05/05/2008 @ 11:00am PST Monday Morning, May 5th! Happy Cinco De Mayo! The true story of Cinco De Mayo, Photo-ops with some former co-workers of mine, and the perfect outfit for a couch nap! "BUZZ" Tom Cruise video highlights on Oprah, and Mariah Carey's marriage confirmed! "PHOTO GALLERY" Shaun Cassidy on stage in Santa Anita in his 1977 teen idol days!
THE TRUE STORY OF CINCO DE MAYO AND WHY WE CELEBRATE HOW WE DO!
CINCO DE MAYO, THE 5TH OF MAY IF YOU ASKED WHAT IT MEANT AND WHY WE CELEBRATE IT, MOST PEOPLE WOULD JUST TELL YOU THAT IT’S ANOTHER REASON TO DRINK BEER!
YES BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT A LOT DIFFERENT! CINCO DE MAYO IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE 5TH OF MAY 1862, WHEN MEXICAN GENERAL IGNACIO ZARAGOZA AND 4,000 TROOPS, DEFEATED NAPOLEON THE III AND 8,000 FRENCH TROOPS AT THE BATTLE OF PUEBLA.
WHY DID NAPOLEON AND THE FRENCH ATTACK AND WHAT WERE THESE ESCARGOT LOVING ARROGANT CHAMPAGNE SWILLING FRENCH TROOPS DOING IN MEXICO? MEXICO OWED FRANCE MONEY AND IT STOPPED PAYING THEM BACK IN 1861. THE FRENCH DIDN’T LIKE THAT SO THEY HAD A POINT BUT IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE.
NAPOLEON WHO DETESTED THE UNITED STATES CAME IN FOR THE ATTACK ON PUEBLA, 100 MILES TO THE EAST OF MEXICO CITY HE FELT GOOD HE HAD CREPES FOR BREAKFAST BUT HIS 8,000 TROOPS GOT THEIR BUTTS IN THE MORNING KICKED BUT GOOD BY AN ARMY HALF THAT BIG!
NAPOLEON HAD NOT BEEN DEFEATED IN OVER 50 YEARS BUT ON THIS DAY HIS SOLDIERS FOUND HIM IN A “FETAL POSITION” LYING UNDERNEATH HIS HORSE SUCKING HIS THUMB THE ONLY WORD HE COULD SAY WAS “MOMMY-MOMMY" OVER AND OVER.
GENERAL PHIL SHERIDAN FROM THE UNITED STATES WAS BROUGHT IN TO CLEAR UP THE MESS AND MAKE SURE MEXICO GOT WHAT IT NEEDED.
SO TODAY AS YOU ENJOY YOUR CHIPS/SALSA/GUACAMOLE/FAJITAS AND CORONAS DRINK A TOAST TO GENERAL ZARAGOZA AND HIS TROOPS IF THEY HAD NOT WON . . . WE MIGHT BE HAVING “WHITE WINE AND FROMAGE.”
I RAN INTO SOME FORMER CO-WORKERS OF MINE OVER THE WEEKEND!
FIRST, IT WAS MARK KRISKI, KTLA'S CHANNEL 5 MORNING WEATHERMAN. WE BUMPED INTO EACH OTHER AT ROMANO'S MACARONI GRILL IN NORTHRIDGE AT LUNCHTIME ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON!
HERE'S MARK AND ME WITH NEIL SOLOMON, THE MANAGER OF ROMANO'S MACARONI GRILL IN NORTHRIDGE, WHO TREATED US TO THEIR THREE NEW DELICIOUS WINE INSPIRED CREATIONS! I LOVED THE CHIANTI STEAK WITH THE WINE INFUSED SAUCE, IT WAS THE BEST TASTING STEAK I'VE EVER HAD. NEIL INSISTED I TRY A FEW BITES TOO OF THEIR PINOT GRIGIO CHICKEN TOPPED WITH ASPARAGUS, MELTED MOZZARELLA. AND A CRISP PINOT GRIGIO SAUCE THAT JUST KNOCKS YOUR SOCKS OFF, AND FINALLY THE CHARDONNAY SHRIMP, THE CHARDONNAY MAKES THE SHRIMP THAT MUCH MORE JUICY AND TASTY. YOU'LL JUST LOVE IT!
P.S. SEE IF YOU CAN GET AMY AS YOUR WAITRESS, SHE WILL JUST DAZZLE YOU WITH HER SMILE AND SERVICE!
AND WHILE I WAS AT THE NEC HOME REMODELING AND DECORATING SHOW AT THE ORANGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFTER MY K-EARTH SHOW, MY FORMER MORNING TRAFFIC REPORTER, WITH THE TERRIFIC SENSE OF HUMOR AND WONDERFUL WIT, LORI RYAN STOPPED BY TO VISIT! SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMMENTED TO ME HOW MUCH THEY MISS HER GETTING THEM TO WORK IN THE MORNING!
THE PERFECT CLOTHING FOR TAKING AN UNDISTURBED NAP ON THE COUCH!
05/02/2008 @ 5:32am PST Friday Morning, May 2nd/Weekend News! I'm appearing at the Home Show on the Orange County Fairgrounds This Saturday 2:30 to 3:30! Stop by & say Hi for free K-Earth goodies! "BUZZ" Mariah Carey, Married? Barbara Walters 70's affair with a Washington Senator!
ANCIENT TIMES APPEARANCES, IF THEY SUFFERED FROM OBESITY THEN!
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. TALKS ABOUT "IRONMAN" OPENING TODAY IN THEATRES!
HI, I'M A MARVEL...AND I'M A DC! "IRONMAN" & "THE DARK KNIGHT" SQUARE OFF!
ANOTHER HOME SHOW APPEARANCE FOR ME COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. THIS TIME IT'S AT THE ORANGE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS FROM 2:30 TO 3:30 THIS SATURDAY!
05/01/2008 @ 12:00pm PST Thursday Morning, May 1st! It's finally happened, wait till you see how expensive gas has become! Is it a horse or a frog, watch this picture closely! And fifteen funny epitaphs! "BUZZ" Idol voters send Brooke White home, and Simon Cowell's first crush revealed! "PHOTO GALLERY" L.A. Laker and UCLA Bruin Brad Holland on the softball field in 1981!
AND CHECK THIS OUT! IS IT A FROG OR A HORSE! WATCH FOR A MINUTE!
IT WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN! YOUR EPITAPH! TAKE A LOOK AT THESE!
