This weekend, for the first time in OWFL history, two of our lunchers are getting married, to eachother!
The bride (formerly hater, formerly cuddles) and James Vernor (formerly CSR, formerly some forgettable names) will be flying to America's heartland tomorrow morning and then making their coupling legal on Saturday. They are then almost immediately heading on a two week voyage to consumate their new status as wife and husband.
We here at OWFL send the happy couple our fondest wishes and would like to take this opportunity to let you know that the blog gives our blessing to this marriage and see ourselves as witnesses to your union (even though none of us will be there...). Feel free to come to us in your time of need and expect our most sincere lunch advice.
We lunch the both of you very much.
And of course we expect periodic lunch updates during your honeymoon, well not really, but it'd be nice to know you were thinking of us. I mean you can get on the internet from anywhere nowadays...
Now let the congregation share it's wishes, thoughts and advice with you, and don't let them forget to include WFL?
45 comments:
Wow rico those were hilarious...
Ahem.
What's on the menu for the reception?
Lavosh?
Coney dogs?
That sounds just awful.
Seriously, tell me what I won't be eating Saturday...
The first OWFL marriage!
You know, you could ditch this whole Going Home to the 'Ta plan and let me marry you. I am, after all, an ordained minister of the Universal Church of Christ of Modesto California, and as such, would be able to marry you.
By the way, Bride, did anything ever come from your mom's contacting her friend about a certain photo I sent to you?
no relish tray?
OMG...bacon wrapped water chestnuts..sooo good! Although in my heart I believe anything with bacon is good....
"I used to . . . I used to hate . . . water chestnuts. Now I would eat a hundred buckets of them!"
Congratulations my dears! I want pictures when you return.
A GREAT Freudian slip by the bride, by the way earlier ...
"lost of options"
Indeed.
Good luck!
Is there really such a thing as a bacon burger dog?
http://www.tailgating.com/Recipes/burgerbacondogs.htm
Is anyone else getting a Christina Ricci thing here?
Why is Rico so anti-marriage?
Yeah, I have to agree, HT. Some of it yesterday was pissing me off, too. It seemed a bit more off-blog appropriate. I honestly cannot believe I am writing this. I cannot believe that I am criticizing for getting off topic. It's not off topic actually, it's pure inside jokes more, I suppose.
That movie Pumpkin was great!
Jade makes my point well. We want OWFL to be a place of inclusion. If no one knows what the hell people are talking about, that makes it difficult.
Now, I'm not saying inside jokes, or references to events that have happened off-blog are verboten, nor am I issuing a mandate for staying "on topic" - not at all. Half the fun is the shit that happens off-blog. But, it's a lot to weed through for the rest of us that don't have any fucking clue what you're talking about.
I can't believe I'm regulating, either. God. What has happened to me??
I thought the bride just had "lost" on the mind.
but jade's way is funnier, and probably more accurate.
Did Robin Masters ever stop by and ask Magnum to pick up after himself?
It's good to have Madame Presidente back. Somebody around here needs to be in charge, and it sure as hell can't be Jo.
I'm glad you asked, Jo.
As a matter of fact - yes, all the damn time. As we learn in the final episode of Season 8, Resoultions(2), we learn that Higgins is in fact Robin Masters. Now, of course, at the end, he tries to leave you guessing, but I think that two episodes before the final two-part Resolutions, in "Transitions" it's made pretty clear that Higgins and Robin are the same person.
That said, I work on the assumption that they are one and the same, and so to answer your question quite simply, yes.
I want corn chowder for lunch, but I know no one will order from Soup Box with me. Not sure what to do.
Gosh.
I apologize, Madame President. I will try to be more sensitive in the future.
I was playing off of Abs’ 10:54 comment that ended with "Sasha Cohen was phenomenal." I don’t know if you read that or not.
It prompted me to go with a Sasha avatar, which reminded me of Ricci. I wondered if anyone else got the same thing. And they did! It wasn’t completely random: I was playing off another’s comment. I suppose the dots might have been a little hard to connect, though—-and it certainly was not lunch related.
Anyway, sorry again. I didn’t mean to cause such an uproar.
Somehow, it looks like I’ll be doing breakfast for lunch, and lunch for dinner, and then drinking at the goldstar.
You got it, Bride. It is the Soup Box/Ice Box. I don't know if it was this way when you were here but they now have like 12 soups in winter and 4 ices and then they reverse it in the summer when it is Ice box. I love the corn chowder, the Italian wedding and Tomato Florentine, but they are all good. The raspberry and lime ices together are my favorite. No one in my office likes to order from them though, because they don't think you can have *just* soup for lunch.
What was that one Seinfeld where Kenny made Jerry take him out for dinner & he only got soup & Elaine was all "Was it cream-based or broth-based? Did he crumble crackers in it? He did? Oh, well, then crumbled crackers could make it a meal."
For lunch I went to this place that had a blurb in the Wash Post Food section today. It's called Earl's (as in 'of Sandwich'). Fresh roasted turkey (cooked today!) w lettuce, tomato, and pesto mayo on ciabatta. Very simple and very good! The pesto mayo alone was worth the hike. Yum. They also have artichoke mayo. Mmmm.
oh and congrats to bride & csr! bride, when you come back will you be 'wife'? or 'mother'? Oooooooh.
