Posted on 08/31/2006 5:21:11 PM PDT by snugs
Today the President addressed the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention in Salt Lake City
He also met with with the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Later on he attended a fundraiser for the reelection campaign of Sen Orrin Hatch, R-Utah
Today Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne celebrate their 42nd Wedding anniversary.
Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island
Snugs, a yellow cake is actually yellow in color. It tastes sort of like the white vanilla cake, but is a bit stronger in flavor, probably due to the egg yellows.
Well, you got the most important part then. The hot fat is the secret.
i still use veggie oil or corn oil, i really don't like the flavor olive oil gives food. If i can a bake, if possible i just spray the pan, not use alot of oil.
*** ...it really cleans those beaters!!!***
Great tip. I'll do it from now on.
I must say I have never heard of that combo, but I am game.
just remember to start off on low speed, you can go to a higher speed if the beaters are clear under the water.
i'm back to using more butter than oil in cooking...both are bad for you, so you might as well get the flavor you like
just think all our parents had was LARD!!! they even put it on bread with sugar sprinkled on top!
Friday was the first I got to see anything up close and personal. I toured the White House, the Capitol, AND the Supreme Court (all three branches of government) all in one day. Senator Feingold's office arranged the first two. You're supposed to request tours at least a month before your trip. I called on the 14th for a White House tour, and they asked me if I was also interested in the Capitol, though they weren't sure they could get me in. I had the green light the next day for both (so no more calling him Slimegold for awhile, though I reserve the right to criticize him using his actual name).
I was afraid I would miss both tours. We were supposed to meet for the White House tour at the southeast gate. I didn't know where that was, and when I went to the northeast gate to ask directions all the security people shooed everyone back into Lafayette Park. They couldn't tell us what was wrong, so one guy about my age responded, "Just stuff." But he sounded really shook and scared. Luckily, another guard at the H and 15th Street corner of Lafeyette Park gave me directions, and I got there in time. We had to wait an extra half hour though because at 10:30, they still had people waiting for the 9:30 and 10:00 tours that got delayed by the security threat. I have no idea what was wrong. I wasn't scared because I knew our Dubya was safe in Kennebunkport. It was the first and only time during my vacation that I was glad I missed him.
Five of the rooms were open for us to walk through. We saw the State Room and East Room as well as the Red, Green, and Blue Rooms. There were some beautiful photos in the hallways. One was an outdoor picture of Dubya with his eyes closed and looking up, enjoying the scenery. It was delicious. I wanted to take it off the wall and hide it under my shirt so I could share it with you all (no cameras allowed in the White House). There was another really sweet photo of Dubya cuddling Barney like a little kid who just got a puppy. So adorable!
The Capitol tour was another story. I was supposed to meet Senator Feingold's aide at the Senate Hart building on Second Street. But I didn't realize there's more than one Second Street and went to the wrong one. I hadn't had any water in over an hour, it was sweltering hot, and I was running trying to get to the right place, even though my feet hurt. When I called for directions, the guy said I wasn't late and not to worry even though the tour was due to start in five minutes and I was at least a ten-minute walk away. I figured maybe there was a later tour group they were going to let me go with, but when I arrived, with a tomato-colored face, it turned out I was the only person scheduled for a two o'clock tour, and the intern giving the tour wasn't in any particular hurry. It was awesome! Whenever I saw something I liked, he would stop and talk about those particular things and let me take pictures. Most of them didn't turn out real well, but I've got a few gems here.
Betcha never saw a cleanshaven Abe Lincoln before. My guide told me that he didn't actually wear a beard until halfway through his presidency after some woman came up to him after a speech and told him he would be more handsome with a beard.
This was from inside the Capitol looking up. Look at the detail in the sculpture. Half of it was made by the original guy who got the contract, but he quit and refused to go back up after he fell. He was lucky enough to save himself from almost certain death because he grabbed some scaffolding on the way down, but he had to hang there for fifteen minutes before somebody noticed him and got help. His apprentice finished the rest.
I also saw really awesome replicas of Independence Hall and the first Supreme Court courtroom, though I can't remember for the life of me whether they were in the Capitol or the Supreme Court building. I'm pretty sure the courtroom replica was not in the Supreme Court building because I remember being surprised to see it.
The Supreme Court building was nearby and about to close for the weekend, so I decided to go there after the Capitol. By the time I found anything else and walked to it, I was lucky if there would be more than an hour until closing anyway. The architecture on the Supreme Court building is gorgeous, but unfortunately, there's some sort of repair or cleaning going on, so it was all scaffolding on the front. It was kind of ugly, so I decided to save my pictures for another vacation. I did, however, take a shot of the Washington Monument from a balcony.
The indoor shots didn't turn out too well, but this one was all right (sort of; it's still kind of grainy). While I was admiring the bust of Chief Justice William Howard Taft, a guy wanted me to get his picture. He was clearly trying to hit on me, and then his dad stepped in and told me to get in the picture. Taft joined the Supreme Court after his presidency. See? If we send Dubya to law school after 2009 and elect Jeb in 2012, Jeb can appoint him to the Supreme Court (okay, okay, that's not going to happen, but it would be cool if it did).
Unfortunately, I didn't have a water bottle to fill on my way back. I drank about a cupful before I left, but it was sweltering and humid outside, and my feet were killing me. I thought I was just being a wimp, but later I discovered I had a big red blister on my right foot (I was also wearing dress shoes; I had worn a skirt in case the White House had a dress code. It didn't. The skirt kept me cool, and I walk in the shoes regularly, but not all day. I even walked holes into the soles!). My hotel was on the 1300 block of 16th street, so I had to walk about 20 blocks to get back near the White House and then another 7 or so to get back to my hotel. I felt just about half dead, as I walked with two huge shopping bags of souvenirs (mostly the books I bought in the Supreme Court building gift shop). I felt a hundred percent better (except for my feet) after I ate dinner.
After dinner, Just A Nobody picked me up from the hotel, so I could join some other FReepers (including maica) in front of Walter Reed to support our troops (and their mission). We were keeping the Pinkos from Code Pink away. A couple of the guys even came outside and talked to us.
Stay tuned tomorrow for details about Saturday and Sunday.
i'll have to try that.....well 6 am comes too fast anymore...off to sleep!
You're right! Yorkshire Pudding is flour, milk, egg and a bit of salt, so why would anyone buy the mix?
If you ask me, cream cheese with anything is wrong. I can't stand the stuff. There was a guy in law school who used to gross out me and other floormates by eating it straight out of the package.
"High 5"
"On the Side"
"Other side"
"Both sides"
That would be awesome. Now I have to go back. Maybe someday we'll get to tell him what a great leader he is and he'll reward us with a kiss.
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