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"How many?" he asks the trio standing before me in line.
"Three for smoking," one of them says.
"It's gonna be a few minutes." George turns his gaze to me. "Any seat you like, Ryan."
Ah, the beauty of being a "regular." I saunter up to a table in the rear of the smoking section and throw down my backpack. I set today's newspaper on the table, my smokes and lighter come out of my inner coat pocket, gingerly tossed atop the paper, and I quickly remove my jacket and sit down.
"Hey Ryan, how's it going today?" a cute twenty-something in the Coney Island greens inquires. She sets the cup of coffee down, and throws me some creams. Looks like today I have Jenny. Aside from the fact she's been working here for a few years, she's one of the nicest and best waitresses ever to yell 'Order up!' We chitchat for a moment before she says, "The 'usual?'"
Ah, yes, another perk of being a regular. The waitresses not only know your name, they know your eating habits. Which isn't too hard with me - 90% of the time it's a small hani, no cheese, no setup, with bacon. Occasionally I throw the egg sandwich with bacon curveball, or the "just a milkshake," but those days are few and far between. I've probably had near a thousand hanis since I began coming here back in '98, if not more than that. It's kind of hard to keep count of these sorts of things.
What I do know is that I've spent more on Coney Island food and drink than I have on cigarettes, both of which I started around the same time. I'd probably cringe if I saw an accurate total of my expenditures.
I free pour the sugar until I sense the coffee's been augmented properly, in go two creams, stir the spoon, and take that first sip. I don't care what anyone else says - The best cup of coffee doesn't come from a Starbucks, whole beans ground at home, or straight off a Guatemalan bush - No, the best coffee comes from a green or white 8 oz mug at a National Coney Island.
My first of many coffin nails comes out of the pack, to my lips, and as I light it and draw, my eyes begin to wander. The trim is 50's-diner gaudy, to the max. Green and white checkerboards, gold and chrome trim, sparkling bright red neon signs, touches of light faux-woodwork. No one in their right mind would mistake a National Coney Island for some sort of fine dining establishment, but it doesn't really purport to be one. You come in, you order, your food is up within 2 to 10 minutes, and you leave only slightly lighter in the wallet and much heavier in the stomach. The food is damn tasty, and did I mention the coffee?
Nonetheless, a decent variety of people frequent the place. There's the teenagers of course, who, for lack of the hangouts available in the boring burbs, find Coney to be a refuge where they can smoke underage and drink copious amounts of stimulant-laced beverages in safety. Then there's the old people. They're probably the only ones who've actually been coming in as consistently as I do. You'll see the same ones every day, sitting at the counter or in the front of smoking, their faces worn and grizzled as they drink their drinks and smoke their butts. Those are probably some of the scariest sights I see, ever. I can't help but see some of myself in them. Can't help but fear my fate is to die in a Nationala Coney Island, my cigarette burning a hole in my jeans as I lay gasping for air on the ground. I can see the obit now - "Choked to death on his small hani."
And there's me, sitting in a piece of Detroit history.
Few patrons care enough to look into the history of a place they may go to more than frequently. I know that if it weren't for my having worked at Best Buy or Dave and Buster's, I'd know nothing of their origins, despite how often I go there. Most people don't know that the first National Coney Island was built in 1965 in Roseville's Macomb Mall by James Giftos. They haven't the slightest that the enormous success of the tiny, 40-seater mall diner enabled a 2-store expansion into St. Clair Shores and Detroit in by 1971. Or that between 1986 and 1994, 9 new locations were added. For patrons in the Metro-Detroiters sub 25-year-old category, NCIs have been around as long as our parents have ferried us around to shopping centers and strip malls, and most have been there since we've had driver's licenses. National Coney Island is just a fact of life.
The hani arrives, and I begin the delicate process of ingesting it. Eating a hani is a science. You don't want anything to fall out, and you certainly don't want any of the gallons of mayo they put on them to squirt onto your nice black shirt. The key is to never put it down. If you need to flip a page in the newspaper or grab your drink, only remove one hand, and be careful. Like any skill, perfection comes with experience. You eat enough of these things, and you figure it out.
Aside from the perennial hani, milkshakes, and the classic ground round, there's the array of Greek fare, like gyros, salads, and fresh, homemade baklava. The breakfast and dessert menu is enough to put any Denny's to shame, and let's not forget the dish that it owes its name to, the Coney Dog. Though my distaste of cheese prevents me from enjoying a quadruple bypass in its entirety, I've enjoyed many a triple. There's something deliciously decadent about the occasional hot dog doused in chili and hugged by crispy bacon.
Aside from the money I've said goodbye to here, there's the time. But what times they were. Most of the days I've spent here were solo, just sitting, smoking, sipping on coffee, and occupying myself somehow. I'll always read the paper, sometimes do the word jumble and crossword puzzles, and when the weekly free rags come out, I always tear into those. If I've got more than an hour to kill, I'll break out the drawing pad or the notebook, and exorcise my creative demons while my pack empties and my hands grow more jittery with each caffeine infusion.
But even better were the times spent with friends. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the NCI was home for many of my introductions with acquaintances, friends, and in a couple instances, lovers. I've forgotten more conversations that took place in Coney than I've had elsewhere, a testament to how terrific the conversation can be when kicking back in a relaxing atmosphere with nothing else to do. Nary a night out doesn't either begin or end (or both) with a stop in here, because the coffee is always piping hot, and the food is always just what one needs.
Today was just a short stop. I've got other things to do, so I fold up the sections of my paper that I plan on keeping, gather my belongings, lay down a 25% tip, and hike up to the register.
Today Nicole is on cashier duty. "How was everything?" she asks. She's asked me that more times than I can count. I take in her beautifully styled auburn hair for a moment before I come back with my usual reply. "Great," I say, as if the phrase has lost all meaning from overuse. When the come in nearly every day and the food is consistently good, you have to wonder why they bother asking. Moments later I'm out the door and back in the real world. At least, until next time.
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GameXchange.co.uk I dont see them mentioned here, apart from an older thread in the main forum. They have a handful of stores up north, I used the blackburn one today and its pretty good. Shop/staff pleasant enough. *Very* wide selection of pre-owned, incl for older consoles. Website shows trade-in credit prices. Almost all titles in store seem to be part of a 2 for 1, which makes the prices not so bad. I dont think it has any relation to CeX. Anyway, its better. PS I have zero association with said shop :/ |
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Monday: Finished Sleeping Dogs
Tuesday: spotted they were offering �25 trade-in (a penny more than it cost me). Traded in online, sent off in the post.
Wednesday: Pre-ordered XCOM (you pay when it's in stock). They receive my game and credit my account
Thursday: XCOM is available, go to website and pay (�15 after credit). Dispatched
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Anyone heard of or used www.gamesdrop.co.uk? They offer free postage, pay you by paypal/bacs and offer you only �1 less if the games are missing the manual.
I haven't used them before as I have stuck to amazon but occasionaly they offer better prices.