HT I was so hoping you wouldn't use the obvious Robin Masters halfway answer and you did. I'm very disappointed.
And for the kids, HT quit the job as Prez and has told me repeatedly she doesn't want it or any other leadership position.
Go ahead and beg her to come back if you'd like.
Until that magical soul cleansing, blog saving moment occurs, Jade, your pet peeve stealing random ass belongs to me.
I had a cup of crab and corn chodwer and a shrimp and crab Louis salad at McCormick & Schmicks.
Very tasty.
Josephus, don't think you can sweet talk me like that. Your ill gotten presidency will not last. HT is a born leader, her leadership abilities are needed here. Surely she will come to see that.
That crab and corn chowder sounds heavenly.
I have responded on JIC, by the way.
as have I my sweet...as have I.
Leftover sushi for lunch...a combo of spicy tuna, cali roll, mexican roll and one coveted piece of a bagel roll.
I've always thought "leftover sushi" was not a good thing. Have I been wrong?
By the way DC wflers. Josephus is very very thirsty.
Anyone up for HH?
I made several allusions last week to being a Robin Masters/Charlie (he of Angels fame) sort of absentee leader type. Which, was why Jo asked about Magnum. Now, I'm not sure why he thought my answer was half-assed, as it was absolutely correct, but that was the whole Magnum thing. Feel free to chime in with other Magnum related comments. In fact, the 2pm episode on WGN is just starting, if only I were home to view it. Rather, I"ve just returned from taking my assistant to lunch at Cafe Asia. Bento box lunch. Mediocre. And, I got a lot of soy sauce on my blouse.
Bride - yes, I am indeed an ordained minister. I discovered the Universal Life Church of Modesto, CA online one day, by following an ad that popped up when I was reading about Anton LaVeAnton LaVey, of all people.
Anyhoo, after I got ordained and got my documents, I checked into state laws around these parts. From what I could tell, Maryland has the most liberal laws, requiring only that the bride and groom recognize s/he doing the officiating as an officiate.
The other cool thing is that I can get special "minister" tags for my car, which would allow me to park anywhere with impunity. But, even to me, that seems kind of wrong. Though, I haven't ruled it out.
Just like I haven't ruled out coming back as Madame Presidente, but I have some thinking to do. Let's just say I'm putting feelers out and keeping my options open.
Leftover raw stuff is a bit worrisome...I had to throw out the yellowtail nigiri...that worried me. All the other stuff is cooked though. I do stay away from sushi in food courts at the mall and most grocery store sushi.
"Ice Creamed" sounds dirty.
So, you're saying there's a soup and ice cream joint in Chicago? What a random combination...
jack meet me at Bravo Bravo on Connecticut Ave. You can meet HT.
Strike that, you can view HT's random dead carcass...
Bride, I don't know why I just thought of this, but... (okay, well, I kind of do, but whatever)
Does JV (or anyone for that matter) ever say that you've got Wichitatas? I think if I were from there, I would have a t-shirt emblazoned with that. It's probably not original at all, but still, I'm cracking myself up here at my desk.
(I won't let rico be the only one making all the lame jokes today)
Why you trying to be all povocative, HT and instigating trouble? I thought that was Jo's specialty.
I'm just a puppet on a string, Jade.
Witchitittie works. Oooohh you could have had Uni make you a Witchitittie Cupcake Cake for your wedding.
That would have been so freakin' classy.
I love me some wichititties.
Especially with some lavosh.
From Dipso:
I ended up going to the new Panda Express over in the Prudential building. I guess I had to do it just so I know never to do it again. I got the 3-entrée meal with fried rice: kung pow chicken, beef and broccoli, and sweet and sour pork. They put the Styrofoam box in a plastic bag. When I lifted it, the whole box bag system seemed to have decent equilibrium, so I headed off confidently. About halfway back to the office, however, I look down and the box is completely sideways and there’s an accumulation of brown liquid in the bottom of the bag. F*CK. So I carry it in my hands the rest of the way, stop by the kitchen on the way to my office to grab a length of paper towel, get to my office, close the door and survey the damage. Chopsticks, napkins and soy packets all are covered in sauce. (So is a good portion of my desk now, too.) So, yeah, I’ve basically got Sweet kung pow beef and sour chickenpig with broccoli mixed with vegetable fried rice. I don’t think it makes a dang bit of difference, either. It all sucks. Never again. AND (and I could have peeved about this) this is not a mother-f*cking fortune!!! I hate proverb cookies, and this one’s not even close to accurate: “An ounce of gold cannot by an ounce of time.” Oh yeah, ever hear of the rich? Oh, right, f*ck OFF commie bastards. I want my cookies to let me in on a pleasant fortuitous event. I want my cookies to tell me that I’m going to get laid soon. That’s all cookies should ever say.
Why are you posting for Dipso, jo?
dipso has not given me an answer to post for him.
Did Dipso email you that lunch synopsis?
the synopsis I posted did arrive to me via e-mail from dipso yes.
Ah, poor dipso. We have a Panda Maxx (ooooh, 2 x's) & I had the same problem last time I went, with the seeming balance & then the not-so-balanced &, of course, the sauce all over the desk. Siiiiigh.
Jo, I'm with you on the leftover sushi. 2 words that should never be spoken together. Shudder. 2 words that can't be spoken together unless followed by ". . . so I spent the entire afternoon on the pot."
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