Cocktails & dinner are on this week for The Los Gatos Social Club, but with some very interesting variations.
First, our wonderful across-the-street neighbor, Athena Pugilese will be hosting cocktails in her brightly painted Victorian that you’ve all been dying to peek inside of for these many years. Well this week’s your chance when Athena extends her legendary Greek hospitality to our merry band.
SO THAT’S COCKTAILS @6:30 THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4th. And yes, you can park in our driveway, but only if you pull all the way to the back so others can also fit in.
THEN IT’S ON TO DINNER AT CALIFORNIA CAFÉ (http://www.californiacafe.com/losgatos/index.php) in Old Town on University Avenue where Jonathan has done his usual excellent job of setting up dinner. Per Jonathan:
“After an hour or so at Athena’s, we will enjoy a fine, family style meal with our fine wines (thanks for bringing a bottle) at California Café. Same financial covenants we enjoy elsewhere in town…a prix fixe menu and our own wines for $35.00 ($28/person + a $7 tip).”
Thank you Jonathan!
AND THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR CHAIRMAN OF VICE, EXCHEQUER, AND ALL AROUND GREAT GUY FOR PICKING UP LAST WEEK’S CHECK YET ANOTHER TIME.
Yes, that would be Jeff Miller. What a guy! What a guy!
Since Jeff is already honored with the most titles in our club, our creative team is researching a title for Kristi, Jeff’s very significant other. After all, he did pay with community property.
SUMMER READING (AND IMBIBING):
As we officially head into our summer season, members and friends of The Los Gatos Social Club will have the opportunity to engage in leisure in two of our favorite activities --- reading and drinking. To wit, I’ve gotten off to a head start by plunging into the recently re-released “Everyday Drinking, The Distilled Kingsley Amis”, which I heartily recommend to all of you. Per the excerpt below, Mr. Amis clearly has a great deal in common with the attitude many Social Clubber share about partaking in healthy libation:
“Earlier this year I went off the booze for a few weeks, a purely voluntary move, let it be said. Among other things, I thought it might be interesting to look at life from the Other Side, so to speak
“It wasn’t quite what I’d expected. Ex-topers, those warned off by the doc, will tell you emotionally that if only they’d known how much better they were going to feel without it, they’d have given it up years before they actually had to. This is a pathetic lie, designed to make you look like the one who’s missing out and motivated by their hatred and envy of anybody who’s still on it. In fact, not only is one’s general level of health unaffected by the change, but daily ups and downs persist in the same way…”
FOOTNOTES TO LAST WEEK’S LOS GATOS VESPARADOS PIECE:
Well I know for sure some of you read these windy missives because I actually got three responses to our Vesparados piece.
First from Duino, Los Gatos’ most popular and famous retired police captain:
Pete
FYI Pat has been moved from UCSF Medical to Valley Medical Center Physical Therapy Center.
And don't give this BS about LGPD had nothing better to do when they gave you a citation for and illegal U-turn in a business district. I was 12 years old when an SO Deputy gave me a citation for riding my mini-bike without a license. 12 years old. The traffic court guy didn't know what to do with me since I had no license anyway. I think he even thought the deputy was a CS for issuing a poor little Italian kid from the neighborhood a citation.
Duino
Next from our head gendarme, Scott Seaman (and belated happy birthday wishes to Scott):
I may come by with my ticket book, just to enforce decency standards for LG.
But it's my birthday and I'm going out with my lovely wife for dinner.
Have a great evening.
Scott
Last, but not least, I received an email from our club’s Grand Empress, Susan Burnett. Susan, incidentally, also heads up our “Blonds who are not the sharpest knives in the drawer” subcommittee”.
“Looks like the ‘Pansy Parade’. “
Susan
Truly an insensitive, politically incorrect and insulting reference to both my Photoshop skills and our utterly masculine Vesparadors.
Well, enough of this nonsense.
We leave you now with another politically incorrect Joke-of-the-Week that manages to insult a wide range of ethnic groups.
A gentleman is shopping:
In what aisle can I find the Polish sausage?"
The clerk looks at him and says, "Are you Polish?"
The guy (clearly offended) says, "Well, yes I am. But let me ask you something.
If I had asked for Italian sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian?
Or if I had asked for German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German?
Or if I asked for a kosher hot dog. would you ask me if I was Jewish?
Or if I had asked for a taco, would you ask if I was Mexican?"
"If I asked for some Irish whiskey, would you ask if I was Irish?"
The clerk says, "Well, no, I probably wouldn't!"
With deep self-righteous indignation, the guy says , "Well then, why did you ask me if I'm Polish because I asked for Polish sausage?"
The clerk replied, "Because you're in Home Depot."
Best regards - and hope to see you @Athena’s and the California Café this Wednesday,
Peter