Cafe Closed. New Cafe Opened

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   AndiF on April 3, 2007 at 5:12 am
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   ask on April 3, 2007 at 6:29 am

   Good morning, Andi.
   Good thing this is a ‘short’ week.

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     AndiF on April 3, 2007 at 6:34 am

     Not short for me but I’ll be a good sport and be happy for all of you who do have Friday off.

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       ask on April 3, 2007 at 6:54 am

       We’ll probably rent a car and head for the Berkshires for a long weekend.
       How is your Passover?

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         AndiF on April 3, 2007 at 7:09 am

         Berkshires sounds nice. Hope the weather is good.

         Since I’m not a religious Jew, the only thing I do for Passover is a family seder and because of a combination of cirucmstances, we aren’t doing one this year. So I guess I’m passing it over.

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           ask on April 3, 2007 at 7:22 am

           curly did a very simplified seder last night.  No one was up for the full program.

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           AndiF on April 3, 2007 at 7:38 am

           We long ago stopped doing the rest of the service after “the festive meal”. All the glasses of wine seem to get drunk, though.

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           Second Nature on April 3, 2007 at 7:40 am

           Seems like ‘festive meal’ is what most holidays have become.  Followed by ‘festive sporting event watching while unbuttoning pants and belching’.

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   louisianagirl on April 3, 2007 at 7:14 am

   Here is a photograph of a sculpture entitled “Blessing” by a senior at the Art Institute of Chicago named David Cordero:

   

   Obama’s response to the sculpture?

   “While we respect First Amendment rights and don’t think the artist was trying to be offensive, Senator Obama, as a rule, isn’t a fan of art that offends religious sensibilities,” said Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki.

   http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_el_pr/obama_as_jesus

   Clearly Barack Obama knows nothing about the history of political art at the Art Institute of Chicago.  And clearly Obama believes art should serve the role of confirming the previous beliefs of the beholder.  May I say he is woefully wrong, indeed ignorant?

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     Second Nature on April 3, 2007 at 7:17 am

     I thought that was the chocolate Jesus. Very similar actually.

     Morning all.

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   Second Nature on April 3, 2007 at 7:28 am

   I TOLD you pollen was bad this year. Story

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     AndiF on April 3, 2007 at 7:40 am

     The good news for me is that I came back from vacation with a nasty cold that has moved into my chest (hack, hack) so I’m not going to notice the pollen. 😉

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       Second Nature on April 3, 2007 at 7:42 am

       You’d notice it if you swept up big piles of it every day.

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         AndiF on April 3, 2007 at 7:51 am

         well Pete the Sweep just arrived so soon I will have piles of creosote to notice.

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           Second Nature on April 3, 2007 at 7:52 am

           Is he cute – or can’t you tell underneat the soot?

           Don’t ruin it for me if he’s 68 years old.

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           AndiF on April 3, 2007 at 8:10 am

           Soot? I think you’ve watched mary poppins a few too many times. (He doesn’t have a top hat either).

           He’s a very charming, interesting, about-my-age ex-teacher (used to do this as a summer job but made out so well he decided to do it full time).

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   mythmother on April 3, 2007 at 9:38 pm

   What a totally beautiful photo, Olivia!

   Also, is there anyone on the forum who knows anything about Portland?

   I have a sudden serious itch to move there…

   Do they need well educated fund-raisers?

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     AndiF on April 4, 2007 at 5:38 am

     I’ve had to make several trips there for work and really liked it. It’s in a very appealing location, especially if you like outdoor activities, it has a great downtown, really good city parks, and the best bookstore (Powell’s). Traffic wasn’t horrible and it does have a light rail system.