welcome, Laura. Looking forward to seeing where you're going to drive us...

Hi Laura, and welcome! I am looking forward to your perspective.

I, happen to be a suburban libertarian.

Welcome. Now where are my nachos? I've been waiting for like 45 minutes.

Good luck, Laura!!!!

Yes, welcome to the sandbox Laura. We too are a good spirited group. For the most part, we all play well together. Every now and then, someone may throw sand in another's eyes. But usually we stick up for each other, and the conflict is squashed.

"But you are a hungry lot, and EL tells me it's best to keep you fed"
Why is it that the first thing that popped in my head is Audrey II from "Little Shop of Horrors"?

Laura

I like your attitude toward certain politicians. I'm a Kentucky libertarian and I'm OK.

Welcome

Welcome, Laura...or may we call you "LV"?

Good to see you jump into the trenches so quickly.

So...where do you suggest I get a good crabcake?

Sure! I'll answer to LV. As for crabcake, what's that?

Looking forward to many good posts. You definitely have me interested.

So...have you ever eaten at Golden West???

And what are your thoughts on tipping?

Do you enjoy or are you repulsed by the thought of a server lightly touching you on the arm?

Welcome, Laura...or may we call you "LV"?

May I be less formal and call you 55? Or maybe Fiddy-Fi?

Welcome, Laura. The sandboxes and haikus and alleged cliques, et al will keep anyone busy. I'm sure you are up to hte challenge!

Appropriate captcha: of keynotes (how do these guys - or gals - do this?!)

Welcome! I'm an urbanite liberal myself. I'm also a sunshine powered carnivore, for whatever that's worth.

So..which Littly Italy restaurant has the best marina sauce. ;)

More of a liberty urbantarian here.

My question: chicken or the egg?

I'm a libertarian living in a suburban neighborhood in an urban city, and I work in a formerly rural now exurban county.

OMGosh Trixie, that gets me every time! Hilarious!

To test your crossover skills...

If you were going to deliver a restaurant gift certificate in an unmarked envelope to City Hall, which restaurant would you choose?

The sandboxes and haikus and alleged cliques, et al

"When I was a bloggy, I spoke as a bloggy, I understood as a bloggy, I thought as a bloggy: but when I became a blog, I put away bloggy things."
First Crustaceans 13:11

Fresh start. Fresh recipes.

I know an urban librarian... she's very nice!

Welcome Laura,
I hope EL clued you in on us here.

by the way, where can I get a good crab cake?

I know a few urbanite lesbians. They too are (mostly) nice!

Apt captcha: the sandlot

Welcome, Laura. You have big (err Large) shoes to fill! Good luck!!!

I am an urban progressive married to a RoCK.

Welcome, Ms. Vozzella.

ColonelTamar, hi! We haven't met yet. Check out the imagined RoCK pic on the D@L Facebook page. I hope you'll think it's funny.

captcha- my friday so far "slacking about"

Welcome to the Asylum of Deliciousness, LV! (Fiddy-Fi....great one, Amanda!) I only pipe up once in a while, and am usually way too long winded for my own good, but I can't wait to see where this fork in the road leads.

I can't find the FB page. Might be the cookies on my computer! ha ha ha . . . stupid food pun.

I wanted to put a pixilated pic of RoCK during Christmas, but he wouldn't use it. I have a pic of him on a grocery store's rock-for-a-quarter Dino...as an adult. I took the pic. That also, I am not allowed to use.

RoCK likes to watch reruns of The Andy Griffith Show -- much like Andy Griffith returning to North Carolina occasionally to keep his accent -- he likes to return to the old shows to keep up with what the Boomers are thinking. We both like Rockford Files, though, since we were both alive then.

RoCK does look like someone who's on tv now, but that too I can't reveal.

Tamar, I'd link you but I'm afraid of sending you to a non-entity. Maybe hmpstd can post the link?

My pic is one of a youngish Dean Martin (because I couldn't find one of Desi Arnez With cigarette and cocktail! It referencing my comment in his column today that he was in fact born in the wrong decade, so it's how I'd picture him in the "correct" decade!

Oh, don't reveal! I know how seriously he keeps his secret identity so he can continue to be RoCK!

Dawn, "fork in the road", good one. But in our case, it is probably a spork!

No, I won't reveal. It's in my best interest!

RoCK doesn't smoke. He's very, very, very preppy. Think more Holden Caulfield than Dean. Sometimes, he likes to go to the Mt. Washington Whole Foods wearing shorts, flip flops, on the verge of needing a haircut, no shave. We say that he is disguised as a Democrat.

