Today Is ...

August 23, 2024, at home

I found my inner nerd (and outer nerd) as a kid in the 1960s, playing with my chemistry set. Hey, my favorite job (1992 to 1996) was researching and writing articles for an international weekly magazine on the financial and technical aspects of the chemical industry based in New York City.

August 23, 2024, at home

My dear cousin Scott introduced me to the Cuban sandwich, as well as Cuban coffee (Café con Leche), when I visited him and his brother Burt while on spring break in Miami in February 1982. They were attending the University of Miami. I was attending Villanova University near Philadelphia. Two friends from 'Nova and I drove my car (two-seater Ford EXP, four-speed) 24 straight hours to spend a week in Florida. It was a hatchback, so we alternated who slept in the "trunk." I dropped them off in Fort Lauderdale, and then I continued onto Miami.

(Although I am not Hispanic, I do like Cuban food.)

August 23, 2024, at home

I absolutely dislike sponge cake and pound cake, well, all cake unless there is more frosting than cake.