Lighting up the Neighborhood

Thanksgiving is over and the neighborhood is starting to light up.

Christmas Decorations, December Walk, Christmas LightsEach year it is interesting to see the Christmas decorations go up. Will the yards of certain houses be the same as last year, or will they have something new?

christmas decorations, christmas, decorations, best of showSome yards will be full.

Christmas decorations, lights, holiday decorationsOther houses will also have arrays of lights projected on them.

White Christmas Tree, Christmas 2018, White ChristmasChristmas trees are also going up inside.

christmas dispay, decorations down, blow up decorations, snow manSoon even my yard will have a few lights as I will again allow my neighbors to use part of my yard for their large display.

Now for the cold and snow, except that I am in California where these don’t happen 😦

Steven

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Tang Tasting

This week while teaching a remote class in Brazil I was remembering something from my last trip to Sao Paulo.

The trip was around the time of the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 and seeing Tang in the stores brought back some memories.

I have some great memories from my childhood of drinking Tang, especially with its connection to the astronauts and the space program.

You don’t here about Tang too often now in the United States but I do see it in the stores and actually have some in my cupboard.

tang, brazil, powdered drink mix, astronauts, flavorsWhile at a grocery store in Brazil I ran across a huge display of Tang.

tang, brazil, powdered drink mix, astronauts, flavorsHere you can see many different varieties of Tang. I went back later and picked up an assortment, as they are only about 25 cents apiece.

tang, brazil, powdered drink mix, astronauts, flavorsOf course, we all remember Tang as being orange flavored, but here you can also see tangerine.

tang, brazil, powdered drink mix, astronauts, flavorsOther flavors are grape, lime, lemon and pineapple.

tang, brazil, powdered drink mix, astronauts, flavorsPeach, strawberry and orange/papaya sound good, but I am not so sure about cashew, guava and guarana.

Tang is definitely popular in Brazil.

This week I remembered the packets that I had tucked away after my last trip and have been giving them a try, good thing they have a long shelf life 🙂

So far I have tasted Strawberry, Lime and Tangerine and they are all really good. It will be interesting to taste some of the them, as they are not flavors that I would normally expect in a drink.

Steven

 

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