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I kept waiting for this kid to set himself on fire - I'm pretty sure these canisters are supposed to be placed on the ground to be lit ....
Taken with hand held camera from my deck.
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I kept waiting for this kid to set himself on fire - I'm pretty sure these canisters are supposed to be placed on the ground to be lit ....
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How do stilt walkers get up on their stilts?
This guy was actually dancing! Now that must take some talent!
More from the Caribbean Carnival:
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The annual DC Caribbean Carnival was held on Saturday and as we live only a few houses from the parade route we went to watch. The carnival is a popular event celebrating the island cultures and featuring a parade of floats representing the islands. Mixed among the floats were Steel bands playing festive music and people performing traditional dances, wearing cultural garments and proudly displaying their nation's flags: Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago. Haiti and Puerto Rico were also represented.
It was sticky-hot standing on the side of the road - it was in the 90's - the performers in their magnificent costumes must have been unbelievably hot!
This guy came right up in front of me and posed - complete with lolly pop!
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The Princess has her first "real" job!! She went for an interview last week and got called back for a second interview yesterday. She starts next Monday as a Receptionist for a small company.
She has been working weekends and evenings at McDonalds since she was 14 & a half.
For all that I think about their food (not much) I do think that McDonalds is good grounding work experience.
My marigolds are happy for the Princess too!
The other night I had a sense that there was a mouse in the kitchen. You know the suspicion which comes from that slight rustling/scurrying sound as you turn the light on.
I examined the foodstuffs on the kitchen bench. There were two large packets of corn chips, a couple of packets of StarKist Tuna Creations (Zesty Lemon Pepper), a packet of trail mix, a packet of macadamia nuts and a box of mini moos. I checked everything except the tuna & mini moos - no teeth marks.
Next night I came out in the dark and was almost deafened by the rustling! I examined the chips again and again no nibbles but this time I saw the mouse scurrying away so I investigated further.
Well, our mouse had enjoyed nearly a whole packet of Zesty Lemon Pepper Tuna and a good helping of the macadamias!!!
I am surprised that it chose zesty tuna over the corn chips. Those foil packets are much tougher to get into than the chips and everything was laid out in easy buffet style.
I think we have a gourmand city mouse.
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This was the menu of a restaurant where we had dinner one night in Nanjing
Doesn't Hog Intestines in Spicy sauce sound great? How about Wing & Web? - a juicy wing and a webbed foot.
Might you be tempted by the Fried Sparrow Gizzard? If not there is always the Yu Fu with Shepherd's Purse (not so sure this is the herb!).
I used to complain about RCN Starpower but now that we have Comcast I see that RCN actually had exemplary customer service by comparison and far fewer glitches in their service. I yearn for those just plain annoying days. What we have with Comcast is something above & beyond frustrating.
On Sunday our television, internet and phone started "misbehaving" - cutting in and out and then the internet ceased totally.
The astro-dweeb called customer service on Sunday night - he was watching the NBA basketball so he did have time to spare. Each time the television lost cable signal it would only be nano-seconds before the phone flickered out and then a few seconds later service would be resumed. The astro-dweeb persevered on hold, listening to how important his call was - for just over TWO hours!!! Just as a real live person finally answered there was the tell tale flicker on the telly and the phone reception started sputtering - "don't hang up, don't hang up" he shouts into the phone. She hangs up!!
Sometime in the middle of the night we get excruciatingly slow internet back and he composes & sends an angry email to Comcast. Monday morning we have passable internet and get this response:
We apologize for the delay in responding to your inquiry. We have received your e-mail regarding your cable service. This is a follow up message to ensure that your service is working to your satisfaction. Again, we apologize for the delay in responding to your
request.
If you are still experiencing service disruption at this time, please chat with us directly by using the following link: http://www.comcastsupport.com /chat for assistance.
We are not sure if they are apologising for keeping him on hold for 2 hours or the turnaround time of the email (which actually was not that bad!). Internet worked all day Monday but once evening came and we turned on the telly, things ground to a halt. Not a flicker of service on televsion, phone or internet this time!
Oh, hold on - they sent us this handy "chat" link ..... Um, note to Comcast - that's not helpful without internet!!
Yesterday, Tuesday, astro-dweeb called again & this time they have done the RCN thing and put a message on telling callers that they are having issues with their service (& basically saying "don't bother holding on"). He calls back 3 or 4 times during the morning just checking up and finally the message has gone & he gets a real person. Real person tells him all our problems are solved ... and they are - until last night when the television & phone went back to flickering and the internet disappeared.
This morning all is fine again.... So we are in some kind of conundrum hell as it works in the mornings when we can contact Comcast - just to have them tell us it is "working fine". But, when we need to tell them it is not working fine we can't "chat" or call them! !
It is no surprise that some little old lady took her hammer into a Comcast office last year to complain in person!Washington Post story
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