tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26736742821679404042024-02-19T09:32:36.216-06:00Food and Fort WorthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger891125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-88888693872221901362020-08-24T10:28:00.011-05:002020-09-18T14:36:43.250-05:00For Homeschoolers: Classical School SolutionsI'm going to what?Where?With whose kids?--------------------------------------------------------------------------HOW CLASSICAL SCHOOL SOLUTIONS WORKSDo you feel overwhelmed by curriculum choices and creating daily lesson plans? Classical School Solutions' guided learning program will relieve your stress by providing weekly guided lessons in the classical liberal arts subjects that your Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-45313273391290579262020-08-11T07:17:00.038-05:002020-11-21T14:46:12.858-06:00And now, friends, farewell... "What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."Aristotle, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers"Abraham ... was called a friend of God."The Epistle of St. JamesSt. Paul closes his letter to the Phillippians with the words, "And now, friends, farewell." He was writing from Rome while under house arrest, waiting for a trial as a Roman citizen after being arrested in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-73509720014642117152020-07-29T07:07:00.414-05:002020-09-18T14:54:11.113-05:00Bands of Your Life / The Muser's Ticket Segment It has been the best new segment for sports radio, The Ticket (96.7FM / 1310AM) in the last couple of years. All thanks to the Covid, I guess, because this Bands of Your Life segment replaced the popular pre-Covid weekly segment, Best Act Coming to Town, which was shelved because, post-Covid, no acts are coming to town.Bands of Your Life ranks with E-brake and Gay or Not Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-22749453789119499932017-09-12T17:25:00.000-05:002018-02-11T16:19:01.993-06:00Talkers and Listeners
There are two kinds of people in the world: talkers and
listeners.
On a scale of one to ten, ten being your great-uncle after three martinis and zero being the cloistered Sister Mary Frances, I’m around a three,
maybe a two and half.
There’s a one physical reason I maintain silence over speech and it is simply that my vocal cords are slightly damaged; talking
loud enough for the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-41755806347930383792017-04-23T12:19:00.004-05:002020-09-18T06:49:53.128-05:00Don Rickles and the ComediansThe recent passing of the great Don Rickles got me reminiscing about Rickles and the comedians I've enjoyed over the years.
My earliest memory of Mr. Rickles dates to the summer of 1969. I got a summer job through a buddy of mine whose father and grandfather worked for a carpet outlet store. We were the company's carpet-hauling muscle for the summer.
My friend's father was kind Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-38395789596143236372017-03-04T17:16:00.002-06:002017-04-03T09:03:52.809-05:00The Best Cup of Coffee in Texas.I've been known to use a little hyperbole from time to time. This is not one of those times.
Fort Worth has a new coffee shop and it's in the Meadowbrook area. I mention the location because we Eastsiders have grown accustomed to driving miles to get a decent cup of fresh coffee. No mas.
Not hyperbole: This is the best cappuccino I've had this side of the Mississippi.
Coffee Folk opened Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Meadowbrook Dr & Oakland Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76103, USA32.7456673 -97.261808699999966.0245748 -138.57040269999996 59.466759800000005 -55.953214699999961tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-89277868209346384262016-09-14T07:00:00.000-05:002017-03-28T09:52:16.179-05:00Rambling about the Beatles & When I'm 64 . . .
Paul McCartney composed this whimsical love song when he was sixteen years old. Eight years later "64" would become an unexpected hit and take its place in the most significant album in the history of 60's rock and roll.
I refer, of course, to the song, "When I'm 64," and the album, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. "When I'm 64" was released in 1966 as the B-side of the juke-box Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-22048406315062592432016-04-06T21:53:00.001-05:002016-04-06T21:53:35.821-05:00Rest in Peace, Merle Haggard Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-37274261554327108162014-08-28T12:01:00.002-05:002020-07-31T20:36:08.812-05:00More Summer Talk: 50 years of the Cape May - Lewes Ferry
Yesterday (1964)
Today
The Cape May-Lewes Ferry celebrates 50 years of service this year. That's fifty years moving passengers and vehicles across the Delaware Bay from Cape May, New Jersey to Lewes, Delaware and back. By my calculation that puts the start date at 1964. I started riding the ferry in 1965. I was thirteen.
