It Takes the Cake

It's got SOME cake in it:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hAEmJnCk_o&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Col. Zev,  this may or may not help.  I went to a place called the Riverside Inn back during the Reagan adminsitration. This seems to be it   http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/168468 

Oh dear.  And I'm doing my grocery shopping in the morning. 
 
This does not bode well for me . . .

Ya know,our Mayor, his honor"Da Mare",bets the owner of a  sports team,playing against our sports team in any contested world class trophy event, a cheesecake from Eli's Cheesecakes, made right in Chicago.It was born as a dessert at Eli's, The Place for Steak, by one Eli Schulman.   They usually feature a GIANT one for Taste of Chicago, something on the order of 500(!)pounds.      And,no, I cannot compare it with a NewYork Cheesecake,I haven't actually tried,and/or found, the Best in kind NY  cheesecake.   However, I did buy myself one of those little whipped cream maker chargers, and was pleasantly surprised when I loaded it with EggNog,and made that like whipped cream on a pumpkin cheesecake for a ThanksGiving dinner.  Boy, a cold turkey leftover sangwidge,and a slice of that pie.....only a little under 4months to wait.....

I make my own at home, and bring them in to work to bribe colleagues. It hasn't failed yet.

good morning eyesters!
 
hands down my favorite :
 
mascarpone cheesecake in mexican chocolate crust with pecans. 
 
haven't made it in decades, but have a feeling i'll be looking it up today, to make.  omg it's good.
 
 

yet.....there's also talian cream cake.........

CUUKOO:
 
That sounds divine. (or is that only for angelfood cake).
 
I love cheecake.
 
Cheecake Factory has a chocolate mousse cheesecake that's very good.
 
My mother lives outside Chicago and likes ELI's a lot, maybe she'll bring one when she comes next month.
 
But she also makes a wicked very light cheesecake that everyone likes.
 
At one time I had a friend who wanted to put me in business making that very cheese cake.
 
Italian ricotta Easter pie is another of my favorites.
 
Now I need coffee.

Alas! the love of cheesecake! it is known

To be a lovely and a fearful thing...

korthal, i may have kept that particular recipe. it is truly decadent. if i can find it i will post it.  i passed the spatula to my daughter and daughter-in-law about 6 years ago, along with all the mixers and cooking utensils.  similar the burning of the bra era of my youth, that i now return to.  it's their turn.  

CUUKOO:
 
I'll be looking for that recipe.

Gaining weight just reading about it :)  It should however, not be messed with -- it should be in it's purest form:  just cheesecake, no Oreo Cookies, no chocolate, just cheesecake.  And to Korthal:  Italian ricotta Easter pie, or for that matter, anything Italian.

off topic......69 here and normal is 90+...what's up with that?

I  know  that  nice  John  Peterman  closed  his  story  referencing  the  use  of  the  term  "cheesecake"  to  refer  to  pictures  of  women  in  provocative  settings  or  clothes.  Just  thought  I'd  ask  if  anyone  else  remembers  the  calendars  that  your  auto  mechanic  would  have  hanging  around  his  service  station  &  garage  in  the  1950's.   As  a  boy,  let  me  assure  you  that  my  interest  level  was  purely  academic.....  In  the  waiting  room  where  the  cash  register  was  located  (the  old-fashioned  register,  where  the  operator  still  needed  to  know  how  to  add  &  subtract  in  order  to  make  change).   Out  there  suppliers  from  auto  parts  outlets   provided  the  owner  with  calendars  as  Christmas  "thank  you  for  your  business"  cards.  The  waiting  room  got  pictures  of  classic  cars  &  trucks.  But  in  the  service  bay  area,  where  you  as  a  customer  technically  were  prohibited  "for  safety  reasons"  from  appearing,   the  same  supplier  sent  a  2nd  calendar,  with  "cheescake'  photos.  A  beautiful  woman  would  be  photographed,  getting  into  a  series  1  Corvette,  and  as  she  did  so  a  glimpse  of  her  thigh  might  appear,  and  she  would  give  the  viewer  an  "I  caught  you  staring,  you  rascal  you"  smile.....cheap  thrills.

