abuelo gringo

We generally do cereal every other day, alternating with a cooked breakfast. Wife does most of the cooking, so I'm good with whatever she wants. We usually doctor it up with fruit, fresh strawberries or peaches, frozen blueberries from Sam's, etc. In Winter, we often have instant oatmeal, to which we add apples or other fruit. I love a good breakfast of sausage and eggs, breakfast tacos, pancakes, or mcmuffin type breakfast sandwiches, but the quick and easy cereal is good. When we have grandkids over (often during summer) they always get a cooked breakfast, so I eat less cereal. I would probably eat more cereal if I was doing the cooking.

That was Harrell's. That and Deutchman's on S. First are greatly missed by fix it yourself guys. We are a throw away society.

Hope you're not staying on ground level. Looks like a lot of water went through there.

Kenneth Threadgill

Yep. Had breakfast at Cancun a week ago today. Pretty crowded, but good to see a lot of people on the island (other than contractors.)

Only for the senior players.

The Laughing Horse Lodge on Avenue G is being taken down

Called both grandmothers Mommee (both syllables same accent, not first like Mommy). Have no idea where that came from, but all the other cousins used the same, and had much older cousins on both sides. I was raised in Dallas, but parents, aunts, and uncles raised in Sherman, where my grandparents lived until they died. Maternal grandfather was Grandad, paternal was Poppy. Called step grandfather and step grandmother by their first names, Arthur and Frankie. Wife is Granma. DIL wanted something different for me. Oldest grandchild born about when Sean Combs changed his name from Puff Daddy to P Diddy, so she started the granddaughter to using G-Daddy. That's evolved to Gee. All grandkids use that for me. As a side note about adults using childish monikers, my dad and his sister called and referred to each other as Bubba and Baby until their deaths (age 82 and 90) Grandmother (Mommie Reynolds) called them that until her death, in her eighties.

A couple that remind me of the reprobates on this site:

I loved this song on the Kiko album: And, as a gringo, also liked the longer version on the Los Super Seven album with Rick Trevino and Doug:

One of my favorite albums.

Never really worked with any LDS scouts, as their troops were homogeneous. I know in years past, some LDS troops attended summer camp at LPSR. Instead of attending Sunday through Saturday, they didn't arrive until Monday. Not sure when this changed. I did work with two LDS scouters in WoodBadge courses, one a member of a patrol I counselled, another as a fellow course staff member. Both were good to work with. The staff member was an especially hard and innovative worker. The only restrictions I remember them having at that time was they couldn't participate on Sundays (had to be at their own services at home) and they couldn't wear shorts (immodest, I guess.) Although shorts are part of the standard WB uniform, they were exempted. They were able to camp the same as the rest of us, bar Sundays.

Abuela Gringa and I were at Willie's first also with our 5 yr. old son and 3 year old daughter (her first). It was his second as he made the first night of the Texas International Pop Festival outside Dallas on Labor Day weekend in 1969. He spent the other two nights at his grandma's. KOKE FM was on at our house or in our car much of the time for its existence. I think it helped shape my son's musical taste. Not so much the daughter's. My first was either Pete Fountain or Ray Charles. I won the tickets to Fountain and took my mother. The Ray Charles concert was my first unattended by an adult and was in 1961, 1962, or 1963. Mom dropped me and a date off and picked us up afterwards. I thought it was the State Fair Music Hall, but could have been the Dallas Memorial Auditorium. As was common in that time and place, mom was worried our safety, as most of the audience were "not like us." Much of Dallas was still openly racist in those days. It didn't bother me or my date and we had a great time. People were dancing in the aisles and their seats, unabashedly enjoying the music. Ray was great. Few concerts I have been to since have lived up to that one.

I haven't been following the changes. Weren't Venture Crews and Sea Scouts already gender integrated? I wasn't familiar with STEM Lab, so I haven't any clue. Is the cub program the only major change? Of course, I expect it will gradually become more fully integrated in time.

Watched Sir Doug and the Genuine Texas Cosmic Groove last night. Okay, but not enthralled. Too fast paced, clips were short and hurried. Seemed to have a lot of time spent on weak Vancouver and Scandinavian ventures. Didn't seem to mention the Turkey Day Jam, which I thought embodied the Austin years. Good stuff on Soap Creek and Texas Tornado periods.

Izzy's Deli on Main used to be a good lunch place. Specializes in Rueben sandwiches.

We found it hilarious. The profanity and sacrilege didn't bother us. We found the dancing and singing delightful, and the actor who played Elder Cunningham did quite well, almost Chris Farley in his athleticism.

Going to see The Book of Mormon tomorrow night. Christmas present from our kids to me and Abuela Gringa.

According to the April 12 South Jetty, "Opening for regular guests June 1. During April and May, the resort will be open for groups."

Stopped by last week and tried the ribs. Pork ribs. Good, but don't compare to the brisket. Everyone has his strengths and weaknesses.

NM - shoulda started with Google image search. I never saw Ocean's 11, so didn't recognize the group as them.

Okay, somebody help me. (l-r) ?,?, Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis Jr., Frankie, Deano, Peter Lawford, Don Rickles?, Jack Palance? top, ? below, Norman Fell, ? Tough job identifying all. Extended Rat Pack? Las Vegas stars?

Willie's first in 1973. Kid in white tee shirt at lower left center is my now 50 year old son (a few here know him on Surly).