Royal Caribbean Cruisers -- How Are Things Where You Are? (was "Routine" ​ 😁 ​day in lockdown... how was yours?)

[molly361]

2 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Good memory.😀

Dog's names I can remember, People not so much😇

[Ocean Boy]

8 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

I just got surf and stream for $13.99, 2nd device $11.99 this morning for Radiance in October 2023.

You decided that it is safe to start cruising again?

[Momof3gurlz]

We had friends over for dinner and card playing last night.  I made filet mignon, although not @Sea Dog Greg’s recipe.  I did mine in a cast iron skillet with butter & rosemary, seared on the stovetop and finished in the oven.  They were fantastic.  We also had baked potatoes and roasted green beans.  The appetizer was my world famous stuffed clams with chorizo, known in RI as “Stuffies”.  Okay maybe they’re not world famous, but they are raved about in our circle of friends & family.  Friends brought a pastry assortment for dessert.
 Quite a bit of wine was consumed which may be why I lost at cards 😆
No picture of the main course, I was trying to get everything plated & served hot, but here’s one of the Stuffies.  

[reallyitsmema]

2 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

We had friends over for dinner and card playing last night.  I made filet mignon, although not @Sea Dog Greg’s recipe.  I did mine in a cast iron skillet with butter & rosemary, seared on the stovetop and finished in the oven.  They were fantastic.  We also had baked potatoes and roasted green beans.  The appetizer was my world famous stuffed clams with chorizo, known in RI as “Stuffies”.  Okay maybe they’re not world famous, but they are raved about in our circle of friends & family.  Friends brought a pastry assortment for dessert.
 Quite a bit of wine was consumed which may be why I lost at cards 😆
No picture of the main course, I was trying to get everything plated & served hot, but here’s one of the Stuffies.  

 

Your stuffies look delicious!  When I worked in Boston, we used to have a potluck lunch a couple times a year and there was someone who lived in RI who brought stuffies one time and was required to bring them every time from then on!  Your whole meal sounds wonderful.

[bobmacliberty]

29 minutes ago, George C said:

Anything north of the Bronx is upstate 😁😁

 

[molly361]

41 minutes ago, George C said:

Anything north of the Bronx is upstate 😁😁

That's what people think.  I grew up in Westchester which is right outside NYC but folks still thought I lived upstate😇 Now Buffalo THAT'S upstate

[Ocean Boy]

7 minutes ago, molly361 said:

That's what people think.  I grew up in Westchester which is right outside NYC but folks still thought I lived upstate😇 Now Buffalo THAT'S upstate

All I can say about Buffalo is I am glad I am not there today.

 

[dani negreanu]

52 minutes ago, molly361 said:

Nice avatar- we will miss you Sparky-🐕‍🦺

 

48 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Good memory.😀

 

45 minutes ago, molly361 said:

Dog's names I can remember, People not so much😇

 

.... and here I was thinking it was Merlin, and Ellen had it wrong. Grateful to the rules of not correcting anyone.... 😘

[A&L_Ont]

1 hour ago, molly361 said:

Dog's names I can remember, People not so much😇

 

I am afraid that I will have problem with this on the March group cruise.  I have never been great with names.  😰

[George C]

Went to a really nice birthday party yesterday, he had a pizza truck outside and they kept delivering various pizza all night for desert he had a ice cream truck and you just ordered anything, had to explain to bartender that I wanted equal amounts of gin and tonic in my drink. Complained to one of the guest that she cost us thousands of dollars , about ten or more years ago she told us we had to fly first class and after one flight we never went back to coach .  

[Sunshine3601]

Ssshhh don't tell anyone😁😇  but I just realized royal goofed yesterday.

Yesterday I bought internet for $14.99 + 2 extra devices for $11.99 for our march sailing.   

Today it is $13.99 and I was thinking of cancelling and rebooking but I notice we were charged $11.99 for all 3 devices.  Woot woot...a whopping savings of $21

[jmh2006]

 

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

I am afraid that I will have problem with this on the March group cruise.  I have never been great with names.  😰

Hopefully John's nametags will help 🤣

[BonTexasNY]

3 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

I don't believe texting will work with either.  You will need to use messenger or Whats app and surf will be fine

Thanks, Ken.  We "what's app" all the time.

3 hours ago, George C said:

Anything north of the Bronx is upstate 😁😁

When we moved to Rockland County from the Bronx, our friends said we were moving upstate!

1 hour ago, A&L_Ont said:

 

I am afraid that I will have problem with this on the March group cruise.  I have never been great with names.  😰

You can't we worse than Jack.  I showed him @John&LaLaJohn's picture and he keeps calling him Bella!

[A&L_Ont]

A few photos from the week. I had  to “rescue” Lucy from the hay stack this week. Look up, way up. 
 

 

She immediately went up a tree minutes later, only a few feet up though. 
 

 

She’s in there. 
 

