I'll get back to you.
O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
(714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 15:01:29 -0500 "Robert T. Handy" <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>By-the-way, what do the include in Southern California Margaritas.
>
>Which brings up a bone of contention: I fight terrible battles trying
>to
>get a good martini. I've had them served in beer mugs, with lime
>wedges,
>with sweet vermouth. Even had a bartender try to fight me over
>whether or
>not they were made with lime wedges; said he had just graduated from
>bartender school and that's what they taught him. Refused to put in a
>twist (which is a lemon rind--always!). Saturday night, one included
>the
>pulp of the lemon then, when I made her get me just the rind, she just
>plunked it into the glass. No twist, no rub, nothing. I had to fish
>it
>out and squeeze a little oil from it.
>
>Would they do that in California? New York? Yes, maybe in Hoboken
>but
>then....
>
>
>
>
>------
>Robert Handy
>Brazoria County Historical Museum
>100 East Cedar
>Angleton, Texas 77515
>(409) 864-1208
>museum_bob
>[log in to unmask]
>http://www.bchm.org
>
>----------
>From: Olivia S. Anastasiadis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, August 31, 1998 1:30 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Equity, and All That
>
>I don't think Bob was truly saying he was trying to remain "un-Texan."
>Perhaps he appreciates being who he is and just takes from cultures
>what
>he finds interesting. He'll probably give us a good response. But
>the
>best margaritas in town are mixed in California, Southern California,
>that is.
>
>O
>Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
>Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
>18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
>Yorba Linda, CA 92886
>(714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>On Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:20:34 -0400 Cordova Kloepping
><[log in to unmask]> writes:
>>As a native Houstonian (also my mother grew up in Angleton) I have to
>>say that I believe that it is your apparent rejection of the culture
>>you
>>live in that may be creating the resistance you feel. There is
>>nothing
>>more offensive to a Texan than a yankee who seems negatively charged
>>toward Texas culture. If you are looking for more support, perhaps
>>you
>>should begin to display some of that Texas pride (an attitude and
>>perspective that I have to say is very different from that of the
>deep
>>south). I recently moved to New York and the only thing that Texans
>>have in common with New Yorkers is an almost fanatical sense of pride
>>in
>>their state. I'm sure you've seen those bumper stickers that say
>"I'm
>>from Texas, What country are you from?" This comes from knowing you
>>can
>>drive almost 10 hours in a given direction and not leave the state,
>>that
>>Texas is the largest in the domestic US, and that, of course, there
>is
>>no better place to get a margarita or two step in an old dance hall
>to
>>the sounds of local musicians. I find that there is a sensibilty
>about
>>Texas that is not easily described and things I miss that I could not
>>exactly put my finger on. (I'll never get used to people saying they
>>are standing "on line" when I am clearly standing "in line".)
>>My suggestion is for you to slow down a bit, take a look around you,
>>breathe in deep, and appreciate what you see.
>>
>>Anissa Cordova
>>Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
>>Snug Harbor Cultural Center
>>Staten Island, NY
>>
>>Robert T. Handy wrote:
>>>
>>> Uh, oh. How long in NJ?
>>>
>>> I'm from Portland--thirty years--and I resisted this place rubbing
>>off on
>>> me, but people now say I even have a hint of an accent. No pickup
>>truck or
>>> cowboy hat yet, though.
>>>
>>> ------
>>> Robert Handy
>>> Brazoria County Historical Museum
>>> 100 East Cedar
>>> Angleton, Texas 77515
>>> (409) 864-1208
>>> museum_bob
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> http://www.bchm.org
>>>
>>> ----------
>>> From: Adrienne Deangelis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: Friday, August 28, 1998 8:33 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Equity, and All That
>>>
>>> RH: "But then, I've been in the South for twenty-seven years and
>>haven't
>>> been
>>> up
>>> in your territory for awhile. Maybe I am just mis-reading that
>>naturally
>>> abrasive (as I was called for years by my southern colleagues) tone
>>that
>>> folks in your regional culture have in their voice all the time."
>>>
>>> Umm, RH: I'm from California. Born and bred.
>>>
>>> A. DeAngelis
>>
>
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