Brrrrr!

[altivo]

Down to about 3°F and still dropping. Not even midnight yet, and certainly not February when I expect stuff like this.

Came home to find a cute little plush bear in a nightshirt sitting on my placemat in the dining room. We went out for dinner to a local western-themed establishment (old saddles, guns, and movie posters) that sends us cards for a free dinner on our birthdays. They've acquired a name chef since our last visit, and he even came out to check that people found their meal acceptable. It was quite nice, especially for free, thank you.

On F4L, where I've never been very active, for some reason this year I'm flooded with birthday greetings from complete strangers. OK, thanks for the thoughts everyone.

On the work front we are asked to consider making sample dioramas for some sort of competition, to feature "peeps" in a book of our choice. I'm wondering about Peepenstein by Mary Shelley, Or perhaps Moby Peep by Herman Melville. Briefly thought about War and Peeps by Tolstoy but it would require a huge setting and hundreds of peeps. Hairy Peeper and the Chamber of Secrets? Or perhaps Crime and Peepishness by Dostoevsky? How about Great Expeeptations? Call of the Peeps? The Adventures of Huckleberry Peep? Or maybe The Great Peepsby?

Oh, and we also got around to stuffing five pounds of experimental hot Italian sausage. I think it had too much garlic and maybe not enough fennel but that's just from the smell which could be deceiving. Next experiment, Mexican chorizo I think.

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[songdogmi.livejournal.com]

Moby Peep was my favorite, though I like the idea of Tolstoy with hundreds of peeps.

p.s.: Happy birthday!

[altivo]

If I actually do this, it will be shoe box sized. Tolstoy is out of the question. Besides, how do you make a peep look like a Grand Duke? ;p

Moby Peep is really too obvious, but some of the others are quite possible.

[farthing]

Call of the Peeps could produce an interesting sledding scene... :-)

And, happy birthdays too! ^^

[altivo]

Thanks! Yeah, I'm thinking seriously about Call of the Peeps, to the point of wondering if I can make my own marshmallow dogs. Green "Christmas" trees are available now. I wonder if they have reindeer? Remove the antlers and add a little food coloring paint to make them look like huskies instead?

[farthing]

*nods* That should make nice little fluffywuffies. They'll need tails too, though I'm not sure if anyone would notice, considering the scale and material. :-)

[altivo]

According to the website, they do make reindeer but those are only reindeer heads. ;p

Besides which, they don't show anyone who actually stocks them. So I'll have to figure something else out. I refuse to have yellow baby chicks pulling a sled. I'll carve huskies out of regular marshmallows if necessary.

[chibiabos.livejournal.com]

Happy foalday. :)

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Gods it's been so long since I was a foal it's a wonder I can remember it. (But I do.) Thanks.

[calydor.livejournal.com]

Happy foalday, pn0y.

These captchas are getting crazier every day, this one is "ployches 7:42".

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Thanks. I suppose if they aren't dictionary words it's less likely that a bot can guess them.

[shadow_stallion]

They've acquired a name chef since our last visit...

I'm not following you here. Looks like a word or maybe even just a letter or two missing.

Did you have a steak? I'm guessing not. ^.~

*grins* Oh and their can never be too much garlic. :P I'm biased though and I'm pretty sure we consume far more than your average couple.

Oh and belated happy birthday old horse older than me horse. :D

[altivo]

"Name chef" as in branding. The menu now features specials with the chef's name on them, and he came out to the dining room in his "chef suit" to ask people how they liked this or that. This is a new development at Donley's. No doubt it justifies raising the prices on everything.

Actually, I did have steak. It's their specialty, they do it well and they were paying. When we go on our own nickel I'm more likely to have Mexican style food or seafood. Gary had shrimp.

As far as being old, you probably should think of me as a mule anyway.

[shadow_stallion]

I was just teasing you about steak since you don't seem to be a big red meat eater. Personally I rarely order steak out unless someone else is buying. The markup on that stuff is just outrageous.

Sounds to me like this is the sort of place that serves a little bit of everything. Generally speaking, at those sorts of places I will just stick with something simple like a burger or maybe country fried steak. Call me odd but I go to mexican restaurants for mexican and seafood places for seafood. I figure a place that serves a bit of everything may not always be the best at things like that but you never know either. :D

[altivo]

It's called the "Wild West Steakhouse" so southwestern style (if there is such a thing) is the theme, and Mexican food does fit into that milieu. They don't have crepes or eggs, or things from other parts of the country, nor Italian or Chinese or anything like that. No pizza! (Ha!)

The menu features steaks, of course, and burgers (including vegetarian ones,) fried chicken, pot roast, meatloaf, and just a few seafood dishes. Now that they have Chef Paul Whatshisname there is another menu with his "specialties" that currently is featuring lobster. Nothing southwestern about that, I think. But like many restaurants and entertainment businesses, they are probably suffering from the economic downturn. The place was far from busy.

The decor is "wild west" in the sense that it features lots of movie memorabilia type things from old westerns. Posters, autographed photos of stars, that sort of thing. There are also some genuine Civil War and Old West antiques on display, saddles, flags, gold rush items, that sort of thing. The interior is barn wood and fieldstone, and also displays a number of hunting trophies. Judging by the sheer size of the moose head and elk head, these are antiques as well. I don't think they get to grow that large any more before someone shoots them. The grizzly bears could be modern except they're pretty moth-eaten so probably also old.