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Date of Stay: May, 2016
Not much I can say that hasn't been said about this park. Love their online reservation system. You can check availability and book in about one minute on their site. You can also see exactly what site you are booking. For us control freaks you can go to google and see a actual view of your spot before you get there. Great access from the hwy but far enough to escape noise. We spend maybe two minutes checking in since we had booked on line and we were off to our site with a golf cart escort. The park is immaculate and looked to be a sell out crowd for the holiday weekend. All utilities worked great as expected. Our site (3) was level and had a sweet view of the lake. We are 45' and left car hooked up and still had enough length. Over all this is my kind of place we will go out of our way to come back. I've been to RV resorts that didn't make me smile like this place did. Great "involved" owner has done a super job here. Thanks for as great stay and we'll look forward to another trip to D & W Lake soon!
Date of Stay: April, 2016
This one night (4/11) stay was just a place to rest and continue on the next day. We didn't unhook and I thought the CG was just fine. Power & water was fine and we had a site with 30 amp. Temps were climbing and I was nervous about not having 50 amp but all worked out just fine. We enjoyed an evening at A/OK and ate dinner in the coach. We had the place almost to ourselves except for maybe a few other campers. We enjoyed our brief stay and would return again.
Date of Stay: April, 2016
We stayed 4/12-4/19 at this wonderful RV resort. The staff was super friendly and helpful. Everything was exactly as represented. Great park, meticulously maintained, excellent power, water, and cable. We were in a FHU pull thru. We were in a regular (not a premium) pull thru and liked it just fine. We used the pool & hot tub quite often after hiking in ZNP. We will come back to Virgin and will certainly stay at Zion River Resort again.
Date of Stay: April, 2016
We stayed three nights 4/19-4/21 and feel fortunate to have got in. High season in Moab and all the RV parks are quite busy. We were told by friends to stay at Portal but it was booked. Once in Moab we toured Portal and decided we liked Spanish Trail even more. Girl that checked us in was a bit frosty and curt. We dismissed it assuming she was having a day. Any other dealings with owners were a delight. The CG has fairly ample spacing and length for today's multi slide big rig. We are 43' and had plenty of length. Sites look to be off level as the CG is terraced with four rows but it is not so. We were perfectly level with no correction needed. Everything worked as it should (power, water, cable). Our site had a nice paver patio to step down from the coach as well as a small patch of freshly planted sod. It was excellent as otherwise it is all gravel and dusty. Over all we loved our stay in Moab as well as Spanish Trail. We will definitely be back and sure to book our next stay back at Spanish Trail. Thanks for a great stay!
Date of Stay: April, 2016
We stayed one night only 4/21 and I was quite underwhelmed. Sites are tight and I always hated the Jack & Jill sites where you face your neighbor. Naturally they put us facing someone that actually lives in the RV. She was a great lady but we simply had no patio to speak of as our neighbor occupied it. We did have a broken concrete pad that was silly petite. It is exactly as wide as the wheels and right after the concrete ends was wet mud. Not blaming the CG as they had a huge snow event just days before. However for $70 a night maybe they should have poured more generous pads. Office overcharged us as they added $10 for two children and we have no children. They claimed we said we had children which was pure bunk as we simply have never had children period. They wouldn't refund as apparently their "corporate owner" doesn't allow refunds. We camped here in a 43' motorhome and we won't be back.
Date of Stay: April, 2016
Don't know what we can say that hasn't already been said. This place is what every RV park aspires to be. We have been RVing for 20 years and coming here for about the last ten. It is perhaps the BEST RV park I have seen anywhere. We stayed on 4/8 as a stop over on our way out west and again on 4/22 on the way back home. Huge level concrete pads, clean power, great water pressure ( I believe park is regulated to 60 psi so regulators are not needed), you have a lawn between you and your neighbor, cable with about 70 channels, a pool, off leash dog park that is HUGE. It is a beautiful gated hidden gem of a RV park....trust me you won't be disappointed. Maybe 5 minutes off of I70.
Date of Stay: April, 2016
We have been coming here for about ten years and have had better visits. I feel like this park is no longer what it was prior to RVC Outdoors. Our site was too off level to level the coach and so was our neighbors. The sites are also too close. We had a reservation and I was in disbelief where they put us with a 43' motorhome. We had a pull thru (laugh) that was long enough for the coach only so the car was parked elsewhere. Even that was worse than it sounds as there isn't a square inch in the whole GC that isn't claimed by someone. Be very careful driving a larger motorhome as the place is loaded with campers taking up needed aisle space with their vehicles. Wifi AND cable was a joke at least at our site. If we were longer than two nights I would have complained. I feel like the rate is also an issue. $70 for an off level, gravel/dirt site, packed in, is too high. But obviously they have no problem filling the CG so others must feel differently. We will certainly return to Colorado Springs but we are done with this CG.
Date of Stay: October, 2015
We typically stay at Wagon Trail but decided to check out Hy-Land Court for our recent six night stay 9/26- 10/1. We are pleased to report it was a wonderful experience. We skipped their offer for the included cable TV as it meant using a cable box. We did have three strong channels with just the antenna but we were really not there to watch TV. You will want to spend a lot of time outside as the CG is so quiet and beautiful. I also give Hy-Land high marks for having full hook ups where many in Door County don't have sewer.
Date of Stay: October, 2015
We stayed here three nights 9/25, 10/2 & 10/3. and really enjoyed our stay. One of the three days the dust was quite bad but the other two it was not an issue. They move a LOT of campers through here and do a great job. There were rally's going on while we were there and while we were not part of the rallies we met some great neighbors. We had full FHU's and all worked well. We would stay here again especially during Octoberfest!
Date of Stay: May, 2014
We were here seven nights visiting DC and the park did not disappoint. All the praises listed in other reviews are spot on. The weather turned unseasonable hot and the pool was wonderful. At 4:00 M-F, they offer a one hour orientation on using public transportation and basically anything & everything one needs to know about visiting DC. That was incredible and there is so much info we actually sat through two days. We essentially took a bus from the RV park to the subway in to DC every day. Long days to be sure but we utilized a dog walking service while we were gone. They also have a impressive convention center in the park and it is quite the hot ticket. There was a wedding reception, a function where several school buses brought a tons of kids, and even a function where actual motor coaches were picking up/dropping off. This wasn't so great. Lots of people/vehicles in this park that are here for the convention center and drive way too fast. I've been to parks where if you drive one mph over creep speed you got barked at. I saw speeds that I think were around 30 mph and it seemed like the park does nothing. In summary the park is great probably deserves a 10 but I feel I have to ding them a point on the speeding thing.
