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When I told San Geraldo last night that I still wanted to go to Goiko Grill despite the fact that I’m craving a gin and tonic (or a mojito or an artisan martini or…), and the only alcoholic beverage Goiko serves is beer, he said, “Well, as a replacement, we can share a Goiko Cookie.” So we did. And we both regretted it, even though it’s out of this world. He ate less than half. I said I couldn’t possibly eat all that was left. But I did. They had even given us double ice cream (to cut the sweetness, as Dolly Parton’s Truvy Jones said in “Steel Magnolias”). All that chocolate, all that sugar. At 10:30 at night. We both agreed this morning that we really shouldn’t have those anymore. The conversation seemed familiar. Have I mentioned how exquisitely delicious they are? And it’s dark chocolate, which is good for you.
SG filled his aquarium with water yesterday. To get rid of all that leeches from the substrate, the wood, and the rocks, he has to partially empty it and refill it daily for a while, tapering off over the next several weeks. What a production. I will leave him to it.
He had placed the plants, wood, and rocks before filling but, despite being weighed down by bags of sand, one big section of wood floated to the top and took the plants surrounding it along for the ride. What remained in place looks beautiful. He’s replanted everything and has ordered more rocks.
I was out for about an hour today, doing some walking and running some errands (what an odd turn of phrase). It was cool this morning but I didn’t get out until this afternoon. It was too hot for me, but at least it didn’t reach 40˚C/104˚F. It looks like our fifth heatwave is over. Dare I hope there won’t be a sixth?
Spanish lesson for the day:
Shorthand for 3rd or 4th, for example, in Spanish is 3 ˚ or 4 ˚, the degree symbol taking the place of the ordinal ending, with a space between the number and the symbol (also used is 3.˚ and 4.˚). That’s the masculine version. Feminine is 3.ª or 4.ª. I just realized that when I have been typing temperatures 40˚ or 104˚ (without a space between the number and the degree symbol), I’ve actually been saying 40th or 104th. So, to be correct, in Spanish the temperature today was below 40 ˚C/104 ˚F. It only took me 15 years to realize that.
Anoche, cuando le dije a San Geraldo que seguía queriendo ir a Goiko Grill —a pesar de que se me antojaba un gin-tonic (o un mojito, o un martini artesanal, o…)* y de que la única bebida alcohólica que sirven allí es cerveza—, él respondió: «Bueno, para compensar, podemos compartir una Goiko Cookie». Y eso hicimos. Ambos nos arrepentimos después, aunque el postre está para chuparse los dedos. Él se comió menos de la mitad. Yo dije que sería incapaz de terminarme ni siquiera mi parte. Incluso nos habían servido una doble ración de helado (para contrarrestar el dulzor, como decía Truvy Jones, el personaje de Dolly Parton en “Magnolias de acero”). Tanto chocolate, tanta azúcar. A las diez y media de la noche. Esta mañana coincidimos en que realmente ya no deberíamos comerlos. La conversación nos resultó familiar. ¿He mencionado lo exquisitamente deliciosos que son? Además, es chocolate negro, que es bueno para la salud.
Ayer, SG llenó de agua su acuario. Para eliminar las sustancias que sueltan el sustrato, la madera y las rocas, tiene que vaciarlo parcialmente y volver a llenarlo a diario durante un tiempo, reduciendo la frecuencia en las próximas semanas. Menudo trabajo. Dejaré que se encargue él.
Había colocado las plantas, la madera y las rocas antes de llenar el acuario, pero —a pesar de estar lastrada con bolsas de arena— una gran pieza de madera salió a flote, arrastrando consigo las plantas que la rodeaban. Lo que quedó en su sitio se ve precioso. Ha vuelto a plantar todo y ha pedido más rocas.
Spanish (English) lesson for the day:
La forma abreviada de 3rd o 4th (tercero o cuarto), por ejemplo, en español es 3 º o 4 º (tambien 3.º o 4.º); el símbolo de grado sustituye a la terminación ordinal y se deja un espacio entre el número y el símbolo. Esa es la versión masculina; la femenina sería 3.ª o 4.ª. Me acabo de dar cuenta de que, al escribir temperaturas como 40˚ o 104˚ (sin espacio entre el número y el símbolo de grado), en realidad estaba expresando «40.º» o «104.º». Por tanto, para escribirlo correctamente, la temperatura de hoy fue inferior a 40 ˚C / 104 ˚F. ¡Solo he tardado 15 años en darme cuenta!
• Con las plantas flotando y la otra pieza de madera retirada.
• La begonia de la terraza parece feliz.
• Flotadores para piscina. ¿Sabes qué se supone que es el de la izquierda? Al principio yo no lo sabía. En cuanto al de la derecha, míralo mejor más abajo.
• Pensé que era un oso sadomasoquista con zahones de cuero negro.
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The left pool float looks like a mug o’beer to me. As for the other one, could it be a para-sailing bear who knows he’ll soon be face-planted in the ocean?
That dessert looks delicious, but definitely one to take with insulin, LOL!
Tundra Bunny:
Yep, a beer mug. It was lost on me at first. Goiko Cookie is phenomenal.
Plastic plants? Could he have just immersed everything in a bucket of water to leach it out?
The thing on the left looks like a frothy beer mug with sunglasses.