The 1964 ferry was a bulky boat made of thick sheet Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-71460108022255177382014-07-03T14:10:00.000-05:002017-09-16T18:19:05.219-05:00A Few Thoughts on Summer
A few days ago was the first day of summer, the solstice, or sun standing still.
Its beginning brings to mind a time when summer unofficially began on the last day of school. A time when summer meant endless play for what seemed like endless days. As a young boy we'd play baseball at the park down the street until it got so dark one could hear the ball but not see it, and at theUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-46413581703696535472014-06-23T13:49:00.001-05:002014-06-23T17:12:20.791-05:00Rafain Brazilian Steakhouse, Fort Worth. All Good.
Marian after dinner and all smiles after a very enjoyable evening
Every once in a while I receive an invitation to sample the fare of a new, soon-to-open restaurant. Such was the case Friday night when Marian and I attended a media-event for the new Rafain Brazilian Steakhouse at West 7th (opening Tuesday, June 24).
A Brazilian Steakhouse as you well know is a little different thanUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2Cultural District, Fort Worth, TX, USA32.750337043038869 -97.359223620129432.74866754303887 -97.3617451201294 32.752006543038867 -97.3567021201294tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-30365755233689863232014-05-16T14:39:00.000-05:002014-06-26T10:56:45.169-05:00The Baseball Metaphor.I'm lying here listening to the Texas Rangers play the Oakland Athletics. They're playing in Oakland so the game is on late in our Central Standard Time. The Rangers just hit into a double play and a third out followed quickly, we're down 4-3 in the 7th.
My son sent me a text the other day saying how nice it was to have the game on in the background of whatever he is doing. I agree. For me, it'sUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-18956461690378836542014-05-07T19:15:00.001-05:002014-06-19T10:07:23.941-05:00Captain America, the Winter Soldier and Downtown's Newly Renovated AMC Palace 9
If you like comic book hero movies you'll probably like Captain America, The Winter Soldier. Unlike some comic book movies this one has a attention-grabbing plot and at the heart of the plot is the always enjoyable political and philosophical question, "Can one perform an evil act if it accomplishes a great good?" I shouldn't be imputing grand significance to a comic book story but I like Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-29639127757026504252014-04-19T14:33:00.001-05:002014-04-19T19:51:43.712-05:00Best of Fort Worth, Texas, 2014. It's been a few years since I have done a "Best of." Three to be exact. A lot has changed. Honestly, Marian and I don't go out as much as we once did and I'm not always going to be able to say with any kind of authority that restaurant X is better than restaurant Y because I may not have been to restaurant Y.
But here's what I like best in Fort Worth right now -- and of course we'll start with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-20666890640943713242014-04-18T23:26:00.001-05:002014-04-19T13:17:25.111-05:00Bird Cafe' Sundance SquareIf you have traveled much and been the decision maker on all things travel related: hotels, restaurants, coffee shops, or the gas station most likely to have clean restrooms, you know you get some right and you get some wrong. I hope to bat about .700, 7 out of 10 is a good guessing-right record.
One of the things I do to improve the odds is to make rules, rules that I have developed through Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-35130505442426845242014-04-09T19:01:00.005-05:002014-04-22T09:13:49.376-05:00Who's On First?Today, Wednesday, I was in a part of town that I don't get to often and I thought I'd try a local Mexican place for tacos to go. The restaurant signage for this fine establishment read Today's Lunch Special: Tacos $4.98.
My attempt at placing an order went something like this:
ME at the counter (italics) : I'll take the special advertised on the sign outside.