I often go there disguised as a biker, because I have never even had a driver's license.

You're in for it now Laura. Over 30 posts in just two hours.

Welcome and best wishes.

I eschew labels but generally speaking: fiscally rather conservative socially very liberal and always 420 friendly

ColonelTamar, here's a link to the D@L page on Facebook.

Welcome, Laura. And good luck with this crew!

El grupo del libro de la cara:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=174434445092

¡Olé!

ty, hmpstd - Gracias, señor Owl!

Tamar, gotcha. Maybe I'll actually see you both at Whole Paycheck sometime! I'm hopeful that I can definitely make the next outing...if there's to be another one...not D@L, I guess....

Wow! I WISH I'd never had my drivers license! I HATE driving!

TY so much for the link.

I don't like driving either. But I bet you wouldn't like the MTA much...

And now, the rest of the story.... Welcome aboard LV.

I'd say you are off to a good start LV!

Welcome! (And please let us know if you want to be addressed as LV or something else.)

Warm welcome, LV! Have you brushed up on your T.S. Eliot?

BG, I trust she's read James Joyce!

Have you brushed up on your T.S. Eliot?

BG, I trust she's read James Joyce!

Waitress, there seem to be some crumbs on my table.

Welcome to the Sandbox! It was quite brave of you to take it over, and we appreciate it immensely!
Many of us would suffer D@L withdrawal without you taking it over :-)

Cosmos Girl I>--I, are you kidding? There would be rioting in the streets! Foodies run amuck!

I just bade farewell to EL on her last post, and then the word "Libertarian" in the headline caught my eye. Dearest LV, I had no idea . . . I am smitten.

EL, good riddance.

Hey LV, welcome! Are you gonna stay up late/wake up early? We're used to posts in the middle of the night. And *when* are you gonna talk about bacon?? Two posts already and no mention....

Dearest Bacon Girl, so nice to see your reappearance. Perhaps you could see if Lemon Girl and Cheese Girl would rejoin us, if you are till connected to the Girl's Squad or whatever you were called. And if it's not too much to ask, the lovely and rarely seen Hyacinth Girl.

In any case, a little bacon (girl) makes everything better. Too much and it might break your heart.

A little inside info: those 4:30/5:30 a.m. posts were pre-scheduled on the blogware by La Large. As for LaVoz, don't listen to these maniacs. A full night's sleep is more important than anything going on here.

Sam Sessa scheduled two weeks of guest columns ahead of time for his vacation so that it truly was a vacation. It all worked out fine.

As the snow piles melt and flower bulbs yearn for spring, I recall that she gave me hyacinths first a year ago; her arms full, and her hair wet, I could not speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither living nor dead, and I knew nothing, looking into the heart of light, the silence.

Serenity now!!!

Welcome Laura to the new era:

Liberal tipper but fiscal Libertarian here.

captcha: takeout pickup

James Joyce. Many have started; few have finished. I made it to chapter 2 of Ulysses before I grew tired and picked up something else to read. I think I opted for either AAA magazine or the Ladies Home Journal.

RoCK, I'm sure you remember the James Joyce challenge with Dave of the book blog. Enough D@L readers came through for me to claim victory for the readers of Ulysses. Wonder if Dave has read it yet?

Hello and welcome! Good luck containing the sandbox, aka herding cats.

You rang?

I love Laura's writing. This is a pleasant surprise. Girl's got some meaty chops and sharp teeth. Looking forward to a revitalized venture. Blogs are like sharks, you know.

Will try to stop back more often. Thanks for the heads up, Baconette. I see that your savory sizzle and crunchy flava has lured The Owl out of his lair.

My name is Laura, and I’ll be your server.

Comment of the Week.

Welcome to the Sandbox. Do you take your kids to restaurants?

Hello and welcome! Good luck containing the sandbox, aka herding cats.

Hey! I resent -- ooooo, shiny!

Hey, infantile nickname, lame in-joke, over-used canard, blah to the squared. Where's Bucky? Maybe he could write a story about how he just tried white bread for the first time ... on a week day!

Dear Obvious,

Perhaps, instead of wailing, rending your garments and gnashing your teeth, you could come up with an appellation more suitable than the open rectangular container filled with loose granular material that results from the disintegration of rocks, and which consists of particles smaller than gravel but coarser than silt.

The Crock Pot. :-P

Because you just want to leave it unattended all day, no stirring, at a low simmer, and hope that something tasty awaits when you get home?

Because you just want to leave it unattended all day, no stirring, at a low simmer, and hope that something tasty awaits when you get home?

Sounds like the perfect woman.