Still Of The Night – Paul Green School Of Rock – Bucks County – Hair Metal

Still Of The Night – Whitesnake – Paul Green School Of Rock Bucks County Hair Metal Show at The Well, Feasterville Pa, October 9 & 10 2009

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Sesame Place – ‘The Parade’ Part 2

Sesame Place

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Cross-country – Washington’s Gig Harbor Girls Just Miss Another State Title and Chance at History

Copyright © 2008 Ed Bagley
Washington State’s 2008 Prep Cross-Country Championships taught the Gig Harbor High School girls’ team a really disappointing lesson in knowing just how close is not close enough.
After winning 3 consecutive state titles in the 4A state championship competition, Gig Harbor fell 1 point short in the team competition Saturday (11-8-08) at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, settling for the runner-up spot.
Had they won, the girls would have set the Washington State record with 4 consecutive titles. Only two other 4A teams in state history have won 3 consecutive titles. Bellarmine Prep accomplished the feat in 1977, 1978 and 1979, and Issaquah matched the feat in 1985, 1986 and 1987.
So close and yet so far. Eastlake High School of Sammamish nipped the Tide runners 97 to 96. Eastlake’s runners finished 14th, 15th, 18th, 24th, 25th, 40th and 72nd. Gig Harbor’s runners finished 1st, 16th, 17th, 30th, 33rd, 44th and 48th. Each team has 7 runners but only the first 5 runners finishing figure in the team scoring.
Since Eastlake’s 5th scoring runner was 25th, it did not matter that Gig Harbor’s last two runners finished 44th (sophomore Kelly Williams in 20:05) and 72nd (senior Ashley Horton in 20:42).
Senior Alyssa Andrews of Gig Harbor won the 5000 meter run (3. 1 miles) in 18:00 flat to become the state 4A champion. She could not have done any more for her team. Sophomore Brittany Kealy was 16th and junior Erin Hull was 17th, they both finished in 19:21 and did their job. Sophomore Danie Moon was 30th in 19:47 and senior Claire Betterbed was 33rd in 19:50.
Gig Harbor could have won its 4th consecutive title and set a new record if either Danie Moon had run 2 seconds faster and finished 28th rather than 30th, or Claire Betterbed had run 3 seconds faster over the 3. 1 miles and finished 31st rather than 33rd. Two seconds faster or 3 seconds faster does not seem like that much unless your are running the 3. 1 mile race in the highest level of competition.
Saturday’s result for the Gig Harbor girls underscores the importance of the 4th and 5th scoring runners during competition. When they are running behind it seems as if the value of their effort is diminished when in fact their importance becomes more valuable with each stride they take. Reaching down deep and passing just a couple of runners near the finish can make the difference between winning a state title and losing a state title.
Eastlake ran a great race and its spread was only 29 seconds between its first and last scoring finisher. Gig Harbor’s spread was 1:40, 71 seconds more. This is one reason why team running is emphasized in cross-country. Your best runner does not have to finish among the top 10 or 13 runners to win a state championship.
Coach Patty Ley and her girls were pretty disappointed to say the least. However, Gig Harbor did amazingly well considering that only one runner—eventual state champion Alyssa Andrews—returned from last year’s state championship team. Their finish was a testimony to Ley’s coaching and the tremendous winning tradition the Gig Harbor girls have built.
The Tide girls preceded their state meet finish by winning their 4th consecutive West Central District III championship at the American Lake Golf Course in Lakewood. Alyssa Andrews won the individual title in 17:45 to lead Gig Harbor to the title.
The Gig Harbor boys had a tougher go of it in the state 4A run, finishing 7th overall with 192 points. Mead High School of Spokane won the title with 98 points, racking up its 14th state championship in cross-country. Mead’s runners finished 8-9-24-27-30 with a 30-second spread.
Mead is legendary in Washington State, producing more top distance runners than any other prep school. Mead won 9 consecutive state titles from 1988 through 1996, and added 3 more titles from 2000 to 2002, making it 12 titles in 15 years. That is dominance by any standard.
Gig Harbor’s top boy finisher—junior Conner Peloquin—was 10th in 15:55. He was followed by sophomore Robby Ubben in 37th at 16:31, senior Chris Adgar-Beal in 43rd at 16:35, junior Spencer Payne in 49th at 16:40, senior Alex Sundell in 53rd at 16:44, senior Nate Funkhouser in 88th at 17:29 and sophomore Casey Kalbrener in 89th at 17:30.
Clearly, the girls rule at Gig Harbor at the moment.

