer- the works) is $25 à la carte or only $15 with a suite rental. The suites are for "relaxing" or "napping" or "getting some work done."

Uh... Clearly this is where you get it on with your significant other... or the person with whom you just had too many drinks at the airport bar.

Just saying.

No worries, actual nappers! There's a sound-masking system in every suite.


Lyrics of the Day

...I wanna wake up where you are...

"Slide" Goo Goo Dolls

Most of you will skip over the lyric, but if you read it again, you might find that it's one of those single-line, punch you in the heart, well-written lyrics that packs a lot into a few words.

Off to the Grove. Happy weekend, y'all!!

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Go HEAT!!

Watching the basketball game tonight. Lauren looooves the Heat. At some point, I said about Miller...

Me: I call that guy "Hairdo," because he always wears that silly hairband.
Lauren (with a Spanish accent and a hard G): I call him... "Sergio."
Me: Oh. Is he Hispanic?
Lauren: No.

This is where I make a reference to my current favorite AT&T commercial, with the little girl that wants to be a doctor, so she can put stickers on casts. The other girl says, "...that say 'Feel Better!" The first girl laughs and says, "No."



And the Heat are about to win it. Woohoo!! After this, I have to switch to the Spurs. Sorry, Hairdo.

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Funniest TV moment of the week...

...goes to Peter O'Riordan of TMZ.

Peter spoke with Lori Loughlin as she was getting in her car. Lori said she'd had an Irish Car Bomb and thought of him. Back in the studio, they explain that it's a drink. Everyone sort of groans at the reference. Peter says, "It's for killing Protestants, but Americans made it into a tasty treat."

Ha! He advises against ordering it in Ireland.

Recipe for an Irish Car Bomb from Drink Mixer-

3/4 pint Guinness® stout
1/2 shot Bailey's® Irish cream
1/2 shot Jameson® Irish whiskey

Add the Bailey's and Jameson to a shot glass, layering the Bailey's on the bottom. Pour the Guinness into a pint glass or beer mug 3/4 of the way full and let settle. Drop the shot glass into the Guinness and chug. If you don't drink it fast enough it will curdle and increasingly taste worse.

Um.... ew.


Curious as a Cat

1) Who's mind would you like to inhabit for a day, listening to their thoughts and decision-making process?
The President. I would never want to be President, but it sure would be interesting to see the thought process on the dizzying number of issues he deals with in a day.

2) What's the first thing you do when the power goes out?
At night, I use my phone flashlight app to locate a real flashlight. During the day, we skip the flashlight and turn off the chorus of beeping alarms on the power supplies on all the electronics in the house.

3) What's the last book you finished?
Andrew Young's The Politician: An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down

4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.

I was going to say it looks like a European breakfast. Then I noted the wine. It looks like something Kathy and I would have by the pool, except I would place it on a more appetizing color of table, or a pretty placemat.

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