Topic: A PERFECTLY PLEASANTLY PLEASANT DAY THAT WAS PERFECTLY PLEASANT (Read 4333 times)

bk · « **on:** February 17, 2018, 12:03:58 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes were pleasantly pleasant, and now it is time for you to post until the perfectly pleasant cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2018, 12:06:23 AM »

And the word of the day is: BRIGADOON!

George · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2018, 01:09:28 AM »

First post after BK...finally!

George · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2018, 01:44:53 AM »

Just before I left work last night, I got a text from my friend Margo who was ushering for The Comic Srippers (they're essentially a shirtless improv comedy group that spoofs stripper shows). It turned out that there were a couple of ushers who didn't show up, and was asked to ask me if I could get to the theater at South Sound Community College (the Washington Center schedules events there) quickly. I told her that I would have to go home and changes clothes, and she said that that was okay. I got there in about a half hour. The show was fun and pretty funny but it was kind of hard to understand the guys at time because of the very loud and vocal (and imbibing

) crowd. I think that this is the third time that the group has performed here in Olympia, and it's always pretty much sold out.

George · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2018, 04:56:41 AM »

Anyway, I was going to continue before I was so rudely interrupted by falling asleep while watching TV...after the show, Margo and I went to Applebee's and we both had the quesadilla burger. It was pretty good. We chatted for a while and then we left. She went home and I went to Haggans (a regional grocery store), then I came home and fed my cat, did my evening ablutions, and got ready for bed, where I napped but will now actually go to sleep.

George · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2018, 04:57:01 AM »

Good night and have a great day, all!

Michael · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2018, 05:01:48 AM »

Good morning to all

elmore3003 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2018, 05:20:57 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2018, 05:22:44 AM »

Annabelle and Thatch are bird watching. We have a good number of pigeons this morning. I am pondering breakfast.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2018, 05:36:15 AM »

Concertos?
A lot, especially:
Mozart: clarinet concerto, concerto for flute & harp
Bach: Brandenburg No. 2
Mendelssohn: violin concerto
Dvorak: cello concerto, violin concerto
Victor Herbert: cello concerto no. 2
Shostakovich: piano concerto no. 2
Piano concerti by Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Gershwin

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2018, 05:51:08 AM »

What I really like are pieces for solo piano and orchestra:
Gottschalk: Grand Tarantella
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Dohnányi: Variations on a Nursery Song
Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto
Herrmann: Concerto Macabre from "Hangover Square"
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue

John G. · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2018, 05:52:14 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2018, 05:58:42 AM »

TOD

Vivaldi wrote numerous concerti for bassoon that are lovely
Barber Violin Concerto
Beethoven’s violin concerto in D
Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto for piano

And I recently heard Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, which I enjoyed a lot.

John G. · « **Reply #13 on:** February 17, 2018, 05:59:07 AM »

Need to trim the roses this morning.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #14 on:** February 17, 2018, 06:40:39 AM »

Good morning, all.

FJL · « **Reply #15 on:** February 17, 2018, 06:43:14 AM »

Quote from: bk on February 17, 2018, 12:06:23 AM

And the word of the day is: BRIGADOON!

Even t my age, something enchantjng to learn here on HHW - I had no idea this was a actual word

ChasSmith · « **Reply #16 on:** February 17, 2018, 06:43:30 AM »

It’s shocking how late I got to sleep in this morning: till 9:20 in the a.m. Shocking, I tell you. But so delicious. Best sleep I’ve had all the livelong week.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2018, 06:49:59 AM »

So, tonight, a return to Winter. Snow in the evening and through the night. These last few days had felt like the very beginnings of Spring, damn them. And now this. But the oddest thing is that it warms up again right away, tomorrow, and will get even warmer than before through the week. We’re talking nearly 70, folks, in late February. It’s the end of the world!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2018, 06:56:21 AM »

I have to join DR FJL in the Corner of Shame. I didn’t know it was a common noun, either. However, in our meager defense, to the extent I’ve checked, it seems that its origin is indeed the musical.

FJL · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2018, 06:58:48 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on February 17, 2018, 06:56:21 AM

I have to join DR FJL in the Corner of Shame. I didn’t know it was a common noun, either. However, in our meager defense, to the extent I’ve checked, it seems that its origin is indeed the musical.

That's a great defense, and we should stick with it!

Now how about Shipoopi?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #20 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:00:39 AM »

Today before we hunker down for the storm, we’re stopping at a friend of a friend’s bookstore for a reading by Victoria Price of her new book. I shall take along my copy of her biography of her dad, which is in excellent condition, and ask her to sign it.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #21 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:07:54 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on February 17, 2018, 07:00:39 AM

Today before we hunker down for the storm, we’re stopping at a friend of a friend’s bookstore for a reading by Victoria Price of her new book. I shall take along my copy of her biography of her dad, which is in excellent condition, and ask her to sign it.

I need a market trip as well.

John G. · « **Reply #22 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:19:30 AM »

Quote from: FJL on February 17, 2018, 06:43:14 AM

Quote from: bk on February 17, 2018, 12:06:23 AM
And the word of the day is: BRIGADOON!

Even t my age, something enchantjng to learn here on HHW - I had no idea this was a actual word

As used in a favorite quote from the movie, "Four Weddings and a Funeral":

It's friggin' Brigadoon!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #23 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:22:20 AM »

Quote from: John G. on February 17, 2018, 05:59:07 AM

Need to trim the roses this morning.

In my morning stupor that sounded like a euphemism for something perhaps a little unseemly.

John G. · « **Reply #24 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:22:45 AM »

Roses trimmed and a little more spring gardening work done. It's amazing, but spring really is here. One of the rose branches I had to trim back already had a bud on it. And the mint is growing.

I hope we don't have another freeze. That danger usually doesn't pass until after the beginning of March. The weather forecast, if one can believe such nonsense, says we won't have a low below 40 for the next week.

John G. · « **Reply #25 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:23:05 AM »

But if I'm going to plant, I need to get serious about it in the next week or so.

John G. · « **Reply #26 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:23:41 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on February 17, 2018, 07:22:20 AM

Quote from: John G. on February 17, 2018, 05:59:07 AM
Need to trim the roses this morning.

In my morning stupor that sounded like a euphemism for something perhaps a little unseemly.

One doesn't even need a stupor to agree with you.

John G. · « **Reply #27 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:27:10 AM »

Do you like tomato sauce in your meatloaf? I have to make meatloaf tomorrow and I definitely don't want ketchup, too much sugar.

I think I'm going to use a mix of beef and pork and wrap the whole thing in bacon. I'm also using crumbled pork rinds because one person in the group is gluten intolerant, so no breadcrumbs. Egg, of course, onion, garlic, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce. I can even see working in some mozzarella into the mix and red bell pepper. But I haven't decided on that tomato sauce.

Jane · « **Reply #28 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:35:36 AM »

Thanks DR TCB AND I am pleased Nicky is feeling better.

Jane · « **Reply #29 on:** February 17, 2018, 07:38:17 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on February 17, 2018, 06:43:30 AM

It’s shocking how late I got to sleep in this morning: till 9:20 in the a.m. Shocking, I tell you. But so delicious. Best sleep I’ve had all the livelong week.

Wow, that is late. How wonderful for you.

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