Date of Stay: May, 2014
This was just a one night stay for us but we loved it. With our paid reservation check-in was done in record time, maybe one minute. The drive to the site seemed to take forever as the park is huge. Also the best I could do was maybe 3 MPH because of the pot holes. Yep, other posters didn't exaggerate one bit. My thoughts are the park could repair very easily as the rest of the park was wonderful. Most effective speed bumps I have ever seen. Ha. They do put all the one night folks in one row and I understand that. Why should the seasonal people have to listen to our zero dark thirty departure? The seasonal folks here are the kind that you would be pleased to be next to if it worked out that way. The seasonal campers are getting a bad rap especially here. At least for this camp ground the seasonal sites I saw were neat and well kept. Overall I give them high marks and would definitely come back again. We were in row B spot number 6. A huge pull through with full hook ups for $36 bucks, what's there to complain about?
Date of Stay: May, 2014
This was an overnight stop for us and we wished we were staying longer. Charming, heavily treed, and well kept come to mind. We had a pull-through with full hookups. We did have neighbors on either side and there was ample room. We would stay here again.
Date of Stay: May, 2014
We have been coming to Sundermeier regularly for about ten years. Some complain about the train tracks and I for one enjoy watching a train go by. I also have no issues with the airplanes overhead. I have no issues with no swimming pool or maybe being not too kid friendly. The value for us is we bring bicycles and basically ride out the back gate and you are on the KATY trail. The park is also walking distance to beautiful down town St. Charles. Of course they get an A+ for generous concrete pads and trustworthy full hookups. The unfriendly staff reputation is about 90% urban legend. I do have a couple of complaints that are the reason for my overall rating. Their restaurant that we loved so much is closed down. The picnic tables are one click away from fire wood. Grass was a weed patch. Lastly was the new deal with needing a cable box to be able to receive cable. These little things all added up to deciding it is in fact overpriced.
Date of Stay: April, 2014
This was our second stay at Air Capital and we were pleased with the park. The park is newer and was smartly laid out. Staff was friendly and very helpful. We needed a later check out on Easter Sunday and they couldn't have been nicer. We have family in Wichita so we plan to stay here when in town.
Date of Stay: October, 2013
This was our second time staying here and we really love it. The park is huge and decent space between spots. We had a pull-through. Grass is scrubby but that is to be expected. Staff was friendly and helpful. We will likely stay here again.


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InPixio PhotoClip 7 WorksPosted on May 14th, 2016 No comments
I almost never recommend products or brands. But I recently tested the free version of InPixio PhotoClip 7 and was so impressed that I bought the full version the same day.
PhotoClip consists of two components: Eraser and Cutter
Photo Eraser lets you remove unwanted elements from a photo. Depending on how much you want to remove, and how much time you want to spend at it, and what the background is behind the removed bit is, the software works well and often amazingly well. "The technical features of Photo Clip automatically identify the sections of an image that need to be filled in and make your new photo look natural and seamless," says the InPixio site. What that means is that you can just click on or outline the part to be removed, then click Erase.
This works best when the background is fairly simple, such as sand or water or sky. The examples on the InPixio site are all of this type. Certainly, these are quick and easy to do.
Here are two photos, before and after, done with Erase: The background of the dancers was really busy, so this took some work. First, I cropped the photo to only the central couple. Next, I removed parts on the floor, which left "floor colored" background on the bottom. Next I removed the photos on the wall (which left a "wall colored" background. Finally I removed the man in the white shirt and jeans, then the fellow in purple shirt and black pants. I couldn't just click the white shirt, because the software then removed the lady's white blouse. I had to "lasso" each part I wanted removed. Took a while, but you see the result at right, the isolated dancers.
Yes, you can do this in PhotoShop or Gimp, but this is single-purpose software that works.
The second part is Photo Cutter. Inaptly named, this lets you take what's left after you've finished erasing (or any other image) and superimpose it onto another image, creating a photomontage such as my dancers at left, placed over a romantic golden haze. The foreground image can be manipulated – resized, inverted, reversed, etc. -
The montage at right was created using both parts. First, I removed the doggie (a real photo bomb, that!) with Eraser, then superimposed the "bombed" original over top of the cleaned version with Cutter, so that you can compare the two. This particular image took only seconds to create. With a quick glance at the corner where the dog was– and possibly even after some careful study–you'd never know the image was reworked.
Because I so seldom review or recommend a product, I think you can safely conclude that I like this one, and have used it often in the week I've had it.
Third Time Lucky by Alberta Author Eric J BrownPosted on April 30th, 2016 No comments
Allow me to grumble for a moment. What is there about self-published authors that leaves them so vulnerable to egregious errors of spelling, punctuation, and grammar? Is the Alberta education system so deficient that English is not taught?
Here's a sample of writing from Eric J. Brown of Magnolia, Alberta, posted as part of his biography on Author's Den: "My name Is Eric Brown, [sic: comma error] I was born raised and still reside [sic: comma error] in teh [sic: the] Canadian province of Alberta. I began writing when I was 13 years old, and self published [sic: self-published] my first novel, Ginny, in 1998 adn [sic: and] have sicne [sic: since] published, [sic: comma error] Ingrid 2000, Anna 2002, The Promise 2004, and To the Last Tree Standing 2006″. Is the man dyslexic? Can he not see those errors?
Another reviewer of Brown's work, Erica Maidment, wrote on Amazon of Anna–Her Odyssey to Freedom (2002) , "…My main complaint with this book is that it suffers from very poor editing. I am willing to overlook minor and occasional errors, but the errors were rampant and marred the text. I liked the content so much that I would really like to read some of the author's other books, but I am apprehensive if it means slogging through so many missing quotation marks, incorrect words, incomplete sentences, and spelling errors."
I'm currently reading Third Time Lucky, another self-publication (Magnolia Press, 2009). It's a formulaic love story involving mail-order-bride Jane Brody and crusty suitor Ethan Phillips, set near the fictional town of Grimstad in rural Alberta, Canada, in 1925. City-born Jane needs to adapt to life in the backwoods; curmudgeonly Ethan needs to learn more civilized ways; both are socially backwards and unable to communicate. Will they be able to share their feelings? Will Jane succumb to the blarney of the lovable Irish moonshiner on the next homestead? Will she use her return ticket back to Ontario? Well, duh.
The writing is a bit flat, but it is readable, with interesting characters and enough plot movement and character development to keep me engaged.
Anachronisms abound, making me wonder just how much (or how little) research Brown did.
- Despite the story being set in 1925, Brown's characters generally use a 21st century vernacular, such as having Jane refer to Indians as "bad guys"; an educated woman of the time might say "savages" or even "aborigines".
- "Nonetheless, Jane was wary of her first contact with First Nations people" (p. 130) — the term "First Nations" was not in use until the 1980s.
- Brown has his characters talk of Prohibition as if it were current, even though Alberta repealed it in 1923.
- Jane is from Montreal, where Prohibition never really took hold; even so, she is a "temperance woman" (though she spent some time in Ontario, where it took hold deeply)
- The WCTU in Canada was closely associated with various churches, yet Jane is of no particular faith.
