place.... ;) And the rest of that meal sounds like it was exceptionally good for a change... :)

For breakfast, yes.

Qualification noted... (G)

Should have been anticipated [g]

Yeah, kind of, but when a restaurant Website claims it's
the next new Destination Restaurant, both diner and
establishment are cruisn' for a bruisin'.

Self-aggrandizement tends to backfire.... So, not only was Pearl

I beg to differ! There are always enough
gullible ones to line the pockets of the
culprits.

mediocre, it had billed itself as wonderful... that IS a comedown...

It was. But it wasn't far.

By the way, the free drink coupon that the desk clerk
promised was good for two was in fact good for only one.

Sounds like he should have given you two coupons...

Correct, both by my lights and by the rules.

Young and inexperienced....? Or might it have been intentional...?

I asked the same question. If he was manager,
I could see him trying to pad his bottom line.

Another good reason to still eat the ice cream in the winter... :)

Especially in the winter.

But quite refreshing on a hot summer day as well.... ;)

There's always time for ice cream!

Though some come close. I'm amazed, though, at the
professional chamber groups that go traveling all
the time with a repertory of maybe 20 pieces or less.
In my day I could have put together a hundred major
works to performance standard within 24 to 48 hours.

I was recently listening to a local interview/perfomance program
(Backstage Pass on WXXI-FM), where a flute/piano duo was asked about how
many pieces were in their repertory for touring... The pianist claimed
to have, I think she said, a couple hundred... not counting solo pieces
for piano... And then they both went on to say that every performance,
they learn something new from each piece.... The flutist was Russian...
Both ladies' first name was Irina, I don't remember the last names...

Irina seems to be a common name among Soviet-era
musical women, I'm not sure why. I'd be more inclined
to expect Galina. My Irina hasn't RSVPed to my call
for a dinner meeting tomorrow night, though a couple
other semi-gray eminences have.

the other, though. Life isn't so bad as sometimes it
seems, though I'll still be languishing in the seconds
in an orchestra I was concertmaster of for a quarter
century or more.

Less pressure in the seconds, though... :) Good on the Mendelssohn...

True, but most times I didn't feel that much
pressure - just a kind of reluctance and queasiness.

Well within your capabilities, if not within your comfort zone or
favorite thing to be doing....

Almost everything I did was well within my
theoretical capabilities, and the two or three
times they weren't, well, it was horrible if
only for a couple seconds at a time.

It was particularly typical and predictable.
It couldn't be claimed as a tour de force but
was certainly a real performance-worthy piece.
More Appassionata than Fur Elise, so to speak.

So, fun to play... and flowed well enough... :)

Well, Mendelssohn, with all that implies.

Interesting; I thought it had some insights; Bonnie the psychologist-musician found it half obvious and half
dubious.

I did get to it... and I agree with her assessment of it... I can see
how in some cases procrastination could be pain avoidance... sometimes
it's just the tyranny of the urgent (or as another friend puts it, the
But Firsts that jump ahead in line)....

The point to be taken is that with the more
unpleasant task often things of less importance
but also less threat jump into But Firstness.

tolerates. The sad thing is that they're finding
ways to grow or process actual scallops so they
become an efficient but tasteless source of
saleable protein. Perhaps they're deliberately
harvesting untasty species as well.

I hope that's not really true.... although I guess it has some possibility.... sigh...

With scallops anything is possible - and
almost certainly done to the fullest allowance
of the law.

Well, yeah.... What's the point of using half margarine, anyway...?

Cheapness, most like.

Which could backfire, given that some margarines are pricey....

Probably, though one hopes the expensive ones taste ok.

Not always.... I've only once found a margarine that tasted ok.... and
it was sorta mid-price...

Is it recommendable?

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Title: Pice Bach (welsh Cakes) Welsh
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 8 servings

1 lb Plain flour 6 oz Caster sugar
1 ts Baking powder 4 oz Currants
1 ts Mixed spice 2 Eggs
4 oz Margarine Milk
4 oz Lard

SIft the flour, baking powder, and mixed spice; rub in the margerine and
lard; add the sugar, currants and beaten egg. Mix in Milk to make a
stiff
dough and roll out 1/4" thick. Cut into 2" rounds and bake on a hot
griddle
until golden brown, after about 4 minutes on each side. British Cookery
(BTA/BFPC)

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Quoting Michael Loo to Nancy Backus on 04-14-19 08:25 <=-

place.... ;) And the rest of that meal sounds like it was exceptionally good for a change... :)

For breakfast, yes.