Kindlee: In the words of Bill - "You ain't lyin'."

Cuukoo, Maybe some All-knowing Supreme Being is messing with the people who think they have figured out Climate Change.

Bert-two words:
 
Gil Elvgren.

wt. check!

The word 'empalagoso' comes to mind....variously translated as 'cloying', 'excessively sweet', it's related to 'empalagar': to cause disgust.  I simply think of cheesecake as something (along with most other cakes) that makes one vaguely nauseous once eaten -- never enough to cause actual vomiting, just that desire to do so to clear one's stomach of the offending substance.  Sorry if you are a fan, guys.....

What a perfectly appropriate topic for my birthday (my 35th).  In honor of the occasion, I have just treated myself to my semi-annual J. Peterman splurge.  It may be a sign of the times that the three items I just purchased were all from the Last Chance Dept. but I promise to post photos when they arrive.
 
Perhaps cheesecake will be the order of the day.
 
Of course, Lindy's (like so many places) has devolved into an overrated institution living on hype and history.  But the legendary Brooklyn eatery, Junior's, is most legendary for its many varieties and flavors of cheesecake (though my favorite, strangely, is plain).  It was once only in Brooklyn but, for the last few years, there have been outposts in Grand Central Terminal and Times Square.  I recommend it to EVERYONE.

DPR:
 
Have a happy cheesecake and candle day.
 
35, I don't remember back that far but I think it was fun.

dpr
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m44z-223UYE&feature=related

I LUFF Cheesecake ~ I got to Penzy's yesterday to pick up the crystal ginger needed for Dztldy's White Chocolate Ginger Cheesecake  recipe (posted on the rhubarb thread). I can't wait to find time & an event to make it for.
 
I like Eli's Cheesecake from Chicago but here in Green Bay we also have place called Cheesecake Heaven & well since Eli's is 3+ hours away whenever I have a craving Cheesecake Heaven can almost satisfy my taste buds. Sometimes you just HAVE TO compromise even when it comes to Cheesecake.  And NO buying Eli's frozen version from Sam's club is not the same ~ I don't care what everyone else says...
 
Dang it now I'm hungary for Cheesecake...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Happy Birthday DPR ~ Have a Great Day :)

Had my first piece(s) of Sopapilla Cheesecake Pie at a Mexico-Themed Party over the weekend, and it was absolutely the best cheesecake I ever had. Attached a link for a recipe below. Dad makes a pretty good cheesecakse himself and was published a number of years ago but hasn't made it since. Need to find that recipe. I do love Cheesecake ever so much, and it's a shame that Michael Phelps can't have any now that he's in training. And speaking of Michael Phelps, did anyone happen to see the World Championship of Swimming? Even more records have been broken, and Phelps was beaten, all thanks to the high-tech swim suits that are getting banned in 2010. So maybe we can have our (cheese)cake and eat it to, thanks to these marvelous suits.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Sopapilla-Cheesecake-Pie/Detail.aspx
 
Willie T~ thanks for the link. I definitely want to check it out.

Oh yeah, Happy Birthday DPR! Will toast to you tonight!

Happy Birthday, DPR.  Go eat cheesecake.

Thank you so much for your good wishes, my friends.
 
Doc,
 
Chessecake is not humans.  They are not all created equal.  The best way to prevent that "cloying" effect you describe is to include a lemon in the making of the cheesecake.  This gives it a tartness that undercuts the sweetness to which you object.  I've always preferred it on the sweeter side so I don't make it that way.  But my father always liked the lemon (almost ANY dessert was too sweet for his tastes) so my mother always made it that way.  I was 30 by the time I finally confessed that I never cared for her cheesecake.

Because of my high esteem for the Doctor, I shall endeavour to lighten the mood and still follow the path of his thoughts...
 
