Lagniappe

Lagniappe is a word I recently learned… I thought my vocabulary was pretty good, but obviously not good enough to know a cool word like lagniappe….It’s not that the word that is cool as much as the meaning…
Lagniappe is best described as the 13th donut in the bakers dozen… That little extra that’s unexpected (that most often makes you loyal to places) (Here’s the wiki entry on it if you’d like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagniappe )
It’s like when I go to Pasquale’s Pizza in Winter Haven (If you haven’t been there you are missing out) and order the garlic knots and they give me 7 or 8 instead of the normal 6 because they know I’m a regular… It’s going to Sonny’s BBQ on the north side and having my usual drink brought to me as soon as I sit down… unexpected (entirely welcome) surprises or extras that make that favorite place your favorite….The “Extra Mile” if you will (Chick-Fil-A is a big believer in this as well)
So there you go, a new word for you….All three of the above mentioned places get regular (and frequent) visits from me for the lagniappe that I get….
Now see what you can get in return by giving a little lagniappe yourself…Even if it is just the warm and fuzzy of making someone else smile…

Can you breathe?

With all the smoke in the air today, I thought I would check the weather www.wunderground.com to see when something would blow through and clear this crap up… I thought it was funny to see the description…. 64F Smoke…Here’s the longer version:
Today
Partly sunny. Patchy smoke early in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.
Just wierd to see smoke in the weather forecast…