Julia Thompson wrote: > "Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > > > > Sonja wrote: > > > > I guess Jeroen is being male about it. However just > > blandly stating that > > this list is hostile, deserves my personal ding. I'm > > not at all hostile, > > and I even cook dinner. And as a member of this list I > > resent being > > included in that statement. :o) > > > > And no dinner at Adam's place does seem like an awfull > > punishment if you > > ask me. > > > > Can I still come? I'll even bring Tom, he is soooooo > > cute. The little > > devil. :o) > > > > ******************** > > Ding accepted - I was perhaps a little heated in my > > post. I meant to target the general hostile vibes > > that are circulating, without indicting the list as a > > whole. Vibes I'm guilty myself of spreading. > > > > Yes, you and Tom can have dinner at our house. Jeroen > > can, too. I would never separate a father from his > > son, even just for dinner. Melissa makes a mean > > chocolate meringue pie, and there's a brewery in town > > that makes what I'm told is good Belgian beer. > > Marvin, Julia, can you testify? > > As far as the beer goes, if you're talking about Celis, they're gone. > :( Marvin mentioned some other beers, and I trust his judgement on > beer. He has never brought beer to a gathering that I didn't find to be > just wonderful. > > Personally, I'd invite Sonja, Jeroen and Tom, all of them, for dinner, > but not let anyone with a Y chromosome near the beer. (This would not > cause any marital strife, either, as Dan doesn't like any beer he's > tried on this side of the Atlantic, period.) > > No, if Jeroen wanted to indulge in alcohol, he'd have to settle for wine > or the hard stuff. (Whatever that might be -- Jeroen, do you like > peppermint schnapps? That's the only hard stuff I could guarantee we'd > have on hand....) > > ;) > > As far as the other stuff goes, I can't speak from personal experience > regarding the pie, but Adam & Melissa's hospitality is very nice. And > the homemade ice cream was certainly yummy the time I was served > *that*. (And if no homemade ice cream is in the cards, there's some > decent store-bought stuff we can get around here.) > > Julia > > mmmmm.... ice cream..... <drool>
With your permission Adam, we'll add you to our list of 'must visit when visiting the US' then. Especially after so many good reviews. :o) Sonja
