Open Thread

  1. Toasties, are you ever successful at a staycation?

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  2. Summer is the time for fruit! Preferably stuck into batter and sugar and slathered with butter and later maple syrup and/or sweetened condensed milk.

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  3. Toasties. Behold the perfect emergency lunch.

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  4. Toasties! Why oh why is there no In N Out on the east coast? It's tragic.

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  5. Toasties!

    Summer is marvelous. Unless you hate it, in which case, don't worry, life is fleeting and will soon turn to winter.

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  6. Hello Toasties! Thanks for all the recipes the other week. This week's picture is of a chicken Kiev with mushrooms and mashed potatoes that The Bartender did not make. But could have.

    The question is, however, what's the best gift for a host?

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  7. What a world, kids. What a world.

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  8. Toasties. The Bartender made quiche for the first time. In fact, so confident was The Bartender in their first quiche-making attempt that they made two quiches. The Bartender was not wrong.

    Recipe:

    For the crust:
    Store-bought pre made crust; The Bartender is not a magician.

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  9. Toastarones! What's the thing you're looking forward to most this weekend?

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  10. Toasties! The new Whitney is so great, and the cafe is also awesome. Everything is expensive, but that's to be expected of a building from which one can see the Statue of Liberty and inside which one can see Contemporary (not really) Art. The Bartender has an asthma attack for the first time ever on Friday, at the ripe old age of 33. Who knew there were still such joys ahead?! It's a brave new…

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  11. You can discuss either the righteousness of this or whatever else is pressing on your mind; I'm tired from cat-rescuing and plan on taking a midday nap. You could also talk about the season two episode of Futurama where Dr. Zoidberg goes back to his home planet to try to have sex; I would also accept that.

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  12. Toasties! Happy almost weekend! Wanna talk about pet peeves?

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  13. Color in desserts, color outside, awesome color EVERYWHERE! Let's talk about joyful things, happy things, and Wallace Stevens? Open thread!

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  14. Toasties! Let's all eat cake! Open thread like the wind.

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