Cafe Japon

Camie and I took Beanie to Cafe Japon, which is a pretty cool fusion of French and Japanese cuisine. Since we went for breakfast, I thought I'd pass it along to you...

Beanie trying hard to look cute, but looks more Bogie than Bacall!

After getting a paper butterfly, Beanie looks for things in the plants.



Beanie and Mama Vog lookin' especially sweet!


Ahh... a press pot of coffee! Excellent! Better cups than the normal Joe Holders, eh?

Beanie gets the "Japanese style" toast with strawberry jam... Looks like what we call Texas Toast! Tokyo Toast, then?

Camie goes for the brioche with the egg and Guryere cheese... very tasty!


I get the crepes with the egg in the middle and the ham and Guryere folded into the sides! Neat, eh?

An excellent place, and we'll be back!

Snoozin'

Sorry about not posting much this week; I'm in a bad sleeping pattern, and am having a hard time breaking it. Next time, when I'm up at 4:00 AM, I'll just go with the flow and write something here for y'all!

For the Fluffy Irish

Great Moments in Irish History with Denis Leary - watch more funny videos

Dennis Leary tells a hidden truth about the Irish.

Awesome!

String together a number of YouTube instructional clips; make a tune!

via Gizmodo

What tha?!? These nuts have taken over my blog!

Those crazy Astaire kids just won't stop! Here's even more of their silliness...from 1926.




I think Dellie looks like Camie's daughter....80 years removed, of course!


Meanwhile, Ginger waits her turn...for what, I wonder!

Gershwin. Fred. Adele.

Fascinatin' Rhythm

Stuff blows up...to opera!

Don't mind me, just feeding the spiders...

Many people find this blog through searching for pics of Scarlett Johannson. Since the mechanisms of web commerce have determined my part in the greater Interweb good, I can do naught but to make people happy. Why are you still reading this?

Crazy Old Coot!

Now here we have a role model. At this point, Errol Flynn's pickled liver has rung up a few extra miles on the odometer, but does that stop him from chasing tail? Oh, hell no! He'll Die With His Boots On.

And when he finally kicked the bucket -- at 50! Yay, we're older than Errol Flynn -- what went into the coffin with him? 6 bottles of whiskey, connecting to our last post...


From the very cool Greenbriar Picture Shows Blog

Great Combo of the Day

Who doesn't like Whiskey?



Who doesn't recognize the need for condoms?


And when need meets want? Why, Whiskey-Flavored Condoms of course!

A Hat Tip to Trooper York

For all those tasty food polls...resolving the important questions of the day! Heh? What's the picture have to do with that? Not much...and?

OK!

This made me laugh out loud...especially for those who tweet!

Gershwin's in my head...

So we combine that with a clip from one of the Saints of The House of Fun, Oscar Levant!

From An American in Paris.

Doggone it!

Ooooo...that look! Ginger has eaten all the paczkis! Yeah....she did it!

Paczki Day!

This is one of those pre-Lent things...and we have no less than two good providers of these little devils so I thought I'd give you the photo blog of a most excellent provider, Amadeus, here in Ann Arbor.

When Mikey and I strolled in this morning, the preorders were lined up!

More

Even More!


Stacked on the piano...

And, of course, you get friendly service along with sugary goodness! Could life be better? Doubtful.

I loaded up with the full bank of flavors...cherry, raspberry, creme, apricot...I forgot to get plum!

Mine...all mine! Until Camie comes by with Beanie...and then we'll share.


Enjoy your Fat Tuesday!

Game Map of The Day

I see one of today's threads at Althouse is games. This is a photo for all you old grognards of boardgame out there, the map from the 1978 SPI game Atlantic Wall. I put it together on my living room floor. It consists of 5 interconnected maps each of which are 22" x 34" to give an idea of the size. Invade Normandy anybody?

For all My Dick Heads!

"Dick Heads" is a Dale fan club name, natch!

Question o' the day

Is there any fast food drive thru (note the proper spelling!) that still gives away sporks with the grub? Or is that an idea whose time has come and gone?

I ain't ferget ya!

Sorry I haven't posted, even while getting my 2nd "Annsta-launche" of the week, I've been reading and writing all day long!

What are you reading lately? If you don't like a book while you're reading it, do you bail or slog on in hope? What was the last book you read you really didn't like, ultimately?

You go, Clyde!