Don’t like the phrase ‘running errands’? You can always use what my mother used to say when she had errands, she was going out to do her rat killing.
ellen abbott:
He actually had to boil the wood in a huge pot. More work than I would take on.
I just thought it was funny to say I did some walking and then ran errands.
First off, the photos of the sky are gorgeous. And I feel a little cooler just looking at them.
Now, that cookie? I’m sure it was decadent deliciousness but, and here goes, I don’t care for chocolate or ice cream.
I never realized how much work goes into getting the aquarium ready before you even get to the fish! Oy!
Bob:
The sky was amazing. The temperature at the time was 102. I had no idea SG’s aquarium prep would be so much work. No thanks.
I would eat that dessert, no problem – but I think I might need to brush my teeth afterwards!
Like everyone else, I agree – that float is meant to be a frothy beer. Shame about the background view of the girls in the bra department!
The preparation of the aquarium looks too much like hard work to me. Hope the final result is worth all the bother… Jx
Jon:
When we walked home, I told SG I could still taste the chocolate on my lips. Ha! The bra department. Is that what they call Ale-Hop baseball caps in London? I agree with you about the prep of the aquarium. But SG is enjoying himself.
I saw that display to the right of the photo, and thought they were bras! 🤣
Note to self: “zoom in on Mitchell’s photos in future”. Jx
Jon:
Or don’t zoom in and enjoy your own imagination.
Oh my HEAVENS! Those sky photos!!!
I am speechless.
Judy C:
I was speechless, too (imagine that).
Mug of beer with a mouth and sunglasses on the left. But that sky! It makes the air look so crisp and cool (even though it’s not). Olivia
Olivia:
Yes, the sky did make things look so refreshed.
Bondage bears often hide in plain sight. The scuba gear tells a potentially different story.
David:
And even the scuba gear was questionable.
The sky photos are so beautiful. They are a good reminder to me that there are good things in this world. And the chocolate creation…it looks so delectable. I know if I tried it, I wouldn’t be able to eat just one bite!
Michael:
The clouds did the same for me. Sometimes you DO have to stop and smell the roses.
I am feeling very cranky this morning but I can say with all my heart that the sky photos are beyond compare.
That dessert should come with a warning label. I am thinking it’s probably far more detrimental to your health than a martini.
I could be wrong.
Now see- if SG had just made a little aquarium from an apple juice jug, some gravel, a few plants and a goldfish, he’d already have been enjoying it for weeks and weeks.
Mary Moon:
Flavanols. Polyphenols. Theobromine. Iron. Magnesium. Copper. Manganese. Protein, calcium, B vitamins, phosphorous, potassium. What could possibly be unhealthy?
Gregg enjoyed reading SG’s list of plants yesterday. He had lots to say about almost all of them and reminded me that we’ve had two or three of them ourselves over the years. A couple of them are illegal in the US these days (I guess they can be invasive if they end up in the wild). Oh, the fun to be had if we all lived close to each other! Gregg and SG could nerd it up and you and I could have a G&T and leave them to it. Ha! 🙂
Anyway, it gave Gregg a good distraction from his mouth yesterday and I was glad to endure the 30-minute conversation about planted aquariums that it sparked. I’ll have Gregg read this latest update when we wakes up later. (He got very sick again this morning from all the pain medication and finally had to throw up. Now he’s sleeping, poor thing).
Jennifer
Jennifer:
Poor Gregg. I wish I had more to distract him. SG is waiting today for more rocks and plants to be delivered (not all the plants on the list have arrived yet). To have all that going on in your mouth and then having to throw up. Pure hell! I hope things improve quickly. And just think of the Hollywood smile still to come. It’s fascinating to consider that some of the plants are illegal in the US. I’ll have to ask SG if he knows about that. Will try and come up with more to distract Gregg.
Yup. A beer mug.
We tend to have something sweet late in the day, too. We have a MARVELOUS Ice Cream shoppe a few miles from here, and it’s a treat. As I like to say, if I am going to suffer from lactose intolerance, I am going to ENJOY IT.
I have found that on nights like that, a couple Advil before bed will subdue the sugar high.
Rade:
I never knew that about Advil. But, better I just don’t give myself the sugar high, I guess. I can’t even count the number of ice cream shops we have within a 10-minute walk of us. It’s dangerous.
What beautiful pictures, I like the aquarium. Wonder what the fish will look like. Yes well the temperature in Spain is a lot warmer than in PEI. We will survive. Morocco is also a destination.
Laurent
Morocco is not on our radar. I hope Barcelona is cooler than here.
Well from experience I know that on a ship there is always a breeze, so we will just smile.
I see from other comments that the float on the left is a beer mug, which was my guess, but it looks as if it’s wearing sunglasses. The cloud photos are relaxing. It sucks when something is delicious but you know you’ll regret eating it.
Love,
Janie
januejunebug:
So many delicious things are like that.
what sort of gin to you like?
Urspo
Bombay Sapphire was a favorite. But there were others.
I thought the same thing about the bear! It looks like he’s wearing a harness! LOL
Denny’s used to serve a dessert that reminds me of that. I think they called it a chocolate fudge cake sundae, or something like that, but my college friends and I called it alternately “chocolate death” or “chocolate love.” (Depending on our mood, I suppose.)
Steve:
I can’t unsee the S&M bear. And the tongue! I’m confident that a Goiko Cookie is better than anything Denny’s could come up with. Still, when you’re in college…