- Alberta women got the vote in 1916, and the hope was that with suffrage, women would stand firmer for temperance; yet by 1925, both Prohibition and the temperance movement had lost force, especially in Alberta. Had Brown been aware of these social and political overtones, he might have used them for a further layer of depth in his novel.
These are minor issues, and not unexpected from a self-published author, though IMO a good editor would catch them.
The run-on sentences, missing punctuation, poor construction, and misused homophones ("wrapping his fist on the table" instead of "rapping", for example) detract significantly. All the flaws noted by Maidment in the earlier work are present in Third Time Lucky. Did the author learn nothing from his earlier novels? Did he not seek further help with proof-reading and editing?
Yet this book had not one but two editor/proofreaders: the author acknowledges "Lillian Ross, fellow author and proof-reader…" and "Eileen Harrigan for her work as principal editor". If the published manuscript is "cleaned up", the rough draft must have been ghastly! In their defense, I will mention that the spelling is generally acceptable (although I take exception to "Whiteman" for white man). At least the spell-check is turned on in whatever word-processor he is using. Perhaps using the grammar-checker as well would help.
The characters, by the way, are always grinning. They never smile, beam, smirk, simper, or give a wry twist of the lips — they just grin. This struck me about halfway through the book, and for every page after, a character that grinned made me wince.
I don't entirely blame the author for the book's shortcomings; I'm sure many good writers are poor spellers and grammarians. In fact, I admire Brown for producing not only one but at least eight novels. I admire him even more for producing decent, readable prose and entertaining characters. It's just too bad that his proof-readers can't proof, his editors don't edit, and his word-processing software doesn't flag homophones for review.
A Post-Script: I had the opportunity as working with another Alberta author, Dave McKenzie, on his novel Calypso. We went through several revisions and edits, and in the end Dave produced a well-written and tightly-plotted book. Still, despite the careful work of several proof-readers, I have no doubt that we missed something, somewhere. It is our hope that whatever errors we left were minor.
Charges for Not Using Electricity – Time to go Solar?Posted on October 12th, 2015 No comments
We pay really low electrical rates at our little cabin in the woods – an average of about 9 cents per kilowatt hour. So we started wondering why our power bills are are so high. There were months when we never even went out to the cabin, and used absolutely no electricity at all, yet we paid almost the same as for months when we did use power. Couldn't figure out why we were paying for not using power.
When I phoned to ask about this, our electricity provider explained that the charges are "our share of the distribution costs". In other words, they charge us a bit each month for the use of their power poles and wires, as well for a share of salaries, maintenance, etc.
Seems fair enough in a way, and clearer than rolling it into the cost of electricity. Our bill shows that, beyond a few bucks a month for electricity, we also pay for
- Administration – for the cost of billing us, I guess
- Distribution – poles & wires, I suppose
- Transmission – a small fee for shoving electrons along the wires?
- Riders – various little charges and rebates that come and go
Now, here is our average monthly electrical consumption for each of the past four years, along with all the surcharges, and the totals:
YEAR kWh Usage Energy Surcharges TOTAL 2012 128.63 11.30 74.48 85.78 2013 74.33 6.91 74.55 81.46 2014 43.75 3.56 83.60 87.16 2015 30.83 1.43 90.23 91.66
Notice that the power usage (kWh) and energy costs have declined substantially over the past four years, while the Surcharges have gone up, especially during the past three years. We're approaching $100 a month, just for having the power lines come to the cabin.
With power costs over $1000 a year, even when we don't use any electricity at all, off-grid solar is starting to look more attractive. A couple of years ago, I looked into it. A simple system could pay for itself in 5 to 10 years. Will we be using the cabin for that long? Would a solar system add any resale value to the place?
The main power guzzler is the water pump; a solar system to handle that would cost a lot. I can get a small auto-start generator to run the pump (and recharge the batteries if needed) for a few hundred dollars. But the biggest issue was the size and mass of storage batteries; I would have to build an addition to the cottage, specially heated and ventilated, to hold a dozen stinky acid-filled batteries.
Now, with the release of Tesla's PowerWall, I'm revisiting the idea. Good to -20 Celsius, the thing is only about 3′ wide, 4′ high, and 7″ deep, it has internal temperature controls, is maintenance free, and would mount inside or outside the cabin. Pricey (about 4 years worth of power bills), but dang, it looks like a sensible alternative to standard bulky batteries.
Why I Prefer Paper Books to EbooksPosted on August 31st, 2015 No comments
I've got a smart phone, a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini. Samsung kindly gives me one free ebook a month for six or 12 months, I forget. I dutifully download a book each month. I've even read a few of them. I've checked the price of ebooks and they're not unreasonable. But I still prefer paper. Here's why.
- A paper book never runs out of battery right at an interesting part
- I can trade paper books at most campgrounds for free.
- I can pick up discarded books from my local library for free.
- I can buy used paper books at garage sales and thrift shops for cheap
- If I don't like a paper book, I can throw it against the wall in disgust.
- If I really don't like a paper book, I can burn it in the wood stove or use it for tinder in the fire pit.
- When I'm finished a paper book, I can give it to someone else or sell it in a garage sale
- I can use a paper book to swat annoying insects. I wouldn't want to do that with my phone!
- I can leave a paper book on the dash or back window of my car and it won't melt
Probably someone has already published such a list, with more reasons or more humorously written, but these are mine.
On the opposite side, though, it takes a lot of room for a bunch of paper books; I have eight on my phone and it hasn't got a millimeter larger or a milligram heavier! Also, with a paper book I am stuck with the font and size chosen by the publisher. With an ebook, I can change the type size and screen brightness. As my eyes age and teeny print become harder to see, that is increasingly important.
CX-10 Quadcopter from BangGoodPosted on December 31st, 2014 No comments
My little Christmas present, a Cheerson CX-10 quadcopter, arrived today from Hong Kong. It was only about $25 CAD from www.banggood.com and included free shipping.
My first impression on opening the package was, "Man, that's small!" At 4.4 cm square, it is tiny indeed. When it came out
(spring 2014) this tiny toy was said to be the world's smallest full-function quadcopter, and it may still hold that distinction.
Despite its small size, it has full control over throttle (up/down), yaw (rotate), pitch (forward/backward) and roll (left/right) along with three operating modes (beginner/sport/expert).
It's fun to fly, and seems tough enough to take the inevitable smacks into walls, ceiling, and furniture that is involved with learning to fly. By my fifth charge, I had it set for a stable hover, and was beginning training flights (forward and back, left and right, "walk the dog", fly over and land on the sofa, etc.)
It's a good trainer for the larger and more costly quad and tricopter I'm building.
Christmas is A-comin' and the Goose is Getting FatPosted on November 12th, 2014 No comments
My son and daughter-in-law have an obese feline that they call Goose.