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The Chinese Kitchen’s Bulk Spice Collection

You may dream of visiting China someday to experience the vivid cuisine, but until that day arrives you can recreate many wonderful Chinese dishes yourself in your home or restaurant kitchen.   The secret is to keep the appropriate bulk spice and wholesale spices on hand, so that you can whip up your favorite dishes when inspiration strikes your taste buds and scent sense memory.   Purchasing bulk spice and bulk spices wholesale means that you will always have a ready supply of your favorite bulk spices for seasoning your favorite foods, and they typically are offered at better prices.  In the cuisines of China you will find as many variations on bulk spice options as there are regions in this vast country.   However, to begin you may want to acquire a supply of wholesale spices such as coriander, five-spice powder, garlic, ginger, dry mustard, black and white pepper both ground and whole, crushed red pepper flakes and star anise.   These organic bulk spices will give you the flavor basis for seasoning many favorite Chinese and Chinese-inspired recipes.  You might like to create a chicken salad using your bulk spices that features sesame flavoring, which comes from a ground sesame spread called tahini.   Add to some cooked chicken meat a sauce containing a bit of sugar, soy sauce, the tahini as well as ginger and garlic.   This could be served as a main dish over lettuce leaves or as an appetizer on crackers. You might wish to create a dim sum meal at home.   This can be accomplished to your taste, using dishes that please you most.   You could include some chicken pieces that have been cooked in a sauce containing five-spice powder.   Five spice, although the recipe can vary, often includes the organic bulk spices of cinnamon, ginger, anise, fennel and clove, with black pepper sometimes added.   You could also use the bulk spice of ginger, white pepper and garlic to season Pork Shu-Mei, a favorite dim sum dish that also uses soy sauce, sesame oil and green onion to flavor the ground pork filling that is placed in a dough wrapper and is then steamed or deep fried.  You can use bulk spices wholesale such as ginger to flavor a basic Chinese chicken stock that is used as the base for many wonderful soups, including the famous Bird’s Nest soup.   It can be used to make an Egg Flower Soup, with peas, water chestnuts, and beaten egg which is drizzled into the hot stock to create the “flowers. “  White pepper is one of the wholesale spices used to flavor this delightful soup. This is just a small indication of the many ways that you can use organic bulk spices for flavoring many scrumptious Chinese dishes in your home or restaurant kitchen.

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Memory Lane: the Red Barn

Can you imagine a time when there were relatively few fast-food chains, coffee was just coffee and entrepreneurs were not all in a line to open the next, trendy bistro?  I can.   I grew up in that era.   Back then, dinnertime meant lining up around the table instead of lining up around the drive-up window, Starbuck was still that guy from “Moby Dick”, and “Chez” was just a misspelling of the place where the Mets played.   Yet, we were all tempted by the forbidden fruit and eventually found the way out of Eden.   Along the road, a number of restaurants came and went.   One of those was the Red Barn.

The Red Barn was a hamburger rival of both Burger King and McDonald’s, but they were also the first to offer both chicken and fish.   Their signature hamburger, the “Big Barney” actually predated the “Big Mac” by a bit, and their quarter pound burger, the “Barnbuster” actually came before the “Quarter Pounder” even though it strongly resembled the “Whopper”.   Their most used slogan went, “When the hungries hit, when the hungries hit, hit the Red Barn”.   The “Hungries” were their three iconic mascots.   Hamburger Hungry originally looked like Ernie from Sesame Street, but they gave him a cap and a V-neck sweater to avoid confusion.   Chicken Hungry looked like a fried leg of chicken, and Fish Hungry was just a big, blue fish.   Even though I ate there from time to time, to tell the truth, I really do not remember much about the food.   Personally, I remember preferring the products of both McDonald’s and Burger King, and that new upstart, “Taco Bell”.  I never tried Red Barn fried-chicken and I never ate their fish.   Nonetheless, I still have fond memories of Red Barn from High School.  

In the 70s, when I still ate such things, the Red Barn was our school’s Friday hangout.   On Fridays after school sporting events, everyone would meet down at the Red Barn over on 73rd and Federal in Westminster.   Curiously enough, our cross-town rivals, Ranum, would meet just up the road and across the street at the McDonald’s.   Even though they had the better food choice, we had the better “winter” choice because that McDonald’s was one of the old, golden arches McDonald’s with no indoor seating and no patio.   Our Red Barn had ample indoor seating and everyone knew to meet there for a snack before deciding how to spend the rest of the Friday evening.   Many good, Friday memories contain a meeting earlier in the evening at the Red Barn.  

At their peak, Red Barn had over 400 restaurants in 19 States and two foreign countries, but, for whatever reason, they did not make it.   They had the loyal clientele, they had the handouts and they had a decent product, but they still sailed into oblivion sometime in the late 70’s.   You can still find remnants of old Red Barns turned something else like other restaurants, car dealerships or rental stores, but other than those faded memories and a few mementos, Red Barn Hamburgers are now just a part of history.  

If you ever ate there, colored in one of their coloring books or took home a free glass, you are part of the history.   You actually still can visit that history at www. barnbuster. net.  This website is completely devoted to the memory of the Red Barn complete with pictures, commercials snippits, and T-shirts for sale.   I tried to get some of their pictures to post here for your enjoyment, but was unable.   Nonetheless, if you are interested at all, all the general memories are parked there for posterity.   As for the personal memories, I’ll just smile and keep those to myself.  

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Madtv – Sesame Street – New Management

Gordon has sold Sesame Street to Donald Trump.

