Lots of vans parked on the street down by the bandstand. The new hotel is in a last minute, feverish, rush to open by the end of the month. There must be a lot of double ( or triple ) overtime being paid to get the local tradesmen working at dawn on a Saturday. The concept of the penalty clause seems to have made it to Scotland.
Preparations for this afternoons rugby match against England well advanced. The supermarket has a mountain of six packs ready by the entrance. They'll all have sold by kick off. A group of American girls pass us by. They are throwing a party and are out to buy the ingredients to make 'Shirley Temples'. Neither of us can remember what goes into a Shirley Temple. In fact neither of us is sure we've ever had one. They seem like the sort of thing 'smart' people drank in the 1950's. Shirley Temples may not be the drink of choice of the average rugby playing student but free alcohol is unlikely to be refused.
On the third tee on the Old Course the wind catches some poor teenagers drive. Instead of going in a straight line it veers off at a right angle. He walks dejectedly in search of it, the sound of his friends laughter ringing in his ears.
This mornings car radio music :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9HB2naC13w
Memorable architecture . If you had to choose a chapel to visit which of these 3 would it be :
1 - https://thesearanchchapel.org/
2 - https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/an-extract-from-matisse-the-chapel
3 - https://www.archiobjects.org/mit-chapel-boston-eero-saarinen/
Will he or won't he ? :https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/trump-sera-a-moscou-pour-les-commemorations-de-la-fin-de-la-guerre-21-02-2025-2583006_24.php#xtmc=trump-moscou&xtnp=1&xtcr=1
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I've seen photos of the Matisse Rosary chapel before, and it is wonderful. I liked the Boston university chapel too - I'm a conservative when it comes to 'sacred spaces', so either of those, although as a definitely-not-a-roman-catholic probably the Boston one gets home by a nose! As a young, very innocent university student I recall a drink called Fallen Angel ... it had a pink something that needed shaking, and lemonade ... I plead forgiveness because I was very young!!
Perhaps the whole point of a Shirley Temple - or the male version a Roy Rogers - is the lack of alcohol.
Good point but I think the young ladies were planning to add gin ( possibly in copious quantities ) to the recipe. They may also opt to creatively reduce or remove some of the other ingredients. Such are the joys of student life !
Hari Om
The Sea Ranch chapel for me... that it recognises all aspects of worship and meditation, is set among nature, and reflects that environment... I can admire the design aesthetics of the other two, but would not feel comfortable sitting in them. YAM xx
Good luck with the rugby match. My son is in Twickenham. I don't think rugby has captured him yet, but he is working with one of his professors in supporting the Battersea team, so perhaps it's inevitable? I was going to say that none of the three chapels really speak to me, but then I read the page about the Matisse chapel and its history. It's very close to where we are, so we'll put it on the list of places to visit.
MIT, I like the interior, the outside leaves me cold.
Adding alcohol to a Shirley Temple transforms it into a 'dirty' Shirley. We have my brief stint as a bartender during college years to thank for that random tidbit of memory. Best guess is the young ladies will probably concoct a punch. Egads.
I love the whimsy and gentle aesthetics of Sea Ranch chapel. And It pains me to say so, but the MIT chapel always brings to mind the cylindrical gas storage container near Boston harbor. Actually, the 'Swash' is prettier.
How about the Chapel of Tranfiguration?
https://nationalparkswitht.com/2024/12/24/grand-teton-national-park-chapel-of-the-transfiguration/
Yes, I'll have to go with Sea Ranch, though that column of light at MIT is quite stunning. Shirley Temple has grenadine, 7-up, and a cherry or two. When I was very young, it was something kids could drink while the parents were having cocktails. I recently read in the NYT (I think) about an 11 year old boy who is reviewing Shirley Temples at New Your restaurants. He has a blog. He has quite the ST pallet!
Thank you. I think we can assume the young ladies Shirley Temples will lean towards thee 'dirty' more so as Scotland lost to England by a hairs breadth.
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