July 28, 2021 Lunch - Mary and Tito’s. Dinner - Vichyssoises and Charcuterie and cheese

 July 28, 2021 Lunch - Mary and Tito’s. Dinner - Vichyssoises and Charcuterie and cheese

I awakened at 7:00 and began working at my desk. At 8:00 I checked the market; the NASDAQ was up and the Dow down and my portfolio was up a bit. I watched the Olympics and ate a bowl of granola with milk, yogurt, and a fresh apple from our garden diced.  The apple was delicious.

I then worked on filing a report for a client but was stopped by a non-functioning’s jz state website. By the time I was able to report the problem to the Secretary of State and they fixed it, it was 2:00 and Dee had awakened and was showered and getting dressed.

We were hungry and decided to eat New Mexican food, so we drove to Mary and Tito’s on 4th St. Dee ordered the large combination plate with a taco, a relleno, and an enchilada. I ordered my usual, a a three tortilla stack of tortillas with beef and red sauce with onions and double Refried beans.

         Dee’s large combination plate, a Relleno, a taco and an enchilada

It took a while to plow through that much food and by the time we finished it was 3:30 so we decided to go directly to the museum to see the Transcendental Painting Group Show.  Dee liked it and found it very unusual.  I found it inspiring and uplifting.

Dee was not feeling well so we drove to Walgreen’s and then home after the museum a bit before 5:00.

Suzette had arrived ahead of us so we discussed dinner and I told her we had just eaten a large amount of Mexican food.  She had just eaten the last of the chicken salad, so none of us were hungry.  I had a short shopping list for Smith’s but Suzette suggested we relax since it was still over 90 degrees and eat a lighter meal of Vichyssoises and charcuterie and cheeses.

We all agreed, so she fetched the pot of Vichyssoises we made last night from the garage and went to the garden to snip a handful of chives which she cut into small slices.  Then she chopped cubes of Dubliner cheese and Jarlsberg cheese and put them on the Texas cheese board with a container of mixed pitted green and small kalamata olives and slices of salami, prosciutto, and cured ham.  I sliced and toasted about 15 slices of French baguette, which Suzette wrapped in a Mexican tea towel.

We decided to drink a bottle of Vouvray and to eat dinner al fresco.  So Suzette filled the wine bucket with ice and we opened the Famille Bougerier Vouvray Douce and put it into the ice and carried it and the Texas board to the garden table.

Suzette returned to the kitchen and filled bowls with Vichyssoises and garnished them with the sliced chives and brought those to the garden table and we enjoyed the light picnicky dinner, since none of us was particularly hungry.

After dinner we rested and watched TV.  The impact of the investigation into the causes of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol is just beginning to be covered in the liberal media and it is having an impact.  I don’t know if it has because of the bad press but 17 Republicans voted to open debate on the smaller $1 Trillion infrastructure bill that they voted against last week today.  The New York Times published an article today that as early as December 21 Republican members of Congress were meeting with the President to plan the insurrection on January 6.  Jim Jordan admitted that he called the President on Jan. 6.,  The Justice Department issued its opinion that the defense offered by Congressman Mo Brooks to the lawsuit for damages from the riot filed by Congressman Sawlwell of California against Donald Trump and Brooks that his speech to incite the crowd at the Ellipse rally on Jan. 6. was within the scope of his duties as a Congressman was not valid, because inciting a riot is not within his duties as a Congressman. Finally, Nancy Pelosi said that she denied Jim Jordan a seat on the select committee because he will probably be a material witness. 

Finally there was another article that says President Trump called interim Attorney General Rosen every day in December 2020 with requests to investigate voting fraud in different locals and an assistant took contemporaneous notes of those conversations that they are going to transmit to the select committee.  So it looks like Trump will be called as a material witness also.

Suzette went lie down at 9:00 and I went to sleep at 10:20.

I definitely prefer Padilla’s Restaurant.  It is lighter cuisine and serves the best sopapillas in town in my opinion.

Bon Appetit