Speaking of TV

Looking forward to HBO's Hard Knocks, which will feature YOUR Kansas City Chiefs at training camp. This camp has no shortage of dramatic stories, from a quarterback competition, to LJ's holdout, to Jared Allen's suspension, to all the new rookies. Plus Herman Edwards is the human sound bite! But nothing should be more riveting to watch unfold than the story of the ghost known as Priest Holmes. Priest shocked the football world when he announced that he is reporting to camp almost two years after sustaining what we all assumed would be a career-ending hit from roid-crazed San Diego linebacker Shawn Merriman.

All Chiefs fans will surely be hoping that Priest has some of that magic left. The guy was once a touchdown-o-matic. He ran around those pulling linemen, caught balls out of the backfield, and generally found ways to dance into the end zone. Whether or not Priest showing up is a contract negotiating gimmick for Carl Peterson to get LJ under contract, this should be entertaining.....

Damages

GOGO Girl and I just checked out the new FX show Damages this week. Scary rabit-boiler Glenn Close plays a cut-throat litigation attorney and she is cold as ice. She makes Meryl Streep's character in Devil Wears Prada look like a sissy. Plot involves a new associate she hires into her firm just so that she can get to a key witness in her case. The rich guy she is trying to destroy is played smashingly by Ted Danson. All-in-all, worth checking out. But it's got nothing on my current fave dramas The Wire and The Shield.

Raz-Mo-Taz

We've been busy once again in the JAVA GOGO recipe kitchen. In case you haven't heard, we introduced a new special drink called the Raz-Mo-Taz. It is a Raspberry Mocha Frappe, and it is delicious! We take our Mocha Frappe, tone down the chocolate just a touch and add some wonderful pureed raspberry. It's just what you need to cool down, yet get a little caffeinated jolt! Come give it a try....

What I'm drinking this summer

Now that summer is on us hot and heavy, people want to know what they should get to beat the heat. JAVA GOGO has lots of good iced drinks, not to mention frappes, fruit smoothies and italian sodas. But as for me, after I've had a hot cup of our house blend in the A.M., I will go for an iced latte with 1/2 pack of sugar in the afternoon. It's light, refreshing and icey cold, plus it packs the punch of three shots of espresso! I would encourage all of you to give it a try. Or ask the baristas what they are drinking. They all have outstanding palates.

P.S. After hours, GOGO Girl and I have been known to sit on the side porch with a Boulevard Wheat with a lemon wedge. It's one of my favorite Kansas City pastimes.....

Happy 4th of July!

We hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July!

GOGO Girl and I took young Eli to our neighborhood 4th of July festivities and he had a blast..... no pun intended. He rode in his red wagon for the parade, ate about a pound of watermelon and cruised around with all the other neighborhood kids. Here he is playing in a holiday bucket of water (remember when that's all it took to amuse you?) Last night, he slept like a log......

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