#The Dogs of Brownsville

[odddogblog]

Meet Claudia, we found her abandoned at 8wks old, hiding in muddy grass beside the highway near the Port of Brownsville (Texas) industrial area. She's around 9 weeks old and looking for a forever home. Vaccinated and dewormed. Looks like a mini schnauzer, heeler mix, currently ~7lbs.

A gentle and human-focused puppy, great with all animals and kids. Seems like she will be a small-medium size dog with a natural off switch but eager to explore and play. Food motivated. She’s social and is basically down for whatever. She enjoys going to new places, meeting new people & dogs but she doesn’t obsess about them, makes her great for bringing in public. Claudia’s already spent a few days in the classroom with me at the university, just sleeping on a labcoat on the floor. Watching the students work.

UPDATE: she’s been adopted to a really wonderful home!

#adoptable dog #rescue puppy

[shakecup]

bands that fell off:

brownsville station

the bay city rollers

wizzard

iron butterfly

country joe and the fish

flo & eddie

the dukes of the stratosphear

the bonzo dog band

rainbow ffolly

Mott the hoople

[sheltiechicago]

“Man and dog,” Lower East Side, Manhattan (1980), C-print, 16 x 20 inches.

In ‘Eyes on the Street,’ Photographer Jamel Shabazz Identifies the Boundless Culture of New York City’s Outer Boroughs

“Flying High,” Brownsville, Brooklyn (1982)

“Straight out of Red Hook, Brooklyn” (1980), C-print, 16 x 20 inches

“Joy Riding,” Flatbush, Brooklyn (1980), C-print, 16 x 20 inches

“When two paths cross,” Fort Greene, Brooklyn (2012), archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches

#jamel shabazz #photographer #eyes on the street #new york city #outer boroughs #street photography #street life #manhattan #brooklyn

[beardedmrbean]

Joey Chestnut chomped his way to the top of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest again Monday, winning a record-setting 15th victory at the annual Fourth of July competition — even while putting an interloper in a chokehold mid-event.

The 37-year-old gobbled down 63 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, a far cry from the record 76 he devoured last year.

The number still eviscerated that of Chestnut’s closest competitor, GeoffreyEsper, by 20 dogs.

Chestnut’s dominant performance came despite a brief interruption by an animal rights protester who rushed him at one point as he was gobbling down dogs. The bizarre disturbance only lasted a few seconds before the eating champ grabbed and body-slammed the man out of the way. 

The “GOAT” had shocked the competitive eating world Friday when he showed up to his official weigh-in on crutches. A tendon injury required him to compete Monday in a medical boot.

His dominant victory Monday marked the first time since 2019 that the competition was held at its usual location, the original Nathan’s at Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Last year’s match was a limited-entry, ticketed event at nearby Maimonides baseball stadium, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones.

Monday’s victory for Chestnut marked his 15th at the competition.

Ranked No. 1 in the world of competitive eaters by Major League Eating, the former California resident has won all but one Nathan’s contest since 2006.

Eight-time champ Miki Sudo won the women’s hot dog contest held earlier Monday.

Longtime fans expressed relief and excitement to be back at the flagship location for this year’s competition..

“It’s been a tradition in my family to come here every Fourth of July, so here we are,” said a woman named Daphne, 26, of Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Neighborhood resident Joe Manny, 32, had not expected the event to return as “normal.”

“I would always come to Coney Island every Fourth of July for this competition, so being back in person as we emerge from the pandemic feels great, because I didn’t think the world would get back to normal,” he said.

#nunyas news

[bobwp]

Rock and roll

I was thinking of all the concerts I saw in the 70's and wondering if I could even recall who most were..... well

Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath

Aerosmith

Jethro Tull

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

Allman Brothers

Blue Oyster Cult

Chicago

Pink Floyd

Deep Purple

Rush

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Moody Blues

Alice Cooper

Uriah Heep

Blood, Sweat and Tears

Nazareth

Ted Nugent

Earth, Wind and Fire

Ray Charles

Santana

Lyrnrd Skynrd

Edgar Winter Group

Charlie Daniels

T Rex

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

Electric Light Orchestra

Kansas

Marshall Tucker Band

Supertramp

Kiss

Three Dog Night

Doobie Brothers

Bachman Turner Overdrive

The Eagles

Styx

Yes

Bad Company

Steely Dan

Boston

Foreigner

ZZ Top

REO Speedwagon

Grand Funk Railroad

The Guess Who

Steppenwolf

Ten Years After

Little River Band

Iron Butterfly

Procol Harum

Brownsville Station

Now who didn’t I remember?