So a few days ago, Beck was on facebook and mused, "Christmas is coming, The Goose is getting fat." And if we eat her for Christmas dinner, I won't have to clean her litter every morning.
I sent her a link to Cat Recipes, a spoof site. hentai porn Another friend said, "Eeewwweee Tom! LOL Don't encourage her!"
The exchange continued:
Rebecca – There are instructions about carving turkeys, but we might have to initiate one about carving cats.Rebecca – I was thinking the other night if she'd taste good with cranberry sauce and what kind of gravy her au jus would make. Also, with what does one season a cat and is there a recommended wine to go with her?
Tom – A cat, like a rabbit, is not carved, but dismembered. A cat may be seasoned in a variety of ways; follow wild game recipes, especially those for small game such as rabbit or squirrel. A simple recipe for Beer Roasted Cat, along with suggestions for skinning and butchering, may be found at http://www.ooze.com/ooze13/cats.html. Don't go there if squeamish.
Now for wine, may I suggest Cat's Pee on a Gooseberry Bush, by Cooper's Creek Vineyards of New Zealand — an aromatic and flavorful sauvignon blanc. You might also like Sally Cat Pinot Noir, or Tom Cat Merlot, by the same vintner, or Fat Cat Chardonnay by Fat Cat Cellars of California. Since cat meat tends to be dark and strongly flavored, you might prefer the merlot, though an aged pinot noir, with its vegetal and barnyard aromas, might well complement a vintage, fat-marbled cat.
To be continued?
Can't Trust Leduc Chrysler ServicePosted on August 12th, 2014 No comments
Today I took my truck in to Leduc Chrysler, 6102-46A Street, for an oil change and their 15-point "Peace of Mind Inspection"
Invoice 158364 reads "1D Lube, oil and celebrity porn filter change, checked and topped up all fluids, checked and adjusted tire pressures [my emphasis] and performed a 15 point visual inspection."
Noting that the tire pressure was not on the inspection form, I suggested to the service advisor on duty, Chuck, that I'd appreciate it if he would confirm the tire pressures, as one had been low. He had me drive into the service reception bay and found one tire at 45 psi and three at 60 psi. A check of the door sticker showed they should be Front 50 psi and Rear 40 psi for light loads or Front 60 and Rear 70 for heavy loads.
It was pretty obvious that the pressures had not been "checked and adjusted". (A second issue was that the passenger side windshield wiper is torn. I had been planning to replace it, but thought I'd just leave it to see if it turned up on the inspection. It didn't.)
Chuck did all the right things — fixed the tire pressures, admitted the error, apologized on behalf of the company, said he would raise the matter with the tech and service manager, and did the best he could to make things right by waiving the cost of the "Peace of Mind" inspection.
But there is NO peace of mind in this case. I have absolutely no confidence that anything was inspected; how do I know that the tech didn't just blithely run down the list checking everything? For that matter, how do I know that the oil and filter were actually changed?
Obviously, this will cost Leduc Chrysler a customer. And if you're in Leduc and reading this post, you might consider going somewhere else too.
By the way, Chuck kept the POM inspection form, and I didn't receive a copy of it stapled to my invoice. I think that's odd too. I wonder if it will somehow miraculously change to show the tire pressures. Peace of mind, indeed.
Skeletons in the family closet: The Demented LoitererPosted on July 15th, 2013 2 comments
Every family probably has them. Black sheep. Disgraced cousins. Uncles that nobody talks about. Skeletons in the family closet. Here's one of ours: Ova Surfus, the demented loiterer.
Orva J. Surfus was born about 1847, son of Calphenus Surfus (what a wonderful name!) and Catherine Eliza Gray. Catherine was eldest daughter of Thomas Gray and Sarah (Houser) Gray and grand-daughter of Gray patriarch William Penn Gray. The family farmed in Noble Country, Indiana, where according to the 1880 US Census Calphenus worked for his father-in-law as a farm laborer.
Orva, youngest son of four little Surfuses, gained brief notoriety in 1921 at about age 47. Old Ova was arrested for loitering… while carrying a package of 10 sticks of dynamite tucked casually under his arm!
As described in The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel (Friday, Feb. 25, 1921, page 23, col. 2):
Rode Around on Street Cars With Enough Explosive to Blow Them to Bits.
Judge J. Frank Mungovan, in the city court this morning, Ordered Orva Surfus. giving Columbia City as his home, held until Monday morning for investigation. The man, who is believed to be demented, was picked up Thursday by Detective Donald Wood, of the Pennsylvania [Railroad Company] special police department, who found that a package which he carried under his arms contained 10 black porn sticks of 40 percent dynamite, weighing five pounds.
Many Fort Wayne people who calmly rode city street cars yesterday would have lost considerable of their complacency had they known that a man thought to be mentally unbalanced, was riding with them armed with enough dynamite to blow the car to atoms.
The authorities learned that Surfus had ridden on many city street cars yesterday and that he had also spent considerable time hanging around the plants of the S. F. Bowser & Co., and the Western Gas Construction company, always carrying the mysterious package under his arm. Surfus, according to the police, was unable to explain where he had gotten the dynamite or what he intended to do with it.
The state law makes it unlawful to carry dynamite on any conveyance which carries passengers. The railroads even refuse to transport 60 percent dynamite, according to a member of the Pennsylvania special police department.
Poor confused Orva, wandering around town with his package while back on the farm the home folks are grubbing stumps and wondering where he's got to with that dynamite?
Stop by the family tree to check out the Surfus family and find their relation to the Grays. Anyone with further information about this incident, and about the family, is welcome to comment on this article.
It is illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine in Canada?Posted on January 16th, 2012 4 comments
For years, "stupid law" sites all over the web poked fun at Canada, saying that "it is illegal for clear or non-dark sodas to contain caffeine".
Well, it was true.
But the ban is over!
Since March 2010, you and your children have been legally able to enjoy a dose of caffeine in 7-Up or Mountain Dew as well as in Coke or Pepsi.
Yep, the caffeine commeth. "Health Canada has determined that adding the food additive caffeine to non-cola soft drinks at concentrations no higher than 150 parts per million (ppm) poses no health risk to consumers who consume caffeine in moderation…" notes a Food and Nutrition page at the Health Canada site.
"For many years, caffeine and caffeine citrate have been permitted in cola-type beverages to a maximum level of 200 ppm caffeine. In March, 2010, after an extensive review of all available science, Health Canada authorized the broader use of caffeine and caffeine citrate in all carbonated soft drinks (both cola-type and non-cola-type carbonated soft drinks). The maximum level of use in cola-type beverages remains 200 ppm and the maximum level of use in all other types of carbonated soft drinks is 150 ppm. "
Dang. If you really want a caffeine soda kick, you've still got to guzzle a Jolt cola!
