Well maybe. Anyway, lots of comments came in having to do with tapas after the post yesterday. So Henriette and I will be working on our picks from off the shelves of Trader Joe’s and Costco. Here is one that she just sent in:
Here is my vision of the Veranda, at least a metaphysical version that I had before the real thing happened. Catalina dug it up in the “beginning to end” reading of this blog. I like it a lot and it describes quite well the proper venue for tapas:
“Big enough to hold a group. Maybe there are those wicker chairs that the air can blow through to lend to our comfort. The Veranda has a comfortable hold on us, bringing us together when we have been off on separate adventures and quests. Some of us have been injured, some have won awards, some have created, some destroyed. But the Veranda holds us so that we can reunite and its time provides us with the opportunity to see how we have grown while apart. We are together now and out of the glare that is often taken for reality. The din and the glare, they go together. But that seems far away for all of us now. We loosen our ties and let our hair down, we plan to stay for a while. Air is moving to keep things fresh and to rid us of the unwanted. Maybe it means the weather is up for a change. The Veranda will shelter us in a shower and we are beyond worry.” An Earlier Felipé
Here is a wine recommendation available from Trader Joe’s. It is the standby Spanish White for Phil’s Camino. It’s not too dry and not to sweet, goes well with tapas. And is 5.99 a bottle:
OK, time to strap on my walking shoes, Jim and Jen are showing up! Have a good one!
comfortable hold loves, Felipé.
Trying to keep up with the challenge from the Tapa Nazi. Here’s seven more from Costco, which with yesterday’s yummy olives, brings me up to 8. Okay, Phil, you’re up, defending the honor of TJ’s.
Mozzarella wrapped salami rolls
Cappiocola/Prosciutto Tray
Mini Tiramisu jars
French Chocolate crepes
Sabra Hummus Singles
Cheese board (5 select Spanish/French cheeses wrapped together)
Stroopwaffels
Henriette ~ wow, you are really running with this one. I will copy and paste these into today’s post. I for one didn’t know Costco had this kind of stuff. Thought all they had was mile-o-toilet paper and 55 gallon drums of Cherrios. OK, we’ll done! Felipé.x
Okay, I have to confess. I am getting some help from my Tailgating Master son James. Here’s a few more to put the Costco team over the top (and some of which I promise to bring on my next foray to Phil’s Camino). C’mon, TJ’s, beat this:
Shrimp platter
cooked crab
salmon spreads
smoked salmon
So now who’s the Tapa Nazi?
PS Also,Costco’s Kirkland brand makes a darn good Sangia, wouldn’t you agree? Just add cut apples, berries, oranges. Chin-chin. Salud y amor y tiempo para disfrutario—to health and love, and time to enjoy it!
Henriette ~ glad that you are taking this opportunity to confess. Felipé.x
Dear Felipe,
Yesterday, the Facebook reminded me of a picture I posted… some swallows that were flying around in front of the window of my office… and I thought of Farmer John, who surely had fed them during the summer and therefore given them the strength to migrate south here… and I remember we exchanges some emails after, and then a few days after, September 15th, I proposed the meeting, and then you thought of the BCs meeting, which magically and ohhhh soooo amazingly moved into the “Veranda”… I said in one of those emails that would be a dream come true, and it is so magical that what you envisioned pre-Veranda in that paragraph, actually happened… how strange, for this universe we live in, that what we dreamt, actually happened?!
Camino magic… or maybe it is that love makes all possible…?
Loving loves,
Cris
Cris ~ well you see how we all bounce off of each other and things get better. A good idea gets amplified into a really good idea. Yes, we got it! Felipé.x