You Gotta Have Friends
Photo right by Sharon Kelley: Ivette and me.My friend Ivette gifted me with her recipe for guacamole. That alone, was worth the price of a plane ticket to Houston.
So I now hold the world’s best guacamole recipe. Don’t bother to ask me for it. I cannot pass it on without being forever stricken from her list of “special friends” with whom she shares her wonderful recipes. That's a pretty dire threat!
Ivette is a category killer cook. That means that almost everything she prepares is the best version of that dish you will EVER eat. I am awfully loyal to the Dr. Atkins diet plan, but when confronted by such culinary mastery, I abandon ANY pretense at a low carb diet or even a pretense at moderation. I joyously dig into whatever gynormous plate of food she presents with nary a thought that I am easily eating a week’s worth of carbs in one meal. It's worth it.
Ivette’s cooking was only one of the many delights I enjoyed last week. Another was going to the Talbot’s Outlet with my firend, Sharon. Not many people would cheerfully keep me company as I spend more than four HOURS perusing this medium-sized store, offering good advice about how something REALLY looks on me. I am, obviously, very lucky with friends.
The Talbot’s Outlet has substantial markdowns. I bought a great $218 jacket that was on sale for $37.50. The prices are so good here, they bring out the competitive shoppers. I noticed one woman hanging around the dressing room for about an hour. I had thought she was waiting for a friend. Instead, I discovered she was waiting for a skirt!
The Talbot’s Outlet has a holding area to put all the clothes you’ve collected to try on. (You can only bring eight items at a time into the dressing room with you.) This woman had spotted a skirt she wanted in her size in someone else’s stash in the holding rack. She was patiently waiting for whoever had first claims on that skirt to emerge from the dressing room.
She had a long wait. I saw her 30 minutes later on the sales floor. She had finally tracked down the woman in the dressing room and followed her out to ask permission to try on the skirt! If there is a markdown serious enough to warrant STALKING a skirt, Talbot’s Outlet must have it.
Of course, the highlight of my trip was hanging with Sharon and Ivette at the beach. We took long walks along the shore and dined al fresco on the veranda of the well-appointed beach house we were borrowing.
We sipped margaritas specially concocted by Ivette. No mixes for her--only fresh
juice will do. And don't be jealous, but along with a pretty shell and that great jacket, I also took home the margarita recipe.
So I now hold the world’s best guacamole recipe. Don’t bother to ask me for it. I cannot pass it on without being forever stricken from her list of “special friends” with whom she shares her wonderful recipes. That's a pretty dire threat!
Ivette is a category killer cook. That means that almost everything she prepares is the best version of that dish you will EVER eat. I am awfully loyal to the Dr. Atkins diet plan, but when confronted by such culinary mastery, I abandon ANY pretense at a low carb diet or even a pretense at moderation. I joyously dig into whatever gynormous plate of food she presents with nary a thought that I am easily eating a week’s worth of carbs in one meal. It's worth it.
Ivette’s cooking was only one of the many delights I enjoyed last week. Another was going to the Talbot’s Outlet with my firend, Sharon. Not many people would cheerfully keep me company as I spend more than four HOURS perusing this medium-sized store, offering good advice about how something REALLY looks on me. I am, obviously, very lucky with friends.
The Talbot’s Outlet has substantial markdowns. I bought a great $218 jacket that was on sale for $37.50. The prices are so good here, they bring out the competitive shoppers. I noticed one woman hanging around the dressing room for about an hour. I had thought she was waiting for a friend. Instead, I discovered she was waiting for a skirt!
The Talbot’s Outlet has a holding area to put all the clothes you’ve collected to try on. (You can only bring eight items at a time into the dressing room with you.) This woman had spotted a skirt she wanted in her size in someone else’s stash in the holding rack. She was patiently waiting for whoever had first claims on that skirt to emerge from the dressing room.
She had a long wait. I saw her 30 minutes later on the sales floor. She had finally tracked down the woman in the dressing room and followed her out to ask permission to try on the skirt! If there is a markdown serious enough to warrant STALKING a skirt, Talbot’s Outlet must have it.
Of course, the highlight of my trip was hanging with Sharon and Ivette at the beach. We took long walks along the shore and dined al fresco on the veranda of the well-appointed beach house we were borrowing.
We sipped margaritas specially concocted by Ivette. No mixes for her--only fresh
juice will do. And don't be jealous, but along with a pretty shell and that great jacket, I also took home the margarita recipe. Photo above: Ivette, Nancy and Sharon on the beach.
Photo left by Sharon Kelley: Taking life easy on the beach house's veranda.
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