T Stands For Bagatelle

 

I want to begin by updating everyone on the swap next week.  I have added Kokopelli and Spyder to the list of those swapping.  I have also drawn my six names and their ATCs will be in the mail this week.  You may add an asterisk (*) behind your name this week if you like, but next week is when it will count.  

I keep getting asked about the fact I use two dates (12/13) for the party.  It's that pesky 24 hour time zone (clock).  When T time starts at 4 p.m. my time on Monday, it's already tomorrow or Tuesday, in Australia, Japan, the Philippines, as well as parts of Russia and China.  It's the same day, just different time zones.  Now it's time for T.

My friend Sally and I went to Bagatelle for take out on Sunday.  When I leave the house, I wear a mask.  Regardless.  Period.  Sally, on the other hand, has put her masks away because she has been fully vaccinated.

Granted, I've been vaccinated too (and safe since my birthday in April), but I still won't give up my masks.  I told Sally I will give up my mask when the entire world has been vaccinated.  However, instead of going inside to place her to-go order, I had to do it.  She said there were too many people in the restaurant and she suddenly didn't feel comfortable.  I was the only person in the place wearing a mask and my disposable gloves, another thing I wear when I go out.  BTW, you may not be able to tell, but people were packed in because you order and pay at the counter.  No social distancing at all.  You stand in line pressed together like sardines, while someone orders food and/or drink.  Instead of giving them a number, the order is filled in front of them as they (and everyone in line) wait.  The food is then paid for before the next order is taken.  That worked well in days of old, but not with social distancing still required.

Back home, this is what I stood in line for.  I ordered the fruit salad, got a roll with a pat of butter hidden under the roll, and a ratatouille empanada.  In case you didn't know, empanadas are similar to a turnover that have a flaky outer crust.   The ratatouille consisted of onions, squash (or maybe zucchini), basil, bell pepper, tomato, and possibly parsley.  It was delicious, but I could have eaten two of them because it was that good!

Because I didn't think to take a photo of my coffee I was drinking at the time, I called on Pexels to help with my drink.  Much prettier than anything I could have shown, too.

 

It's now time to share your own drink inspired post this week.  It can be gifts you received, photos, a place you visited, movies, postcards, mail art, junk mail, catalogs, books, sketches, mixed media, drawings, paintings, tags, scrapbooking, or other art that is digital, hybrid, or traditional, as long as it in some way relates back to a drink, any drink.  Regardless, please share below and Bleubeard and I, along with the rest of the T gang will be by to visit.   Please link only your T post and not your blog in general.  Bleubeard would like to remind you that old photos are acceptable because they may be taken any time, not just on Tuesday and not just this year.