Fin Chez Arlo

by Jimmy Johnson



Here are two more oldies from 2008, to finish the “Cooking with Arlo” segment. I like to cook, too. Cooking long as been a part of A&J in one form or another. Also like Arlo, I’m a fan of Julia Child, who led an amazing life. If you want a good overview and read, I highly recommend her 2006 autobiography, co-written with Alex Prudhomme, “My Life in France.”

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94 responses to “Fin Chez Arlo

  1. Steve from Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    Correcting my name. Laptop still thought it was 6000 miles away.

  2. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Going to have to write my book. No salvation however.

    Or maybe there is.

  3. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Here is a funny SNL skit one of my friends sent me because I am addicted to Coca-Cola and in Monroe, LA my hometown and home of Cokes first bottlers.

    http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/the-olympia-restaurant/n8658?snl=1

  4. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Here is where I am headed for in Franklin, Louisiana, the beautiful Fairfax House.

    http://www.thefairfaxhouse.net/about.asp

  5. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    I’ve always wanted to sit on the veranda and have a mint julep. Of course, that may be more of a Kentucky thing than a Louisiana thing.

  6. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Where would one find the ingredients since you were a bartender you should know?

  7. Ghost Avatar
    Ghost

    The establishment undoubtedly has the bourbon, the powdered sugar, and the ice; just not sure about the mint.

  8. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    They probably have antique cups to serve in.

  9. emb Avatar

    Jackie: I was in Monroe at my Uncle Julian’s for 6 wks, no AC, paper mill, the summers I was 13 and 15, or so. Blacks sat in the balcony at the RC Church. Hot air rises.

    Main advantage: I was away from home. Main disadvantage. I hated it.

    Ghost: Sent that state trooper gem to my b.c. theologs group. We’ll see. They’re tough.

    Peace,

  10. emb Avatar

    Fairfax schmairefax: Here’s a recent gem, about 1950, still occupied by the owners for whom FLW designed it, yours for only $1.5M. I know it would not make me happier in the long run, but I’m a tad jealous.

    http://www.startribune.com/frank-lloyd-wright-house-in-st-louis-park-on-the-market/382791431/#1

    Peace,

  11. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Oklahoma has some Wrights. One of my neighbors who had been living in a tiny two room trailer moved into one as a rental. It is a complicated story but she married the tennis pro at the country club and things spiraled down, down, down.

    The recipient of the Wright home she was living in was connected somehow to the Mostly Mozart festival I believe and had been similarly donated.

  12. Nancy Kirk in AZ Avatar
    Nancy Kirk in AZ

    Hi and goodnight all. Just to let anyone interested know that the anonymous oyster stew/picky eater comment above was me. Don’t know why anon. Sent from phone maybe? Oh yes—the oysters were definitely canned. Small town southeastern Kansas in the 40’s and 50’s. No fresh oysters there, I’m pretty sure.

  13. emb Avatar

    TIP BlogSpot: Competent painter, but, if really ref. to Jeanne d’Arc, poorly chosen subject from Central Casting.

    http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/

    Peace,

  14. Rick in Shermantown, Ohio Avatar
    Rick in Shermantown, Ohio

    The strip of 02.28.17 is a nice play on the old superstition.

  15. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    I thought Ludwig was kissing Arlo when overcome by bad breath. Did not think about the suckered your breath out superstition and cats.

    Wasn’t that with babies?

    Just had a super nutritious breakfast of chocolate cupcake and a frozen Coke Zero in a glass bottle. Breakfast of the indolent.

  16. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Sucked socks. Hal sucks actually sucks.

  17. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Step 1. Control the news media
    Step 2. Begin persecution of the Jews
    Step 3. Invade Poland

  18. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    Wear black underwear and stay on healthy eating, stop eating my cousins fantastic cupcakes from her ice cream and cupcake shop.

    Step two, catch a Southern man who likes black underwear while I am down here!

  19. Jackie Monies Avatar
    Jackie Monies

    New JJ post. Trailer Trash.