Qualification noted... (G)

Should have been anticipated [g]

Actually, it was... :)

Yeah, kind of, but when a restaurant Website claims it's
the next new Destination Restaurant, both diner and
establishment are cruisn' for a bruisin'.

Self-aggrandizement tends to backfire....

I beg to differ! There are always enough
gullible ones to line the pockets of the
culprits.

There is that... sadly.... But eventually enough will figure it out...

So, not only was Pearl mediocre, it had billed itself as wonderful...
that IS a comedown...

It was. But it wasn't far.

You mean, distance from where you were staying...?

By the way, the free drink coupon that the desk clerk
promised was good for two was in fact good for only one.

Sounds like he should have given you two coupons...

Correct, both by my lights and by the rules.

Young and inexperienced....? Or might it have been intentional...?

I asked the same question. If he was manager,
I could see him trying to pad his bottom line.

In which case perhaps it would have been reportable...?

Another good reason to still eat the ice cream in the winter... :)

Especially in the winter.

But quite refreshing on a hot summer day as well.... ;)

There's always time for ice cream!

Absolutely... :)

Though some come close. I'm amazed, though, at the
professional chamber groups that go traveling all
the time with a repertory of maybe 20 pieces or less.
In my day I could have put together a hundred major
works to performance standard within 24 to 48 hours.

I was recently listening to a local interview/perfomance program
(Backstage Pass on WXXI-FM), where a flute/piano duo was asked about how many pieces were in their repertory for touring... The pianist claimed
to have, I think she said, a couple hundred... not counting solo pieces
for piano... And then they both went on to say that every performance,
they learn something new from each piece.... The flutist was Russian...
Both ladies' first name was Irina, I don't remember the last names...

Irina seems to be a common name among Soviet-era
musical women, I'm not sure why. I'd be more inclined
to expect Galina. My Irina hasn't RSVPed to my call
for a dinner meeting tomorrow night, though a couple
other semi-gray eminences have.

I guess one can't help what one's parents named one... ;) Did your
Irina at least show up...?

the other, though. Life isn't so bad as sometimes it
seems, though I'll still be languishing in the seconds
in an orchestra I was concertmaster of for a quarter
century or more.

Less pressure in the seconds, though... :) Good on the Mendelssohn...

True, but most times I didn't feel that much
pressure - just a kind of reluctance and queasiness.

Well within your capabilities, if not within your comfort zone or
favorite thing to be doing....

Almost everything I did was well within my
theoretical capabilities, and the two or three
times they weren't, well, it was horrible if
only for a couple seconds at a time.

It helps when one can fake well.... ;)

It was particularly typical and predictable.
It couldn't be claimed as a tour de force but
was certainly a real performance-worthy piece.
More Appassionata than Fur Elise, so to speak.

So, fun to play... and flowed well enough... :)

Well, Mendelssohn, with all that implies.

Yup.

Interesting; I thought it had some insights; Bonnie the psychologist-musician found it half obvious and half
dubious.

I did get to it... and I agree with her assessment of it... I can see
how in some cases procrastination could be pain avoidance... sometimes
it's just the tyranny of the urgent (or as another friend puts it, the
But Firsts that jump ahead in line)....

The point to be taken is that with the more
unpleasant task often things of less importance
but also less threat jump into But Firstness.

At times. :)

Well, yeah.... What's the point of using half margarine, anyway...?

Cheapness, most like.

Which could backfire, given that some margarines are pricey....

Probably, though one hopes the expensive ones taste ok.

Not always.... I've only once found a margarine that tasted ok.... and
it was sorta mid-price...

Is it recommendable?

Canoleo margerine... made only with canola oil... and does tend to act
mostly like butter, if not tasting exactly like butter, but does taste
like something good instead of something nasty.... And also didn't give
me the usual margarine side-effects... I was getting it at Wegmans,
though not all the stores carried it... mostly I was buying it for MJ,
as it was lactose-free which she needed, but did have it on hand here as well.... Haven't bought it now for quite a while, so not sure if it is
still available or not....

ttyl neb

... This just in: Research causes cancer in rats!

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