Happy Solstice

December 21, 2017 Thursday


7:20 AM Sassy
Good morning Philip!   
It’s my last work day of the year!! Only have to work about 5 hours.  Yay!  
Hope you have a terrific Thursday.

7:32 AM Sassy
Majesty Magazine 
https://www.facebook.com/majestymagazine/photos/pcb.1815436268489035/1815436085155720/?type=3&theater

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s official engagement photographs have been released. The photographs were taken by photographer Alexi Lubomirski at Frogmore House, Windsor, earlier this week.

8:20 AM Sassy
from Sandra Boynton’s Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/sandraboynton/photos/a.206184542749790/1809621972406031/?type=3&theater



9:10 AM Phil

Good morning!

1:54 PM Sassy
Tasty lunch at Shanghai Gate in Allston.  We had the usual – cheese rolls, lions head meatball, small steamer buns, and yu shiang pork. Hubby tried the ma pa tofu with fish and pork fried rice for something different!

3:13 PM Sassy
I am done with work until January 2!  Whee!



Platinum Anniversary

November 19, 2017 Sunday

11:40 AM Sassy
Happy Anniversary to the Queen and Prince Philip!

From Sally Beddell Smith’s Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/sallybedellsmith/photos/a.155443021219067/1469851579778198/?type=3&theater

Happy Platinum Wedding Anniversary to the Queen and Prince Philip! The landmark day is tomorrow, and Buckingham Palace has issued this lovely portrait of the 91-year-old monarch and her 96-year-old consort to mark their 70 years as husband and wife. The only public commemoration will be bell ringing at Westminster Abbey, where the couple were married. The Queen will host a private dinner tomorrow night for family and close friends. 

12:33 PM Sassy

Full Irish!  Brunch at The Thirsty Scholar Pub in Somerville! 
The exterior
Bloody Mary without alcohol for me
Hubby’s Western omelette
My full Irish breakfast! 
Baked beans cure a cold right?


Labor Day Dim Sum

September 4, 2017 Monday LABOR DAY

5:30 AM Sassy
Happy Labor Day from a union worker!

10:46 AM Phil
[photo of a smoker machine in his driveway]
Happy Labor Day!

Breaking in my little smoker, tri tip and ribs today

10:47 AM Sassy
Oooh… that sounds delicious!

I’m off to dim sum brunch with my older sister and her beau

11:28 AM Phil
Enjoy!

12:46 PM Sassy
Lucious Chinese lunch at Mary Chung’s in Central Square and I paid with a credit card!!

Suan la chow show – my favorite food 
Peking ravioli
Dry-cooked sliced beef
Velvet chicken and mapa tofu
1:08 PM Sassy
Another Brit royal baby on the way!

Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge expecting third child



9:59 PM Sassy
Texas Roadhouse time!
Hubby’s Hurricane margarita and my raspberry lemonade
Hubby’s sirloin with onions and steak fries
Shrimp sidekick
My Half slab of ribs and corn
10:19PM Phil
Verizon Cloud file share
10:21 PM Sassy
What’s that? (Can’t open it)
10:23 PM Phil
Music – recording of that church chorus I sang with
10:24 PM Sassy
Wow! From your era?
10:24 PM Phil
I can hear my voice on one piece
That’s off the album I sang on.
10:25 PM Sassy
That’s so cool!
10:25 PM Phil
It’s the first song.
The rest are a mix across the spectrum
Yeah, neat to hear it again
10:27 PM Sassy
Thanks for sharing – very special!
10:28 PM Phil
Made me smile
10:30 PM Sassy
Your meat come out tasty?
I had the ribs tonight because of you.
10:32 PM Phil
[photo of a church music group from the 1970s]
My meat is always tasty! 😉
They came out delicious!
Can you find your favorite kid?
10:33 PM Sassy
Yup.  I adored that kid! 
Are they still going?
10:33 PM Phil
With the helmet hair
They are indeed
10:34 PM Sassy
And the sexy smile
10:34 PM Phi
Ha! I don’t know about that but it’s me
10:40 PM Sassy
Can you name those kids?
I’m surprised I can recall about half
10:54 PM Phil
Most of them
10:55 PM Sassy
You’re FB friends with several, right?
10:56 Phil
I am, some are dead

Ah, Scotland!

