It's Friday afternoon, Eastern Time, and this is your faithful Songbird with a calendar-related Friday Five. Due to some confusion with our dates, I'm stepping in today, although I am usually here only on the 5th Friday, when there is such a thing.Here are five things to ponder about dates. I hope you'll play!
1) Datebooks--how do you keep track of your appointments? Electronically? On paper? Month at a glance? Week at a glance?
I don't fool around with those newfangled electronic gizmos. I have a professional week-at-a-glance planner, with each day divided into fifteen-minute increments. My clients' complete names aren't in there, for confidentiality's sake, but I keep up with all of my appointments that way.
2) When was the last time you forgot an important date?
I don't know! I'll have to ask the Scientist if he remembers a time when I did.
3) When was the last time you went OUT on a date?
Last Saturday night, to a great mom-and-pop Tex-Mex joint down the road. Isn't it fun to finally try a place you've driven past for years, and discover a new favorite? We enjoyed ourselves so much, we had no room to stop at the nearby paleteria for dessert!
4) Name one accessory or item of clothing you love even though it is dated.
In the early 80's, we and a number of our Houston friends all moved to California at about the same time, and would get together up and down the coast when we could. In those days there was a venerable old music store in San Francisco called Chickens That Sing Music. Some years later, after the store was gone, our friend George gave me his old Chickens t-shirt. I never wear it, because it's such a relic; I love to take it out occasionally and remember when we all were young adults, just beginning to make our way in the world.
5) Dates--the fruit--can't live with 'em? Or can't live without 'em?
I like them, but don't cook with them often, except to make my fruitcake cookies at Christmas. One of my favorite restaurants serves them stuffed with chorizo and wrapped in bacon! Oh man, are they good!
9 comments:
That t-shirt sounds AWESOME... please get it out and show it to me when we come visit you!
I don't get many "date" chances at a new place; Pure Luck prefers old-fashioned favorites. :-)
Those dates sound pretty awesome too...may have to try making them at the next opportunity
love the shirt...
love the date night out
love the stuffed date wrapped in bacon - never had it but sounds deeeelicious!
Stuffed with chorizo and wrapped with bacon? Hmmm...those I would try!
those dates sound yummy - and I love the thought of several Houstonians invading California!!
Any time you Houstonians want to invade California I shall surrender the guest beds!
Those dates sound really good!
chorizo???? as a sausage lover, I keep thinking it is for me, but then I am not enthused. when will I learn.
date books,how many have a bought then stopped using.
seems I need to stop the chorizo and date book behaviors.
Nice to be visiting again --and you visiting me, too. Dates recipe sounds interesting.
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