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During operation solid oxide fuel cells are stressed by temperature gradients and various internal and external mechanical loads, which must be withstood. This work deals with the optimization of the strength of as-sintered anode supported half-cells by imposing changes to production parameters, such as powder milling and sintering temperature. The strength was measured with the ball-on-ring method, and analyzed with a large displacement finite element model. Weibull statistics were used to describe the distribution of strengths. The influence on the Weibull strength of the many different processing parameters was found to be quantifiable in terms of cell porosity to a large extent. The results were validated with an independent set of measurements of strength and stiffness by uniaxial tension and the impulse excitation technique, respectively. For application of the finding in relation to the SOFC technology a mathematical frame to determine the optimal porosity of a SOFC system is presented.
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I'm still fairly new to stringing racquets and ran into a problem last night. I use a Klippermate. I've strung about 10 racquets so far without any problems. Long story short, I started the mains on three racquets two days before and planned on finishing the crosses the following day. This is because my eyesight doesn't do well at night (natural day light outdoors is best for me) even with fair amount of indoor lighting. The racquets were a babolat, a technifbre, and the third was some obscure Sampras Autograph Wilson brand that I got from the goodwill store. The first two did o.k. with just the mains strung overnight and I eventually finished the crosses to complete the stringing the day after. However, when I came home last night to finish the Sampras Autograph, I noticed that the racquet collapsed near the perimeter weighing systems (PWS). So, what gives? I asked my family if anyone accidentally stepped on the racquet...no one did, so I am curios as to why the racquet failed. Is it a bad idea to do just the mains first and do the crosses later...should I have completed the racquet all at one time? Thanks in advance for your input.
Your supposed to keep racket on stringer until mains and cross it done. If you take it off the tension from the mains can break the racket depending on how tight it is strung. So yes your supposed to finish the mains and then the cross before taking racket off machine.
Ah..ok...that makes sense. I'll chalk this one up to a learning lesson. It won't every happen again. But I basically dodge a bullet with the bobolat and technifibre.
Just curious measure the length of the two rackets you think went well. Are they shorter than they should have been? If they are are not right your standards are slipping for sure. Just because they didn't break does not mean they won't or all went well. If they are the correct length the standards could have slipped on the other racket (because probably you had to adjust them and the pressure of the mains pulling on the top and bottom of the racket broke the racket because there was no countering force from the sides of the racket. It is better to complete the racket all at once. Never start a string job unless you are sure you have time to finish.
Thanks for the reply. The only difference between the three were that the two racquets that were alright was strung betwee 50-55 ;bs, both were polys, the tenifibre racquet has the tenfibire N-Code 17 g string and the Babolat had the MSV hex 17 g. The racquet that failed was being strung at 60 lbs with synthetic gut.
^^That's a couple more reasons that lead me to believe the standards slipped. Did you measure the rackets?
No, I was not mindful to do so. But by the spec, they are the standard 27 inch racquet. What actually do you mean by "standards slipped"? Again, I'm fairly new at this, so excuse me for asking a lot of questions.
Go measure the length of your racquet now. They are suppose to be 27 in spec and since you strung mains and took it off the machine. Being left overnight, the tension could have distorted the head frame vertically causing the head frame to warp / bend and thus, become shorter than 27 in. Check if your racquet is still able to lay equally balance on both side as well. If your racquet do have issue, cut off the strings and let your racquet rest, hope that it will return back to standard shape.
Irvin......The way I read it, the OP admitted that he removed the racquet from the machine overnight, with the mains installed! Cheers, kev
I'm guessing you mean the place where the racket is mounted , but I don't think the OP left the racket mounted. It sounded to me like he did the mains on all 3 and did not leave any actually mounted to the machine. As people have said, you should finish a full string job at once. If some emergency comes up as you finish your mains, at the very least don't take the racket off the machine because the machine is helping to support your racket until you get the crosses strung.
You guys are right. He said he started the mains in all three rackets and the he strung the crosses in two of them. He's lucky only one broke.
No, the racquet is distorted/cracked, so there is no hope in getting it back to standard shape. All the previous racquets I did (before the last three I indicated) were finished all at one time. I'm actually glad this happened...I learned from this mistake. Thanks again for all your input.
I would but for some reason, I am not allowed to upload images even though I've posted for a long time on this forum.
Not sure but if you loaded your picture on a hosting site you may be able to post the link to it. But TW may block you from posting a link also or maybe that is how they block pictures. EDIT: I just looked at the bottom of the page and my code is on. There isn't anything for [URL] code so maybe that will work for you. EDIT: Wow you've been a member since 2008 with over 400+ posts. Something is wrong. I would contact the TW Staff about posting pics
I am referring to the other 2 that did not break but having only main strung and removed from machine. They could have been distorted/cracked. Check carefully.
My interpretation after carefully reading the original post was that 3 racquets were strung during the evening with just the mains. That means the racquets were removed from the stringer and sat around overnight. The next day he finished doing the crosses on the other 2 racquets. On the 2nd day when he came home to finish the 3rd, that's when he saw it broken. Major mistake in your string jobs. Hope these are your racquets and not for customers or friends. You should NEVER remove a racquet from a stringer until it is completed. The 2 or 6 point mounts are there for a reason and that is to prevent or reduce the chances of the tennis racquet frame from distorting. By removing the racquets with only the mains strung, I guarantee you the frames are slightly distorted in that it will not measure 27" exactly. It could be off by 1/8" or more. All depends on how stiff the frame is. This is a hard lesson learned but you should cut out the string job and restring the racquets. I know you will never make this mistake again.
Uploading directly to the forum (direct hosting) is not turned on @ TW. I have actually seen this feature used at only one forum on the many I'm a member of
Your picture must be posted to a hosting site like photo bucket then you copy the link code of the hosting service for a picture and post that link on the TW site not the picture.
Imageshack is free and works great. FYI I never start a stick unless I can do the mains and crosses in one setting. I'm real careful applying and releasing tension during my pulls as well.


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There have been rumors flying around since ComiCon this yeat that a Justice League movie was underway and looking to a 2009 release. 2009? Isn't that when the sequel to SUPERMAN RETURNS is supposed to be released? Yes. So there was that head scratching going on. Then, Christian Bale was asked if he would be involved. His answer? No. Hmmmm…..this wasn't looking good.
The Justice League movie is rumored to focus on Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Aquaman. How could they do this. How could they take from us a Superman sequel, leave Christian Bale out of the mix, and have a movie that will be well recieved? A new rumor that has surfaced over at Super Hero Hype that reports the new Justice League movie will be a digital/motion capture/animation thingie. You know, like Polar Express, or the new Beowulf movie that's coming out.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Obscurity of the Day: Girls will be Girls
Fay King was never much more than a barely serviceable cartoonist, and I imagine she would have been the first to admit that, but she did seem to know how to endear herself to the newspaper-reading public. King's personal life had some rather interesting episodes that were gleefully covered in the press (Alex Jay will discuss them tomorrow in an Ink-Slinger Profile) and she produced a popular illustrated column for the Denver Post, then Hearst's New York American and New York Mirror that ran for decades.