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Look beautiful with Latisse in Bucks County

Ever felt mesmerized by the long eyelashes of on-screen beauty queens? Ever found yourself fiddling with false eyelashes to get those long and voluminous eyelashes? Ever felt frustrated and irritated at the inadequacy of your own eyelashes that are just not right? Well, if the answer to all these questions is yes, and if you live in Bucks County and want to do something about your eyelashes, Latisse is just the thing for you. The application of Latisse in Bucks County is all the rage now and is touted as the next best thing that has happened to the world of cosmetics and beauty products ever since the discovery of Botox. What is Latisse?Latisse is a derivative of prostamide drug that propagates the growth of hair, especially those forming the eyelashes. Latisse has received FDA approval in 2008 declaring it to be a safe and tested product that aids in the growth of eyelashes that are longer, darker and thicker making them attractive and alluring. It achieves the following results by darkening the lashes and extending the life cycle of each individual strain of hair.   Each hair increases by a quarter of its length while the overall thickness may almost double while the tone of the hair is darkened. The feedback of the customers using Latisse in Bucks County substantiates these results gathered by using clinical trials. How to use Latisse?Latisse is basically a prescription drug. Therefore, it should only be applied after consultation with an expert doctor and an ophthalmologist. The experts of Latisse in Bucks County advise that it should only be applied on the base of the upper eyelids, though usage on the lower lids or eyebrows is not harmful in any way. It will be wise to ensure that the eye and the surrounding skin is not suffering from any disease or infection at the time of the application. You should also not wear contact lenses at the time of the application as this could cause irritability and itchiness in the eye. The effects of Latisse take a while, so one should not expect any visible change in the texture of eyelashes before 60 days or so.

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The Most Popular Chinese Food Recipes

Sure, Chinese takeout has its allure, but why not keep it healthy and indulge with some home cooked Chinese food?

Chinese food is popular all around the world, and that with good reason – it is extremely versatile, healthy and easy to whip up in your kitchen.

Invite your family and friends and enjoy delicious homemade Chinese food.

KUNG PAO CHI (CHICKEN WITH CHILES AND NUTS)

Ingredients

1 lb. Chicken breast, boned

4 Tbs. Soy sauce

1 1/2 Tbs. Cold water

Cornstarch

1/4 Tsp. Garlic salt

4 Dried red chiles or more

1 Tbs. White wine or sherry

1 Tbs. Sugar

1/2 Tsp. Salt

1 Tsp. Sesame oil

Oil for deep frying

1 Tsp. Chopped peeled gingerroot

1/2 c. Peanuts

*Note: Chicken should be cut in 1-in. cubes.

**More chiles may be used, to taste.

Directions

For this recipe with chicken, combine chicken, 2 Tbs. soy sauce, cold water, 1 1/2 Tbs. cornstarch and garlic salt in bowl. Stir evenly in one direction and let marinate 30 minutes. Remove tips and seeds from chiles, then cut in 1-inch pieces. Combine remaining 2 Tbs. soy sauce, wine, sugar, 1 Tsp. cornstarch, salt and sesame oil in small bowl. Heat 2 to 3 inches oil in wok to 400F. Add chicken and fry 30 seconds. Remove chicken and drain off all but 2 Tbs. oil. Heat oil and fry chiles until black. Add gingerroot and chicken, stirring and tossing together. Add soy-wine mixture and cook, stirring, just until thickened. Remove from heat and sprinkle with nuts.

CHINESE EGG ROLLS

Ingredients

1/2 cup carrots, chopped

10 each napa cabbage leaves, chopped and ends removed

2 each stalks bok choi, chopped

4 cup bean sprouts, fresh

1/2 md onion, chopped

4 each garlic cloves, minced

1/2 cup bamboo shoots, chopped

1 cup water chestnuts, chopped

1 pound pork, cooked, ground

1 pound small shrimp, cooked

1/2 pound beef, cooked, ground

1/4 cup cooking wine

1/4 cup soy sauce

3 tablespoon sesame oil

1 pk egg roll skins, or wrappers

1 oil for frying

1 each egg, beaten

Directions

Mix filling ingredients together. Put mixture in the freezer awhile to cool. Warm meat tends to soften the wrappers and make things messy, as in similar food recipes. Heat vegetable oil in fryer to 325 degrees.

To roll, place about 3 tb filling mixture in the center of the wrapper. Fold 1 corner over mixture and fold in ends. Continue rolling. Brush egg mixture on exposed corner of wrapper to help seal egg roll.

Put egg rolls in hot oil, a few at a time, and fry a few minutes on each side until golden brown. Remove to drain on paper towels. Serve warm with soy sauce, hot mustard, or sauce of your choice.

Makes 18 egg rolls.

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Sesame Street: Martians Find the Earth

If you’re watching videos with your preschooler and would like to do so in a safe, child-friendly environment, please join us at www.sesamestreet.org Martians use a book to help identify Earth. Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization which also produces Pinky Dinky Doo, The Electric Company, and other programs for children around the world.

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Jack’s 2nd Birthday at Sesame Place

Celebrating Jack’s 2nd Birthday at Sesame Place!

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