Philly Today

I was listening to a commercial on the radio this morning… I guess the ad didn’t work because I totally forget what it was for. But I remember it was funny. The announcer was describing people who are cheap. He said something like, “Cheap people are smart. When life gives them lemons, they make lemonade with free lemon slices and sugar packets.”

That got me thinking about how I like to make lemonade in the same way (sad but true). For me it is not about being cheap, it is about seeing it as a challenge to see if I can make lemonade using the ingredients made available to me at a restaurant in, let’s say, Philly. I usually get a water with my meal and Christine will get one too, and sometimes a diet soda with lemon. She gives me all of her lemons, and I will squeeze them all into the water. I am drinking it throughout the meal and maybe get a refill and sometimes it is in the same glass with another slice of lemon. So the lemon water gets to a certain dilution. The adding sugar part I don’t usually do, but if the dilution is such that I now have a high lemon to water ratio, a few times, yes, I have actually added sugar. I guess it’s weird and maybe childish but if I get into the right mood and/or get bored while waiting for the food or the check, I will make lemonade. But it’s usually not good enough to actually drink.

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