WARNING-strong stuff! Go ye not down this path if your constitution be not well-ratified!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlK62rjQWLk
 
 

Mr. Peterman, really I must object!  2 food topics back to back, are you TRYING to sabotage my diet?!?!
 
It may be sacrilege but I really do prefer the fluffy, no-bake, jell-o type cheesecake with the graham cracker crust...throwback to my childhood days when I "grown up food" was dismissed out of hand as GRODY.  I've grown out of most of my pickiness, but not with cheesecake.

Oooooh when are we going to have Irish Butter day?

We can't have Irish Butter day without Brown Bread day.

I think my dad just reminded me of why I don't like "real" cheesecake. 
 
I still remember being very small, and staying in temp. housing at Camp Pendleton for some reason (weird because my da was in the USAF) and my mom packing all of the kids in the station wagon and driving around for what seemed like hours to find Sam's Homemade Cheesecake Inc.
 
7 kids, 1 adult...5 of the kids debating with the adult what type to get.  About an hour later and we're sitting in the car eating it on the way back to the base...Mom stops at the gate to show her ID and I vault over 2 of my siblings to vomit out the open window in front of the sentry.  Got spanked once we got home for embarassing mom and wasting perfectly good cheesecake.  Ahhhh good time *she said sarcasticly*, I think my mom is scarey than most USMC DIs.

Very true Michael.
 
DPR, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!  I turned 30 last month and since I didn't so much as get a cake or dinner out, I believe I will be following your suit and treating myself to a birthday indulgence from our good host's offerings.
 
My pregnant little sister was over to my house last night so I could give her a pedicure, she was telling me about a woman she knew who ate her own placenta after the baby was born for "health purposes"...now I can tell her to just eat greek cheesecake instead!

OLIVA:

GROSSS!!!
 
I could only watch about a third of that one.

Clams and cheesecake my god.  And I haven't finished eating my way through The Best Hot Dog, not to mention The Best Barbeque, Bar None.  I'll think I best return the John Peterman ladies trousers that swoosh one tiny second after my leg does -- can I get them in the "I used to be a size six until I found His Blog" one size fits all size?  ... I didn't think so. ...But tomorrow is another day, I'll worry about it tomorrow.  For today, pass the Eli's.   Their simple, plain, uncluttered cheesecake is the best there is, anywhere.  With fresh raspberries on the side, it's other worldly wonderful.   

And a most happy three-five DPR!  Enjoy your day, every moment of it.

PARK4 ~ I'm in total agreement with you about the Peterman sizes.. And in regards to your Tomorrow is another day sentiment  ~ TCM is airing Gone with the Wind tonite...

DPR.......Happy 35th! I agree about Junior's.....their recipes and methods are terrific, too. 
 
Rings90.......Hope you enjoy the making and eating of the White Chocolate Ginger recipe.
 
My dad always preferred the lightness of an Italian Cheesecake, and served room temperature.  It is delicious, especially made with a hint of orange flower water, but it's not my preference.....if it's going to be cheesecake, it needs to sink to your ankles.....bypassing the waistline and hips, of course. 
 
 
Happy Cheesecake Day.  :~)

GWTW on TCM!  Oh rings, thanks for the reminder.   I promised myself that the next time they air it (they just did, I think), I was going to watch it in its entirety "with new eyes."  And I'm in the mood today.  That will be fun:  me and Viv, Clark and Eli's.  What a foursome!

You  guys  are  KILLING  ME!   Working  out  of  my  home  office  today,  and  I  have  NOTHING  either  fresh  or  frozen  that  holds  a  candle  to  ANY  of  your  described  creations.....

Truth be told, I prefer my cheesecake in a thong.

Nachista:  oh my goodness.  That's sort of cannibalistic.  Ooooh.  To each their own, but wow.  It might have been better used in stem cell harvesting.  Even then.  I'm going to go back to thinking about cheesecake now...

