FOTO FRIDAY: PURIM SCHPIEL

 

FOTO FRIDAY:Last Sunday was the annual Purim schpiel ( play ) at the Temple. 

 

Meg had written a very clever script with a modernized flavor with Shushan being The Villages in Florida'.  EIt was one of her best plays yet! 

We were all supposed to dress as Floridians / snowbirds and all those who know me, know I love dressing up.

 It's a fun community event and our pic has 3 attendees members from the different  Jewish places of worship.

Last week's FOTO FRIDAY was FLOWRS ABOUND

TBT: 12 YEARS AGO STEVEN'S BDAY

 We found ourselves all in Philadelphia for Steven's Birthday. Steven lived there and Lori and I were both attending the same ESL conference. How fun to be able to share a conference!

MIDWEEK MUSINGS: REJOINING COMMUNITY FUN

 As I perused the community weekend happenings on Facebook one in particu- lar caught my eye. Local artists would be down at the Rail Yard.  Saturday there was a chill in the air but I knew the sun would eventually reappear and warm things up.

So glad gloves were in my purse I headed downtown and was probably one of the oldest attendees. I have never seen so many different colors of rainbow- colored hair. Yep, it was a young crowd. Intermingling with a group I don't usually experience was invigorating. The young artists are using lasers and skills at technology I have never even imagined. It was delightful hearing about their crafts. 

As the temps warmed, the crowd grew and sitting in sun-drenched colored Adirondack chairs, people-watching and chowing down on yummy tacos from the La Casa de Abuelita food truck was perfect.  I have been yearning to try their truffle Cactus vegetarian option was a treat as were the birria beef tacos combo.

Don't forget to check out your local events as you never know what you'll find and be able to experience. Wink, wink.

TUESDAY TUNES: HOW I WANT YA

Talk about a catchy tune once I hear Hudson Thames How I want Ya  with Hailee Steinfeld it's stuck in my head all day. Check it out.

HOW I WANT YA

Hailee Steinfeld won an Academy Award in her role in True Grit. 

What a stunning young lady. "Her father is Jewish and her mother is of African American, English, Filipino, Irish, Scottish and German descent. Her maternal grandfather, Ricardo Domasin is a Filipino, from Bohol, Philippines. "

HOW I WANT 

MONDAY MUSINGS : THE GENTLEMANLY THING TO DO...

After being away I was glad to be home and get some appointments taken care of yet by the time the weekend came around, I was ready to socialize again.

Friday's field trip came none too soon as one of my Spanish students,
Mary Ann, wanted to know the airport short cut which lent itself to lunching at  Rosie's new locale. It's especially busy at lunchtime. We made it there before the big rush. 

The daily specials were fried catfish / a foot long chili beef dog. Mary Ann ordered the first and I, the latter. I knew I needed to just eat half to leave room for dessert. Their strawberry pie is delish.

 But today there was also another special at a table across from us, Buddy Mac sat down. He greeted the wait staff by name and stuck up a conversation with us immediately.  He donned a military green cap and jacket with cavalry patches which we admired and he proceeded to share war stories one after another.  Mary Ann knew something about aircraft but I had no clue as to the different planes. 

The conversation turned to his return and finding a job at Central High as he oversaw the Print shop. One of his students told him about the newest English teacher who was quite a looker, I knew where that story was going...  After 9 years of dating, they got hitched. Mac's lunch arrived before ours but he kept on visiting. I worried about his fish getting cold but he didn't seem to worry about it.  Mary Ann had taken one English class at Central so he filled her in on their history.

Then he had a bigger tall tale re: his knowledge about a group of his boys stealing the Hall Indian mascot from my high school. They had kept it hidden in a fishing boat covered with a tarp and left on Central's front courtyard. He had helped return it but never revealed its captors.

Our lunches arrived and we chowed down.  Buddy Mac had started visiting with another table who were thanking him for his service. At the end of the meal, I stopped our waitress and inquired about our  check not being on the table. She pointed over to Buddy Mac who had paid for our meals. When we thanked him, he said "it was the gentlemanly thing to do..."

We continued visiting out into the parking lot. He certainly made our outing extra special...

FOTO FRIDAY:FLOWERS ABOUND

FOTO FRIDAY: It wasn't just flowers that were grown and arranged which were the stars of New Orlean's Art in Blooms on the Bayou, participants attending the preview not only dressed in floral prints. This couple took it seriously about their dress for the evening.

 A picture speaks a thousand words, right? Mighty spiffy.

TBT: FINDING MY ARTISTIC SIDE AGAIN

 TBT: Twelve years ago  (3/21/12)

Filling my new found freedom with 2 classes... a refresher Chinese class after 40 yrs and a water color class after 20 some odd... It does the mind good.. This is lesson number 3 using salt, only 2 colors, negative painting and trying to go from dark to light...

FAST forward to next fall 2024 I will be in Tuscany refreshing those painting skills once again and taking Italian cooking classes...