Strangely enough, though, Fay only tried one actual comic strip series -- it was a daily called Girls will be Girls, and it was a half-baked soap opera concerned a group of attractive flapper-types. It was an unfortunate choice to opt for melodrama as King's cartooning was really suited best to humor, and I find myself waiting for a punchline that never comes in each of these samples.
Despite Fay King's popularity, Girls will be Girls seems to have been an utter failure in selling to newspapers. It has only been found (so far) in it's home paper, the New York Mirror, where it ran from June 24 1924 to March 19 1925. A breathless endorsement from the cartoonist herself in Hearst's Circulation magazine doesn't seem to have impressed any editors into buying it.
Fay King's strip is one of only two I've ever seen carrying Hearst's Public Press syndicate copyright.I'm afraid I know nothing about the circumstances, business model, or principals involved in this very obscure Hearst syndicate.
One thing I do know is that in my book you'll find another strip by Fay King, that one called Mazie. Well, you can get out your Sharpies and put an 'X' through it. Mazie was listed in my book on the strength of a sample and write-up appearing in Robbins and Yronwode's Women and the Comics. However, I realized in looking at these newly acquired samples above, the Robbins/Yronwode sample shown in the book, and re-reading Fay King's article about the strip, that Mazie and Girls will be Girls are the same strip. Mazie was just the name of the lead flapper in the strip.
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Thanks for the info Mark. Just goes to show that there's an editor out there for every feature I guess. Any words of wisdom about Hearst's Public Press syndicate?
Thanks, Allan
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Bruno's Machamp (VS 81)
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Much will be made of the Texas Rangers' aggressive baserunning this season -- the pros and cons of it -- a style they've prided themselves on for all seven seasons Ron Washington has been the club's manager.
Monday night will not be a good memory.
The Rangers were picked off twice in the first three innings by David Price and lost 5-2 in the American League wild-card tiebreaker game. It brought the Rangers' season total to 111 outs given up on the bases.
Elvis Andrus was picked off first base in the first inning after a one-out walk when he scrambled back to first base on Price's throw over but had his hand blocked from the bag by first baseman James Loney's foot.
Ian Kinsler was also caught stealing when Price picked him off first base. Kinsler ended the inning by making an out in a rundown.
"Elvis got blocked by Loney," Kinsler said of Andrus' first-inning mistake. "It was 0-2 on [Alex] Rios [when Kinsler was picked off in the third inning], so I was going to try to take the bag there and either let Rios drive me in or let him start the next inning off. And I got caught. It was early in the game, and I was trying to take a chance there.
"Those two plays weren't [Price's pickoff] move. They were circumstances of the game."
This doesn't mean this should be open season on the Rangers' running game. There's no way they would have gotten to Game 163 without their ability to turn singles into doubles by the stolen base. Or scoring key runs from second base on infield hits.
The Rangers had six players with at least 15 stolen bases, and both Rios (42 steals) and Andrus (41) could be potential 50-steal guys next season.
The Rangers went on a seven-game tear to end the season just to get into Monday night's game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Without the power threat of the past, they had to stay aggressive on the bases.
It just worked against them for the first time in a week.
"That's the way we play," Washington said. "Sometimes, that's the result of it, but if everything would have worked the way we wanted it to when they decided to steal, it would have been nice. It just didn't work that way. That's what you have to put up with when you are aggressive. We're a very aggressive team, and we never stop."


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Take a mom of 3, stir in 4 vegan cookbooks, add a rounded cup of staying at home, and mix with a hefty pinch of recipe testing!
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Now, this chimichanga is not necessarily authentic. But what I do give you in this recipe... deliciousness! I use a simple lentil sauce that I created for the book, which is mellow but flavorful. Pair it up with some sauteed veg, tuck it all away and cook up for a divine marriage of flavors.
These have become one of hubby's new favorite meals (mine too). Thank you Julie for the idea, it was a great one!
I can't wait to get this book out. Still work to do, but there are great recipes I want to share with you!
"So many recipes, so little time"...
30 comments:
- Vicki said...
deliciousness is all I ask for in a recipe! lol! I love chimis & this looks awesome. A while back made some with your Chickpea Ratatouille -- soo yummy! :o)
- Julie said...
OMG! Yes, Dreena! I am sooo excited about the Chimi recipe! Thanks for listening to my suggestion. You are the best! :)
- *a* said...
Oh My! yes! That is supreme deliciousness! Your husband and family are so lucky to try everything you make! Times such as these I wish for a scratch 'n' sniff computer screen! (scratch 'n' taste, too!)
Aimee - 11:58 AM
- Sweet Pea said...
Chimis are one of my fave meals. I haven't had one in ages. So good. I can't wait to try yours.
- maybepigscanfly said...
Do I live under a rock or something? I've never had chimichangas or even been introduced to them. But I'm sure that yours is way better than the authentic kind (even though I don't know what an authentic chimi would be like). Its so great to see your enthusiasm about all of your new and upcoming recipes. Thanks for always listening to your readers- its so cool that you don't disregard anyone's ideas or suggestions. And good luck finishing all the recipes- I know you can do it!
-Teresa - 5:05 PM
- Megan the Vegan said...
just the word chimichangas makes me smile!
- Eat Peace Please said...
This looks amazing. Very southwestern too, well, the lentils I don't know about...
Am I safe to assume it's baked? It certainly looks so. - 5:56 PM
- Johanna3 said...
hi Dreena:
i dont know if the grounds have egg-white, because i dont have any package at hand, but i have another quorn product here and says that have egg white. so i think is the same you have in USA. i wish they was vegan. we dont eat it frequently but my little girl is allergic to soy, so i must use this products for now.!
by the way your chimichangas looks awesome! - 4:24 AM
- Harmonia said...
The first thing that came to mind when I read your title was "Meet the Fockers"...on the answering machine when Babs and Dustin Hoffman were yelling about the "chimi-changas!" lol Anyhow...lovely idea - can wait for the book!
Last night I made Middle Eastern Hummus with Herbal Flavors from the Lean Bean Cuisine Cookbook and North African Roasteed Cauliflower from the Moosewood Restaurant Daily Specials Cookbook. I will post about it later...gotta catch up on the blog I couldn't comment on yesterday.
Have a great weekend!!! - 6:00 AM
- Dreena said...
Cool, Vicki, thanks... I remember seeing those too, that was awesome. :)
Julie you're entirely welcome. I think you are the best candidate to test out this recipe, too, if you are interested. I will get an e-mail to you over the weekend.
Sweet, Aimee, thank you. Though *sometimes* my family might prefer NOT to be the testers all the time - like when I test out something with broccoli... I like it lightly cooked and my family, they like it left behind at the grocery store!! Ah yes, they love pizza night a little more than I'd like them to. :)
Thanks sweet pea... do you make your own, or do you have them at restaurants?
