Fly Eagles Fly – Our local pro football team is going to the Superbowl! It’s been so long since their last trip that I didn’t remember all the hoopla. You can’t go anywhere without seeing the logo and hearing the fight song. Every night on the local news channels, there is a clip of some school kids singing it. The weather forecasts always includes temps at the game site too. It’s exciting even for non-football folks. They were such a dark horse and always underdogs. It doesn’t matter if they win (maybe it does), they have brought much excitement to the area.
Concerts! – Tickets for music concerts are harder than ever to buy these days. Big name concerts even in our area sell out in seconds. There are “bots” that buy them and immediately put them on the secondary market for two or three times their original price. It takes the fun out of concerts for sure.
George Foreman – You have to love someone who reinvents themselves successfully over and over again. The famous boxer turned grill salesman is now into women’s shoes (not literally – at least that I know). I don’t know if his name has the same appeal for shoes but you never know!
Groundhog Day – Friday was Groundhog Day. That’s when the rodent comes out from hibernation (allegedly) and predicts when spring will come. It’s an old tradition in my area and just another reason for celebration during the long, cold winter! Next up is fasnacht day when we gorge ourselves with donuts before lent. We’ll use any excuse to party on.
Room renovation – The new chair is set up, wall and carpet repaired. We still plan to rework another cabinet in the room to make it feel more open and roomy. So far all good!
So how was your week?
Views and Mews by Coffee Kat 
Tell me more about this “fasnacht day” – please. Here in Austria “Fasching” is a big deal – the crazy Tuesday celebration right before Ash Wednesday when everyone has to start fasting – i.e. giving up something they really like until Easter. I have always told Austrians that we don’t have a similar holiday – but maybe we do . . .?
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Heavy Austrian-German population where I live and they translated the celebrating into a big donut pig out. It’s to use all the fat before Ash Wednesday. Fasnachts are yeast donuts made with potatoes. They are good but hockey pucks the next day!
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I’ll ask around tomorrow about these potato donuts – I have never heard of them before. Our traditional Fasching donuts are called “Krapfen” – they are round and soft with a powdered sugar dusting and and apricot jam filling . . . yummy!!
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The donuts may be more German than Austrian. the traditional ones do not have filling. They have a light dusting of powder sugar or are plain (bleah!).
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Concert tickets are more difficult to buy at face value. We went to a Garth Brooks concert back in December and unless you wanted to sit behind the stage they had to be bought in the secondary market which is always more expensive.
But it was an amazing concert😊
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It just makes them so much more expensive. My niece is a big Garth fan. She saw him in NYC at Central Park many years ago.
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Still riding the Eagle victory high and I don’t even watch football. I’m just happy to FINALLY be surrounded by happy people. Hope it lasts beyond the parade!
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I am astounded at how big this win was. People are over the moon, even non-football people. I love how everyone is coming together (maybe not the pole climbing so much) to celebrate. Yes, I hope it lasts beyond the parade. I’m also curious if it has the same impact on other cities when other teams win.
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We are a passionate crew here in Philly! New England is probably bored with parades .. lol
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That’s what I was thinking although I heard there was damage up there from the disappointed fans.
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The Super Bowl forecast was on constantly on every channel here all week – can’t figure that out.
Quite a game, I didn’t really care who won, as long as no one got hurt and good sportsmanship was apparent. (I think they should pull any player who does helmet to helmet hits for the rest of the game – fines mean nothing to these guys.)
Many here were more interested in Galveston Mardi Gras than the football game. (and we had out own grey drizzle and chill for that…will it never stop raining?) Beignets were the best thing about living in New Orleans!
Glad your house is going well. We love our new fridge…black steel makes the place looks classy…but the old cooktop and vent hood look pretty shabby now…..it’s like painting one wall makes everything else look dingy and needy.
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Don’t worry about the appliances. I have found that whenever one dies, they all follow. It’s like they make a death pact! Mardi Gras! Ash Wednesday is early this year. Beignets are the best especially hot from the fryer. You can’t get hot donuts here.
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True. The washer and dryer pact suicide at end of last year….the dishwasher is weeping at times….there’s something about Super Bowl that always makes our appliances give it up.
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Perhaps you have people over? Appliances always collapse when company is coming!
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There was a big football game last night? 😉
Glad to hear your room makeover is going well and hope you have a great week!
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There was and it was a nail biter but the local team won. Yay! Now on to the Olympics!
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I’m guessing it’s going to be party mayhem in your city today! 🙂
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Fortunately I’m an hour north of Philly but the roads were deserted this morning. Some serious partying last night for sure. When I went to bed around midnight, the streets in Philly were full of revelers!
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Congrats! That was a great game!
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Very nerve wracking!
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I don’t care one whit about the game, so I’ll root with you, Kate, even though I think the guys are in the other room watching it and rooting against the Eagles. I could be wrong! I only listen to football talk with one ear! But I learned a lot in this post, my friend. I have never before heard of fasnacht! To quote Homer Simpson….”Mmmmm…donuts!” 🙂 And Jay and I took my mom out to dinner on Groundhog’s Day. It would have been my parents’ 67th wedding anniversary. Mom says she didn’t realize it was Groundhog’s Day until after they were married. We never forgot the date, so there’s a plus!
