Well, she is driving into a bit pf rain, but decent temperatures anyway. There is still a fair amount of colour here so she may be in luck.
I'm afraid if she meats up with Frank, there will be no coney beaf heart hot dogs an that tour.,;-) Dave On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 4:51 PM, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > Annsan is now Toronto bound on a Greyhound bus. We had a nice dinner at home > after her arrival here in Michigan yesterday and sat up and talked until we > were nodding off. Since today was a school day for Grace, everyone was up > early, and Ann shot some nice pics of Grace in the kitchen. Later, Ann and I > went downtown for Coneys at the century-old Lafayette Coney Island. This > ancient and rather grungy hole in the wall has been featured on food > network, in the NY Times, and various other places. Their stock in trade is > a natural casing vienna hot dog, smothered in a bean-free chili sauce made > from beef hearts and a variety of other animal parts and served in a steamed > bun with onions and mustard. Ali Alhami, their long-time cook, dishes from > behind the grill at a speed that defies description while maintaining a > running banter with customers and servers. Here's Ali after plating a few > Coneys. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11791055 > > Upon leaving, Annsan waved goodby and thanked Ali for watching out for us. > In the confusion of trying to figure out how the parking meters on the > street worked, I had locked the keys in the car with the engine running. > Engaged in a senior moment, I failed to even notice that I was keyless and > the engine was humming. But while we were waiting for our food, a local > homeless type stumbled through the door and told Ali about the running Jeep, > who soon figured out that the vehicle must belong to the really old guy with > the blank look on his face. Fortunately, my Jeep is a Wrangler, so I had > only to unzip the window to get in. That ease of entry, in turn, caused > Annsan some worry since her luggage was in the car. But we survived the > ordeal, downed our dogs, and made it to the bus station with time to spare. > > Here's Annsan waving to Ali. Those pics in the window are of governor > Granholm and Joe Biden. Numerous photos of celebrities biting Coneys are on > the walls inside. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11791056&size=lg > > Paul > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
