As noted below, we’re having one of our Very Large Scale BBQs tomorrow (Saturday). I got up this morning at 0545 and fired up the smoker. While (as you can see) I use lump charcoal and soaked wood to do the actual smoking, I unapologetically started the fire in the firebox with MatchLight charcoal and [...]
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From our home to yours — God bless us every one! ..bruce w..
I am grateful for more than I can express: family, faith, friends, country, health, the opportunities of life, and above all my sweetheart, Sandra. God bless us, everyone. ..bruce w..
It started snowing here about 9 pm on Tuesday evening and hasn’t stopped since. The wind has been blowing constantly, pretty much between 10 and 20 mph (I can’t tell for sure — my outside anemometer appears to have frozen up). The local news station is reporting 14″ of snow so far here in Parker [...]
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Yeah, I should have written and posted this yesterday, but I didn’t realize it was the 20th anniversary until today (thanks to this post).
Sandra and I, with seven of our nine kids, had moved to Soquel, California in early 1988. Actually, we were five miles outside of Soquel; we bought a home in the Santa [...]
Continue reading about The Loma Prieta quake — 20 years (and a few days) later [updated]
After four years of living in Colorado, Sandra and I decided it was time to do some local sightseeing. So we packed up some soda left over from our large BBQ, stopped by Safeway to pick up some picnic foods (cold fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans, and a few other things), and headed out [...]
I’ve just spent an hour or two cleaning both the smoker (which I haven’t used since last October) and the grill (which I haven’t used in since at least April). I now feel quite virtuous, probably unduly so.
I’ve had six (6) briskets, each weighing about 7 lbs, marinading since yesterday, along with 3 elk [...]
I had the pleasure of spending the weekend with my brother and his family in the Bay Area. The highlight of the weekend was a Saturday night stargazing session in the wilds of California east of Hollister.
During this time of year, California is in its “dry season” and most of the grasses have [...]
I’m doing what my co-blogger Bruce Henderson likes to call a “VLSB” or “very large scale BBQ” next Saturday, July 25th. It’s been almost 10 months since my last one — far too long — but this should make up for it by being the largest one yet; I fully expect 80-100 people. I’m not [...]
Continue reading about Brisket blogging ahead: VLSB scheduled for 7/25
I’m sitting in a 2010 Mustang Convertible being driven by a gorgeous blonde, heading into LA for dinner somewhere around Hollywood.
Life is good. ..bruce w..
UPDATE [6/1/09] Corrected a few typos; between the vibrations in the car itself and the frequent dropping of the AT&T signal as we zoomed along, the message was a bit choppy. [...]