Bernard Bruno ~ one fo the great Cheesecake Pinup Photographers of the "Starlets"  Af ew years back his daughter did a book of his work: Bernard of Hollywood: The Ultimate Pin-Up Book
 
There's also Ray Jones who did "Portraits" for Universal Studio ~ It seems with his use of props you could count some of them as Cheesecake..   
 
One wonders about all the Cheesecake Poses of the the "starlets" who did not make it ~ What happened to them what happend to those pictures? Are Cheesecake Photos still done today? Could/Should my H.S. Graduate Pictures or for that matter the annual Kids Christmas portrait outing to Sears or the dragging your kids  & pets to the Picture Peoples be counted as Cheesecake? Just wondering.....

I think I lucked out today.  The grocery store only had whole cheesecakes (out of my budget) and no individual slices (within my budget).  I was (barely) able to resist temptation.

Rings I think my husband owns that book!

I ate 28 slices of cheesecake today-yum yum

Anyone here ever spent much time in Utah?  Ever been to a Utah wedding, especially a mormon Utah wedding?  Here's the breakdown for about 90% of Mormon Utah weddings...
 
8am (for some reason always WAY early) Marriage ceremony
 
11am or Noon a wedding breakfast for families (notice the several hour gap where the couple is conspicuously missing)
 
6pm-9pm Reception...stick-a-fork-in-your-eye-boring reception where the couple and their parents and their best friends and half of their siblings stand in a line and greet people for 3 hours...no dj or dancing (not because we are afraid of dancing more because everyone is too cheap to hire a band or dj), no dinner, absolutely no booze, and minimal food.  I don't know who wrote this unwritten rule but its been that way since I can remember.  I bucked the system and refused to have a stick-a-fork-in-your-eye-boring reception...in fact I refused to have a reception at all, you should have heard the gasps from the honking-huge-diamond ring wearing 20-something bottle blonde girls who constantly asked me about my wedding plans.  They pitied me and I pitied them, I think it made a nice neat circle.
 
The thing about the food served though is you can be certain that they will either serve 7-up in a huge punch bowl or Frappe (strawberry ice cream covered in fizzy punch) and an assortment of frozen cheesecake slices and mini cream puffs from Sam's club...which may or may not be thawed out.  You can tell its a REALLY posh reception when after you are hustled through the handshake gauntlet of death you get the the refreshment table and the cheese cake is actually fresh...probably made by the brides 20+ aunts the night before and hauled there in minivans and SUVs about 5 minutes before the reception was supposed to begin.  One of my almost sister in laws started an at-home business of making cheesecakes for weddings and within 2 months of opening had to hire helpers because the demand for cheesecake was so great.
 
In this state people are addicted to food because it is a no-no to drink, smoke, or use recreational drugs.  Trust me you will lose count of ice cream parlors, smoothie shops, donut shops, bakeries, and other forms of sweet gluttony.

Does anyone recall the name of the legendary artist who drew "pin ups" for the early "Playboy" issues.  He's so legendary I can't remember his name...no, seriously, there's a name in my head that won't come forth and get me out of this.  He was to pin up art as Scavullo was to photography of whoever's chic...  

Okay.   The name of the artist, known for his cheesecake pin-up , is Alberto Varga.   His "girls" are known as the Vargas Girls.   These pinups, while definitely cheesecake, are definitely not the cheesy kind.  Varga did great work. I've uploaded a couple of them, to the right. Happy viewing!

Nachista: I don't know if the cheesecake is worth going through that sort of day.  But what do I know?  My only Utah experience is driving from the east boarder to the western edge in one night.
 
Not a good night, either.

Slightly off topic, but one of my silly memories: Wasatch Mountain Brewry; the WC was exactly upstairs of the brew kettles...Ski Utah!

From JohnPeterman, above: 
"Damon Runyon, who was a big fan [of Lindy's restaurant and its cheesecake], wrote the restaurant into his books as "Mindy's," which later became immortalized in "Guys and Dolls."

Nathan Detroit to Sky Masterson: "Does Mindy's sell more cheesecake than strudel?"