 

 

A few food porn pics, chicken parmigiana.
 

 

Chilli on a cold day was nice. 
 

Edited November 20, 2022 by A&L_Ont

[bobmacliberty]

2 hours ago, molly361 said:

That's what people think.  I grew up in Westchester which is right outside NYC but folks still thought I lived upstate😇 Now Buffalo THAT'S upstate

 

Sigh.  How is it that I'm the only one who understands NY state geography?  😉 Buffalo is Western NY.  Upstate is north of Albany.  Here is what most NYC people falsely think:

 

 

 

I agree with Ellen that some NYC people would even include Westchester in their upstate definition.  Here is the true fact, officially endorsed by me who knows everything, map of NY regions:

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by bobmacliberty

[George C]

My thought is half the population is in nyc so anything above is upstate, my wife is always correcting me saying Buffalo is in western New York. Wonder how many Bills fans will be at today’s game. 

[Sea Dog]

17 hours ago, dani negreanu said:

 

Wow, so many dishes. I like the way you "think" 😉

 

Since we're 7 hours ahead of you, DH was asked by our dinner friends to prepare some kind of salmon ceviche. He marinated the salmon, cut it in small cubes, added small cubes of avocado, smallish cubes of persimmon, purple onion, slightly grilled pine nuts and squeezed half a lemon. Delish.... and no leftovers.

 

The other dish was pasta which he prepared himself, "teared" it and mixed it with his own recipe of Bolognese sauce. Shredded parmesan cheese on top.

 

Myself - I've baked the fluffiest, airiest cheese cake ever. 2/3 -- 5% fat white cheese, 1/3 - 9%. The "trick" was 5 eggs, with the whites whipped to a "flexible foam" and then slowly "integrated" into the cheese.

 

 

3 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Your Meleti bottle is looking a little low.  Mine's the same way.  Too many Sea Dog Special Old Fashioneds?  I also noticed the Weller and the Eagle Rare "hiding" behind the Knob Creek?  If that's the Weller 12, I'll hop in my car and start driving to KC right now.  

 

Ha, Right behind it is a full bottle of Meleti that I got the day before "just in case." I made the "Sea Dog Old Fashion's for my two male guests and they really liked them.

 

 

3 hours ago, Momof3gurlz said:

We had friends over for dinner and card playing last night.  I made filet mignon, although not @Sea Dog Greg’s recipe.  I did mine in a cast iron skillet with butter & rosemary, seared on the stovetop and finished in the oven.  They were fantastic.  We also had baked potatoes and roasted green beans.  The appetizer was my world famous stuffed clams with chorizo, known in RI as “Stuffies”.  Okay maybe they’re not world famous, but they are raved about in our circle of friends & family.  Friends brought a pastry assortment for dessert.
 Quite a bit of wine was consumed which may be why I lost at cards 😆
No picture of the main course, I was trying to get everything plated & served hot, but here’s one of the Stuffies.  

 

Those stuffies look fantastic. Your dinner sounds delicious. I too forgot to take any pictures. I was so focused on cooking everything in time and getting it served that I forgot to take some pictures. I am weird in that when I have a dinner party I have my guests sit and then I serve them, no self serving. I try to make dinner at my home as much as restaurant experience as I can. It was challenging making cocktails and cooking the risotto at the same time. I pretty much baby sat the steaks so they would not get over cooked. Most everyone liked their steak medium rare to medium which was good.

[molly361]

23 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

Sigh.  How is it that I'm the only one who understands NY state geography?  😉 Buffalo is Western NY.  Upstate is north of Albany.  Here is what most NYC people falsely think:

 

 

I agree with Ellen that some NYC people would even include Westchester in their upstate definition.  Here is the true fact, officially endorsed by me who knows everything, map of NY regions:

 

 

Ok then what is this?  A hoagie, sub, grinder, hero or wedge?  

[Momof3gurlz]

31 minutes ago, molly361 said:

Ok then what is this?  A hoagie, sub, grinder, hero or wedge?  

Here in RI that’s a grinder.  The exact same sandwich in PA where my oldest DD lives is called a hoagie. 

[DaniDanielle]

Sub or hero on the Island!

[A&L_Ont]

Pop or soda? 

[Ocean Boy]

7 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Pop or soda? 

Soda, hands down.

[Ocean Boy]

17 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

Here in RI that’s a grinder.  The exact same sandwich in PA where my oldest DD lives is called a hoagie. 

Grander or sub here but more grinder. The southern part of RI must be a transition zone.

[reallyitsmema]

59 minutes ago, molly361 said:

Ok then what is this?  A hoagie, sub, grinder, hero or wedge?  

 

Sub!

[Sunshine3601]

26 minutes ago, Momof3gurlz said:

Here in RI that’s a grinder.  The exact same sandwich in PA where my oldest DD lives is called a hoagie. 

Hoagie here in PA.  Grinder is when it gies into oven to melt cheese...such as s meatball parm