August 7, 2017 Monday

8:04AM Sassy
Good morning kid!
9:28AM Phil
Good morning! Heading home

1:46 PM Sassy
The Queen looking pretty in pink, and men in kilts and a pony! Ah, Scotland!


https://www.facebook.com/armyinscotland/photos/pcb.795510363954514/795510217287862/?type=3&theater

This morning saw the official start to her Majesty The Queen’s annual stay in Balmoral, her home on Royal Deeside in the north east of Scotland.


She was welcomed by Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), who provided a Guard of Honour as she arrived, along with the Regimental Mascot, Shetland Pony Cruachan IV.

5:58 PM Sassy
Dinner at Lone Star Taco bar! More street corn. Nom nom nom…



The Big Sick

July 23, 2017 Sunday

7:33 AM Sassy
Fascinating story of how a writer’s visit to Osborne House led her to Queen Victoria’s Urdu diaries at Windsor and on to Karachi to open a trunk in an attic and uncover the Queen’s friendship with an Indian man. She wrote a book and it’ll be a movie in September!

CREDIT: PETER MOUNTAIN/FOCUS FEATURES

‘How I uncovered the hidden friendship between Queen Victoria and her Indian servant Abdul’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/uncovered-hidden-friendship-queen-victoria-indian-servant-abdul/


1:43 PM Sassy
Hiya kid!  Hope you’re having a lovely Sunday!
The heat broke… it’s a blissful 73 here!
2:44 PM Phil
Hanging with family on my wife’s side 
Fabulous day

4:17 PM Sassy
I’m seeing the movie “The Big Sick” at the Kendall Square Cinema! 




New Corgi, Old Crown

July 18, 2017 Tuesday

3:01 PM Sassy
New Corgi for the Queen!

Today’s incredibly sweet news bulletin from The Sun in London is that the Queen has adopted nine-year-old Whisper, a Corgi previously owned by Bill Fenwick, a gamekeeper on her Sandringham estate who died recently at age 93. His wife Nancy, who took care of the Royal Corgis when the Queen was away, died two years ago at 85. The Queen began taking Whisper on walks with Willow, a Corgi, and Vulcan and Candy, both “Dorgis,” a breed she created by mating Corgis and Dachshunds. She became so smitten with Whisper that she asked the Fenwick family if she could keep him.
From Sally Bedell Smith’s Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/sallybedellsmith/photos/a.155443021219067.34190.147875948642441/1359579987472025/?type=3&theater
7:02 PM Sassy
A delicious dinner at Toraya in Arlington
The master chef at work 
Hubby’s beautifully presented white fish with ponzu sauce
Hubby’s sashimi – salmon, tuna, yellowtail 
Soft-shell crab tempura
My unagi and tamago nigiri
Our beef sukiyaki with tofu, scallions, mushrooms, 
and noodles and rice
10:24 PM Sassy
Made of gold with enamel, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, diamonds, and pearls, the Crown of Princess Blanche, also called the Palatine Crown or Bohemian Crown, is the oldest surviving royal crown known to have been in England, and probably dates to the years after 1370.
The crown came to the Palatinate line of the House of Wittelsbach in 1402 as a dowry of Princess Blanche of England, a daughter of King Henry IV of England, on her marriage to Louis III, Elector Palatine.

Spanish State Dinner

July 12, 2017 Wednesday

9:12 PM Sassy
Amazing outfits and jewels at the State Dinner for the King & Queen of Spain! I am coveting HM’s aquamarines. Yes… King Felipe is 6’6″.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh with King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain before this evening’s state banquet at Buckingham Palace.

Majesty Magazine Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/majestymagazine/posts/1652385908127406


Queen’s New Equerry

July 10, 2017 Monday


From Sally Bedell Smith’s Facebook page

The Queen has made history with the appointment of her first black equerry, 38-year-old Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankara, known to his friends as “TA.” The Ghanaian-born major moved to the U.K. In 1982 and graduated from The Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.

As the Queen’s chief aide-de-camp, Major Twumasi-Ankrah, will be a visible presence by her side with the retirement of Prince Philip from his official duties this autumn.