Triumph on Catalina

[Christian Williams]

I should like everyone to know how we did in the appetizer contest at Catalina.

Yes, we won it.

Not a co-first, or a grudging first, or one of those political wins from which the judges want something in return.

Not at all: a clean win.

And don't you think the appetizer was worthy, just reading about it?

http://www.susienorris.com/blue-cheese-blue-herons-on-catalina/

 

[Tom Metzger]

Congratulations!

I should like everyone to know how we did in the appetizer contest at Catalina.

Yes, we won it. Not a co-first, or a grudging first, or one of those political wins from which the judges want something in return. Not at all: a clean win.

Wow!!!! I've known for a while that you are a star, sailor extraordinaire, electrical genius, etc. But now to find that you are also a leading Left Coast gourmand. Unbelievable!

Congratulations.

 

[Rick R.]

Small pumpernickel (or rye) rounds, blue cheese with a bread and butter pickle under a broiler. Serve with good scotch. Hmmmm!

Congrats CW!

 

[tenders]

I should like everyone to know how we did in the appetizer contest at Catalina.

Yes, we won it. Not a co-first, or a grudging first, or one of those political wins from which the judges want something in return. Not at all: a clean win.

Wow!!!! I've known for a while that you are a star, sailor extraordinaire, electrical genius, etc. But now to find that you are also a leading Left Coast gourmand. Unbelievable!

Congratulations.

I'm about 2/3 of the way through Christian's 1981 biography of Ted Turner and can also formally confirm what we all casually know: he is, and has long been, a sparkling writer. (I suspect writing is his first love, or at least his first bread-and-butter.) Christian's account, at a point in Turner's life when he was quite successful but perhaps only about half as accomplished as we think of him being today, and probably much less than half as wealthy, is as sharp as cheddar on grits.

http://www.amazon.com/Lead-Follow-Get-Out-Way/dp/0812910044