We are still here. Adrian is still baking. A friend wanted a red velvet cake for his birthday. Adrian had never made one, but that is no problem. Well, one little problem. I assured Adrian that we have red food coloring, a major ingredient. We did, but it was paste, not liquid. He had to massage the stuff by hand to get it soft enough to mix into the cake batter. It finally came out of his pores, but it sure looked gruesome for a bit. He made two cakes for that party and an upside down apple cake for an earlier party. The house smelled good.The wine tasting was last weekend and everybody loved it. We will have a beer tasting in October and our next wine tasting is in January. This time it will be NoCal v SoCal. I wanted to do a East Coast / West Coast Slam, but our wine seller of choice doesn't have a lot of East Coast wines. I am attending three other discussions during this summer quarter at PALAC. We've been discussing A Tree Grows in Brooklyn on Tuesday afternoons and The Waxman Report on Tuesday evenings. These two discussions are very interesting. Of course, the Waxman Report is about how bills move through Congress. We talk some about bills that have been stalled in Congress or were poorly drafted. I sure hope those guys resolve their issues with the debt ceiling. I really do need my Social Security check.
The third group is next week. We will be listening to one of our members talk about life on a submarine in WWII. That should be interesting. I've spoken with Jim before. He's pretty sharp for a guy who is old enough to have been on a submarine in WWII. I've mentioned that a lot of the members of PALAC are in their 70's and 80's. Of course, some are a bit doddery. We had one meeting of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn with 3 walkers attached to their people. But a lot of the people are something to aspire to. Gosh, even the walker people are something to aspire to. Most are still very bright and have a lot to contribute. I am hoping that hanging around with them will improve my chance.