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When I worked I always looked forward to Groundhog day because spring would seem so much closer. Not sure about the closer part these days. At this point the Eagles are winning but I’m not watching it. Too nerve wracking for me.
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I’d like to swap our Shrove Tuesday pancake celebration for fasnacht day. I’d take a donut over a pancake any day! Anybody can make pancakes, but donuts? Ummmm!
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We can do that! Locally a lot of organizations makes them along with bakeries and grocery stores. The difference between them and regular donuts is that there is potato in them. You can’t taste it but it makes them lovely. There are no preservatives so you have to eat them the same day.
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I didn’t know that. Please eat one or a dozen for me!!!! Are there different kinds? If so, which is the best? Any chance of a picture or so???
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They look like beignets. Most are square with no hole. They come plain (boring), powdered, granular sugared and glazed. No flavors or fillings. Maybe I’ll do a picture if we get some. You have to be careful because if they are not fresh, they are hard little pucks.
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I’ve made beignets. Maybe I can find a recipe for these.
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There must be one on the internet. It’s regional around populations with a lot of German ancestry. The real ones use lard!
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I must look. Thanks.
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George Foreman is pretty mature in age, isn’t he? I know that Carlos Santana and his family have been making shoes for quite a while, mainstream women’s shoes mostly I believe.
Yeah, too bad the concert scene in the big picture gets wrecked by bots and crappy scammer websites. I am spoiled here near Woodstock NY where there are small venues where world-famous people show up and play for a ten- or twenty-dollar cover charge, and it isn’t usually sold out.
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You are really lucky! Santana makes ties too I think. He’s another guy who reinvented himself.
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Yeah, Donald Fagen of Steely Dan did four numbers with the local School of Rock kids this summer. Paul Green who started the whole School of Rock thing started another here, and Donald performed with them. I always wanted ot be a backup singer for Steely Dan, so singing in the audience at Bearsville was almost as good!
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I will watch the Super Bowl . . . but only until 9 pm when Victoria is on. 😀
Glad your room make-over is coming along.
Go Eagles!
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You may watch more of the game than I do. I’m not good at sitting still. I’ll be flitting around, on the computer, reading, checking the commercials, maybe having a margarita!
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I will NOT be glued to the game . . . but I’ll be “present” in the room. Unless I’m making a snack (or margarita) run. 😀
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You sound a lot like me. I know it’s our local team and all that but I’m not a huge football fan. I do have an Eagles sweatshirt on. That counts for something!
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Fly, Eagles, Fly!
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Nail biting for sure. Didn’t see most of it but heard the yelps from the room.
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I’m so glad that the concerts I want to see are with the old fogies, and demand for them is usually pretty tame. To wit, I was able to get decent seats for Mike and the Mechanics a whole week after they went on sale. They were a “second tier” act back when they were popular anyway, and that’s just as fine with me.
Congrats on the room renovation progress. I’m now more conscious of that since we’re doing all of our rooms seemingly at once right now. Go Eagles! – Marty
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Elton John went on sale this past week. He’s an oldie but definitely in demand. It’s true that the less high profile oldies are easier to get. Brittany Spears was local and sold out in less than an hour.
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We just shoe horned, I mean added, the last piece of furniture from Mom in Law’s house to our dining room. We shall see if we keep it or not, but I like it so, for the time being, it stays.
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I had that problem with a bureau from my mother. Didn’t like it any place I put it. Didn’t really need it and my niece did so it went to her.
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We’ll be attending an annual neighborhood SB gathering, but there is usually more chatting and eating than actual watching. I’m for any team that beats the snot out of the Patriots, so Go Eagles!
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I haven’t attended an SB in years. Last one I hosted and everyone wanted to watch the game! Worst part was I couldn’t go home early because it was at my house!
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We go to a Super Bowl party every year but I always bring some craft to work on because I’m not that interested in football. The half time show will occasionally grab my attention depending on who it is. This year, ehh. I think I’m bringing some things to color. Glad your room makeover is coming along nicely.
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I thought you might comment on the concert tickets. I know you go to a lot of them and wondered if you have as much trouble getting them on the west coast as we do on the east coast.
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YES!! I’ve shared some of that on my blog a couple of times. I am at my computer, hand on the button at the exact time specified and as soon as the site goes up, almost all the tickets seem to be gone already. I try to get in on the pre-sales to at least get something and then when the regular tickets go on sale, if I can get closer, I try to exchange. My worst attempt was for Adele. She sold out in seconds. I am trying for Elton John too, he’s going to be in two arenas close to us. We’ve seen him once before but since this is the “Goodbye” tour, I want to try and see him again. We are fussy though and just being in the venue isn’t enough. I want good seats for the amount of money you have to pay! If I can’t get good seats, most of the time I won’t go.
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Elton John tickets are history in our area unless you want to pay close to $1K. Our local radio stations are having contests to win tickets but I’m never good at those either. I’ve read that there are 3 artists that have roadblocks to bots buying up large blocks. Hope more do that so their fans can get tickets at a reasonable price.
