This is an Unhosted Cafe.
Self-serve food and drinks.
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Lewd, rude, and crude — that’s how we grow ’em around here.
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Please recommend (and unrecommend the Cafe/Lounge from earlier)
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May the 4’s be with you
Froggy Bottom Cafe — CLOSED
Evening all. What’s new?
Hi Toni. I hope you are doing fine.
How’s Andrew?
Things are great here. As my husband would say, Andrew is “full of beans.” What’s new chez FM and George?
I’m looking forward to being on vacation after next week. I assume you’re going to be off, too. Think we can just skip M-T and go straight to Friday?
3 o’clock Thursday can’t get here fast enough. Of course there’s a ton to do, but I’ll survive. Do you and Jim have any plans for the break?
Just a couple of day trips but mostly just enjoying doing nothing.
Are you going anywhere?
Does the gym count?
if you don’t go any place, then you’ll have even more time to take adorable pictures of Andrew.
He moves so quickly, that my pictures lately have been of the back of his head. I guess that it’s time to get a tune-up for my old Canon AE-1. I can shoot faster with that than the digital.
We put up the tree tonight and he had a great time.
What part of the decorating did Andrew do?
Andrew handed us the branches. We’re putting up the lights tonight. The guys started before I came home and my husband said that Andrew started jumping up and down when he saw the tree. He didn’t pay much attention last year.
And you didn’t get a picture. 🙁
Kind of. I’ll post it tomorrow.
Good. 🙂
Do you have a requested time period for this photo posting?
well I am going to be gone from the afternoon on but I didn’t want to be too pushy (moi? pushy?) since I figured I could always check out the cafe late that night or on Sunday.
However if you were to post it tomorrow morning that would be an excellent Hanukkah gift. 😀
Considered it wrapped and under the menorah!
Hi, Toni. How’s it going?
So anyone have special plans over the holiday season? I know it won’t be much of a change for FM. 😛
Let’s see, papers to grade, two year old to spoil, catch up on some much needed sleep, and I am thinking about visiting this place that has weights and tread mills – I understand that it might be good for my health. How about you?
OK buddy that’s it. I’ve tried to be nice. So what do you plan on doing over the holidays? Study?
Where’s Mary. I need someone to give you a kick in the butt.
Psi seriously, take some time and enjoy the season, your family and the people you love. It only goes around once and you have to take the ring when you can.
Everybody, pick up your drinks, I think that these guys are going to throw down!
I will be studying some…however, of my 3-week break, I plan on taking the first one off completely. 🙂 After that, though, I will be hitting the books for interviews, along with preparing for recruiting a new class of workers at the bank.
So it’ll be 1/3 free time, 2/3 work. That’s not good enough?
And come on, can’t you handle me on your own? I don’t think you need Mary’s help…when she tries to ‘kick me in the butt’, she’s the one who comes out more frustrated. 😛
A slacker isn’t going to kick you in the but on his/her own. That takes too much energy:)
She can handle herself, but I wouldn’t challenge mary.
Awwww!
the alpacas will be so jealous. 🙂
I wonder . . . .
No, they’d never forgive me.
The antlers are our housemate’s Secret Santa present from work. They actually light up and play a medley of xmas tunes. But we never would have gotten Albert to stand for all of that going on on his head
and I’m sure the alpacas will be standing in line begging for their turn to wear Jingle Bells Rock.
Keres, that images is just about the most amazing thing I’ve seen all week — including a squadron of plastic neon-pink flamingos wrappead in flashing red, white & blue Christmas lights.
Not nearly as appealing, to be sure.
That’s image singular.
that does have a certain spectacularly tacky appeal.
Indeed it does — until the ‘spectacularly tacky’ becomes the norm through repetition.
and then it becomes spectacularly normal tacky repetition?
You betcha!
little indignities that one must endure when dealing with bipeds….Bah!
ALBERT! Oh I want an Xmas bunny!
Be careful of what you wish for, FM. I was gifted with a bunny for Easter long ago; a few months later my grandfather ate him.
Sad, but true. I was told 20 years later.
It may be best if we simply admire Albert from afar. At least he’s secure, in very loving hands.
However, I do have this for you. Maybe it can compensate.
That recipe sound interesting. Have you tried it ww?
No, I haven’t — but I believe FM has.
Sounds like you’ve had a wonderful evening yourself, Toni. Sure hope you can ‘capture’ your boy & share a few images! I’d love to see him again.
It’s been a very nice night. I will try to capture his little image and post some over vacation. I think that he’ll enjoy this Christmas more than last year, mostly because he understands so much more.
Do you have any special plans for the holidays?
Wait a minute you two are making me sound likd a bunny eater. I’M not! OK I might hae been in earlier years, but not anymore.
Glad to hear it, FM. As for me, I’d never assume!
The recipe’s for gluwine (also spelled gluhwein, gluewein, gluehwein & a few other ways, too). Your memories of Germany are enticing, to say the least — & as I say, mine are only genetic (involving bunny-eaters).
Mine are also genetic, involving an old photograph of a very manly looking stern woman in some sort of uniform and her equally stern looking uniformed husband behind her. Apparently my paternal great grandparents.
It must be interesting to see the faces of both paternal great grandparents.
I’ve only seen a photo of my maternal great-grandmother, taken very late in her life — apparently a regionally famous folk physician/sorceress, also very stern looking.
I’m guessing folks might’ve looked stern in these photos because they took so long to take.