Teresa, thank you, that's really nice of you to say. Now, if you were under that rock, I was there with you! I didn't know of chimis until Julie mentioned them... shhh, don't tell anyone. :) I think it's because we have never lived in an area with many interesting restaurants, and even being close to Vancouver, we rarely get the opportunity to dine there, so we just don't get to sample different cuisines much. Anyhow, I'm quite thankful to Julie for introducing me to these because they are supremely yummy!
Megan, they're fun to eat and to say!
Leslie, they are first pan-fried to brown and sear, and then baked. You *could* just pan-fry them, but the filling wouldn't be quite as hot as when baked - as long as that would be fine with you they'd work that way (and I think that's how some versions are cooked). Actually, I have a hard time putting them in the oven after pan-frying them, because they are so crispy good I want to dig in, but I also like them nice and hot, so I give in. And yeah, I doubt the lentils are authentic, but as I said, I'm not professing to be authentic with this one!
Hi Johanna, thanks for getting back to me. It's too bad they can't make the product without the egg-whites, hey? Especially when so many of the meat substitutes out there are soy-based. Thanks again...
Harmonia, I don't remember that line - but we love that movie, so I will have to watch out for it next time we see it!! I hope you are posting some pics of those recipes, they sound amazing. - 6:03 AM
- Dreena said...
p.s. Teresa, I've put a link to chimichanga in my post now, so you can read more if you like...
- theONLYtania said...
Hey, I'm with Teresa, it's great that you are so down to earth and such. And so easy to get ahold of! You know we all love your books and recipes.
Now I just wish you were allowed to give us the recipe to these chimichangas! They look great and I can't wait for the next book. - 7:14 AM
- Julie said...
Dreena~ I would love love to test out the recipe! Thanks. oh, and my boyfriend will love love me to test it out too! hehe :]
- Sweet Pea said...
Dreena, I always had chimis at Tex-Mex or Mexican restaurants (there are some good ones in Ottawa). Unfortunately since becoming a vegetarian 1.5 years ago I haven't had one because they're always made with meat. :-( Looking forward to trying one that not meat-based.
Speaking of vegetarian meals, the Martha Stewart magazine now has a healthy eating column and she's featured some great veggie recipes that are full of protein. The November issue features a lentil pate. There's also mention of a great stat regarding the decrease in cancer risk when one consumes a plant-based diet and exercises. - 10:40 AM
- Urban Vegan said...
its been forever since I had a chimi! The new book is looking better than ever! This is my first comment, but I'm a longtime fan of your blogs! Thanks Dreena!
- jess (of Get Sconed!) said...
I don't even know what a chimichanga is but it looks delish. What's the filling?
- raising_kahne said...
Yumm. I love mexican-style flavors, and this looks like it hits the spot!
I have one question regarding the Pineapple Lemon Bars in Vive! Am I supposed to drain all the juice and make it just one cup packed of pineapple w/out the juice?? I wouldnt want the bars to be one goopy mess! - 3:58 PM
- Gaia said...
Wow ! You really do learn something new everyday !
I was right under that rock with you and maybepigscanfly LOL - 5:47 PM
Just from a Texas point of view (HEAVY Tex-Mex area - chimichangas are even sold at the convenience stores), pinto beans would lend a more authentic feel, although I know the lentil version's gotta be awesome.
- Dreena said...
theonlytania, you are lovely to say that... much appreciated, thank you. :)
Julie, it's all yours then!... but, you may wanna tell your man that these aren't 'authentic' or even spicy, so not to disappoint if he is expecting memories of chimis long gone... though, I am thinking of doing a spicier, more traditional version as well. These are just darn tasty being pan-fried and the seasonings just go very well together!
Yeah, sweet pea, I've only seen meat versions on the net and such... so I can only imagine that restaurants don't stray far either. Too bad. Cool about the Martha magazine - I'm going to check that out for sure - to see more veggie stuff hit mainstream mags is wonderful, and I'm always keen to see what they present. thx!
Hehe, cute Urban Vegan!
Veggie wi girl, I'm super pleased to hear that - and I'm glad you've commented after following the blog for a while! :)
Jess, it's good to know there are more of us 'under the rock'! ha! The filling is not spicy as most chimi recipes would be. Instead, it is a lentil sauce recipe combined with sauteed peppers and onions - very nummy!
Savanna, you can drain off a little juice, but you certainly don't need to squeeze or press out the juice. The arrowroot will thicken any juice that is in there, so they will be okay. Most tins of crushed pineapple are not *too* juicy, but you can tip the can once opening to drain off any excess juice and then measure. Good luck and let me know how you like 'em! :)
Yay, Gaia's joinin' the clueless chimi club with us! We can always learn something, you're absolutely right about that. :)
Thanks anonymous, I appreciate your input. I am thinking of doing another version (mostly because I love these so much and wouldn't mind testing another kind) that is spicier, and more "traditional" in terms of spicing, though I still won't claim these to be authentic knowing that that is difficult to achieve without living in the area and growing up learning about the food and culture and tasting the cuisine first-hand. thanks for the info... :) - 7:21 PM
- maybepigscanfly said...
Dreena, Thanks for the link to the chimachangas. After reading that, I think that I'll stick to the Dreena Burton Style chimis (and never even care to imagine what an authentic one tastes like). And I'm glad to see that I wasn't alone under that rock!
-Teresa - 12:22 AM
- Julie said...
Dreena-I am sure he will love them--he loves chimis and he loves lentils! Do you need my e-mail address?
- Melissa said...
I've never had chimichangas before, but those look like the perfect first try for me!
- raising_kahne said...
Dreena, I just got through making your Pineapple Lemon Bars. They were fun, fast and easy! They were a little bit too pineapple-ish for me(duh, I know. I had for gotten Im not much of a pineapple person), but still were good. I think next time I might try it with a different fruit, or maybe your date bars! yum!
- Carrie™ said...
Everytime you post a recipe from your upcoming book, it makes me all the more impatient for it's release! I love Mexican food and chimichangas is such a fun word. This will be another 'must try.'
- Mrs. Carlson said...
Looks good, as usual! I just made your pumpkin seed-coated lentil patties with chipotle fries and ginger dipping sauce last weekend, and wow! What incredible flavors. I told people at my work about this dinner (as usual) and they were so jealous :) It makes me wonder why people ask, "What do you eat?" when I say I'm vegan. I eat such a wider variety than I ever ate as an omni! Oh, and I made a spinach/bread casserole for that staff breakfast, btw, and it was really good. The recipe was from The Vegan Planet, by Robin Robertson.
Last comment! - We just got back from The White Pig in Schuyler, Virginia (a vegan B&B) and it was amazing! Gourmet style food and a tranquil, animal-friendly setting. If you ever visit the states, Deena, you have to stay there, and not just because the owner has the same name as you! - 1:50 PM
- b36Kitchen said...
yum Chimichangas!!! I just bought wraps last week to make chimi's even though it hasn't happened yet. I use my beans from my rice and bean recipe for my chimis. The best thing about it is that I stuff the beans into the chimis while still warm so when i pan fry them there is no need for further cooking in the oven and the liquid from my bean recipe reduces really nice and gets creamy. I love the idea of yours with a lentil sauce..I can't wait for the recipe!
