The dish was bathed in a seasoned sauce that had a bunch of interesting herbs and spices. Yum.Damn......Now I want the halibut!
That looks delicious.
I lol'dOn a positive note, she immediately dropped all the clothes she was planning to buy.
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This story ends with the delicious Cajun-style seared scallop Po' Boy pictured above. But it's how we got there that's the crazy part.
It starts with a call from friends, and a plan to meet for dinner. They're on the (MA) Northshore, so we agree to meet halfway at the lovely Seaglass restaurant along the ocean in Salisbury MA, on the NH border; about a half-hour ride for us. As we're getting ready, we find out that the husband can't make it, and they back out. At this point, we decide it's too late to make different plans, so I change the reservation to 2, and we start heading down. Mrs. Scotch wanted a little time to stop at the LL Bean outlet near the restaurant, and so that's where we were.
When I felt a little ping from my phone, I checked to see if OpenTable had sent a reservation reminder. The ping was not from OpenTable; it was from my Ring front door camera, where I saw this:
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That's one of Mrs. Scotch's clients, and the dog she was scheduled to host for the night. She fucked-up the reminder on Google Calendar, and it slipped her mind! I had to calmly but quickly tell her that she had a scheduled client sitting outside our front door, while our dogs were in the house going nuts. It took close to a half-hour to get home, and during that time, we fabricated a story about visiting her mom, and she fell, and I don't even know. Of course we canceled our dinner reservation. On a positive note, she immediately dropped all the clothes she was planning to buy.
We got back to the house at 7:30, and apologized for about the next half an hour. Then we got all the dogs settled down, and figured out what to do about dinner, because we still hadn't eaten. In the lower part of York there's a downtown area called the Village, which sits along the harbor. It's quiet there, not like York Beach. And right at the center, there's a low-key, speakeasy-like place at the back of an old building called the Sundrop. They have live music there sometimes, and a big bar (it's also a brewery). And they have a gourmet chef that makes a lot of different things, but always locally based. We realized that only a small group of townies (mostly year-rounders) know about the place.
And so, at the end of a disastrous evening, I had a tall pale ale that they brewed on-site, and that Cajun scallop Po' Boy, with Cole slaw. Ironically, the Mrs. is always bitching at me that I refuse to use Google Calendar. I always put things in the notes app on my phone, and I do fine.
Same with Google Calendar. Someone besides me should tell my wife...The operator must look at the calendar to not miss an event.
AFAIK, Google Calendar can send out reminder alarms. I've heard her phone do this, and she'll say "It's reminding me that I have to go do xyz...". So if I have this correct, you don't have to look at the calendar. But for some reason, she fucked-up the entry in Google Calendar, and set it to an all-day event, instead of making it at a specific time. All-day events don't send out reminder alarms; in that case, you have to look at the calendar.I have much better luck with Apple Calendar. It has only one fatal flaw. The operator must look at the calendar to not miss an event.
Apple will do the same .... if you set the alarm.AFAIK, Google Calendar can send out reminder alarms. I've heard her phone do this, and she'll say "It's reminding me that I have to go do xyz...". So if I have this correct, you don't have to look at the calendar. But for some reason, she fucked-up the entry in Google Calendar, and set it to an all-day event, instead of making it at a specific time. All-day events don't send out reminder alarms; in that case, you have to look at the calendar.
For me, Google Calendar events for all-day do the reminder at 1150pm the day before (as long as the event has a checkbox on 'alert me 10 minutes prior')All-day events don't send out reminder alarms
Oh, so when we're dead asleep. That's helpful.For me, Google Calendar events for all-day do the reminder at 1150pm the day before
You're asleep at 11:50PM? Are you 7?Oh, so when we're dead asleep. That's helpful.
During the week, we're in bed by 10. We get up early and work. There was a time when I was watching TV until about midnight on a weeknight, and I'd get up at 7. But those days are gone.You're asleep at 11:50PM? Are you 7?
I fall asleep by 1AM usually and alarm goes off at 6:40AM on weekday. Sleep in more and stay up later on weekends. Also have naps on weekends.During the week, we're in bed by 10. We get up early and work. There was a time when I was watching TV until about midnight on a weeknight, and I'd get up at 7. But those days are gone.
When my kids were 7, they'd be in bed by about 8. Maybe Canadian time is on a different scale.