PS: 2014/11/12 – Alas, Jolt Cola is no longer available in Canada. However, a number of "energy" drinks are on the store shelves and I have no doubt that many of them contain high doses of caffeine along with ginseng and other stimulants.
Selling Silver Coins at the Great Canadian RoadshowPosted mobile porn on April 21st, 2011 No comments
Took a day off to drive my folks (in their 90s) to the Great Canadian Roadshow in Stony Plain. They have a bunch of old coins and silver dollars collected, and they had seen a huge full-page color ad from this show saying that they would pay up to $20,000 for certain old coins.
"My son Neil said to watch them closely, they're real crooks," said my step-mom as we drove up.
"So why do you want to go?"
"Well, we have all these old coins and we'd like to see what they're worth."
Okay, we're selling silver coins and we know we're dealing with "crooks" doing heavy roadshow marketing
Mom and Dad are okay financially, they don't really need the money. These roadshow things are widely recognized as giving only a fraction of what the items are worth, but I think for the folks it was just a chance for a fun outing, something different.
At the hotel where the show was, we registered, then had a pleasant enough 90 minute wait. We chatted with the others (mostly oldsters) waiting in the hallway. I chatted with a young mom who was there for a chance to get away from the kids (hubby had 'em). I found a couple of other RVers, snowbirds, and talked about where they'd spent winters past.
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Skip to comments.'There's Something Bottomless About It' - Robert Spano on Conducting Wagner's Ring
Posted on 09/18/2005 5:55:05 PM PDT by sitetest
Robert Spano is zooming along in his life as a conductor, the lights all turning green.
Tonight in Symphony Hall, he conducts Mahler's monumental "Resurrection" Symphony and begins his fourth season as music director of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra a partnership that increasingly draws national praise.
Robert Spano (photo courtesy of the Atlanta Symphony) Spano comes off a summer at the Seattle Opera, where he led Wagner's four-opera, 16-hour Ring cycle. After more than two months of rehearsal, he led the cycle three times over three weeks and calls it a life-changing experience. A sign of success: He's already been invited back to Seattle to conduct the Ring in 2009.
We recently caught up with the 44-year-old conductor in a Midtown coffee shop.
Q: You received mostly glowing reviews for your first Ring. How did you feel about it?
A: It felt like a huge marker in my life. Not just as a conductor but as a human being. I feel like a different person. I'm altered and I'm grateful.
Q: What was so transformative?
A: For one thing the physicality, the athleticism of the Ring. In rehearsal, the first time we did Rheingold [Part 1 of the Ring saga] was the first time in my life I've had to conduct for 2½ hours without stopping. I made a point of not getting tired. I quit smoking, which I'd started at 17. I was going to the gym, doing Pilates. I went on a six-meal-a-day eating regimen, smaller meals. I took it very seriously. During the performances, I didn't get tired at all, didn't even think about it. But at intermission, and this was unusual, I'd be completely exhausted, physically and mentally. Sometimes I'd walk into my dressing room and have to lie on the floor to regroup, just so I'd have the energy to continue.
The other thing I hadn't expected, in the two years I spent in serious study [of the Ring score], was that everything took me twice as long to learn as usual. That terrified me. I'm usually a pretty quick study. Here I had to learn a whole new musical language Wagner's language which I'd been avoiding most of my life. No matter how hard I studied, I always had a thousand pages to go.
There is something bottomless about the Ring; it's such a vast and strange world. Fifty years before Freud and psychoanalysis, Wagner had it in the Ring. It goes very deep. Everyone who really knows the Ring will tell you that. But until you're inside it yourself, you can't quite imagine how such a thing could be true.
Conducting the Ring also, and this was really fascinating to me, warped my sense of time and space. Act 1 of Götterdämmerung [the fourth Ring opera] is two hours, which is as long as all of [Puccini's] Madama Butterfly, but I thought about it like 'an act of opera,' not in time but as units.
For long stretches I felt like I wasn't in my own body. I felt like I was growing with each performance, more than I'd grown in my entire life of conducting. It was amazing. And ridiculous, in a wonderful way.
Q: Did you take a nice break after Seattle?
A: No, I came right back to Atlanta to start preparing for the new season. I'll admit my first few days back I wasn't too functional. I'm not taking any vacation this year, but next fall [2006] I'm taking a chunk of time off, to compose. I have several pieces I need to finish, and this summer made me all the more aware that composing is a part of my life that I have to pursue. As a kid, when I was 12, I thought of myself as a composer, but later sort of fell into conducting. It's clear to me that returning to composition is something I have to do.
Q: You open the ASO season with Mahler's Second Symphony. It's only about 80 minutes long. Does that now feel short to you?
A: He's the opposite of Wagner; it's so concentrated and focused. Mahler, no fool, gave us a clue to music and meaning, the eternal question. Mahler quotes from Act 2, Scene 2 of Walküre [the second Ring opera]. It's a loveless scene where convention and society choke-hold creativity and the loving possibilities of the individual. I was blown away when I realized that connection. I love that I better understand Wagner through the eyes of his descendants, like Mahler.
Q: Will Atlanta ever share in your Wagner revelations?
A: I'd love to do Tristan und Isolde [with the ASO], maybe done in separate acts, maybe just a single act. That's an opera I have always loved. It's a long way away, but we might be able to pull it off.
The Mahler 2nd is no walk in the park, either.
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On the other hand, it would take a lifetime to fully appreciate the music of Wagner.
Stupid ring. Bad idea
It's good but overrated.
Give me the B-minor Mass anytime.
As for Wagner and Der Ring des Niebelungen, let me recommend Anna Russell.
With Wagnerian operas --- You don't have to watch. Just close your eyes and listen and feel.
I couldn't agree more.
Yes, but after the Ring, it's no thousand mile journey either.
"Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbitt, Kill the Wabbit, uh-uh-uh-uh-uh-uh!"
I agree with all that The Ring is a mighty work. I'm just not always in the mood for a 4 night opera festival. They are certainly something, though.
I only mentioned the Mahler 2nd because the article said that was on the conductor's agenda, and then said little about it. There are so many high points in Mahler's 2nd, that it is very easy for a conductor (and orchestra and solosists and chorus) to fail to hit them all just right. I've been to two live performances of it, and both were tremendously exciting.
P*S televised the Ring over a week several years ago. Four operas later I was drained. It was in my dreams. Conducting it, and above all making the whole thing come together, must take a very special person...like me. I'd love to do it :)
If bottomless means the same as never-emdimg, I certain;y agree.
Mahler's 1st is my absolute favorite...
I stood in line for the Seattle Opera a couple of years ago and the whole dang crowd started singing "Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit, the Wabbit must die..." Hope none of the cast heard us...
I'll contribute a dissenting view. I have grown to like Mahler and now really enjoy many of the symphonies. I have never liked Wagner with the exception of the Ride of the Valkyries theme used in Apocalypse now.