#rock and roll #bands #1970s #concerts

[emptyingthebucket]

Day 65. Mile 4817. Southern-most Point.

On the Bucket List is going to the southern most point of Texas. Back in the day, when I was crew on a 125-foot sailboat that we moved from Ft Myer Florida to Annapolis Maryland and then back each season. My good friend was the captain of this boat. The owner was a wealthy man who owned Pepsi bottling plants on the east coast. He kept his boat on the Severn River near Annapolis and we moved it twice a year. Up to Annapolis for the summer and down to Florida for the winter. I loved crewing on this boat. They paid for my transportation to get to the boat and then back home, they paid for all of my food. All I had to do was sail every day. Perfect job! Why do I mention this? On every trip we would go around the tip of Florida and pass near Key West. Of course, we would stop there. It was Captain Jim's favorite place to party. Key West claims that it owns the Southern-most point of the US. And that Brownsville Texas is NOT the owner of that claim. I want to go to the Brownsville to see for myself.

I am not really sure where this point might be, but I guess that it is near the Sabal Palm Sanctuary. Is this a Sanctuary for Palms? Or a sanctuary for something else? We drive to the area and find ourselves very near the border wall. I am surprised that the wall is not at the border, it is well away from the Rio Grande.

Some fences are open, some not. Why? We encounter a border Patrol Agent. She is kind and tells us that we are relatively safe crossing through the border wall. She assures us that the Sanctuary will put us at the southern most point. Wonderful.

The Sabal Palm Sanctuary is at an old Plantation. It is gorgeous. We explore the house. Very nice.

During the drive back to camp we find these weird towers. What are they? Hmmmm.

Light houses. Don't we just love light houses?

We go to lunch at a restaurant on the water. We have fish tacos. While there several fishermen pull up and filet their fish and go into the restaurant with their catch. Selling their catch to the restaurant? The fish in our fish tacos is wonderful! Did it just get caught? Could be. The Seagulls and the Pelicans are standing by for what they can get.

We return to camp and enjoy a walk with the dogs and enjoy the views.

[cuddlytailsnyc]

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[parkerbombshell]

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[onlinebookclub-org]

Book of the Day, January 30th — Historical Fiction, Rated 4/4

Temporarily Discounted: https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/shelves/book.php?id=451220

The Dogs of Brownsville by Stan Weisleder

This book has received a perfect 4/4 stars from an official OnlineBookClub.org reviewer and 5 stars on Amazon!

The Dogs of Brownsville is a historical novel ripped from the headlines of the past seventy years told in Godfather fashion that tells the story of a handful of guys and girls that make it out of the ghetto of Brownsville and arrive in Las Vegas in time to witness and participate in the changing of the guard from the “Mob” to Howard Hughes to Corporate America.

"On the whole, The Dogs of Brownsville deserves four out of four stars. There is not a single reason to deduct one star from the final score." ~ OBC reviewer.

#historicalfiction #discountedbooks #bookswithperfect44ratingsfromobc

[mydogdied1]

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[edgewaterfarmcsa]

CSA WEEK 17

p i c k l i s t

PARSLEY - REDBOR KALE - SHISHITOS PEPPERS! - HABANADAS PEPPERS! - CAYENNE PEPPER! - JALAPENO PEPPER! - BEETS - BUTTERCUP WINTER SQUASH - CARROTS- HEIRLOOM FIELD TOMATOES - CORN - ONION - GARLIC

Content Warning: this newsletter talks about food, if you are fasting in recognition of the holiest day of the Jewish Calendar, then please feel free to pause until tomorrow…. Ok?