Here's the famous clip from the film version of Runyan's story, starring none other than The Chairman of the Board as "Nathan Detroit" and Marlon Brando as "Sky."  An odd couple, some say an odd movie, but damn, I really X3 like it a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Wvgs9q3js

"Daddy, I got cider in my ear."

PARK:
 
Look at the part in Frank's hair and how long has it been since we could go to HAVANA?

Michael...its not.

my very favorite colour is cheesecake ..... what can I say?

Olivia: If you persist in posting links to YouTube -- to wit, the link to Mr. Creosote at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlK62rjQWLk  -- I shall be forced persist in my belief that we are spiritually linked... Thanks!  I'd forgotten... (and how well the segment captured the essence of 'empalagoso'!!!!) Ah, 7 minutes and 38 seconds well spent :-) 

Liberation Dress

It had been a terrible day. I'd spent most of it on the move, flitting through back alleys and wee laneways, avoiding them. Most days it's bad enough, but they seem to be especially active just now. I was very tired, and I didn't look forward to pulling beers for those bastards all night, avoiding their grabby hands and leering faces.

I was worried, I was sad, fatigued, spent. I was sick of feeling that way, too. But what can you do? This was the way life was right now, and if I survived, perhaps it would be better. Sometimes I thought it might be better if I didn't, but I'm a natural optimist, so those thoughts don't last.

I heard activity a street over, and shrank into a doorway. The sound of caissons, shouting, then frantic shouting and a few explosions in the distance.

Mon Dieu! What is happening?

I didn't feel at all safe there, so I hurried down a narrow street in the opposite direction, and when I turned a corner, there you were. I was surprised, shocked even. I thought you were hiding in the mountains, picking your battles and waiting for an opportunity. Now I was truly confused, and my eyes widened as you grabbed me roughly and kissed me hard. I tasted tobacco, red wine, and something else-blood?

You laughed. I hadn't heard your laugh in what, years? I smiled tentatively, and asked you what was funny.

"Cherie, don't you know? The Americans! They are coming, very close now, and the Bosch-they run like the rabbits they are! Now there will be no more sport in the hills, but we will drink champagne and dance in the streets, tomorrow! Go, ma petite chou-fleur, and put on your dress-the one with the flowers, that you wore when you were happy, for now it is time, time for you to be happy again. And for me?"

You slitted your eyes, and gave a look of hatred towards the enemy, two streets over. I shivered.

"Now, I must go hunting, oui?"

In case the rest of you don't know, Miss Olivia talked me into coming here.... I'm in awe of her, though I suspect she thinks I'm even more eccentric than I already know I am... Hats off to Olivia!  And may Kurt Vonnegut and Monty Python travel with us, one and all! (Dang, I've got to get my copy of Life of Brian out soon... it's only five months until Christmas!)

kothal:  have you ever seen that movie?  It's in comic-book technicolor, Brando sings "Luck Be a Lady," and Sinatra's blue eyes smile in every scene.  It wasn't a hit at the time,I guess everybody liked a brooding Brando better.  And I love the Havana screnes, makes me want to go...a three thumbs up kind of movie, rated "F" for fun. 

Varga also did posters for some major hollywood films ~ I love his work ~ My dream "Dressing Boudoir Space" would have to have at least 5 Varga Girl Pinups in it. He did simply Beautiful Work. Nothing today can compare to his drawing of the female form. Of course really there's few today that can capture what Hurrell & Bull did also...
 
Nachista ~ I WISH I had that book.. 
 
 

Gee.... now going from Monty Python clip to MP clip on YouTube.... I've been captured by a giant brain sucking beast.... and here's Mr. Bicycle Repair Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxfzm9dfqBw&NR=1

Park4,
 
I didn't know he had drawn for Playboy but, just by your description, I guessed you were thinking of Varga and I see you figured it out.  I must confess I love his work.  As for rating a movie "F", I have always believed there was tremendous cultural value in Films Loved Unconditionally For Fun (otherwise known as F.L.U.F.F.).
 