Saw a special on Discovery/Times network the other day (I know, I know). It was on occultism in the 3rd Reich. It was actually quite good and made many points not all of them can I summarize here.
One point it made however, was that Hitler was heavily influenced by Wagner - it might not be an overstatement to say that Nazism was the product of Wagner's aryan mysticism and Hitler's take on all of it. All the top Nazi's saw themselves as Aryan or Nordic knights that were going to find the grail or some such nonsense - all right out of Wagner. I'm sure intelligent people can differ but for me it just reinforced my already strong predisposition to not like Wagner.
I was not really trying to cast Wagner the man as good or evil, more trying to make the point that his operas were a jumping off point for the hodge-podge of racism, mythology, occultism, and cultural trope that was Nazism.
In short, Wagnerism begat Nazism. (or so it would appear from the documentary that I saw and other anecdotal information I have read from time to time).
There is a guy at work that I have not liked for a long time. Recently I found out he was a prominent democrat in the local party. So I said to myself, great, I already don't like the guy, now I have a whole other reason to not like him :)
I feel the same about Wagner. I already didn't like him. Now I have another reason not to.
Also interesting.
As I type I'm listening to Mozart's Great Mass in C minor at a reasonably loud volume.
Words cannot begin to describe it.
That's what does it for me, anyway.
Wagner was an thiest fascinated by the occult and Germanic mythology throughout most of his career. He was, for a long time, a close friend of Frederich Nietzche (sp?). Apparantly Wagner had a falling out with Nietzche and found God late in life, and subsequently wrote Pasrsifal as a redemption-seeking work.
For a good laugh, you should listen to Nietzsche's music; I have a CD of some music he wrote while he was still friendly with Wagner. According to the story I heard, Wagner had to leave the room to hide his guffaws when Nietzsche was playing his new music for the first time on Wagner's piano. Nietzsche certainly had no talents as a music composer, to put it mildly.
Saw a special on Discovery/Times network the other day (I know, I know). It was on occultism in the 3rd Reich. It was actually quite good and made many points not all of them can I summarize here.
Cable TV programs (Discovery, History Channel, etc) are a horrible way to learn about history. Their documentaries are simplistic at best, and often repeat a lot of misinformation, half truths, and downright untrue information. The subject of "Nazis and the Occult" is an especially kooky field overly ripe with questionable assertions and assumptions. These occult ideas were certainly "out there" in the culture back then (just as they are now) but their influence is grossly overestimated. Even gross frauds like Ravenscroft's "Spear of Destiny" are uncritically accepted as factual. Separating fact from fiction in this area isn't easy, and these cable TV documentaries don't give the viewer any hint about the problems and complexities involved in sifting the evidence. It's good entertainment, but not necessarily good history.
As a fairly knowledgable person about history I feel able to filter such cable TV shows through the prism of what I already know from other sources. I would say that taking any single source at face value is always hazardous be it book, movie, TV show or anecdote. I think if you've read dozens if not hundreds of books on the general subject of WWII history in particular and 20th century in general, the hazard is not nearly so great. Nobody produces an historical work without wanting to express an historical opinion - that's why people do history. The only thing one can do is to put all the sources into a pot and stir well - hopefully what emerges is at least an approximation to the "truth".
FWIW the symphony has really improved (I think) under Gerard Schwartz, whatever the London Symphony Orchestra may think of him. Benaroya Hall turned out to be an incredible venue. Nobody walks out these days...
Great post, thanks. Almost makes we want to listen to Wagner. Mahler, yes, any time. Wagner still seems awfully heavy to me...I'll have to try again.
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You have to be genius level to be a good conductor. Same way Emeril is a genius. His show is boring cliché to me but last night I relaxed and noticed how smoothly he "orchestrated". You try cooking and talking and ten other things at the same time!
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I am a devotee of military marches as well. The Germans easily had the best. The Panzerlied is right up there, along with the classic "Russlandlied" and "Panzer Rollen im Afrika vor."
I absolutely agree that the Resurrection cannot be rated highly enough. It runs the gamut of despair, longing, hope and triumph. Each movement is staggering in its vision. I'm not sure what to call the themes, but personally my favorite moments in the work are the "remembering lost happiness" theme in the 1st movement (that sad rising theme that occurs throughout), the whole Urlicht, and the moment the organ speaks in the glorious finale. I've never been to a live performance, but I hope to someday. I never miss a Mahler concert if I can help it. His music has transformed my life.
I'm also a fan of your screen-name. I read a work on the French Revolution not too long ago, "Citizens." It was superb and remains an area of history in which I am deeply interested.
Now, young man, get your mind out of the gutter or I'll wash your mouth out with soap.
Dear Cyclopean Squid,
"Disagree. The only thing better than Mahler 2 is Mahler 3."
LOL. What a fun thread.
As for me, I don't really care for either Wagner or Mahler. Neither does my older son. But my younger son, while not finding Mahler especially worthwhile, does enjoy Wagner.
It's fun and interesting seeing how each person has his own tastes in the broad range of music to which we loosely apply the term "classical." There is certainly something for everyone.
The problem with any Mahler symphony is that, as an audience member, one tends to listen to them in comfortable seats in a dark, warm hall. It takes intense concentration to listen to one in full: if you let your attention wander for a moment, you'll be asleep and drooling in no time.
That's true. Usually I try to avoid using "classical" music, but I've given up on that. I would normally say Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc. But that is not accepted practice and so I gave in.
This is a particularly good thread. Once, long ago, I was not into classical music (there I go) with the human voice. I just wasn't ready. So for that reason I was not into Mahler. I took a "Symphony" class which had a great guide written by Edward Downes. This was a collection of program notes on various works. I read through them and become floored when I read the descriptions of Mahler's works, and the stories behind them. I rushed out and listened to the Titan and was transformed. I instantly purchased his complete works on Amazon. It remains my best purchase.
There is so much feeling in Mahler that everything else seems subdued. That can turn some folks off, but being a hopeless neurotic like the G-man I find it perfection itself. There's a Mahler symphony for whichever mood you're in.
I guess I can't understand when folks don't like Mahler. Maybe like my old self they weren't yet ready. Or maybe they just don't like it, plain and simple. I force people to listen and when they respond coldly I am shocked. But I guess when you love something you want everyone else to love it too. I see myself as something of a missionary spreading the music of Mahler. I played it on my college radio station, and wrote about it in our newsletter (it was a prog rock station, but I am friends with the ExecBoard and the newsletter editor).
I'm going to stop rambling now. Honestly.
Dear Cyclopean Squid,
I understand what you mean regarding the terms that we use. My own way of using the terms is to recognize that properly speaking, "Classical" relates to a pretty specific sort of music during a pretty specific era, but that the term is also broadly used to refer to a very wide range of music.
