Holiday Weekend
Memorial Day on the California Delta...
A nice intro to summer - warm and breezy.
Ski boats booming out the latest tunes as they head for fast water.
Good times are soon to be had as they race down Indian Slough
Toward Skiers Beach to hang after a few runs.
Boards and vibes
Make you realize
Summer is here!
Saturday, May 29, 2004
Monday, May 17, 2004
Breakfast In New York
Hotel Charges $1,000 for Omelet
May 17, 7:55 AM (ET)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's not made of gold - just eggs, lobster, caviar and a few trimmings. But an omelet on the menu of a swanky Manhattan hotel will set you back $1,000, plus tip.
"I couldn't believe it was the price when I first saw '1,000' on the menu. I thought it was the calorie count," Virginia Marnell, a customer at Norma's restaurant in Le Parker Meridien hotel on West 57th Street, told the Daily News for Monday editions.
The omelet, which debuted May 5 and is billed as the "Zillion Dollar Frittata," has six eggs, a lobster and - here's the kicker - 10 ounces of sevruga caviar. The restaurant pays $65 an ounce for the caviar, according to Norma's general manager, Steven Pipes.
"Since we knew it was going to be a very expensive dish, we decided to have some fun with it," Pipes told the News. "It's not just a gimmick, though. It tastes good."
Beside the omelet's entry in the menu is the following message: "Norma dares you to expense this."
No one has ordered it yet.
A "budget" version of the omelet, containing only one ounce of caviar, sells for $100.
Hotel Charges $1,000 for Omelet
May 17, 7:55 AM (ET)
NEW YORK (AP) - It's not made of gold - just eggs, lobster, caviar and a few trimmings. But an omelet on the menu of a swanky Manhattan hotel will set you back $1,000, plus tip.
"I couldn't believe it was the price when I first saw '1,000' on the menu. I thought it was the calorie count," Virginia Marnell, a customer at Norma's restaurant in Le Parker Meridien hotel on West 57th Street, told the Daily News for Monday editions.
The omelet, which debuted May 5 and is billed as the "Zillion Dollar Frittata," has six eggs, a lobster and - here's the kicker - 10 ounces of sevruga caviar. The restaurant pays $65 an ounce for the caviar, according to Norma's general manager, Steven Pipes.
"Since we knew it was going to be a very expensive dish, we decided to have some fun with it," Pipes told the News. "It's not just a gimmick, though. It tastes good."
Beside the omelet's entry in the menu is the following message: "Norma dares you to expense this."
No one has ordered it yet.
A "budget" version of the omelet, containing only one ounce of caviar, sells for $100.
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Sleepy Sunday Morning
Listening to XM Radio sampler on-line while surfing the news - NY & LA Times, SF Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News - much about the mistreatement of prisoners in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and Afghanistan. The hunt is on for a scalp... Rumsfeld's being the favorite. I am sure some high level heads will roll. It's too visible and shocking now.
As I sit comfortably surrounded by the warmth of new age music at my computer with the world at my fingertips, I realize how out of touch we are from "the real world", the world of fanatical Muslims and Palestinians, al Queda and other terrorist groups. Millions facing starvation in Sudan as Arab Muslims try to eliminate anything black. The world is a terrible place for many people; a hell on earth. We westerners live like kings, princes, potentates.
The religious writers had it correct that there is a place "hell". They were wrong about where it is and how you get there. It isn't after you die. It is here and it is now. Perhaps our reason for being here on earth as spiritual beings is to alleviate the suffering of those living in hell. Each one of us lucky ones saving one other person from their living hell would create heaven on earth. Am I a dreamer or just a simpleton, moron, idiot, imbecile?
Listening to XM Radio sampler on-line while surfing the news - NY & LA Times, SF Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News - much about the mistreatement of prisoners in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and Afghanistan. The hunt is on for a scalp... Rumsfeld's being the favorite. I am sure some high level heads will roll. It's too visible and shocking now.
As I sit comfortably surrounded by the warmth of new age music at my computer with the world at my fingertips, I realize how out of touch we are from "the real world", the world of fanatical Muslims and Palestinians, al Queda and other terrorist groups. Millions facing starvation in Sudan as Arab Muslims try to eliminate anything black. The world is a terrible place for many people; a hell on earth. We westerners live like kings, princes, potentates.
The religious writers had it correct that there is a place "hell". They were wrong about where it is and how you get there. It isn't after you die. It is here and it is now. Perhaps our reason for being here on earth as spiritual beings is to alleviate the suffering of those living in hell. Each one of us lucky ones saving one other person from their living hell would create heaven on earth. Am I a dreamer or just a simpleton, moron, idiot, imbecile?