So, today, over at Althouse, there was a post about a woman who fashioned a "hair dog" on the top of her head!

Well, my friend Clyde saw the post, saw her profile picture...and let's just say he dares to dream the big dream!

Let's have a nice lunch, shall we?

Yes, it's a bit late for lunch...and yes, I will post some soup recipes, but let's have ...

A nice Bloody Mary to start with....

And then...
A wonderful Caprese Salad! Let's dig in...and then take a nap.

A Fluffy Mary

2 oz of Pepper Stoli
3 oz of V8
squeeze of lemon juice
Shot of Worcestershire sauce
sprinkling of celery salt
and a celery stalk for garnish


Caprese Salad

Sliced Tomatoes, Basil, and Mozzerella disks with some olive oil...

This is dependent more on the quality of your ingredients than any particular technique...but nice arranging on the plate is a bonus!

Hey, where's my mimosa?

I know on some other blogs the misinformed thought that Darcy and I had a meet up more like this,

than the one picture of the real event implied.

But, for the record,
1.) Darcy and I are just good friends, and
2.) I don't read The Wall Street Journal.

The Fluffy Kitchen

Inspired by Trooper York's food polls, I think I will be putting some of the Ol' Ron fav recipes up here, maybe even around a theme or two...Is there any type of thing you want to see in particular?
leave it in the comment section.

There's a skunk in my yard!

No, this is not a literary device, or a reference to any Althouse commenters...there's a skunk doing his skunk thang in my yard.

At first I was going to say this a downer for what is a great day on the history of this blog, with the smell and all, but...I realize that the skunks foreshadow spring better than any groundhog! They wouldn't be out there making a stink [!] if they didn't get it in their heads that warmer weather was coming! So we have that to look forward to. Skunks=shorter winter! Think about that one...


Ah, it's all good here, today!

Meet Up!

Throughout all these years of blogging, I've yet to actually met someone whom I've shared commenting space with; talked to a number of you on the phone, (yeah, this means you Cynnie!) but not met with a one of you...until today!

I met Darcy on Althouse, but really she's the Holly Golightly of commenters,

Darcy

showing up all over the place; I can't keep up! But not only did she agree to meet up with me for breakfast, it was her treat, as a belated birthday gift. So, natch, since she hadn't been there we went to Zingerman's for latkes and bacon. So I look up and see Darcy -- fantastic! And I look at the plate and...

Latkes

(sorry forgot to get a pic of the bacon, but trust me, that pig did not die in vain!)

A good time was had by us both; she's a mighty cool person, and Trooper, you treat her well!

Some bum who forgot to shave.
Darcy, again, minus the tiara and the cig holder for purposes of the photo.

He's Dead Jim!

from Tombstone Generator

Amigos

Part of the birthday group in front of Amadeus; Linda, Rebecca, Ray, and myself (with coffee, a Camie present)

More?

yeah, I found this Holly post and I put it up because...it's from Holly on the Ed Sullivan show, only 5 days before this here blogger was brought into the world...




Thanks, JAC.

Here's the Quarrymen in January 1958...George's cousin far right.

It was Yesterday...

That the Psygovia of PsychoBilly has left this sorry ball of mud for a more Rockin' place.

Lux Interior of the Cramps, il est mort, at 62.

It was 50 years ago today....

That Buddy Holly's plane went down...let's not grieve, but remember what art he gave us...

The Birthday Cupcake!

from sweet Camie!

Tres, tres bon!

It was a wonderful birthday party...people came, it was fun, then we repaired back to the House of Fun to all watch Reservoir Dogs, Apocalypse Now!, and even parts of Triumph of The Will (don't ask!) all while carrying great discussion. What better birthday could one have? I boldly made the promise that if I ever get serious green, I'll move the party to NYC one year! Don't think I'll do it? I will.

The Family Cam appeared, but alas, couldn't stay, as poor Beanie got sick, for the first time ever!
We love them all, Camie with special fondness... Here we soupcan her image...enjoy!

The first half century is done...now what?

Tomorrow is the Fluffy Birthday...51, he turns! I let you decide what I should do!

What should I do to celebrate my birthday?
	Something wacky
	Something traditional
	Nothing
pollcode.com free polls

Coffee with Lorelai? Anytime, baby...

Cream? Sugar? Both, please!

Lauren Graham at Sundance

Michigan? No, Michegos!