- Dreena said...
Cool, Julie, and the e-mail is on its way shortly... :)
Thanks Melissa!
Savanna, that is so adorable... kind of like me making a cabbage casserole - oh wait, I don't like cabbage! Well, I'm glad you found them enjoyable to MAKE anyhow!! ha...
Hey Carrie! Chimichangas, chimichangas... yep, just makes you feel happy to say it! :)
Hi Mrs. Carlson - that's super, I'm totally delighted you liked those lentil patties and the chipotle fries. I could eat yam fries just about every day I think! Great pick for a casserole - sounds like a crowd pleaser with the bread - can't go too wrong with that, most people love that comfort food element. Wow, a vegan B&B... would LOVE that - I rarely come across other "Dreena's" out there - esp if the spelling is the same, that's neat.
Ohhhh, Jenna, that sounds goooood! I can avoid baking them too if the filling is warmed through enough, but I am likely to heat mine anyhow so they are quite hot throughout... straight off the pan is better I think, though, because they are quite crispy that way. I will have to check your blog for photos of that chimi - I'm wanting to make more for dinner already. :) - 6:41 AM
- Dori said...
I am really looking forward to your new book. I have found The Everyday Vegan to be a true companion during my busy time these past few months.


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Book 5, also the Final book of the In His World Series, is now available on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, Kobobooks.com, and Smashwords.com (available soon on iTunes as well).
Whew! It seems my publisher actually pushed the books through before the December deadline. :)
Please read and let me know what you think, thank you! XOXO
In His World 5
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In His World 5 - The Conclusion.
Alice has lost everyone.
Her mother is gone. Her best friend is fighting for her life.
Above all, in her greatest time of need, the love of her life, billionaire Gordon Phillips, is nowhere to be found.
She has lost everyone. She has lost everything.
Alice is now all alone, all alone in this world...
How can life be so unfair? How can love be so cruel?
Is there still a chance for Alice and Gordon?
Can Alice survive her love for the billionaire Gordon Phillips?
Chapter 1
In a remote corner of the hospital, there sat Alice.
Alone and in despair, Alice had lost the ability to feel anymore.
No one had come to talk to her. No one cared. She
was just some woman sitting alone on the cold hospital floor.
To the outside world, Alice was just another
grieving family member. To Alice, the outside world was just a passing blur.
Time had the ability to transform despair into
guilt. Minutes passed. Hours had gone by. Lily was still in surgery and Alice's
mother was still missing.
all my fault!
got them into this!
Alice bit on her lips hard. She thought she tasted
some blood.
am I to dream?
am just a plaything for Gordon.
was right, he would never fall for me.
are like bugs in their eyes. They can crush our hearts and lives all too
God, please just let me go back to the way it was before.
don't need anyone else. I just want my mom back...
Alice clenched hard on the cell phone Gordon had
given her, a drop of tear landed on the phone.
Alice wanted to hold on.
She really really did.
But the harsh realities left her with no choice but
to let go.
Alice closed her eyes; she allowed her last drop of
tear to fall and to land on the cell phone.
Gordon, Alice could almost hear the whisper of her inner
Chapter 2
Suddenly, Alice's fingers twitched.
The annoying sound of the cell phone demanded
immediate attention.
The cell phone Alice got from Gordon had suddenly
come alive. Someone was trying to reach Alice.
it be from Gordon?
The caller ID yielded no useful information.
The phone call stunned Alice. She allowed the phone
to ring for a couple more times.
She had already given up hope. It would be hard for
anyone to just shift her mood around so quickly and so easily.
what if it is from Gordon?
if he has come to my rescue after all?
The flame of hope burned brightly again inside
As it turned out, the ember of love and hope was
always there.
Alice looked at the phone.
She smiled. She was sure the phone call was from
late than never.
Alice felt relieved.
She laughed.
Alice's smiles turned into relief laughter.
There were also tears in her eyes.
Thank God, Alice was alone by herself. The onlookers
surely would have thought Alice was a crazy woman. One minute she was crying as
though the world had just ended. The next minute she acted as though she was
the happiest woman in the universe.
Alice picked up the phone call. She could not wait
to hear Gordon's sweet voice again.
"Alice Jennings, what are you willing to give
up so you can get your mother back?" The voice was slow and deliberate. It
was also a man's voice.
"Alice Jennings, we have your mother. What are
you willing to give up so you can get her back?"
definitely not Gordon. Alice almost dropped the phone. It
was from her mother's kidnappers.
A chill just went up Alice's spine. The harsh
reality just became harsher.
down Alice. Think.
should I do?
can I do to get my mom back?
Alice glanced around the hospital hallway, hoping to
see the sheriff.
"Do you want your mother back or not?"
"Yes, yes I do!"
"Then you will do exactly as I say. Right now,
you are the only one who can help your mother. Do exactly as I say; then we'll
let your mother go."
"Wait, I need to know she's ok."
"She's ok, for now."
"No! Put her on the phone. I need to speak to
"You don't need to speak to her. We'll take you
to her. Go to the corner of Cedar and Lake Street. Be there in exactly five
minutes. Come alone."
Alice tried to find out more; but the phone went
are these people?
they work for Eva Lancaster?
they stage the traffic accident?
do they know I survived the accident?
they watching me right now?
said they would take me to my mom. So maybe it is me they want after all...
can I do?
hardly enough time!
Dear God, what should I do!
can't even go to the police...
Before, time passed like a blur. Now, Alice did not
even have a second to waste.
She had to make a decision and she had to make it
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In 2015 we opened Pond King Mercantile and Lake Pro Tackle which features a variety of unique, hand crafted items including: wood carvings and furniture, paintings, photographic prints, ceramics, all-natural candles, soaps, and more! Many of the pieces are works of local Texas artists. The idea of our Mercantile first began with the desire to create a destination with an old-fashioned feel, that was, like we are, Authentically American. We strive to fill our shelves with the best products, and the trusted names our customers are looking for.
Our motto for our Lake Pro Tackle store is "We don't carry everything…just the good stuff!" Come by our brand new retail store and you'll find a reel bar with over 75 reels from top brand manufacturers; a bulk worm bar with over 500 bins filled with premium plastics at half the cost; as well as several aisles of fishing tackle from brands you know and love, and several brands you can't find everywhere–all at warehouse pricing! We also carry a full complement of hand picked fishing tackle kits, custom rod & reel combos and air rifles. If you haven't been here yet, you're missing out. It's worth the drive!
As we have grown, we have maintained our primary goal of producing quality products and services for the outdoor enthusiast that will stand the test of time.
We take great pride in our lake management and fish stocking services that have formed the foundation of our business. We maintain the best equipment for the job, to ensure that the customer is getting their money's worth. We offer a wide array of services including consulting, lake surveys, vegetation treatments, clearing muddy ponds, and water quality management. Each lake management service is available individually or set up as a monthly maintenance contract.
