• Food

    Cookie Thief

    June 12, 2011
    Caught with the evidence

    I bought a package of those Chips Ahoy cookies the other day. After about 3 days I noticed they were disappearing waaaayyyy to quickly and suspected a cookie thief. I setup a surveillance camera in an effort to catch the thief. As can been seen in the above image I’ve caught the thief with the cookies in hand. Now I need your help. Are there any suggestions for appropriate punishment and to prevent it from happening again as I still have cookies left. Rehabilitation is probably needed! I’m also wondering if this could be the same cookie thief I had in my last apartment. Hope he doesn’t find out about my stash of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia ice cream. 🙂

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  • Food

    I Got It All Done

    April 30, 2011
    Georgia Mud Fudge

    What a beautiful day  we had yesterday. Bright blue skies, a brisk wind from the west and temperatures around 50 degrees. It was a busy day, doctors appointment in the morning, the never ending laundry and packing, grocery shopping, trip to Kinkos, bills needed paid and a a DQ blizzard needed consumed. I tried a new flavor I had never heard of before called a Georgia Mud Fudge. It’s made with chewy baked brownie pieces, cocoa fudge, vanilla soft serve and Georgia pecans. Even though it was a busy day, I got it all done. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

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  • coffee shops,  Food,  lifestyles

    John Wayne

    September 29, 2010
    A John Wayne

    They call this drink a John Wayne. It is a shot of expresso, with a touch of vanilla syrup and marked with half-and-half or, preferably, cream. Since vanilla is not my favorite syrup in coffee, I tweaked it a bit and made it half vanilla and half almond. Seemed to do the trick. So, yes some days I start off with a shot. And, I see that today is Hump-Day, so by noon most of society will be half-way done with their work week. For me it’s the first day of my two day weekend. Maybe, I’ll make it a double and have two shots. 🙂 Have a great Wednesday!

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  • Food,  lifestyles

    Cool and Refreshing

    September 14, 2010
    Refreshing

    Last week, May and I had our first experience eating at a place called Cheddars in Savannah, well actually it was in Pooler. As some of you may know I prefer to find those small mom and pop joints for food and coffee, doing my best to avoid chain restaurants. But, Cheddars came highly recommended, so off we went. May has not worked with me very often so when I took the camera out and started pointing it at our food and drinks, she gave me that look. The food was good and the drinks refreshing: ice water and sweet tea make for a cool and refreshing drink.

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  • Food

    Something Different

    August 25, 2010
    Ready for sampling

    We had a short overnight in New Orleans, arriving late and leaving around noon. It is hot and muggy but I managed to get out and take a walk along Veterans Blvd. This walk takes me passed the past the Chez Pierre pastry shop I visited back in June. On that visit I enjoyed the artistry of the baker and sampled one of their works of art. I stopped in again, chatted with the same lady as before and tried something new. Again, I was pleased.

    Still working on it

    I took it back to my hotel room since the shop is just around the corner. It will be my lunch today. 🙂

    It's Gone!

    The deed it done! You know there are simple pleasures in life. I experienced one yesterday morning.

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  • Food

    Dad’s Eggs

    July 26, 2010
    Working on his craft

    My dad is a man of traditions. One of those is his morning breakfast of two fried eggs, without a crispy edge. He and I are both early risers which gives us an opportunity to share some father/son time. On many of my visits with my parents he and I would take an early morning walk to loosen up the muscles, get the heart rate going and enjoy the sunrise. Afterwords he would cook up simple and enjoyable breakfast for the two of us. Menu included two eggs over easy, one sausage patty and this morning a biscuit.

    The Final Product
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  • Food,  lifestyles

    Over the Edge

    June 13, 2010
    Cake

    A couple of weeks ago I was in New Orleans for one of my overnights. We arrived late so our departure time was later in the day. I enjoyed the continental breakfast at the hotel then headed out for a walk. My journey took me to this small French bakery called Chez Pierre. Maybe three cars in the parking lot but something about it called me to walk in, and it wasn’t because I was hungry. I was met by an elderly women behind this absolutely beautiful display case of wonderful pastries. There were two young girls enjoying quiche and their conversation. Before I knew what had happened this delicious pastry was sitting in front of me (have no clue how that happened). Let me tell you it was delicious, even at 9:30 in the morning. I was over the edge.

    Cake?

    Here’s what it looked like when I left. No wonder my uniform pants fit tight.

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