Smartie's Bar & Grill #56

You just saddle the horses and I'll be there. Last time I went was 2012, I think....and that's just too long

 

We ate a BBQ place off of I-30 not in Dallas but almost it was pretty good. It was really busy when we were there, great food..

 

We were there in January of this year and in the fall last year

snow in Texas.

 

Were you ever lucky, except the driving in it part. You love snow and TX, and you got both.

Hah, I lied. Ike was in 2008. See, all that TX longing got me all confused.

 

Yeah, I got the best of both worlds..lol. We went out to eat and it started snowing while we were in the restaurant. Snow falling at night is beautiful. The next day snow was everywhere and so pretty.

 

Just got back from a week of clearing brush and mowing around pecan trees in E. TX, and had a family dinner at one of my favorite BBQ places---"the Purple Pig" along TX155 between Tyler & Frankston---great baby-back pork rib dinner with Shiner beer!!

 

Hey Mod. How can I put up You Tube videos? What did you do?

 

Personally I kinda cotton that type food stuff.I like good Bread/pastry foods.
That is my weakness as taught from my Hero { My Grandmother }.
Who got up early every day and went to work as Boss of her Trucking Company.
She also was a daily communicant { 7 am Morning mass } and twice
weekly trips to her favorite pastry shop { Hough Bakery in E.Cleveland }.
I'm really disappointed that those type professional bakery shops
are a lost art.Fading fast due to Obama's war on anything individual
and small business.

 

To all the kooks, I mean people, who visit this thread. I invite all of you to
visit Ingrid's Kitchen in OKC if you happen this way and want some
fabulous food. I play every Saturday from Noon until 2pm every Saturday.

If you're in town give the band a visit. I'm the bassist.

3701 N. Youngs Boulevard, OKC

 

Every melting pot city had ethnic neighborhoods chock-filled with little
corner bakery shops and Butcher shops.
What happened was simple.The Blacks from the inner city migrated into
those ethnic neighborhoods and robbed them blind.I saw it firsthand in
Cleveland.Little ethnic neighborhoods with white picket fenced little yards
were robbed almost on a daily basis.The Ethnic folk were forced to leave their
little shops and homes.Some managed to stick it out until the entire blocks
were one color.BLACK.
This ISN'T racism on my part.This is fact.

 

Well, it has been some time since I dropped into this Smarties. Just sayin.

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So, where is my Hostess with the Mostess SMW.

 

I can't complain. But what I wrote is Exactly what happened in Cleveland.
I realize that is seldom talked about nowadays.But growing up that was
a very big part of the ethnic community.In point of fact it was THE only thing
often on the minds of the Ethnics like the Bohemian { Germans,Czechs,Hungarians }
The Polish in Cleveland managed to settle down and groom a way of life that
encompassed a very big swath of Cleveland { The West side }.
That Polish community still exists today,from what my neighborhood buddy tells me.
ALL other ethnic community have vanished from the face of the earth in
Cleveland.That is why sometimes you'll hear from those like O'Reilly
or *Bernie McGuirk { New Yorkers } who still faithfully stand by their old
neighborhoods.Those men of my age knew their neighborhoods storied past and
have the mettle to make sure they don't faulter and all go tumbling down like
some Humpty Dumpty.
Our country is about to All Fall Down.That is why it is manifest to keep our
melting pot city's real history in tact and not forget.
The 4th of July isn't about Fireworks or outdoor weenie roasts.
It's about the Country's Independence.
Lest we forget the lest we'll be able to enjoy a slice of what once was.
I say,remember for Old times' sake.For the sake of what came before us.
Screw this move Forward.To Lean Forward.
BTW ... how does a Populace lean forward being placed atop a
3 legged dunce stool.

* Producer of Imus in the Morning and regular on - Hannity -.
Sean Hannity is another loyal New Yorker who tries his best to
keep a Neighborhood mentality.

 

We mostly play music for the dancers that visit every Saturday. Swing,
waltzes, rumbas, west coast swing, country, polkas and just about
anything anyone wants to hear for the most part.

Ingrid's is all over YouTube but the band isn't.

I'm really a jazzer but right now jazz has been slow, about 1 a month,
and a classical player.

 

Nice to see ya, darlin. Pull up a barstool and have a cup o' joe.

 

Hiya, OD! Nice to see ya! Sounds like a lotta work... glad you got the BBQ payoff!! Hey! Do you have access to those pecan trees in the fall? Texas papershells are some fine eatin!

 

Well you know how I luv Coffee.....so how did ya day turn out gorgeous. Get all that busy stuff taken care of?

 

Why, can't I see what members are on or how many there are on here?

 

Yeah, got most of it done... then took a nice long nap. Now I'll prob be up all nite... but it was worth it. How 'bout you... getting ready to leave for work?

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It's a secret. If we told ya, we'd have to kill ya.

Srsly, I think that feature is only available to donors. Not sure, but I seem to remember that's how it is. I never think to look at it.