Our Man in Europe/now residing in Belize/Dave Delacroix: "Dinner @ Trimalchios!"
(Après the writings of Petronius, (BC 27-AD 62), Roman Emperor NERO's court, fashionista &"Arbiter of Elegance".
"Dinner at Trimalchios."
...I'D RATHER OWN A PAINTING BY CARRAVAGIO than a "Leo-da-Vinci". I'd rather get drunk in Brooklyn than Manhattan. I'd rather midnight-toasty on Rochefort than hardcore Dutch EDAM (cheese) and as for a slab - medium-rare - of Chateaux Brion ("avec legumes/champignons") will serve me (I am now aged 70), a Dover of Sole/Oysters on the half shell) will happily serve me just as well. And as for a fillet-Mignon "avec" (such a convenient French word) Dijon mustard/a Burgundy Rouge BASTED? -U got me on your knees. Petronius would agree.
I'd rather dance (CICERO: "Only fools/Men dance!) if I must at some county fair rather than in a palatial Viennese ballroom. I'd rather savor a Chateaux Margaux (vintage 1962) than mouthwash/swill down an Aussie Yellow Tail cabernet (Who wouldn't but Yellow-Tail stuff DOES Travel-Well?). But who can a case of Chateaux Margaux-afford? I'd also rather go to CHURCH than go to CARNIVALE! My Carnival Days R long gone. Do/does everyone's WANTS exceed what they NEED & as for prayers-answered... is "confession" the key?... I have a theory 'bout this. S-Why I never answer my cellphone. Dinner at Trimalchios. Separate table. Dinner for One. I'll see U on da breeze!
c.2026. Dave Delacroix.
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