When it comes to following up with fish stocking recommendations, whether it's just a few fingerling catfish or stocking an entire lake with bass, we have you covered. When you purchase fish from Pond King you're also getting the expertise that comes from years of lake management experience with Texas waters. We know what size and specie combinations work the best. We don't sell you the fish we have, we get you the fish you need.
Our Fish Barn, located just west of Gainesville, Texas, is one of the largest fish retail outlets in North Texas. We carry 20 species of fish in a variety of sizes throughout the year. No need to worry about catching the fish truck next time, just come by our location anytime to pick-up your fish. Larger orders can be delivered to your property with guaranteed satisfaction. We take our time acclimating your fish to eliminate any loss resulting from the initial transfer. We offer bulk pricing and free custom quotes to fit your needs.
The quality of our products reflects our commitment to build each and every one with a sense of pride. Here at Pond King, we measure our success with a square and a level, not the bottom-line. Our products are designed to give the customer a lifetime of use.
Our Mini Pontoon Boats, Floating Docks, Fish Habitat, Turtle Traps, Deer Feeders, Duck Blinds, Fire Pits, and Fajita Cookers are all built right here at our facilities. This gives the customer the opportunity to view the fabrication process and recognize the effort and the quality materials that go into each product we make. You can walk through our displays to determine what size and options meet your needs. For our long distance customers, we offer a full refund of the purchase price of any of our products if you are disappointed in any way upon delivery. We stand behind everything we sell because we built it.
"THE BEST TIMES ARE SPENT DOWN AT THE POND. Since I was old enough to hold a pole, I have enjoyed fishing small ponds and lakes. Nothing beat a Sunday afternoon fishing with Dad after collecting the required jug of grasshoppers or can of worms. It was no surprise to my parents that I later pursued a degree in Wildlife & Fishery Sciences at Texas A&M University. I have my own family now and some of the best times are spent down at the pond. That's why I have built my business around the family experience of fishing in small ponds and lakes."
– Brad Metzler, Owner


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February 14, 2012 Painting the BlackExamining the Beane Stock
Baseball lends itself to retrospection. Its rules tend to remain constant, and the limited number of ways in which one can throw or hit a baseball leaves room for today's players to resemble yesterday's players in one respect or another. Even baseball contracts beget retrospectives. When a player signs a new deal, we look to his past for hints about his future. The same goes for general managers, and you can bet that Athletics fans are feeling hopeful in the wake of Billy Beane's reported upcoming pact with Oakland, which is set to run through the 2019 season. Beane remains one of the league's most recognizable executives—thanks in no small part to Moneyball's silver screen adaptation—despite the A's last postseason berth coming in 2006. All of Oakland's losing since has given Beane's critics—those who question whether he's more interested in soccer than baseball—a louder voice. Those who support Beane point to the A's socioeconomic status while crediting his resourcefulness in avoiding the 100-loss mark; meanwhile, the Beane critics finger his regime's inability to draft and develop players and insinuate that his inefficiency act no longer works. Consider the quotes John Perrotto gathered in his latest column if you believe those statements to be exaggerations. Beane is a point of contention, but what else is new? For one, the complexions of the opposing groups. Early last decade, the battle lines matched up well with the ongoing struggle between sabermetricians and purported philistines. Discrediting the Beane doubters is no longer a matter of mocking their unwillingness to break from tradition. There are smart analysts out there who wonder if Beane got himself into this mess with iffy management. Formerly an immutable law of small-market contention, the idea of success cycles is now under fire by the same people who created the success cycle concept. That the Rays are the proof of brilliance while the A's have become mismanaged goofballs is an amusing thought. What are the Rays if not the new A's? What were the A's of Moneyball lore if not the new Indians? The names change, the stories don't; each includes a group of baseball whiz kids neglected locally who overcome insurmountable odds. Winning against a stacked deck—or balling on a budget, as B.J. Upton put it—is a romantic idea. People like romantic ideas, and so they like watching The Little Team That Couldn't Spend win. Once the winning stops, the fuzzy feelings leave, and doubt about management's competency kicks in. Maybe the Rays will avoid this fate, but neither the Indians nor the A's could. One aspect of the Athletics' fall that goes unnoticed is how their odds have worsened. One way to evaluate a small-market team's chances is by using the Payroll Index, as I explained when I evaluated the Indians prior to the 2011 season: Here is that same exercise applied to the post-Moneyball Athletics:
Forget about succumbing to the odds: the A's made the playoffs twice—and had legitimate shots in two other years—over a nine-year span that saw their average playoff expectancy sit at 12.8 percent. That has to be considered a success. So why deride Beane when, by this measure, he did about as well as you can ask? Because nobody cares about the above chart, and because that is how baseball works. If the roster underachieves, then you blame the manager. Once you roll through two managers, as the A's have done since 2003, then you blame the general manager. That the A's most marketable player is Coco Crisp doesn't help Beane's case, either: Crisp's selection gets to the heart of another matter: Oakland's lack of impact players. Blame it in part on the team's inability to lure top free agents to town. Sometimes that failure is cash-related, and other times—as with Adrian Beltre—it is a matter of Oakland being an undesirable home. If Oakland cannot sign free agents who are impact players and can trade for a proven impact player only every now and again (Matt Holliday being the most recent example), that puts the emphasis on drafting and developing. Analyzing a team's drafting ability is about as difficult a baseball topic as it's possible to study, so the table below stops short of trying to analyze more than whom the A's took, who became the best player, and how many of those players are projected to make the 2012 roster:
*On a technicality—the A's drafted Colin Cowgil, but did not sign him. It isn't clear whether the A's are poor drafters, poor developers, or a combination of both. It is worth noting that the A's have attempted to buttress their draft classes by being active in the international amateur market. Michael Ynoa (recovering from Tommy John surgery) and Yoenis Cespedes are the most notable additions on that front, but it remains too early to judge whether those signings worked out or not. The same applies to the A's recent draft picks, like Grant Green, Michael Choice, and Sonny Gray. Add in a sprinkle of bad luck (Grant Desme retiring) as well some unfortunate non-signings (Gary Brown, Mike Leake, and Justin Smoak), and it makes sense that the A's recent farm production has underwhelmed. Keep in mind that the A's have not picked earlier than 10th overall since 1999. Even next June, the A's will select 11th. Why do the A's continue to field better than basement-level teams given that odds of selecting a surefire impact talent slip quickly the deeper the first round goes? Would they not benefit more from taking a year or two off from being fringe-mediocre and gaining a top-five pick or two? As assistant general manager David Forst once told Kevin Goldstein: Oakland's surest means of acquiring impact talent is trading veterans for prospects. And so, as Beane is wont to do, he spent the offseason shopping and trading veterans. All the bartering resulted in Beane spinning Gio Gonzalez, Trevor Cahill, and Andrew Bailey off for six of the organization's top 11 prospects (or six of the top 12, since Cespedes appears to be the A's best prospect now). Beane is building for the future again, hoping to experience that idyllic situation in which all of the team's prospects develop, reach the majors, and mature into a good team over a three-to-five-year span. From there, the cycle begins anew—usually. This cycle could be different if the ballpark deal with San Jose goes through. San Jose has become synonymous with hope and with the dream of keeping a few of those impact players in town beyond their first five or six seasons. That Beane did not jump to a new team could mean he thinks the new ballpark is going to happen. It could all fall apart, like Fremont—Beane will have an opt-out tied to the stadium, after all—but for now, he seems to buy in. To borrow an unspoken analytical parlance from back in the day: there must be something there if Beane bought in. Whether Beane's latest rebuild will take the A's back to the postseason remains to be seen. Just know that if Beane and the A's fail, it won't be because of a lack of commitment.
