Power Outage ~ Weather/Clouds ~ White Castle ~ Picture of the Day ~ Country Club Fruit Salad ~ Suzanne Santisteven ~ National Wine Day !!!

This blog was to be published yesterday on Friday May 25th, but we had a storm on Thursday afternoon that was the wildest storm I have ever seen in my life. Thunder, lightening, sideways rain, volatile wind, and a big huge oak tree in front of my house blew over! Then the power went out. The power was out for 23½ hours, until last evening. So, the blog is behind. I will publish photos of the storm and damage later today. 

 

Good morning.

 

Yesterday early it was dark and cloudy, then the blue sky moved in and the sun. Still no rain. Fuey. Guess I'll have to turn on the sprinklers.

 

Interesting..

 

The first White Castle location opened in 1921 in Wichita, Kansas making it the first American fast-food burger chain. White Castle is also generally credited as the first fast food chain in the United States. Founder Bill Ingram used $700 to open the starting location and started serving the chain's signature burgers. The chain is known for its small, square hamburgers, sometimes referred to as "sliders". The burgers were initially priced at five cents until 1929 and remained at ten cents until 1949. On January 14, 2014, Time labeled the White Castle slider the most influential burger of all time.

 

Picture of the Day

 

In many ways, the setting is just a typical family breakfast. Young children and their mother enjoy croissants and orange juice while sitting around a table together. But things become a little different when you notice a giraffe poking its head through the window to join them for a drink and a bite to eat. In fact, the Carr-Hartley family has the unusual distinction of sharing their home with eight Rothschild giraffes, some of the rarest on the planet. Talk about weird pets. In the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, the world's tallest animals are free to roam their 140-acre estate and are regular visitors at their English-style manor built in the colonial era. Every day shortly before 9am, the mammal beasts stroll up to the house and poke their heads through the windows and doors in search of morning treats. Owners Tanya and Mikey Carr-Hartley literally share their dining table with them. They know all of the giraffes by name: 13-year-old Lynne is the leader of the herd and can be very persistent about getting treats.

 

Well summer is a comin' and fruit salads are great in the warm weather...How about this one...

Country Club Fruit Salad is dressed up in a lively yogurt sauce that makes this fruit salad all the better!

 

 

• 1 (8-ounce) container low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• 1/4 teaspoon grated orange peel
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cantaloupe, peeled and cut into chunks
• 1/2 honeydew, peeled and cut into chunks
• 2 oranges, peeled and sliced
• 2 kiwis, peeled and sliced
• 1 pint fresh strawberries, washed

1. In a medium bowl, combine yogurt, honey, orange juice, orange peel, and salt; mix well and set aside.
    
2. Arrange assorted fruit on 4 individual plates and drizzle with yogurt dressing. Serve immediately.

 

 

Special birthday today.... Suzanne Santisteven (LASD ret and wife of the infamous Phil, LASD ret.) HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIDDO! ♥ (a day late now!!!)

 

                      ^Phil, their daughter Alyssa, and Suz

 

 

Historically this date..........

1935 – Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

1961 – Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

1977 – Star Wars (retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in 1981) is released in theaters, inspiring the Jediism religion and Geek Pride Day holiday.

... .this was Jerry's all time favorite movie. We went to the El Monte Drive-in at least 7 times to see it!

1979 – Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears from the street just two blocks away from hisNew York City home, prompting an international search for the child, and causing U.S. President Ronald Reagan to designate May 25th as National Missing Children's Day (in 1983).

the first missing child to be on a milk carton.........

2011 – Oprah Winfrey airs her last show, ending her twenty five year run of The Oprah Winfrey Show.

..........thank God!

 

And births this date.....

1925 – Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)

(A Republican, 57 years married, 7 children with the same man! All Hollyweird oddities!)

 

1939 – Dixie Carter, American actress (d. 2010)

 

1947 – Karen Valentine, American actress

 

1963 – Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian

 

1969 – Anne Heche, American actress

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Happy TGIF. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo 

 

 

WHOOPPEEEEE

Pour a glass of your favorite wine on May 25 to participate in National Wine Day.  Celebrated each year, it has a sister holiday in February, National Drink Wine Day.

The history of wine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_wine

I have this shirt, in yellow, and will be wearing it today!