So it snows. The University, in its wisdom, says, 'Hey let's load up our shoveled snow, put it in dump trucks (a vehicle know for its quiet subtlety) and put it in front of Ron's house, all night long, with a tractor to move the huge mountains of snow, so we can have room for even more!' My floorboards rattle from the plow shoving it around, and when they back up? That utterly charming toot toot toot noise is just perfect for sleeping! The tank rumblings bring about a kind of Stalingrad vibe, just perfect for winter...

Mountain 1.

Mountain 2.

Der Wolverpanzer!

hmmm...

Encouraged by Amba, I decided I would indeed like to have some kind of birthday party two weeks from Saturday. Not so much for myself, but it's turned into a kind of mid winter excuse for people to get together and have lunch, when normally people hole up. I've holed up more than most years for several reasons, and frankly, cabin fever has set in.

Now here it looks like Fred and Ginger are walking across the RKO lot in '38 to shoot a scene from Carefree, but really they're coming from 71 years in the past to join the birthday festivities, in spirit at the very least! So don't be a slug, let's go back for Hungarian/Polish food as we have done many times before...

Take 2

Let's see...the throat is a little better, but now I'm feverish and can't sleep for beans. Beans have been all I've been eating. The battery to the car is still dead, as the Vog that was to bring the battery charger, brought her two chillin's instead, and I forgot which one is positive and which one is ground. Yes, there's too much snow, but the cold is the real bee0ch!

So, I'm livin' online to convince myself the world has not gone away.

Fulmigations!

Winter is here in Ann Arbor...in spades! My car's battery is dead, and it is covered with snow and more snow is coming tonight, and the next night, a lot of snow, and I'm running out of food! Mother Macree! I am mastering cabin fever...

BatCave Saturday

Just hangin' out...You?

One Year in 40 seconds.

Cool video shot in Norway.

Nostalgia!

I just found my old Christmas video...sorry for the lateness, but it's still cool with Camie and I...

Inspired for Christmas?

Feeding my Web Spiders!

For Interweb reasons, I get a lot of hits on this blog from people looking for pics of Scarlett Johannson, so let's make them happy, shall we?

The other night on Leno, she blew her nose into a tissue...and well, they're selling it on Ebay, where it's up to $4K!

SnotRag+Lipstick!

If I only had $4K....I admit, I still wouldn't buy this! Even though it is for charity!

UPDATE: Final Price $5,300! Who says we're broke!

Floating back in my head...

Although it's never left my thoughts, more ideas for my novel emerged last night as I was drifting off. This is a good sign as the most writing for the novel has occurred out of that dreaming state... Darcy asked about the other day, and more writing will take place this week I think...

Just letting you know, I ain't dead yet.

In The Green Oasis

This one is with mucho love for Camie. Enjoy, M'dear!

Bettie Page

Ah, Bettie Page has just passed away at the age of 85. I hadn't gotten around to it yet, but is she a Saint of the House of Fun? Of course. Thanks, Bettie, for being cool...

Bonus: Bettie in Teaserama!

What tha?!? Austerlitz day?

"Dude, I so got over that Nappy thing! Give it a rest! We're all dead and gone, and hell, even France doesn't care about him anymore."

Celebrate me instead!

Happy Austerlitz Day!

Hey! What's this pic of Astaire doing here? Well...it is Austerlitz Day here at The Stuffin', and that is Mr. Astaire's real last name....
Nappy looks on, unamused! May the Grande Armee of your life prevail for you as they did 203 years ago for L'Emperor!

Cool Vid 4 -- ever been divorced?

TCM. Cake.

Cool Vid 3

Muse. TCM.

Cool Vid 2

Beck. TCM. Enjoy!

Cool Vid of the Day

This one is for Cynnie! Is this she and I doing the Cha-Cha? "All Signs Point To Yes"



And Cha-Cha all the way to Cha-ChaVille!

Representin' For My Althousian Bruthas!

You're it!

Got a mortgage?

I'll take a swing at this!

"And if some dimbulb should say,
We were in love in some way,
Kick all his teeth in for me,
And if you feel like keeping on kicking,
Feel free." -- Magnetic Fields

My fellow blogger, the charming Cynnie is now giving advice based on her scant but wizened years on this globe to what questions matter to you. I will now return the favor, and post the questions and answers right here for the world to read.