R.J. Anderson is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @r_j_anderson
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This volume condenses 20 years of chat with the great warrior. We learn not only his admiration of Napoleon, whose defence of Paris was "Excellent - quite excellent", and his scorn for an enemy general ("Don Carlos merely answered with an Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! - one of the silliest devils I ever knew") but also that he had central heating installed in 1834: "The Duke showed me his new apparatus for warming the house by tubes of hot water. It had cost pounds 219." His views are often far-sighted. As early as 1845, he insisted: "I confess I feel no great security in any English colony". It is a pleasure to sit round the radiator with the old boy.
Rules of the Wild by Francesca Marciano (Cape, pounds 9.99)
White Mischief revisited - except this generation of ex-pats are more excited by a hand-me-down Hello! and a packet of Hobnobs than orgies and ostrich feathers. Set in Nairobi, Marciano's very readable first novel tells the story of Esme, a resourceful Euro-yuppie who, while making a new life for herself in Africa, falls for two very different men: Adam, a handsome bush boy, and Hunter, a misogynistic (but strangely alluring) stringer for the Independent. Karen Blixen rewritten by Bridget Jones.
On Queer Street by Hugh David (HarperCollins, pounds 8.99)
Kissed by a man who kissed Bosie, the author notes that he is "only two pecks away from Oscar Wilde". David deftly traces the social history of homosexuality in Britain from the "long aftermath" of the Wilde trial (though Philip Hoare in Wilde's Last Stand insists that it wasn't so long) to post-Aids disillusion. In the interwar period, he describes "a tacit agreement between the homosexual and the wider community". The dour Fifties put paid to that, but an "ostensibly unnatural conjunction of agit-prop marching and self-satisfied partying" meant that "the whole of Thatcher's Britain became a giant YMCA" by the Eighties.
Eleven Days by Donald Harstad (Fourth Estate, pounds 9.99)
Like Patricia Cornwall, ex-cop turned novelist Donald Harstad's main claim to fame is that he knows what a pair of testicles look like when whizzed up in the blender. Set in a remote corner of Iowa, the novel kicks off with the discovery of several mutilated bodies and one dead dog. It's up to Deputy Sheriff Houseman (with help from FBI special agent Hester Gorse) to comb the corn-fields for an answer. A good place to hide spare parts.
Rebels and Outcasts by Charlie Pye-Smith (Penguin, pounds 7.99)
Despite cover reviews confined to the Catholic Herald and The Tablet, this "journey through Christian India" is too enjoyable to be restricted to believers. Indeed, the happy-clappy brigade may take against Pye-Smith's sympathetic account of a New Delhi priest. "'So you believe it's possible for Muslims, Hindus, whoever, to reach paradise?' I asked. 'If there is one,' he replied." Supplying succinct verbal shapshots, Pye-Smith pursues a faith observed by around 30 million. Our own threadbare clergy may gain solace from an ancient Jesuit in Goa who is "particularly impressed by the fact that Anglican vicars earned over pounds 10,000 a year".
The New Life by Orhan Pamuk (Faber, pounds 6.99)
Described by its publicists as the fastest-selling novel in Turkish history, Orhan Pamuk's third novel is not quite as exhilarating as it sounds. Part road-novel, part metaphysical mystery, it tells the story of a young student whose life is transformed after reading a magical book, and who then goes on to survive a Ballardian coach crash and an enigmatic love affair. Some evocative descriptions of the Anatolian steppe en route.
The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Daniel Defoe by Richard West (Flamingo, pounds 8.99)
You won't find a more enjoyable or action-packed work on the biography shelves. We learn that, prior to inventing the English novel, Defoe's desperate money-making schemes - they included buying 70 civet cats for pounds 850 - resulted in him going bankrupt for the stupendous sum of pounds 17,000. A prominent spy for Queen Anne, he advocated the creation of the forerunners of M15 and M16. For badmouthing London aldermen in a scabrous lampoon, he was condemned to three days in the pillory, but was pelted only with flowers. Defoe's restless, inventive spirit produced an all-time bestseller in Robinson Crusoe, but even on his death bed he was still harried by duns.
Night moves: one of the cult covers by Dave McKean from the Sandman series by Neil Gaiman. Taken from Dustcovers: the collected Sandman covers 1989-1997 by Dave McKean (Titan Books, pounds 16.99)
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Let it snow, Lufthansa!
It is snowing in New York. It's actually not that much snow, but enough to make me happy. You need to understand that where I come from, snow is something you only see in the movies! And it brings me back to last week, when I was stuck in Germany because of a snow storm. I think it is a worth telling story. It happened because I went to the fascinating city of Istanbul for Thanksgiving. It was a great trip and I will write about it soon. It was only for 4 days and I was supposed to be back on Monday the 29th so that I wouldn't miss any class. But thanks to a snow storm and the great emergency plan of Lufthansa (this is ironic, just in case), I arrived home with one day of delay, exhausted, missing classes and without my luggage.
I left the hotel at 10am to be in the airport 2-3 hours before my flight took off. For some reason I am really paranoid with being punctual to the airport. I am afraid one day I'll go and they tell me the flight is gone! It actually happened once... but not anymore! Well, so I was there on time, checked in and struggled to say goodbye to who I was leaving behind. I go to the gate and they tell me my flight was delayed 40 minutes. I started freaking out. I had to fly to Frankfurt to catch a flight to New York there and my transfer was only 1 hour, which means I would only have 20 minutes left for the transfer. If you have already been in Frankfurt, you know it's a huge airport and there is no way you can make it with only 20 minutes. I asked everyone to make sure I would make it and they all told me not to worry... fine. Then the same lady who told me not to worry, announced that the flight was delayed 3 hours! Great, now there was no chance I would catch the other flight.
When I finally got on the plane at 4pm, knowing that I had already missed the flight to NYC, they announced we would have to wait 3 more hours inside the plane. By that time, I had no idea what would happen with me and with getting back home. They kept announcing that the weather in Frankfurt was too bad to fly, it could be dangerous, there was too much snow... Finally, around 7:30pm they said we would fly to Munich instead. Great... what would I do in Munich? I was very worried and asked one of the attendants, who told me not to worry because the customer service would arrange everything once in Munich. So that's what I thought: I would land in Munich, a nice Lufthansa operator would tell me to get ready for my immediate flight to New York and I would be back home on time. But I'm just a dreamer.