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That’s why our local grocery store was so crowded yesterday. Mystery solved!
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Yep. People are going to eat crap today as if they have been on a hunger strike for a month.
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I’m more of a college football nut, not NFL. I don’t have any skin in this game, but good luck to your Eagles!
George Foreman SHOES? I just looked them up on the Internet. You were kidding. And they actually look like something I’d wear: nice n roomy in the toes, soft, and breathable. Good for Mr. Foreman!
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They looked a lot like Easy Spirit to me. George never gets it wrong. He knows his audience! Go Eagles!
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Oops, of course I meant, “You WEREN’T kidding.”
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Somehow I knew that!
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Never in my life have I been an Eagles fan. I am however a huge fan of fellow alum Carson Wentz, so I’ve been following the Eagles since he came on board. Even though he is injured, I still want that ring for him! And I cheer for anyone over Tom Brady. Go Eagles!!
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Carson is awesome. He’s a natural leader and has been very active even with his injury in keeping the team going.
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Fasnacht? I’ve never heard that term. Is it the German-American version of Fat Tuesday? (My German-American ancestors must’ve jettisoned that with religion.) And why doughnuts? Don’t get me wrong, doughnuts sound awesome, but…why?
I don’t watch football anymore, but I’m rooting for the Eagles. Because they are the underdogs and I’m so tired of the Patriots (both for their cheating and their politics).
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A fasnacht is a donut and it is a German custom related to fat Tuesday. It’s another way to get rid of fats and all good tasting things before lent starts. I just found out about Brady’s political views this past week and was astounded. Yikes.
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I wish I could say I’m surprised, but honestly? Privileged white male generally defaults to Trump. By 60-70%.
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I was hoping he was one of the 30-40%.
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Yesterday Whole Foods was so crowded I had to leave never thinking…a-ha, it’s Super Bowl Sunday. The shelves at 1 in the afternoon were bare.
Foreman loafers? Really? Hmm. You’re right about reinventing oneself. Maybe they’ll run a special…buy a grill, get a pair of sandals. I’m in.
So, what did the groundhog say? Was it good news as I take off my 14 layers? I’m so ready to challenge winter to a duel. Have a nice week Kate.
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They pull the groundhog out before dawn so there is no way he can see shadows but they said he did. Boogers. I looked at the Foreman shoes and there were sneakers and maryjanes. Go figure! We did the grocery store at 9 a.m. and it was full of people…annoying people! We got our few items and hustled out of there.
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Annoying isn’t the word. I ran out. Sigh about Mr. Groundhog. Too bad we couldn’t wine and dine him, to influence his vote…:)
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Yes at a more reasonable time too. I hear he’s a big fan of salads. Especially those grown in my garden.
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Can we open the pond early? We can get heaters and lights…I’ll be in charge of the red carpet…:)
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I wish! Snow showers today.
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Cold here…but not as cold. Cold enough though…sigh
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Snowing now but will turn to rain or a mix mid afternoon. Sigh! Wake me when it’s over. Winter that is.
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Now we understand bears a lot more. And to think I thought, they were just big, lazy slugs.
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Nope. Very smart indeed.
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And there is all that honey business, besides. 🙂
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We are going to watch the Super Bowl. We will be for your team… knowing you are watching and hoping will give us some incentive to watch other than the commercials. I want to watch the Kitten Bowl, too… Ha! HAPPY your room turned out all good and now you can concentrate on the game! Going to have to check out Forman and the women’s shoe thing… had no idea.
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Yes! Puppy and kitten bowls today! They are the best!
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Forman just has that happy feeling and, makes you smile when hearing him talk. He has done great.
My week, was very busy. Roofer working on the roof, Michelle trading things with her friends, regarding their hobbies. I’m hoping for a big slowdown this coming week.
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He does make you smile. I admire people like that. He turned his early career into a brand into a lot of stuff! We had roof repairs here. I felt sorry for the guy. I don’t think it was 20 degrees and he was up on a second story roof making flange repairs.
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This man worked alone for the last three days. All total, I think he has replaced half the roof. I would not want that job,
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Agreed. A very hard job.
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This Super Bowl contest doesn’t interest me at all. Usually I can pony up a reason to root for one of the teams, but this year… *meh* I’m pleased to know that your decorating project is moving along smoothly. Unlike football I’m good at always rooting for all things that make a house a home.
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Normally the SB doesn’t interest me either but I may occasionally peek at it (beloved husband will be glued to his seat!). Still have more on the house project but the chair part is done. We can sit there. Reworking the cabinet the TV is in.
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You know that song has been playing in our house for the past several days. Derek is already pacing and perspiring! I have a good feeling about this team, Kate. Hopefully they can knock out those ole Patriots! I’m tired of them winning. As for my week…continuous tooth pain. I don’t think I’m responding to the antibiotic. Enjoy the game!
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I’m sorry about your tooth. You would think with today’s drugs they could control it better. Tooth pain is one of the worst. We went to a birthday party for a friend and wore Eagles sweatshirts. We weren’t the only ones!
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