Yesterday dad and I went up to the Cliff House for lunch. This is a beautiful resort hotel in southern Maine that sits atop a rocky cliff. All the rooms and the dining room look right out over the cliffs to the sea. They are open from March to December, but they only serve lunch in July and August. We try to get up once every year.
Their clam chowder is beyond magnificent but oddly, the Cobb salad was disappointing. This version was made with mixed baby greens (mesclun, or I’ve also heard it referred to less formally as “yuppie chow"), and, in addition to the bleu cheese, bacon and hard-boiled eggs, lots of Kalamata olives. Though avocado was listed in the menu as an ingredient, there was none in the salad and the whole was so salty it was only barely edible. The original version which includes chicken, and in which avocado is present and not just advertised (and which omits the olives) is made with a combination of iceberg and romaine lettuces and is much more to my liking. But, the Cliff House dining room qualifies as a “fancy” restaurant and chefs that work in such places are pressured to create “house” versions of things that are immediately identifiable with the establishment. I’ll know better next time.
The view, of course, was glorious :)
I was going to start practicing making decorative knots last night and towards that end had made a length of I-cord, which is what I expect to use for the buttons and frog closures on the kimono coat. Unfortunately, I didn’t make it long enough having seriously underestimated how much would be needed to make such a knot. Oh well… I checked in a kitchen drawer this morning and there’s a considerable length of clothesline rope that I may appropriate to practice with later on.
I’ve also reached the point (in my head anyway) where I think I’m about ready to start swatching for a sort of T out of the Patons Paradiso (scroll down a bit). This will be an extremely simple garment, but a fun one, I hope :)
See this?
Little computer fan
USB connector
Nosy and feisty little girl
She dodged the petting and went straight for the fan, teeth at the ready. She came at it from all angles, trying to get a bite in. Myria and I watched this for a minute, surprised that she hadn’t turned tail and vamoosed the minute the blade hit her little black nose and then we just cracked up. Nope, she’s a fighter, this one. I finally chased her away because I really didn’t want her putting holes in my fan blades, should she actually manage to capture one :)
I wonder if she thought it was a big bug?
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I’m sorry the salad was disappointing, but hopefully those glorious views made up for it :)
Like I needed to lust after another yarn...but that Patons is cool! MMM. can’t wait to see what ya do with it Ms robbyn.... :)
Pam - They did and, really, that’s what you’re paying for :)
Lisa - Thanks. But, if it helps to curb your yarn lust, I don’t believe Patons makes it any more :( Though you could always check E-bay…
I just knew that there had to be a new computer accessory out there that I needed to have! Too funny & too cool.
Your kitty is lovely. I’ve got a long-haired version in black, too. He’s a nutball & I wouldn’t have surprised if he’d done the same thing.
Samina - Ooooh, I bet your long-hair is beautiful! And let’s hear it for the nut-balls, since they’re always the most fun!
A little computer fan doohicky - who would’ve thunk it? Too funny kitty story - I just love discovering different facets of my pets’ personalities.
Although once in awhile I do have the nightmare that I turn into the old lady on the corner with 19 cats, a 19 foot knitted muffler & an attitude. ‘Cause, you know - I already have one cat & the attitude so I’ve started my descent! hehehe
Bron - You worry about that? I aspire to that! I couldn’t wait till I was old enough to justify being crotchety :).
Pets are grand. When I moved out on my own, I didn’t have a TV or much of anything for quite a while but the only thing I really, really missed, was having an animal to come home to :)