-- OK sirUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-34956246959796290522014-04-02T20:14:00.000-05:002014-04-05T16:38:12.880-05:00What's New on Magnolia Avenue (East): Spice, Brewed, and Il Cane Rosso
Fort Worth is changing before the very eye. And Magnolia Avenue, my favorite boulevard in Fort Worth, is changing faster than most. To wit: the restaurants in the title SPICE, BREWED, and IL CANE ROSSO, are all new and all on Magnolia.
SPICE
I can't say I know much about Thai food or any of the Asian cuisines or American versions of Asian cuisine. I like some of it but most of it Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-21647388835082504742014-01-10T20:16:00.002-06:002014-01-10T20:22:26.388-06:00Uh-Oh. I can relate.From the Onion:
Vacationing Man Excited To Try Fast Food Franchise Not Found In Hometown
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA—Having driven to Virginia Beach to visit his sister for a brief vacation, fast food consumer and Pennsylvania native Don Turnbee expressed his interest Friday in eating at Carl’s Jr., a fast food chain not readily available in his hometown.
“I’ve seen commercials for it on TV,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-63697761237938564772013-12-21T18:01:00.003-06:002013-12-21T18:30:51.230-06:00Renee Fleming, Lo How a Rose E're BloomingAlways a favorite of mine, and yea, she can sing a little. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is, as always, just right. Merry Christmas one and all.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-54775320201522563592013-12-12T15:14:00.001-06:002013-12-13T19:22:10.328-06:00Sundance Square 2.0
Okay, it's not the Piazza Navona. But on a scale of 1 to 10 I'll put the new Sundance Square square at a 10.
Marian and I have been for several visits since it opened a few weeks ago and I have the same thought everytime, what a difference space makes to the downtown feel. This makes Fort Worth feel like a city instead of just buildings and streets.
Add the shops, dining, coffee, benches, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-69647964350032971862013-10-27T21:16:00.002-05:002013-12-18T21:07:53.421-06:00Watching West Wing
I think I have mentioned that Marian and I -- in our earned home aloneness -- are enjoying the genius of Netflix streaming video and particularly the television series offered by the same.
Over the last few years we have watched on Netflix: Lost, 24, Revenge, Merlin, Robin Hood, Doc Martin, Ballykissangel, Alias, All Creatures Great and Small, Foyle's War (my all time favorite) and many Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-22927724031082213242013-10-26T16:00:00.000-05:002013-10-27T17:41:48.831-05:00Times Ten Cellars, Dude Sweet Chocolate, and the Left BankI have mentioned Times Ten Cellars before but I'll mention it again because Marian and I decided to celebrate a birthday dinner there. Because . . . the weather is perfect for outside dining, which Times Ten has plenty of, on Friday nights Cane Rosso is there with their pizza oven and their very good Neopolitan pizza, and we like the 7th Street development and enjoy seeing what's new and almost Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-55128205387019254932013-10-17T22:46:00.000-05:002013-10-17T22:46:01.155-05:00Breaking NewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-90363334321803053092013-10-16T19:10:00.002-05:002013-10-17T22:40:14.503-05:00Italy Pasta and Pizza
My grandsons and I had a rainy-day Saturday lunch at the newly opened Italy Pasta and Pizza, 820 and John T. White. It's newly opened but not new in business, Italy Pasta and Pizza has been operating on Fort Worth's eastside for about 20 years and this is their third location.
They have just finished renovating and opening what was built as a Black Eyed Pea in the late 80's, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2673674282167940404.post-67978392759864356292013-10-07T15:18:00.000-05:002013-12-12T15:41:32.885-06:00Magnolia Cheese Company
My wife and I happened upon Magnolia Cheese Company because Sunday morning was the first day since June-something that a body could take a walk without carrying half of Lake Whitney as a water supply. Like Alaskans who don't drive in extremely cold temperatures without blankets and such in the trunk of their car, we don't go anywhere in the summer without a mega-cup of ice and sweet tea.
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