I’ve never tried rabbit, though I have tried duck. Is rabbit a little greasy?
Tastes like chicken. 🙂
I’d say this is already a rather special time, as I’m spending Christmas with my mom for the first time in two decades. All the rest is gravy, really.
I’m sure Andrew’s really loving the holiday this time. Can’t wait to witness his joy & amazement!
indeed. Enjoy your mom.
Thanks, Toni — I’m doing my best!
Unfortunately, she doesn’t seem to realize I’ve aged since the last time.
😉
It’s good to be here, though.
a very good recipe…at least I think so…:{)
Enjoy
That recipe is almost identical to one that I have – with one giant difference: it is for tea from the Governor of Texas’s house (pre-Bush, in fact, Ann Richard’s era). Instead of wine, it calls for good tea and (of course) hot water. Other, smaller differences are to add a thinly slice lemon. That’s to serve it hot. To serve it cold, use less water, and use chilled ginger ale, with sugar and frozen lemonade “to taste”.
I have had it hot, and it is very good.
I’d like to thank you all for your tremendous support during the banging and subsequent blackening of my big toenail last July and during the frustration and agony of having it look beastly and refuse to fall all of the way off for the past 5 months.
I’d like you all to know that we have separation as of 10:52 PM. I couldn’t have done it without you.
don’t you have any pliers?…:{)
Hey – it was still connected!!!
SN I have to thank you. You’ve paid me back for the chitlins. Ewwwwweeeee!
Oh, you big wuss.
Yes I am a wuss. However, I took two big toe nails off while in high school. Cleates were too small. It’s hell to have big feet.
Well, now you’re just bragging. 😉
Gee, I sure missed a lot this summer!
I was busy developing a toenail fungus in the woods — with similar results & final relief.
Was that you on the toenail fungus commercial that always makes me gag? You know the one where the little animated fungus gremlins lift up a nasty looking yellow toenail and crawl under it? Ick.
I doubt it was me. Only goblins knew where I lived.
now I feel like a vital connection to you has been severed.
I can mail it to you if you’d like. 🙂
a Hanukkah present!
I can now go to bed and rest easy. Good night all.
Me too, Toni. I’m so emotional about the toenail right now that I’m verklempt and must sleep.
Night everyone!
Pleasant dreams, SN!
‘Night, Toni. Hope to see you soon.
The dancing worked!!!!
Teach what the hell are you talking about?
You missed the dance party last night, FM. Teach wore his steel-toed work boots when we danced together.
You’re lucky, SN. My first girl friend lost a kidney when I tried that Travolta knee slide move.
You could have sold it for big bucks. Ok, I watch too much Nip/Tuck.
I was a foolish kid, sadly. I didn’t know how valuable a kidney was.
Oh, sure, nice to the ladies, but snippy with me.
Yesterday, we were all talking about dancing and how bad most of us were. I offered to dance, but warned that I tended to injure my partners. SN volunteered in hopes that her toenail would be removed. Viola! It is done! WW may control the weather, but I am the Lord of Damaged ToeNails!
I’ll tell you what, now I’m a good dancer. At least in my own mind I am. 🙂
Good night all. I wish happy holidays to all. May the most joyous of time be yours.
I’m back from celebrating the war against Christmas (and Hannukah) with my co-workers.
MARY! How are you doing?
wow! You’re yelling my name. You must be well rested.
Come back to the cafe FamilyMan. I’m not calling YOU a nerd. 🙂
Wow I just had a nap. Are you still around Mary?
I thought maybe I inadvertantly offended you when I meant to offend Boo.
Mary, you could never offend me. Well ok if you spit at me maybe. No I actually did fall asleep for a minute.
I’ve been wondering about you. How’s the weather been doing?
It’s been gorgeous. No need for a coat. Ain’t global warming grand?
so I’m heading off too.
Night all.
was it something I said 🙁
Have a great day tomorrow. Overeat!
Have a good night, Andi.
I’m about to follow, with dreams of diseased toenails dancing in my head like sugarplums.
See you later, folks!
Night ww. Sorry I missed you.
I’m guessing we’ll meet again soon — in order to sing Christmas carols in the cafe’ all by ourselves, just like last year!
Hope you had a good night, maryb. Enjoy the remainder!
LOL! I forgot about that. We definitely need to do it again. Over Christmas weekend.
It’s a date — unless I liquify first.
🙂
ok 😉
Good Night, andi, and slip Mom something in her drink tomorrow. Works for me.
Anybody still around?
I’m here. What’s up?
Not much. KS has a treat for RF but he seems to have stayed it his party in the awful bar. Did you see that Psi was sassing you?
Where is KS? I made her brie recipe for the party on Tuesday and it was a big hit. It was a big hit with me too because it was so easy 🙂
Psi was probably missing me and all the attention I give him 😉
I’m glad you liked it. It’s an old junior league recipe from their cookbook, which has never failed me.
I should have guessed. I have the St. Louis Junior League cookbook and there’s never been a bad recipe.
It was yummy.
Is the semester over?
God, no. Classes are over, but I have finals next T and W, and then 187 to grade. I do have some grading help, so I’m not totally shackled.
But we haven’t bought even one Christmas present. I’m tired just thinking about shopping.
This is the wrong site for Junior League Recipes. Use the Moosewood Cookbook next time.
Come over to the Clean Cafe and explain that comment.
You first.