Come Hear the Declaration!

On July 18, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read in Boston for the first time from the balcony of the Old State House.

Ever since then, on July 4 of every year, the Declaration has been read anew at the Old State House. mabfan and I have made a tradition of attending when we can, and if anyone wants to join us, you're more than welcome to do so.

The Declaration will be read next Wednesday at 10 AM; we generally try to meet people around 9:30 AM on the sidewalk in front of the Park Street subway entrance. The reading gets very crowded, so it can be hard to find people once the reading begins.

RSVP by replying to either mabfan or me, or by email, or whatever.

Maybe a meme?

Inspired by a typo in last week's similarly themed post and a subsequent comment by 530nm330hz, a memelet:

Help me plan my Shabbat menu in the comments. Then post your Shabbat menu outline in your own blog....

It looks like I'm making both dinner and lunch this Shabbat, with one confirmed guest for both meals and a couple of possible others. The basic plot meal outline is as follows:

-- Challah and grape juice (maybe offer remains of last week's wine, as well)

-- Starter

-- Main dish (meat)

-- Side (vegetable)

-- Side (starch)

-- Dessert

I'm leaning toward beef for one meal and chicken for the other, but I'm flexible. I have lots of sides recipes that are good either cold or hot. I haven't made a Yerushalmi kugel in a good long while, so maybe I'll make one of those.

Side note: similarly themed post? similarly-themed post? beths_stanley, any hyphen-related insights? ;-)

Suggestions, anyone?