Rings90,
 
What's the point of watching GWTW on TCM?  Don't you have the 4-disk collector's edition?  I do!

I'm with PeterLake.

As to denigrating Lindy's, I came by their recipe long years ago, and though I've made countless others, even have an entire cookbook of cheesecakes, their original (40 ounces of cream cheese, many eggs, extra yolks) remains my favorite. To eat and to fix. The thin layer of sour cream spread across its top just after baking, then returned to oven briefly is among their success-secrets, in my book. But that's just me.... Takes a serious cheesecake-lover to appreciate Lindy's original (which they mayn't even make anymore; my recipe is half-torn-up).

PARK:
 
Never saw it but will definitly have to watch out for the chance to catch it.

DPR ~ Of Course I have the 4 disc Collectors set I took lunch at 9am that day to make sure I got it.
 
It's just that its SO much BETTER whenit's actually airing on the T.V. ~ Don;t knwo why it just is.... I find that I have the same feelign when it comes to the classic Peanut Cartoons also.. Maybe it's the fact that you know others around the world are watching it at the same time you are...   

Just  got  back  from  grabbing  something  to  eat,  nearest  "town"   {A  U-turn  with  a  mayor}  is  Arnheim,  Ohio,  population  appoximately  40.    Their  only  business  is  a  country  version  of  a  convenience  store,  and  over  the  years  I  have  convinced  the  owners  to  make  upscale  adjustments  to  their  inventory,  as  our  gated  lake  community  has  many  transplants  and  retirees  from  the  big  city.  But  the  best  they  could  do  {allegedly}  for  cheesecake  was  Stouffer's,  an  outfit  out  of  Deerfield,  Illinois  that  I  suspect  now  is  merely  a  subsidiary  of  somebody  else.   Couldn't  bring  one  home,  you  rascals  spoiled  me  with  your  talk  of  world-class  recipes  &  sophisticated  palates.....

Bert, doesn't Sara Lee own Stouffer's?  Out of Deerfied?  Or vice versa?  You need to tell your storekeeper to stock a few Eli's for you --  air expressed is better than nothing.  When you live in the middle of not exactly anywhere as I do (and it sounds like you, too), sometimes if you're "nicely nicely" to the store owners they'll stock some goodies for you.  I bought an Eli's plain this afternoon, couldn't resist.  Our main and only grocery store stocks them in the summertime for the summering Chicagoans.  They'll get scarce again after Labor Day.  Tonight, though, we eat cheesecake.   Tomorrow I run to the lake and back.  Phew.

DPR and rings:  I don't have GWTW on disc.  I never bought it because I thought I wouldn't watch it.  But I probably would -- rings I agree though:  I like to watch films on TCM, "Live" so to speak.  I don't know why, but it's more fun.  And tonight, I was thinking if I can't sleep, which I haven't been doing the last couple of nights, how nice that GWTW's on, I'll just give up on trying to sleep, and turn on the TV and hang out with Scarlett.    So I'll be there rings, watching with you.

Olivia, I can almost hear the bells ringing in the distance as the ground shudders and windows crack from the nearby cannon fire. I'm sure he will protect you at all costs. Such a writer you are.

Park4 ~ Cheers to you.... Besides spending time witch Scarlett is never a bad thing..
I will admit I am CRAVING Eli's now...  

Peter Lake I would be remiss if I didn't thank you from the cockles of my heart for shellfishlessly sharing your whale of a clam tale yesterday.

Doc Nolan, sometimes loving Monty Python isn't an easy thing to do.  I work in a title company and everytime I see a document that says "And pertains to those certain tracts of land described as follows", I have this run through my head "You will marry her, she's got HUGE...tracts of land!"...every single time.

Roadyacht, you should try Squatter's Brewery next time, my friends that drink really love their Polygamist Porter:  You can never have just one!

nachista,
You knocked the barnacles right off of me. My pleasure. 