I think about the range of music played by our local classical music station - all the way from Renaissance music up through stuff done in the 20th century. Or the main classical radio station on XM Satellite Radio (where, by the way, they don't stint on Mahler), where the slogan is, "The greatest music of the last thousand years." * chuckle *
That seems like a fair enough broad working definition for the term.
Mahler - eh. His music just doesn't ring my bells. I get chills down my spine from Bach and Vivaldi. I can be entranced by Beethoven. I thrill to Gershwin. Even with Wagner, I have some emotional response (although not all positive). But not with Mahler.
Oh well.
Is that the so-called "Symphony of a Thousand"?
You are thinking of the 8th. That one's got only 2 movements, but one of them is about an hour long! And it's the final scene from Faust II--a great combo, Goethe's words and Mahler's music.
Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
Listen to the Mahler 5th. It's a great entry piece. And it has the famous Adigietto.
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IT security professionals can no longer take it for granted that IT security will continue as part of the IT function.
Large businesses are transferring responsibility for computer security away from the IT department to the compliance and risk department.
Research by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), a membership organisation for C-level executives, shows that the trend has accelerated over the past 12 months.
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Mama's Cafe
Menu for Mama's Cafe
Golden Fried Mushrooms
Fresh mushrooms are dipped in our homemade beer batter, specially seasoned flour, and lightly deep-fried. A generous basketful is served with southern cream gravy or ranch dressing.
Mama's Classic Trio
Fried Cheese, fried mushrooms, and chicken tenders will please everyone at the table! Served with southern cream gravy and marinara sauce or ranch dressing.
Tender chunks of grilled sirloin or chicken breast nestled in a bed of crispy tortilla chips, then covered with a blanket of homemade chile con queso, jalapenos and served with a side of homemade salsa
Fajita Nachos
Spicy steak or tender chicken fajitas atop bean & cheese nachos with guacamole, sour cream, jalapeños and pico de gallo.
Beer Battered Fried Zucchini
Crispy fried sliced zucchini coated with beer batter and served with mamas marinara or homemade ranch dressing.
Fried Cheese
Mouth-watering mozzarella morsels, served with mamas marinara sauce.
Hot Buffalo Wings
Served with homemade bleu cheese dressing and celery sticks.
Chips & Chile Con Queso
Melted cheese, blended with a combination of chili peppers and spices, and served with crisp tortilla chips and mamas salsa.
Chips & Chile Con Queso with Guacamole
Melted cheese, blended with a combination of chili peppers and spices, and served with crisp tortilla chips and mamas salsa.
Fajita Quesadillas
Seasoned beef or chicken fajita meat and cheeses sandwiched between flour tortillas and grilled, served with pico de gallo, guacamole, lettuce, sour cream, and salsa.
Salads & Soups
Mamas own homemade salad dressings include ranch, Italian, bleu cheese, balsamic vinaigrette, and mamas famous honey mustard.
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
Seasoned slices of tender chicken breast on crisp romaine lettuce, hand-tossed with mamas caesar dressing, croutons, red onion rings, and freshly grated parmesan cheese.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Mixed crisp greens topped with tender strips of fresh grilled chicken breast, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, egg, avocado, and toasted almond slivers.
Super Chef Salad
A hearty mix of crisp greens, ham, turkey, crumbled bacon, cheeses, tomatoes, cucumber, egg, and seasoned croutons.
Chicken Fried Chicken Salad
Includes mixed greens, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, egg, and bite-sized morsels of mamas fried chicken tenderloins. Great with our homemade honey mustard dressing!
Southwest Chicken Salad
Mixed crisp greens, topped with tender strips of grilled chicken breast with black beans, avocado, fire-roasted corn, onion, tomato, and bell peppers, cheeses, tortilla strips, and chipotle ranch dressing.
Mcqueeney Salad
The texas version of a taco salad with lettuce, homemade chili, diced tomatoes, corn chips and shredded cheddar. Served with texas toast and chipotle ranch dressing.
House Garden Salad
Crisp lettuce and garden vegetables.
Mama's Own Chicken Tortilla Soup
Cup or bowl
Chef's Soup of The Day
Cup or bowl
Soup and Salad
Choice of soup accompanies a house garden salad.
Soup and Half a Sandwich
Choose from ½ grilled turkey or turkey fiesta, and a bowl of soups
Burgers & Sandwiches
Served with fries or beer-battered onion rings
The Texas Twister
A half-pound patty of ground black angus beef, grilled to order, on a toasted bun, topped with cheddar cheese, bacon, beer-battered onion, jalapeno strips, chipotle ranch dressing, lettuce, tomato, and pickle.
Mama's Famous Beanburger
Freshly ground burger patty topped with refried beans, onions, picánte sauce, crushed corn chips, guacamole, and cheddar cheese.
Texas Burger
Served with all the right stuff: mayo, lettuce, pickles, tomato, and onions. with cheese, extra charge.
Bacon Cheeseburger
A texas burger topped with melted cheese and thick-sliced bacon.
Mushroom Burger
Generously smothered with sautéed mushrooms, onions, and melted provolone cheese.
Grilled Chicken Royale Sandwich
Our marinated grilled chicken breast on a bun, generously smothered with sauteed mushrooms, onions and melted provolone.
King of Clubs Sandwich
Sliced turkey breast, bacon, provolone cheese, lettuce, and tomato on thick toasted honey wheat bread. Served with a kosher dill pickle spear.
Electric Pig Sandwich
Thinly sliced grilled ham, smoked bacon and melted provolone, served on thick toasted honey wheat bread with honey mustard dressing and mayo. Served with a kosher dill pickle spear.
Turkey Fiesta Sandwich
Thinly sliced turkey breast, provolone, guacamole, mayo, lettuce, and tomato on fresh honey wheat bread. Served with a kosher dill pickle spear.
Grilled Turkey Sandwich
Thinly sliced turkey breast, melted provolone, and bacon on fresh toasted honey wheat bread.
Spicy Buffalo Chicken Sandwich
A beer-battered, deep-fried chicken breast, dipped in a spicy hot sauce, topped with lettuce, tomato, and onions and served on a toasted bun with a side of bleu cheese dressing.
Mama's Cheese Steak Sandwich
Thinly sliced sirloin, grilled onions, mushrooms, bell peppers, and melted cheese on a toasted club roll.
Sizzlin Steaks & Seafood
All steaks are served with two sides of choice, or after 5pm only a traditional baked potato. Add a side salad or a side caesar salad for an extra charge.
- Ribeye 10 oz
Sizzlin Sirloin Melt
An 8 oz. sirloin is served atop grilled onions, smothered with sautéed mushrooms, and provolone is melted on top.
Shirloin Steak
12 oz. or 8 oz.
Steak & Shrimp
8 oz. sirloin is served with five beer-battered deep fried shrimp.
Fried Shrimp Platter
Delicious shrimp are dipped in our homemade beer-batter and golden fried. Served with fries and cole slaw.