And now let’s get into it: our Summer CSA ends this week! What in the world are we all supposed to eat after this week’s goodies run out? Cereal?! Hot dogs? Nightly takeout from Brownsville Butcher and Pantry? JK, As you all know our Fall CSA begins in a week, so this is certainly not the end of fresh veg for those that signed up.  In fact for many of you, the fun starts next Wednesday (first FALL CSA!) when our efforts go into filling the farmstand with towers of brussel sprouts, bins of onions, trays of greens and if you are smart and gluten friendly- a fresh warm loaf of bread (via add on bread share).

  And as for the fields this week, they did get a light frost two nights in a row.  Some plants are toast but the majority remain and they will continue to kick around until a deep kill frost hits and the fog breaks.  Truthfully, none of us expect the peppers, corn, and cherry tomatoes to stick around much longer, but while they are here, we will love them dearly and pick them with pretend Summer delight.  The brassicas and other greens have no problem with these cool temps, and we have enough greenhouses growing food to keep our bellies full and happy through the Winter Solstice (and beyond?).  

In other field topics, we are all impatiently waiting for the tops on the potatoes to properly dry so we can begin to dig the spud field using our fave large piece of equipment, the potato harvester- this will save an insane amount of time.  We are all a little sick of hand digging and our fingernails could use a break.  For real, the pain of hitting your finger nail into a potato while digging into the soil is a shock to the system for daaaaays.  

But the most pressing topic to really hit today is all the food we ate together these last 17 weeks.  From strawberries in June, to blueberries in July and Melon into the end of September.  We ate like kings and queens! And come January, I guarantee you, the onslaught of Equinox peppers will be missed as you sip on your dried tulsi tea.  Moreover, a huge shout out to all CSAers near (farmstand pick up!) and far (Eastman! The Studio! Novo Nordisk! Windsor! Brownsville!).  I don’t know what the CSA means to you- is it just groceries? Is it more? But for me, the CSA gives my every week real meaning and rhythm.  With the help of so many awesome hands and fellow farmers (Ray, Roy, Garnet, Claire, Denroy, Carlington, Tim, Jasper, Strong, Joe and Mike, Mrs. T and Pam), I get to curate your meals from a field! That is a huge honor and I do not take it lightly.  And bottomline here, a massive cheers to you all for taking a chance on Edgewater this season, and I do hope to check in with you all again in the not too distant future.  

Peace, Love, and Habanadas, Jenny

Pro-tips:

 KALE SALAD WITH ROASTED SQUASH AND FENNEL

FROM START SIMPLE

(the above book is absolutely my go to for nearly all meals, treat yourself:

Copyright © 2020 by Lukas Volger. Published by Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. 

 The dressing - a mix of maple syrup, lemon juice, and olive oil, plus an optional jolt of ginger- could make anything taste good, and the salad, with its autumnal profile, works just as well in holiday menus as it does in packed weekday lunches… Add some crumbled feta if you’d like a tangy creamy element.

 2 cups winter squash cut into bite size pieces

1 to 1 ½ tablespoons maple syrup or honey

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided

2 teaspoons finely grated ginger (optional)

Salt & pepper

1 small fennel, cored (also optional!)

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

1 large bunch of kale (stemmed and torn into bite size pieces

¼ cup crumbled feta cheese (optional)

Parsley, (chopped)

Preheat the oven to 425.  Spread the squash on a baking sheet, then toss with 1 ½ tablespoons of the olive oil and sprinkle with a big pinch of salt and pepper.  Roast until tender, 15-20 minutes, stirring once or twice.  Cool.

Whisk together the remaining1 ½ tablespoons of olive oil, the lemon juice, maple syrup or honey, and ginger, if using, in a serving bowl.  Cut the fennel (if using) into thinnest-possible shavings, preferable using a mandoline or, if not, a very sharp knife.  Add the fennel and squash to the bowl with the dressing and stir to coat.  Let stand for about 5 minutes, which will soften up the fennel, then add the kale and toss with your hands.  Top with cheese if using and chopped parsley!