We landed in Munich around 10pm and there were hundreds of people there. There were huuuuuge lines of people and guess what, the lines wouldn't move forward. It was terrible. I understand that this was no ones fault, no one can't stop the snow (I guess). But what I'm complaining about is that Lufthansa had hundreds of people waiting, there were 18 windows in the Costumer Service Office and there were only 4 operators! I can't believe they couldn't get anymore staff to control the situation. They were giving vouchers for a hotel night and told us we should be there at 5am because that was the time they would start rebooking. Basically, I knew for sure that I would not fly that night... but I wasn't even sure I would be able to fly the following day.
When I finally got to be attended, it turned out that all the hotels in Munich were full. No more vouchers. But again, they told me not to worry because they would set up tents in the airport so that we could sleep and they would give us 20 Euros (more or less $26) to spend in McDonald's, the only restaurant that was open at that time. On top of that, they said they wouldn't deliver our luggages. Again, they told us not to worry, the luggage would arrive directly to our final destination once we are rebooked. People started freaking out, everyone was so angry. I didn't even care. I was really tired, I was sad to leave Istanbul, I was sad that I couldn't go back home and I wanted to sleep so bad. Anyway, I spent my 20 Euros in McDonald's. It was snowing a lot, and the queue was so big that I had to wait outside of the restaurant for a while... freezing! But finally I got my burger, my fries, my drink, my wrap and my pie... (you can actually get a lot of stuff with a $26 McDonald's voucher!). I didn't even eat half of it, which made me feel a bit guilty, but enough to satisfy my hunger.
Finally I did a smart move. One of the smartest I have lately done! Instead of getting one of the super fancy tents they set up, I decided to "sleep" right in front of the desk where they would do the rebooking thing. When I arrived there, there were already 9 or 10 people waiting who had had the same idea. A lot of people started coming in the following hours. At 5.30am the Lufthansa ladies appeared. By that time, there were crazy hundreds of people in the line... but I was the 10th! Again, there were 18 windows and only ¡¡3!! operators. I can't understand it neither... But ok, at 6am it was my turn to rebook. The lady told me all flights from Munich were full, Frankfurt was still suffering from bad weather and she wasn't sure I could make it that day. Thanks God, that made me feel so much better... However, finally she told me she could get me on a flight from Hamburg, which totally changed my face! The only thing is that I had to reach the gate in just a few minutes and the transfer was only 30 minutes. I didn't care... it could not get worse than that!
I flew to Hamburg, and reached the gate for the other flight as fast as I could. I couldn't believe I was about to board on a flight to NYC! It wasn't with Lufthansa, though. It was with Continental Airlines... which I don't like as much. The food is bad, the seats are terrible, the entertaining system could be so much better... but I don't think any of this would bother me at that time. It turns out that they had booked me a seat in one of those rows that are supposed to be empty. That was nice of them, because I finally used the three seats to lay down and sleep for hours... it was the first time of my life I got to fall asleep in a plane! I arrived to Newark airport on Tuesday afternoon, I couldn't believe that! But there was one more surprise waiting for me there. They had lost my luggage and had no idea where it was. Great. Most of my clothes were there and all my shower stuff as well. They gave me a phone number and a bag with shampoo and a small teeth brush. However, I could finally go home!
The funny thing is that I missed my English class that day. In that class I was supposed to hand in an essay on THE OVERUSE OF AIRPLANES FOR LEISURE. How ironic is that! I had to write about the consequences of using planes. I basically complain about it not only because of the environmental issues, but also because of the economical reasons and the physical stress it causes. I guess I could have added a few more arguments after all this experience. Anyway, I was back home and safe, which felt good enough. Finally, my bag arrived a couple of days ago. It seems it got lost in hamburg when I had to change from Lufthansa to Continental. They told me they would send me a rebate for the things I had to buy this week like shower gel, a pair of jeans... let's see what happens, I am already tired of dealing with them! After this kind of incidents, I always say I won't take airplanes any time soon. But I'm flying back to Barcelona for Christmas in a couple of weeks. Honestly, now that I think about it, I don't think it was that big deal. I guess if I hadn't been alone I would have even been laughing about it. Nevertheless, I know for sure this is not the last time it will happen and actually all these experiences give me something else to tell my grandsons in the future.
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wow... em va passar quelcom semblant fa uns anys... havia d'anar a Costa Rica i vaig acabar passant la nit a Nicaragua, tot també per culpa del temps (en el meu cas tormenta tropical). Suposo que, com dius tu, no s'hi pot fer res en aquests casos! però aquell caos, la desesperació, el temps d'espera, i la incertesa no ajuden gens. I acompanyat, tampoc jaja
Petons Josh!- MatadoreDecember 6, 2010 at 3:14 PM
What a Cioban :)
Nice story, I would like to see your face expression "maaan that's ridiculous!".
BTW I remember you sleeping in the plane AT least 2 times buhahha :) And still I can't believe that continental has got worsted sits, than Air Baltic.
Seee you - sara_skyDecember 17, 2010 at 7:49 AM
madre mia k caos!!pero weno al final llegaste bien! y tus maletas tambien!
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For the first of our DVIP lectures at Flag Fen we were honoured to host Martin Carver, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at the University of York, editor of the Journal Antiquity and the author of one of our favourite 'how-to' books on field archaeology – Archaeological Investigation.
Based on his latest book 'Making Archaeology Happen: Design versus Dogma,' his far-reaching lecture left us convinced that our unique approach to crowdfunding and crowdsourcing was an important step forward.
Discussing how and why archaeology is undertaken all over the world, Martin passionately argued that 'Archaeology is for the People,' deeply embedded in the needs of local communities, making it simultaneously an art, science and social science. Realising this 'public benefit' means changing how archaeology is currently practiced, from a standardized process to one that rests on creative design – kind of like the difference between a builder and an architect.
We were blown away by this – particularly in relation to our creative approach to crowdfunding and crowdsourcing – and there were some interesting chats afterwards in the Wattle and Daub! If, as Martin argued, the way archaeology is currently funded stifles our creativity as archaeologists (whether its undertaken by university's or by developers seeking planning permission), then a crowdfunded approach like DigVentures that draws support from as wide a constituency of funders as possible must do the exact opposite.
Rather like architects it allows us to design a project and assemble a team that is exactly right for the needs of the site, and if the community like what they see we are given the permission and resources to dig it. Keeping our side of the bargain in this 'social contract' means staying 100% focused on our Venturers, either through updates on our digital platform or with sleeves rolled up on the site itself. This is 'Archaeology for the People' and its what we mean when we say 'Archaeology in your hands'… but of course you all knew that already!
Settle back and enjoy the presentation, and if anyone has any comments or questions, just jot them down below or on our Facebook page and we'll do what we can to help. All the best!
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