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Sunday, December 24, 2017

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all!

From William & Marylin Silveira


The area around the Christmas tree in our house is ruled by our cat, Darla, shown here sitting in her augustness:


Earlier this year, as we had done for several years, we enjoyed lunch at the Golden Burro Saloon and Cafe in Leadville, Colorado. But this was going to have to be our last time – they told us it was the last day they would be open for business; they were closing their doors and shutting down for good.
    But a new use for their sign was forming in my [the West Coast Observer’s] mind: it could be put on the front door of the White House!



Copyright © 2017 by William Silveira

3 comments:

  1. The Golden Burro’s closing and shipping its sign to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue doesn’t deter our Christmas-spirited West Coast Observer and his wife!

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  2. Someone on Facebook said he didn’t get it about the sign going to the White House. When I pointed out that there’s a “sometimes-golden-haired ass in the White House,” he said, “Oh.”

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  3. As some readers may have noticed, the name of the Golden Burro establishment started out as “Golden Burro Saloon,” but I changed it to “Golden Burro Cafe” (to match the sign). But William pointed out that it really was called “Golden Burro Saloon and Cafe,” so I changed it to that. He comments: “I think referring to the Golden Burro Saloon in the context of the white house actually puts Trump's presidency in better perspective. Saloon keepers in the old west provided prostitutes, swindled the gullible out of money in card games, and gave the customers bad whiskey. Those behaviors, translated to modern circumstances, rather fit the president.”

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