Eve,

That makes me very fortunate indeed. What grand company.

As Marie Antoinette would have said if she would have said anything like it..... let them eat cheesecake.

Thanks Olivia, but*  * Bosch (spooky painter, fuel injection) : GOOD     /    Boche/ Bosche ( invading germans): BAD  

I remain with John, dear; also with his praise of Olivia's occasional welcome bursts of fiction. Better be writing more, Olivia, to send out to editors, as what's here belongs to Our Genial Host -- and aren't we grateful, else we mightn't otherwise have read yours. When you're much-published, we can say "We knew her when...."

Heresy on cheesecake day, I know, but I had who knows why? an insatiable desire for brownies, in the oven now and calling to be released from captivity. I go....

Can y'all smell them?

Olivia - Thank you. Superb. Simply Superb. Richer than any cheesecake I've ever eaten...

Eve - The scent is intoxicating. Pure, unadulterated brownies...can't beat that with a shillelagh!

Ok I haven't had a chance to eat, other than a gross protein bar, since 7:30 this morning...I just LURVE when the last business day of the month falls on a Friday, FHA loans are going to kill me tomorrow.  So since I'm stuck at work tonight doing everything I can't do tomorrow because I'll be at the county recorder's office all day...and it has to be a food day on the EYE!!!  Can someone fax me some cheesecake?!?!
**SIGH** I need a new job, I'm tired of having a long term relationship with my cisco systems phone and all the automated systems I'm constantly punching or voice commanding my way through.  My dogs miss me, My husband misses me, my gardening is WAY behind, and I haven't had a good old fashioned night out...or night in for that matter...in a very long time.
Since I'm yelling commands over the speaker to the Bank of America automated line I'm going to catch y'all up on the latest verbal faux pas committed by our young receptionist who really should know better....
 

Receptionist: "Why do you think they called it MAHOGANY RIDGE Subdivision? Do you have to be married to live there?"
 
Me: "What?"
 
Receptionist: "You know MAHOGANY, do you think you have to be in a Mahogany Relationship to live in that subdivision?"
 
Me: "Mahogany is a type of tropical tree that you get hard wood from, I didn't know it was a type of relationship. I believe you mean Monogamy"
 
Receptionist:  "When did they change the meaning?"

Rings, I can't remember have I shared the Grave Side Service and the Subterranean Sea stories here?

Nachist~ simply priceless. your receptionist and one of my colleagues should do lunch...

Polygamist Porter- "Take some home to the wives."

Its late, I'm tired, my desk is clean and ready for the onslaught of funding carnage that is the last business day of the month tomorrow...its time for me to go home.  But first, I'm stopping at Sweetly Divine, our local pastry shop that makes real european pastries.  Marek the chef doesn't make cheesecakes on a regular basis but I might get lucky, even if there is no cheesecake I'll still get lucky because there isn't a single offering in his shop I don't like...up to and including his famous polish pickle soup.

UMMMM, pickle cheesecake.   I think I'll go have a baby.    he he he

  
 
 
 Speaking of cheesy
 
During today's meeting of the Mutual Admiration Society,
Some Ding named Dong and his Bearded Clam ran off with the Bling.(at knife point no less!)
I hear he and the clam are hiding somewhere in Brazil.
 
Smile and say cheese cake everyone!

Thank you for indulging me, PAM; you are, unfailingly, Kind(lee). Olivia is fortunate to know you as we others don't, but we can guess...and guess...and guess.

I live a few blocks away from the Omonia Cafe in Astoria, Queens.  They baked the wedding cake for the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding.  My daughter and I went there for blueberry cheesecake after lunch today.  Not the best but perfectly acceptable.
 
On that note:  Bert, Stouffer's and Sara Lee and such are perfectly legitimate for what they are.  Kind of like Gallo wine.  For the price, for the type of product, etc., they are perfectly edible.  Not a masterpiece, not Junior's, but respectably sufficient in a pinch.

Suz-tell em again anyway!