Grounding roasted roots with herbed jalapeño yogurt sauce is a beautiful and simple side dish that features a delicious sauce.

PREP TIME:15 MINS/ COOK TIME:1 HR/ TOTAL TIME:1 HR 15 MINS/ SERVINGS 4 -6

ROOTS:

1 lb carrots (5 medium), peeled and chopped into 2-inch pieces

½ lb beets (3 medium/4 small) peeled and chopped into 1-inch wedges

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 ½ teaspoons za’atar spice

sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste

 YOGURT SAUCE:

1 cup mixed herbs, packed (I used parsley, dill & basil), plus extra for garnish

1 small jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped (I left some of the seeds because I like the heat)

1 garlic clove, peeled

2 tablespoons shelled and salted pistachios, plus extra for garnish

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon lemon juice

sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste

1 cup thick non-dairy yogurt (see notes for recommendations)

Notes

I would make this a meal by serving it in a grain bowl-style setup with some cooked farro, white beans, and a big handful of chopped/baby greens per person.

I used carrots and beets, but any mixture of root vegetables you like is good. You’ll need 1 ½ pounds.

If you don’t have za’atar spice blend, that’s fine! Just use salt and pepper. The sauce is super flavourful.

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a 9x13x2 baking dish with parchment paper.

Place the chopped carrots and beets in the baking dish and toss them with the olive oil, za’atar, salt and pepper. Once the vegetables are evenly coated, spread them out into a single layer and slide the dish into the oven. Roast the vegetables for 1 hour, taking them out at the halfway point to stir them up and flip them over.

Make the herbed jalapeño yogurt sauce: In a food processor, combine the herbs, jalapeño, garlic, pistachios, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Pulse the machine a few times until everything is finely chopped, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula  if necessary. Add the non-dairy yogurt to the food processor and pulse until the sauce is fully combined and uniformly light green. Check the sauce for seasoning and adjust if necessary.

To serve: Spread the herbed jalapeño yogurt sauce out on the base of your serving plate. Pile the roasted root vegetables on top of the yogurt sauce.

Garnish the grounding roasted roots and herbed jalapeño yogurt sauce with extra chopped herbs and pistachios. Serve warm or at room temperature.

 Corn!

Heads up yall, this corn was picked on Saturday pre-frost as a just in case frost precaution.  It’s great for soups or freezing for winter!  

To freeze: blanch in boiling water, let cool, remove kernels, put in zip lock bag, and freeze!

[enubus]

PETITION TARGET: Edmonson County Circuit Court Prosecutors

Emaciated dogs were starved in their cages and provided with rotting animals and skeletons or no food or water at all by their owner, a repeat animal cruelty offender, before being rescued in Edmondson County, Kentucky. 

Law enforcement who fielded arrived at a residence on Indian Creek Road to find multiple severely malnourished dogs, according to WBKO.  While some of the suffering animals had rotting corpses or bones of other animals in their cages, others had no food or water at all — with authorities finding only one empty bag of dog food on the property. 

Investigators also found the corpse of a “mummified” dog, chained to a dog house on the property, and the skeletal remains of several other dogs.

Authorities have charged Brownsville resident Greg Rigdon with five counts of second-degree animal cruelty and also with the torture of a dog with serial physical injury or death. 

Rigdon has been charged with animal cruelty twice before, including in October 2017 when authorities seized four Beagle puppies, including one who was so emaciated that veterinarians initially considered euthanizing him. 

On that occasion, years ago, authorities also found several deceased dogs on Rigdon’s property, according to news reports – but after Rigdon took a plea deal, he spent only 30 days in jail, with a 2-year probation period and a $570 restitution paid to the local animal shelter.

This repeat instance of extreme neglect is tragic evidence of why animal cruelty needs to be taken seriously and animal abusers need to be held fully accountable for their actions.

Probation and a fine for fatal animal cruelty is not justice. It’s not accountability. And it’s definitely not enough to send a message to animal abusers that they shouldn’t put more animals in dangerous – and deadly – conditions.

