The Bistro- Off topic and fun posts!

[BWIVince]

19 minutes ago, Keith1010 said:

Larry sometimes I forget that i grew up in the East Coast.  I can't take the cold anymore and your cold I would have to hibernate. LOL.  

 

I like it hot.  😀

 

Keith

 

It's 74 here right now!  Die shopping center snow mounds -- die!!  😁 

 

Vince

[KenzSailing]

15 hours ago, Texas Tillie said:

I don’t think so! The only similarity I have with Elizabeth Taylor is my height - she was 5’2” and I was too at one time, now 5’1”. She had, what, 8 husbands, I’ve had none. And my eyes are a very dull hazel. Thanks for the thought, gave me a real chuckle!!

 

Patty

 

Yeah, but I was casting to type, and script notes read "Feisty Texas Woman."  ("Giant" was set in Texas.)

 

More trivia: "Giant" was James Dean's third and final film.  Can anyone name his other two, without searching on it?  One is completely obvious, the other, not so much.  Hint: think Steinbeck.

[TheKingD]

I couldn't name the third movie without looking it up, but I know the car he was in when he was killed in the accident.  I love the two movies I knew he was in, and I'm a Porsche gal so I love the car too!

 

Cindy

 

[JusttheTwoofUs]

1 hour ago, KenzSailing said:

 

Yeah, but I was casting to type, and script notes read "Feisty Texas Woman."  ("Giant" was set in Texas.)

 

More trivia: "Giant" was James Dean's third and final film.  Can anyone name his other two, without searching on it?  One is completely obvious, the other, not so much.  Hint: think Steinbeck.

East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause

[Roland4]

1 hour ago, BWIVince said:

 

It's 74 here right now!  Die shopping center snow mounds -- die!!  😁 

 

Vince

Vince, I have been saying that to all the snow mounds around here for weeks, but it doesn't seem to help!!😁

[Keith1010]

1 hour ago, BWIVince said:

 

It's 74 here right now!  Die shopping center snow mounds -- die!!  😁 

 

Vince

Vince. I’m moving back East today. LOL. 
 

Keith 

[BEAV]

19 hours ago, KenzSailing said:

Beav: The Independent, obviously The Cooler King "Hilts, just Hilts" Bonus points for being played by Steve McQueen, the GOAT of onscreen icy cool

 

Bless you. 

 

I've been called Queen before, but never McQueen. 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise from the Enchantment of the Seas actually came about 15 minutes after actual sunrise as the sun found a hole in the clouds.

 

 

Roy

Edited February 24, 2022 by rafinmd

[BEAV]

February 25, 2019 sailing toward Hawaii on Holland America Eurodam. 

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2019 Prinsendam Grand South America cruise.  February 26 was a sea day from Rio to Ilhaus:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2017 cruise on MS Koningsdam.  February 27 was the first sea day between Aruba and Fort Lauderdale:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

I have a sunset today rather than a sunrise.  This is from the 2020 world cruise, February 28, 2020, on the Crystal Serenity between New Zealand and Sydney:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2016 Crystal Symphony cruise that ran from Antarctica to Miami.  March 1 was a sea day between Santa Marta, Colombia and Ocho Rios:

 

 

Roy

[KenzSailing]

 

Recently I reluctantly signed up for FB in order to join some groups to learn the ways of BBQ.  You know what I've learned?  Grammar is dead and, even in these days of autocorrect, spelling is not far behind. 

[Stickman1990]

25 minutes ago, KenzSailing said:

even in these days of autocorrect, spelling is not far behind. 

Auto correct has a lot to answer for though - it’s like a magic event that changes things after you proof read and press send! 

 

It can create some great and amusing howlers! 

[mskatiemae]

3 hours ago, KenzSailing said:

 

Recently I reluctantly signed up for FB in order to join some groups to learn the ways of BBQ.  You know what I've learned?  Grammar is dead and, even in these days of autocorrect, spelling is not far behind. 

What is on your BBQ agenda? I spent several summers trying different styles of baby back ribs with varying success. It has to do with time and ingredients mostly. I had a good outcome with a sauce from a scratch recipe I saw in Parade magazine. Those ribs and the Cole Slaw and potatoes came along to the drive-in movie theater as car dinner.

[rafinmd]

Barring a miracle today's sunrise is my last ever from the deck of the Crystal Serenity.  March 2, 2020 we arrived at anchor in Sydney harbor before disembarking the next day:

 

 

Roy

[BEAV]

A friend of mine visiting Maui sent last night’s March 1 sunset. 
 

 

[KenzSailing]

17 hours ago, mskatiemae said:

What is on your BBQ agenda? I spent several summers trying different styles of baby back ribs with varying success. It has to do with time and ingredients mostly. I had a good outcome with a sauce from a scratch recipe I saw in Parade magazine. Those ribs and the Cole Slaw and potatoes came along to the drive-in movie theater as car dinner.

 

Well, first on the agenda is building the expensive cart I bought to mount my inexpensive grill.

 

After that, pretty sure I'm going to start with a spatchcocked chicken (experiment on a cheap(er) protein.)  Then a steak, they're relatively easy.  Then I'll probably work my way up to ribs, but I'll do short ribs, more forgiving than baby backs.  Also, I have half a brisket in the freezer, just daring me to do something with it.   

[Roland4]

4 hours ago, KenzSailing said:

 

Well, first on the agenda is building the expensive cart I bought to mount my inexpensive grill.

 

After that, pretty sure I'm going to start with a spatchcocked chicken (experiment on a cheap(er) protein.)  Then a steak, they're relatively easy.  Then I'll probably work my way up to ribs, but I'll do short ribs, more forgiving than baby backs.  Also, I have half a brisket in the freezer, just daring me to do something with it.   

Unless you do it "low and slow", and preferably in a smoker, do not try and BBQ the brisket. Unless, of course, you enjoy chewing on meat that has the consistency of an old boot!!😮😄

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from a 2010 Crystal Symphony cruise, Los Angeles to Sydney.  March 3 was a sea day between Los Angeles and Hilo:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from the first leg of a 3-ship series, Crystal Symphony, Crystal Serenity, and MS Amsterdam.  On March 4, 2014 the Crystal Symphony visited Ujung Padang, Indonesia

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2017 Crystal Serenity World Cruise segment from Buenos Aires to Rio.  On March 5 Serenity visited Montevideo (Photo taken probably not far from Endeavor's current location:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is from my 2014 Crystal Symphony/Serenity/Amsterdam.  On March 6 Crystal Symphony crossed the Equator on the way to the first transfer point, Singapore:

 

 

Roy

[rafinmd]

Today's sunrise is the last from my 2016 odyssey that started with round trip transatlantics on QM2 and Queen Victoria, featured an Antarctic Crystal Symphony cruise from Buenos Aires to Miami and ended with Amtrak's Silver Meteor back home. On March 7 Silver Meteor was between Richmond and Washington DC:

 

 

Roy