tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post8101526047250070635..comments2024-03-17T03:42:21.277-05:00Comments on LEARNING CURVE ON THE ECLIPTIC: Long WeekendTwilighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-15000689989445477822013-02-18T15:33:23.551-06:002013-02-18T15:33:23.551-06:00James ~~ But of course it is, James!
And who woul...James ~~ But of course it is, James!<br />And who would ever dare doubt it?!Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-60234039655079543842013-02-18T15:32:24.925-06:002013-02-18T15:32:24.925-06:00mike ~~ Yes, we do try! As someone once said "...mike ~~ Yes, we do try! As someone once said "We haven't been everywhere yet, but it's on our list". :-)Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-82124146190698239362013-02-18T12:33:56.443-06:002013-02-18T12:33:56.443-06:00Not just known as God's own country - it is Go...Not just known as God's own country - it is God's own country. :)James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-50140673004985213092013-02-18T12:02:48.164-06:002013-02-18T12:02:48.164-06:00http://twilight-testpage.blogspot.com/search/label...http://twilight-testpage.blogspot.com/search/label/Paris<br /><br />You do get around, Twilight! I had forgotten the TX-style Eiffel Tower...it's visible from the road, if I recall. I required emergency vehicle repairs in Paris...took a whole day. There really wasn't much to do or see and I was relieved to get back on the road.mike (again)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-81053665113780898882013-02-18T11:31:42.223-06:002013-02-18T11:31:42.223-06:00mike ~~~ Paris Texas mentioned in post May 2008 - ...mike ~~~ Paris Texas mentioned in post May 2008 - meant to leave link<br /><br />http://twilight-testpage.blogspot.com/Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-64235271061770264022013-02-18T11:28:17.567-06:002013-02-18T11:28:17.567-06:00Paris, Texas - been there, done that! It's m...Paris, Texas - been there, done that! It's mentioned on an abandoned travel blog of mine "The Rest of It" - in a post dated May 2008. Thought I'd mentioned it in relation to the movie "Paris, Texas" on this blog too, but now cannot locate the post.<br /><br />N. Texas isn't much of a tourist reap, but then we tend to avoid tourist traps now (having "done" most within fairly easy reach of OK) in favour of just exploring different "ordinary" places.<br /><br />McKinney - upscale and trendy? Nothing we noticed would lead us to that conclusion - but we did stay in the older part of town. We dislike malls and stores which are exactly the same in every city. I noticed some rather swish gated communities on the way out of town though - maybe that's the "trendy". Overflow of Dallas, I guess. I'd absolutely hate to live in one of those!<br /><br />I think the Brit link in McKinney must simply be a fluke, yes. <br /><br />No I don't make Yorkshire Pudding here - didn't make 'em there either (cooking ain't my thang) - but I ate it with relish when others made it! The Churchill's version wasn't Yorkshire Pud proper, but it was a decent enough facsimile. Proper YP should be the first course, served before a good joint of roast beef, with gravy made from the beef drippings. It should be well risen, crisp around the edges, softer in the middle (there's apparently a secret to preparing the batter & hot oven "just right"). We always had a big rectangular one and cut it into 4 pieces. Our favourite addition: few pieces of cucumber thinly sliced, marinated in vinegar (sounds strange but it worked). The spare piece of pud, after Dad, Mum and I had finished could be kept warm and eaten later with melted butter and sugar - oh cholesterol, where is thy sting?!<br /><br />Didn't see any Black Magic Woman sculptures but did see (and buy) another modestly priced piece by Austin Productions Inc. I had admired it before noting the imprinted mark on the back, and was amazed! Not a human figure this time, more geometric - erm - don't know the proper description. Will put a photograph up in a post later this week. I've done a quick search but can't see anything resembling it on line so far. Morfy didn't ever respond re BMW. I suspect she would not, even if I kept e-mailing - probably wouldn't want to be connected to the late Austin Productions Inc. in her now elevated arty farty-ness! PISH! :-)<br /><br /><br />Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16659850.post-11002799742179003422013-02-18T09:23:10.613-06:002013-02-18T09:23:10.613-06:00And why didn't you visit Paris...you were so c...And why didn't you visit Paris...you were so close? Paris, TX, that is! LOL (Been there...don't visit!)<br /><br />I'll have to live northern Texas vicariously through you, Twilight. I've driven through the Dallas area on Interstate 35 to-from Corpus Christi, Houston, and Galveston as I headed to-from other states and destinations. I've never been too attracted to that part of Texas' topography and climate. Always in a hurry, so never did the tourist thing there.<br /><br />I looked at the McKinney Wiki-link you provided and learned a new (to me) word...DEMONYM...(gentilic) name for a resident of a locality. McKinney is supposed to a trendy, rather up-scale locale. Is it?<br /><br />So, is the British subculture in McKinney a fluke, or is there a reason? I've met several X-Brits here in Corpus...they simply are here without due reason...arrived and stayed. Your Yorkshire pudding sounds delicious...do you make it at home? I thought Yorkshire pudding was more bread-like, fatty, and simple.<br /><br />Did you spot "Black Magic Woman" or the genre in any thrift stores? Is Morfy still snubbing you?mikenoreply@blogger.com