Sign our petition to Edmonson County Circuit Court prosecutors to treat this horrific case of repeat, fatal, and intentional animal cruelty with the severity it deserves – including a ban on owning animals for life. 

[xtruss]

Joey Chestnut Manhandles Protester Before Record 15th Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Win

— By David Meyer and Oumou Fofana

Joey Chestnut chomped his way to the top of the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest again Monday, winning a record-setting 15th victory at the annual Fourth of July competition — even while putting an interloper in a chokehold mid-event.

The 37-year-old gobbled down 63 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes, a far cry from the record 76 he devoured last year.

The number still eviscerated that of Chestnut’s closest competitor, Geoffrey Esper, by 20 dogs.

Chestnut’s dominant performance came despite a brief interruption by an animal rights protester who rushed him at one point as he was gobbling down dogs. The bizarre disturbance only lasted a few seconds before the eating champ grabbed and body-slammed the man out of the way.

The “GOAT” had shocked the competitive eating world Friday when he showed up to his official weigh-in on crutches. A tendon injury required him to compete Monday in a medical boot.

His dominant victory Monday marked the first time since 2019 that the competition was held at its usual location, the original Nathan’s at Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Last year’s match was a limited-entry, ticketed event at nearby Maimonides baseball stadium, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones.

Chestnut grabs an interloper who interrupted the contest. Paul Martinka

Police lead the protester away from the stage. Paul Martinka

Monday’s victory for Chestnut marked his 15th at the competition. Associated Press

The 37-year-old gobbled down 63 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Getty Images

The crowd cheers on contestants at the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday. Paul Martinka

Monday’s victory for Chestnut marked his 15th at the competition.

Ranked No. 1 in the world of competitive eaters by Major League Eating, the former California resident has won all but one Nathan’s contest since 2006.

Eight-time champ Miki Sudo won the women’s hot dog contest held earlier Monday.

Longtime fans expressed relief and excitement to be back at the flagship location for this year’s competition..

“It’s been a tradition in my family to come here every Fourth of July, so here we are,” said a woman named Daphne, 26, of Brownsville, Brooklyn.

Joey Chestnut’s victory marked the first time since 2019 that the competition was held at its usual location. Paul Martinka

An aerial shot of the crowd at the contest. Paul Martinka

Neighborhood resident Joe Manny, 32, had not expected the event to return as “normal.”

“I would always come to Coney Island every Fourth of July for this competition, so being back in person as we emerge from the pandemic feels great, because I didn’t think the world would get back to normal,” he said.

Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, was packed for its Fourth of July festivities. Paul Martinka

— New York Post | July 04, 2022

[soypeperuiiz]

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[scuffedgrannysblog]

The Dogs of Brownsville by Stan Weisleder

The Dogs of Brownsville by Stan Weisleder

I have enjoyed reading The Dogs of Brownsville, a book that charts the story of a group of people, mainly boys, from Brownsville in New York from their childhood together into their adult life and careers. Whilst different paths are taken, some converge again under the bright lights of Las Vegas.One thing that I will say about Stan Weisleder’s narrative is that it is well plotted, from the…

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#American fiction #ARC #Reedsy Discovery #Reedsy Reviews #Stan Weisleder #The Dogs of Brownsville

[radiomax]

Friday 1/7/22 1pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1973 A to Z - Part 9

Friday 1/7/22 1pm ET: RadioMaxMusic Special: The Music of 1973 A to Z – Part 9

This RadioMax special features our Library of music from 1973 A2Z. We continue with the completion of letter K and start with L and feature music from: David Bowie, Temptations, Edward Bear, Independents, Daryl Hall and John Oates, Paul Simon, Olivia Newton-john, Shocking Blue, Brownsville Station, Three Dog Night, Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose and many more. 1pm to 3pm ET

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#1973 #A to Z #Brownsville Station #Bruce Springsteen #Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose #Daryl Hall and John Oates #David Bowie #Edward Bear #Elton John #Independents #Olivia Newton-John #Paul Simon #Queen #RadioMax #Shocking Blue #Temptations #Three Dog Night