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Well, Barry, you can have a hellova time, even a hellova good time rubbing up to consonants but I just thought vowel rubbing would require an indefinite article letter addition. Respondents often use the etc part of this forum as a bit of a throwaway comment opportunity, often for something only tangentially poetry related or not at all but your piece was a more substantial diversion, is what I meant to say. Bill On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 at 3:09 am, Barry Alpert < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, Bill. No "reciprocal gravy" since then, not that I was expecting > any. The owners remain friendly towards me, but I pay for every item I > order. Curious about your usage "hellovan etc" however. Google didn't > really clarify it for me--is it heard in Australia? Barry > > On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:03:04 +1000, Bill Wootton < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >That’s a hellovan etc, Barry and should earn you some reciprocal gravy > form > >the establishment. Can’t see why it would be pulled. It is specific and > >insightful. Maybe lavish praise is just suspicious these days. Everybody’s > >looking for balance. So flat earthers and anti-vaxxers and climate change > >denialists get their moments in the sun on so much media. Perhaps you were > >expected to report a slightly unclean fork? > > > >Bill > > > >On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 10:42 am, Barry Alpert < > >[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> Surprised to find this restaurant review visible today after it was > >> initially "disappeared" by YELP editors within their "reviews not > currently > >> recommended" section. I think they thought it was an "inside job" or > that I > >> was paid for it. YELP readers who sought it out clicked on the HTML > images > >> for useful, funny, & cool. I gave this eatery the top rating of 5 stars. > >> The owners of Crown Bakery told me they were able to identify > individuals > >> checking up on my review. I enjoyed rereading this piece of writing and > >> decided to revive it: > >> > >> "With the opening (on Easter Sunday 2012) of a second floor dining room > >> for a Sunday buffet from 11-4, Crown Bakery may have emerged as the best > >> Caribbean restaurant in the Wash DC metro area. For many years I've > been > >> dropping by the first floor bakery for very distinctive savoury pastries > >> filled with salt cod, lentil, salmon, chicken, callaloo, & . . . > Amongst > >> the sweets, I love their version of cassava pone. Because I usually > end > >> up eating such items in my car on my way home, I rarely order side > dishes & > >> entrees--though I fondly remember a roasted winter roots concoction I > was > >> able to buy one Saturday. I arrived this past Sunday June 24 around > 3PM, > >> ascended one flight of stairs into a comfortable & attractive space, and > >> was greeted warmly by an impressive, formally-dressed head waiter / > maitre > >> d'. He was happy to provide background detail on the dishes with which > I > >> had less familiarity. I enjoyed the stewed chicken with brown gravy, a > >> poached tilapia with pumpkin and orange peppers, and a salt-cod > concoction > >> verging upon but not really a ceviche. Amongst the sides, the callaloo > >> served over pillow mounds of rice pleased me the most, its unusual > >> consistency having emerged in Trinidad from its historical existence as > a > >> soup. I liked a pigeon pea dish and will be curious to learn how it was > >> made. Mac & cheese was served as a kind of very distinctive loaf. Two > >> styles of plantain. Both vegetable and fruit salad. Plus rum punch > >> (non-alcoholic), though I await the Sundays on which sorrel is served. > The > >> owner informed me that special entrees and sides emerge each Sunday, so > >> it's unlikely you'll ever see exactly the same dishes. Seating for > >> approximately 40. I parked right in front of the restaurant and during > >> this time-period on Sunday, anyone should be able to park within one > half > >> block of Crown Bakery. I've been eating Caribbean food for at least 40 > >> years, starting in Toronto and San Francisco, & I can't recall a better > >> dining experience than that which I experienced at Crown Bakery this > past > >> Sunday." > >> > >> Barry Alpert > >> > >> ######################################################################## > >> > >> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > >> > > > >######################################################################## > > > >To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > >https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1