Grilled Shrimp Platter
Grilled shrimp are cooked on a skewer, and served over rice pilaf with one side.
Fried Catfish Platter
Strips of catfish filet beer-battered and deep-fried. Served with fries and cole slaw.
Grilled Catfish Platter
A seasoned catfish filet is served with rice pilaf and one side of your choice.
Lemon Pepper Trout
An 8 oz. trout filet is lightly dusted in lemon-pepper, seasoned flour and grilled to perfection. Served with rice pilaf and one side.
Blackened Tilapia Creole
A filet of Tilapia is lightly blackened, served over rice pilaf, topped with grilled shrimp, and then smothered with mamas delicious homemade creole sauce. Served with one side.
Mamas Favorites
These items are served with any two of todays sides. Add a small entrée salad or side caesar salad for an extra charge.
Texas-Sized Chicken Fried Steak
Our huge, fresh, hand-breaded southern tradition is beer battered, deep-fried, and served with cream gravy or try it country style, beer battered and flat grilled, served with red-skinned mashed potatoes, southern cream gravy, and a choice of one side.
Chicken Fried Chicken
A surprisingly large and tender boneless breast of chicken is beer-battered, deep fried to a crispy golden brown and served with southern cream gravy, served with red-skinned mashed potatoes, southern cream gravy, and a choice of one side.
Pork Chops
Two juicy 5 oz center-cut chops are seasoned just right. Served with rice pilaf and one side.
Grilled Baby Back Ribs
A full rack, basted with honey BBQ sauce melt in your mouth tender. Served with fries and pinto beans.
Blackened Chicken Pasta Alfredo
Slices of blackened breast of chicken on penne pasta with creamy alfredo sauce and garnished with fresh diced tomatoes and green onions. Served with a small entree salad or side Caesar salad and garlic toast.
Grilled Breast of Chicken
Served with rice pilaf and one side.
Sizzlin Chicken Melt
Our tender breast of grilled chicken served on a sizzling hot skillet and topped with grilled onions, sauteed mushrooms and melted provolone cheese. Served with rice pilaf and one side.
Fried Chicken Tenderloin Platter
Mamas tasty chicken tenderloins are beer-battered, deep fried, and served with red-skinned mashed potatoes, southern cream gravy, and one side. Great with our homemade honey mustard dressing
Sancho Panza
A spicy delight! a chopped sirloin steak stuffed with jalapenos, melted cheddar cheese, and then topped with chili and queso. Served with refried beans, spanish rice, homemade salsa and tortillas
Sizzlin Fajitas
Fabulous and famous! tender strips of beef, chicken, or a combo, char-broiled and served with grilled onions and peppers, refried beans, spanish rice, guacamole, homemade salsa and flour tortillas
Fajita Taco Salad
A homemade crispy tortilla bowl is layered with shredded lettuce, refried beans, guacamole, beef or chicken fajita meat, cheddar cheese, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with mamas chipotle ranch dressing.
Chicken Chalupas
Two crispy tortillas topped with seasoned chicken fajita, refried beans, melted cheddar, shredded lettuce, homemade pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Enchiladas Gringas
Three gooey cheesy enchiladas topped with homemade chili and queso. served with refried beans, fresh pico de gallo, spanish rice, flour tortillas, and salsa.
Cafe Classics
Mamas Homemade Meatloaf
This generous portion of a moth-watering southern delicacy is topped with mamas delicious homemade creole sauce and served with red-skinned mashed potatoes and one side.
Smothered Steak
An 8 oz. chopped sirloin smothered in seasoned brown gravy, loaded with mushrooms and grilled onions and served with red-skinned mashed potatoes and one side.
Mamas Famous Liver And Onions
Old-fashioned tender beef liver smothered with grilled onions and served with red-skinned mashed potatoes and one side. mama likes hers with a slice of our thick sliced bacon add an extra charge
Fish & Chips
Batter dipped, deep-fried cod served with fries and cole slaw.
Mamas Veggie Platter
Choose any three of sides from daily selection, accompanied by a small salad. for each additional side, add an extra charge.
Kid's Menu- Lunch or Dinner
All kid's lunch or dinner entrees include soda, lemonade, milk or juice in a special added cup
- Kid Salad
- El Nino Nachos
- Cheese Quesadilla
- Cheese Pizza
Kid's Menu- Lunch or Dinner
Entrees also include a choice of french fries or veggies
- Hamburger
- Cheeseburger
- Popcorn Shrimp
- Mr. Hot Dog Man
- Corn Dog Bites
- Grilled Cheese Fingers
- Chicken Fingers
- Kid's Milk shake
- Ice Cream Sundae
- Ice Cream Vanilla
Kid's Menu - Breakfast
Kid's breakfast entrees include milk or juice in a special added cup
Kid Breakfast Plate
1 egg, the way you like it, bacon or sausage, hash browns & toast
- French Toast Fingers
- Kid Pancakes
Kid Cereal
Topped with fruit
- Milk & Chocolate Milk
Orange, Apple, or Pineapple
- Been & Cheese Taco
Chocolate-Chocolate Cake A La Mode
Homemade from mamas own recipe, this ultra rich and moist cake is topped with chocolate icing and sprinkled with pecans. served with a scoop of bluebell vanilla ice cream.
Carrot Cake
Homemade, rich, and moist with sweet cream cheese icing.
Colossal Cheesecake
A texas-sized slice, topped with a strawberry sauce and whipped cream. enough to share
Fruit Cobbler A La Mode
Served warm with bluebell vanilla ice cream. ask your server for todays variety.
Coconut Creme Pie
Yummy, rich and creamy
Brownie Sundae
A scoop of bluebell vanilla ice cream served atop mamas own homemade fudge brownie, drizzled with chocolate sauce and topped with whipped cream and a cherry.
Mamas Famous Hand-Dipped Shakes
Chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, banana, or combination, topped with whipped cream.
Delicious Floats and Flavored Sodas
Coke floats, vanilla or cherry cokes
- Refreshing Homemade Lemonade
Fresh Brewed Iced Tea
Flavored teas & fresh ground coffee
Fountain Sodas
soda, tea, coffee, and lemonade, ozarka, bottled water
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Ratings and Reviews for Mama's Cafe
Jun 20 2016
Robert K. via Yelp
I was in San Antonio for a convention the last few days. As I was driving on 410, I saw a sign for this restaurant and just had a feeling that it would be...read more
May 15 2016
Susan C. via Yelp
Came here after Good Time Charlie's didn't look so hot. I had the Philly cheesesteak with half fries and half onion rings. Their rings are soooooo good....read more
Aug 17 2016
Kay J. via Yelp
A few years ago, I worked one mile from Mama's Cafe and came here frequently for lunch. The food used to be great. Yesterday, I took my kids here for a...read more
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